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- As a user of both Fuji X and Micro 4/3, I have some worry that one or both of the systems will eventually disappear. Thing is, ANY system could disappear in the future. Fujifilm is showing a fair amount of commitment to the system, and so i think at least in the near term (next 5 years), it's fine. Thing is...even if they discontinue stuff, it's not like they stop being good cameras and lenses. You could continue to use them for years.
- I'm fairly sure most of the Fuji lenses do not cover a full frame image circle.
- I haven't used the X100s, so I can't comment, but I know the speed improvements to responsiveness on the X-M1 are similar to the improvements made on the X100s (minus the phase detection sites). It's a nice step up in responsiveness, especially with regards to writing to the memory card.
I for one am not really concerned about the FF NEX for two main reasons.
1) Lenses for the FF NEX will either be slower and relatively compact (what they seem to be going for at launch with a 35/2.8 and 55/1.8) or they will be faster and huge. If you shoot a lot of landscape work, this will be awesome for you, because you'd stop down anyway, and the better image quality and detail from a 36MP FF sensor would be pretty great with a good lens. However, for a lot of things, you have no real advantage over the APS-C cams...as in indoor settings, you'll be using slower lenses at higher ISO, negating any DOF or noise advantage over the Fuji X cams...or, if they use huge SLR sized fast lenses, I personally have no desire to go that route, since I went mirrorless for the size.
2) The image quality I get out of the Fuji X line is already as good as I need at the moment, and probably will ever really need. I just shot some stuff in super dim light at ISO 3200 and 6400, with occasional forays into 25600, and I was still rather amazed by the image quality out of the Fujis. I don't shoot in situations where I personally will get a whole lot more out of it.
All that said, if the entire mirrorless industry collapses to the FF Sony over the next 5 years, I could see switching, but I don't think that will happen (and I sure hope it doesn't...competition in this space is one of the things that has really driven the systems to be so good).
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