Fujifilm X-T5 First Impressions Review

fcracer wrote:

Rod McD wrote:

Hi,

Thanks - a thoughtful review. I'm still using my one year old XT4 and have been watching the XH2 and XT5 threads closely.

Your review and personal directions hang a lot on AF. That's fine - different aspects will appeal to different people. I don't personally place as much emphasis on AF competence in challenging situations rather than a balanced suite of good attributes and decent AF in more routine uses. I guess I'm in the 'largely static' group of users that you mention who might find the XT4/5 fine. I suspect there's a lot of us.

If I were to change - or add - a direction, it would be to become a dual system user with either a GFX50 (given that I can't afford or justify the GFX100) or a Sony A7R4. Sony appeals as the FF system of choice simply because I have access to lenses - I'd only need a body. Sometimes one has to experiment and answer all these questions for oneself.

Regards, Rod

You've got it right on. The X-T5 was supposed to be my AF camera because I have the GFX100S for high resolution (I don't care about AF tracking on that camera although I would love to have the the XT5's subject detection), the X100V for fun use and an M11 for when I want to get really intimate with the photography process.

A dual system sounds like a good idea at this time, but I do wonder if you'd ever take the X-T out if you have an A7R4. There isn't that much of a size difference if you use the new set of Sigma or Sony lenses on the Sony and the new set of XF lenses on the Fuji. Certainly, the Fuji setup will be lighter and smaller, but not by that much.

Yes, there was a time when the Sony and Sigma lenses were trending to monstrous - it put me off FF completely.  Today, some of those small, light (f1.8, f2, f2.5) Sony G, Samyang, Sigma DGDN and Tamron lenses for FE mount are very good and may be game-changers for those interested in a very light kit.  Certainly the specific lenses that you put together set the kit weight more than the body.  There's not much in it any more unless you minimize and buy something like the XE4.

Regards, Rod