Sharona wrote: Jack Flesher wrote: Sharona wrote:
I wish I could understand the need for all of these different crop cameras.
About the only negative to them compared to Fx is inability to limit DoF compared to similar magnification ratio on an Fx camera; you lose, or rather gain about 1 f-stop of DoF for equivalent aperture/magnification ratio from the smaller sensor. Depending on how you shoot, this can however also be a feature.
Current best Fuji crop sensor body AF is also a step behind the flagship Fx bodies, which may be changing soon as well. I suspect the “new 26mp Fuji” mentioned in the post above yours will actually be an XTrans 6 in the XH3s, with vastly improved AF. XH3 and XT6 with 40mp sensors and improved AF will follow shortly thereafter.
Thanks, Jack - I'm not speaking of upgrades, just simply the the various lines, XH, XT, XE, Xpro, XM, etc.... Seems nutty. I want a Fuji full frame.
So, a breakdown may be in order. XH and XT are generally top tier models appealing to different users for a variety of reasons, the largest probably being the XT retro look and UI. The X-Pro had an optical VF in the days when the EVF wasn't good for manual focus -- that's changed and I doubt we'll see any more X-Pros with optical VF. The recent XM5 pretty much was an XE4 replacement at lower manufacture cost -- the new entry level camera. So now why and XE5? Because the one slot not being filled is a compact, interchangeable lens body with the best features possible. I believe the XM5 will be a sort of hybrid XE/X-Pro line unified replacement.
Now to a full-frame Fuji. I seriously doubt Fuji is going to create an entirely new lens line. The only likely scenario that makes sense would be if Fuji decided/was able to offer one in Sony, Canon or Nikon *mirrorless* mount. This would require some kind of partnering with said companies, which is not unheard of in Japan; and in fact Fuji has done it with Nikon before. Of course Fuji also has the bigger frame GFX100 line, which can already take multiple other brand lenses via adapter mounts; but unfortunately not all of the current mirrorless mount glass, much of which is stellar in comparison to older line DSLR glass from the same companies.
Jun 03, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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