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Fair trade? X100V / XPro3

Started 4 months ago | Discussions thread
GSharp87 Regular Member • Posts: 269
Re: Fair trade? X100V / XPro3

Human Elements wrote:

Price-wise, it's fair. Use case...If the 23mm is going to be your everyday walkaround lens, I wouldn't. You're paying $500 + a lot of extra weight for a single stop of light that you may not always be using. The weight tax on f/1.4 lenses gets annoying quick; I like how small the X100 series is.

To be fair, it isn’t only the 1 stop of light. The biggest improvement i found was the AF performance. The LM motors in the new XF 23mm f1.4 are a lot quicker and quieter than the motor in the X100V lens, which feels archaic in comparison.

You have to also consider that the X-Pro3 has a better grip, which offsets a little of the weight increase.

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