Seems to be a good discount especially for body only option? Or wait til Black Friday?
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same. Haven't bought anything since covid.
Same, but someone is
If you must have the latest and greatest, this isn't too bad. But like @Perrino said new fuji price increases have been insane and a quick skim on eBay shows you can get a used X-T5 body only for ~2k, or an X-E3 for ~1k and spend the rest on a bunch of lenses if you want the form factor.
no weather sealing. if someone is wondering
bought my x-t3 from Camera House in 2022 for $1300 something, brand new. that's the price I'd agree to pay for a crop body. X-t3 was weather sealed like tank though
The AF is still good? Also do you feel its heavy and not convenient for say overseas trip (not young person anymore).
tbh I am selling it. I got EOS R from Ted's Cameras for funny money and it's not much bigger while being full frame and much better focus
On the fuji topic, does film sim really (but i dont like doing post) necessary and we use/ get into it continuously or this is a one time thing?
My personal anecdote (X-E3) is that it's neat when I can't be bothered to edit the Raws afterwards, the preloaded sims are good enough for socials. The neat part is I can quickly transfer my trip photos to my phone and send them to my partner/post online between transits, without the need to edit really. The other upside is you can cook up your own sims with heaps of examples online (FujiXWeekly). To be honest, you could probably do similar presets with other cameras, just without the Fujifilm "vibe" I guess.
Film sim is good enough.
I’ve made my own LR preset that I use for 100% of all my shots, all I do is select photos I like, crop, adjust WB and exposure (I shoot -0.3 EV most of the time to avoid clipping) after I slap my preset on.
Post processing honestly is 5-10 mins for 50-100 photos, spending time mostly to crop if required.
FYI for the OZB gang, look into “macked app” if you want LR for life….
I’ll never pay for an adobe sub, and dark table has never worked well.
@ozbargainhunter400 macked.. any for pc/windows?
X-E4 with 27mm kit was being sold for $1,400 in June 2022. It's difficult to justify the price for X-E5 compared to that. Good camera through. If you don't care about the size X-T5 might be a better value which you can pick up for a very similar price.
I wanted xt3 but camera plus lens battery etc would be around 950grams thats heavy for person with small hand like me
Seems like for this money you could get a good full frame camera with definitely better image quality
What would be a good option for a full frame compact body (budget can stretch - a7CR as one example)? I am coming back to a dedicated camera many years after not having to lug around a D800 with 3 lens/flash/tripod (which was before having a family). I am not keen to carry the same amount of stuff ever again!
What sort of photography do you do? Landscape, nature, street, travel etc
Mostly for travel with family.
I'm a Fuji fan, but haven't bought anything since 2022 due to the insane price increases. Even at these prices I feel like there's many other options, for example Nikon z f