Fujifilm seems to be engaged on a digicam that would mix the perfect of its medium-format shooters, just like the GFX 100S II, with the massively well-liked X100 sequence, primarily based on a brand new teaser video spotted by Digital Camera World.
The video, titled "X Summit in Prague goes to be particular, Fujifilm fam🇨🇿" reveals a pair of palms producing a XV100 VI and GFX 100S II out of skinny air and bringing the cameras collectively, earlier than reducing to the silhouette of the brand new digicam the corporate presumably plans to announce. The suggestion being that Fujifilm desires to create one thing that has traits of its extra compact, fixed-lens X100 sequence whereas reaping the advantages of a medium-format sensor.
It's exhausting to actually gauge what the brand new digicam will seem like primarily based on the temporary clip within the video, nevertheless it positively appears to be like bigger (and extra sq.) than the X100 VI, with a smaller lens than you'd usually see on a digicam in Fujifilm's GFX 100S II. That actually bodes nicely for anybody trying to up their images sport after getting hooked on one of many X100 cameras.
Fujifilm first struck gold with the X100 V, which turned well-liked on social platforms due to its measurement, design and talent to digitally mimic a number of kinds of analog movie. The X100 VI was launched in 2024 to capitalize on the sudden reputation, gaining issues like in-body stabilization and a decrease native ISO. For all intents and functions, it's a implausible digicam.
We'll have to attend till Fujifilm's X Summit on March 20 to see if this new digicam has the potential to have the identical crossover enchantment, however historical past is unquestionably on the corporate's facet.
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