burnymeister

Glad to see you're doing OK Chris. Wishing you a very speedy recovery. And I echo a reader below who says you guys are the only reviews I actually watch and enjoy watching on camera gear. Keep it up! The XE4 looks like a solid little addition to the great Fuji lineup of gear.

I don't know. This is a nice enough camera I suppose, but we are getting a plethora of FF systems now and I'm not convinced any of them are truly revolutionary in any sense of the word. It's the same old marketing strategy, win at something fairly inconsequential (EVF) and suck at something that really matters (AF) and deliver what everyone else does at something that matters the MOST (IQ).

It's pretty clear to me that everyone is chasing after the Sony FF systems and I say this as someone who uses every camera brand and who has shot more photos with Olympus than any other system. :P

Again, a nice enough system but for the size / money / battery life / overall capability it's a solid rating of "meh" for me.

With the emphasis on size and weight being so remarkable I went to the lens comparison chart and compared to equivalent lenses from other manufacturers. They may be fairly light and small but they aren't THAT revolutionary in terms of size. It still takes a lot of glass (82mm filter?!) to cover the FF sensor.

Great lenses, I'm sure - but no miracles here. I do love seeing Sony's innovation and drive to bring products to market!

No kidding. I own an A7RII and used an A7S for astro which is much more capable. As a landscape camera, the Leica M series is very desirable with very good lenses that are also tiny and light. Rather than carrying two cameras each time, it would be nice to have one that goes to 30s at ISO 3200 or 5000. Most modern sensors can easily handle that. That's all I'm asking. Not that unreasonable is it?

Please tell me it can do a more than an 8 second long exposure at high ISO?! Please? I need this for astrophotography.

Drool. Now my keyboard barely works.

This shows just how many stupid business ideas exist for every good one... This not being a good one. :P

Makes my A7SII purchase at just over $2k seem almost cheap and that camera takes photos and videos in the dark. Literally.

I loved shooting with the Pen-F this past summer but Olympus and other m43 manufacturers are playing the wrong game here. They should be going for SMALL, LIGHT, WEATHERPROOF gear.

They should not be chasing the FF crowd.

As a former Fuji shooter, for me it comes down to total system size and weight. APS-C lenses are simply bigger and heavier than m43 for the most part - especially zooms.

I hate to say it but it also comes down to the smeared landscape detail that I continue to notice on the xTrans cameras.

I use the 14-150 no problem without the grip. Absolutely no issue - doesn't even hang funny around my neck.

Gorgeous! Looks like an exciting new edition to an already excellent line up.

I have to admit, that other than the 90mm macro these lenses look positively gigantic. My hope for the Sony FE system is in MF lenses such as the Loxia line. As soon as you add AF motors and OSS the lenses just get too huge IMHO.

At least the 24-70 and 16-35 are somewhat more balanced and actually quite light considering their optical qualities...

The GM series m43 cameras are the first in that line that really made sense to me. The promise of m43 was always size and weight reductions no? The inclusion of an EVF and slightly larger form factor makes this an attractive option. I've used the GM1 with lenses like the 12mm f/2, 15mm f/1.7 and 45mm f/1.8 and it's a very nice combo.

Unfortunately for me, Sony proved more innovative with their RX100III and it's popup EVF and their FF line of A7 cameras. But if I was in the market for m43, this would be it.

All the whining about price. YOLO folks. If you can't afford it move on. It's a gorgeous piece of tech and engineering. I can't wait to own it.

Silver or black body though?

Totally getting one. With the yellow cover. Not kidding.

If I still shot DSLR rather than mirrorless I would pick Ricoh (Pentax) over Sony / Canon / Nikon. They continue to deliver cameras for photographers rather than spec sheets. Their lens lineup is superb and prices are reasonable.

I hope someday they come out with a good mirrorless system at which point they might catch my eye again (I used the K-5 with great results). Kudos!

I owned the original Q and got rid of it due to horribly soft images. With the Panasonic GM1 available now and a tiny 35-100 (70-200mm) lens coming soon to match the already excellent and tiny 12-32 (24-64mm) kit lens I just don't see the benefit of the Q7.

Using the touch screen on the GM1 to select a focus area before pressing the shutter is so useful and fun, I wouldn't use an EVF on that camera even if it had one... :D

Meh. I've actually been on many glaciers and this wasn't that dramatic. To impress me, you'd have to fly that thing a mile into the glacier and then show me something no human eye could see naturally. I also got bored of the waterfall with footprints running up beside it - obviously this is close to the parking lot and every touron on the planet has already seen it.

BORING. :)

I think people are missing the point on this camera. $1200 isn't that bad when you consider what you're getting. For under $3k you can get a system that covers the focal range of 18-800mm with pretty good features and small enough to fit in a backpack.

How is this not a great thing? 800mm in any other system will either result in a horrible unbalanced mess or $11k just for the lens and will be so heavy you won't hike it anywhere. This is the first time I'm interested in the 1 series. I think Nikon's finally coming through.