Nielk Mike wrote:
OVF is perfectly matched to the 35mm lens. But still, it seems that not many users are using the OVF on the X100 either. So the question Fuji needs to ask themselves is: Does it make sense to cut into my profits with an expensive part such as the HVF if there os only a small group actually using it (and missing it when it is gone).
HVF is OVF perhaps?
I agree with your assessment of Fujifilm’s conundrum here. (As I’ve written oh so many times.)
Today, with a bunch of other successful Fujifilm cameras in the price range in which a prospective XPro update would have to go and the fact that almost the entire photography world (brands, designs, users) has moved to mirrorless, I don’t think that it makes marketing/financial sense for Fujifilm to bring out another camera using the hybrid viewfinder that defined the previous XPro models.
Where would it fit in the lineup? The costs of producing the hybrid viewfinder are not trivial. I don’t know what they are, but because they involve optical/mechanical elements that would be used in only one camera model, they must be significant. So it can’t be an inexpensive, low end model.
My guess is is that it would have to cost more than the next version of the XT5. Take the XT model, add the hybrid viewfinder, and you end up increasing the production and sales costs. So perhaps in the range of the XH2 but without its higher burst rates and high end video features?
That’s a pretty small and expensive market.
Jul 04, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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