Jman13 wrote:
It’s not a large body but if Sony can put a 0.7x corner finder on the even smaller a6400 at half the price, I think Fujifilm could manage to at least get to that 0.69/0.7x range of magnification.
I also just noticed they reduced the resolution of the rear screen from 1.62M dots to 1.04M dots. Now, I’ve got two cameras with 1.04M dot screens and honestly it’s fine, but both of those are sub-$1,000 cameras. Very odd to have that be worse while charging significantly more.
I think that’s the issue. It is one thing to use a lower res and lower magnification EVF or a lower resolution LCD on a less expensive camera, and it wasn’t inappropriate when the XE models were $850 or even a bit more. But to use that kind of entry level configuration on a $1700 camera isn’t right.
I wonder what their thinking is.
Perhaps they are (with some logic) thinking that those could be marketed as a sort of “ILC X100vi?” Is it tariffs — the current tariffs and building in some buffer for what might come? Something else?
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Paul Z wrote:
Fuji will sell some higher priced XE5s, for sure. Like many are paying over msrp for an Nvidia or AMD GPU (that in many cases, didn't get much better over the previous generation). If someone thinks they must have one, and already has FOMO (missing previous trends), they might curse the company and then line up to buy anyway.
I see there is buyers remorse showing already from those who bought the X-Half (paying more than the XE4 at launch). The X-Half might just exist to anchor a lesser camera at that price point. XM-5 now being sold for 50% more than what I paid for a new XE4 around here.
Fuji might help sell some more ZFs and A6700s
There are always some folks — including some who frequent this forum — who will buy just about every new thing. Quite often they move on to the next new thing quickly, and some even order before a new product is released and then sell it before they even use it! Unless one is a scalper, it is a game that is far removed from photography itself.
So, you are right: there will undoubtedly be some people who will buy the XE5 —because of some combination of being really are sure this is exactly the right camera for them, a gamble that it will be hte next X100vi (it won’t), an inability to resist the lure of the Next New Thing.
But people like that are a pretty small fraction of the market that a camera company needs to reach in order for a product to be a real success.
Jun 11, 2025 at 09:55 AM
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