FujiFilm UK announced the date on Instagram - they didn't actually name the camera or lens - but the pictures they included make it pretty likely.
I'm very patient (usually). I just hadn't seen the rumour until today. But I've been looking for a small, lightweight combo for well over a year to complement my RX10iv which is a great do-it-all cam but not tiny (I appreciate it's nothing like a Nikon D3 with trinity lenses which I've carted around in the past).
For comparison, the X-T50 is also in that size class, though presumably a higher price class, with 40mp and IBIS. The m43 EM10 mark IV is that size range but lighter, with IBIS, EVF, D-pad and tilt screen, sensor smaller than APSC but bigger than your RX10vi. OM5 mark II is also on that size class but lighter, with IBIS, D-pad, EVF, side fold-out screen, but also weather-sealed, with more processing/AF functions than EM10.
Thank you, your comments are appreciated. I have been hoping that, over the last couple of years, mobile (phone) imaging would have improved enough to use as an EDC and first reports and examples of the new iPhone 17 Pro looked not bad. But unfortunately it still seems that only the main sensor (and that only in good light) is anywhere near satisfactory for anyone with a critical outlook. That's a bit of a sweeping statement I know but I can only speak for myself based on some 65+ years of photography.
Because it's something 100% worthless (to me) replacing something useful. This isn't a new improved version of an older camera, it's another nail in the coffin of a once great little camera (the X-T20). A customizable dial (and a customizable lever or a few buttons to replace the missing d-pad) would have been useful for everyone.
If the Drive dial is replaced by a Drive button then changing drive settings for each drive type will be quicker and easier without the need to dive into menus, so many will see that as an upgrade. That said, although I enjoy the practical benefits of the Drive button implementation on my X-S10, I also like having a Drive dial on my X-T10 and found it a lot more practical than the Drive ring on my X-T2.
It's not a hate but fear... Why? Because such dial is a waste for everyone who don't shot in JPEG.
True, but It looks Fujifilm is going to serve the same meatloaf in each menu position (all three recent X-system cameras have it and apparently fourth is on the way - it looks like new general trend).
I don't think the rationale is to provide a junior X-T anymore. I think the rationale is simply to retain in the lineup a lower-priced option for users new and pre-existing, but especially younger and newer to Fuji, who will find an EVF essential. There are also existing Fuji heads who don't find 40mp attractive in an APSC camera or at all, those who have no use for an EVF-less camera, and those who would appreciate a continued option of this kind as a B-cam to their main Fuji model. I'm not in the market as for APSC stills in this mp range with an EVF but no IBIS, my X-T100 still delivers beautifully and I also have a fab black Nikon zfc. But I think it is a cool option and a wise rationale. Of course, the rationale holds up less well the higher the price point.
This just in: US $999.00 for the body. Not bad. Only 378gr with battery, better yet. And inquiring minds now know there's an option in Charcoal.
I don't have any sympathy for the film sim dial, but I can recognize that making a big deal about it is mostly useless.
I would venture to disagree. I would definitely prefer to have drive mode dial instead film-sim dial as I just DON'T USE FILM SIMS AT ALL (in camera) in opposite to drive modes.
That wasn't the point that I was making though. You can still change the drive mode dial into a button and it's not worse than it was, just different. Lots of other Fujifilm cameras without a drive dial have been doing fine with the drive menu.
Yes, but at this point you're not within X-Tx0 territory. You're aiming for an X-T1 to X-T5, which are larger, more expensive cameras than the X-T10 to X-T50 and now X-T30III.
Drive dials are not common. Only the X-T and X-H line had it. X-Pro, X-E, X-S, X-M or X-A? They never had a drive dial.
That is NOT a good metaphor. A better metaphor would be that instead of pulling the gastank cap, you need to press a little button next to it to open it.
That already exist in Fujifilm cameras. That has existed for more than a decade, but it's under the Bracketing menu. So you'd need to change your drive mode to BKT and select "film simulation bracketing" in the bracketing menu.
