The best thing about this camera is that you don’t even need to compose your images when shooting, you can do it all in post 
I doubt Fuji needs to apply a lot of R&D to these cameras. It’s all slight adjustments on the same formulas they already use.
I would rather have a GFX50R than this one all things considered.
It is still a new body, first leaf shutter on medium format AFAICT, a new lens, and of course a new firmware to go with all these. It probably took years to develop it.
I’m 100% with you. Modern cameras already have more resolution than I’ll ever need. But that just means I’m not the target audience, and that’s totally fine by me.
That digital zoom function is something I use regularly, however. This makes this 28mm (EQ) lens a lot more versatile than it looks at first glance.
Yes, plenty of pixels there. But this gives you narrower apertures.
Even less interested now that it’s released. f/4 at a too wide angle for my taste. It’s a lot of money for this little control over DOF.
Seems like it’s a leica Q competitor, I’m which case… Not terrible.
With a 28 mm f/3.2 lens (in terms of “full frame” equivalent DOF)? I’d rather take the (Leica) with a f/2 lens.
But the Leica is also $3k more. I guess if you’re buying a leica you don’t care much about price.
Considering DOF control… Even the X100VI would be a better option if you take into account the GFX100RF crop I’d have to apply to get the FOV that I like (35 mm in full frame). With that crop the GFX100RF would have a 35 mm DOF equivalence of f/4. ~ a full stop “worse” than the X100VI.
Perhaps large sensor compacts peaked 10 years ago when RX1R II was released. It offered great image quality with a small lens and body. Sadly the line was discontinued and that no camera maker has been able to pull off something similar.
Of all of these “compact” options, the Sony RX1R2 is still the most compelling model. If only they released a new model.
Didn’t realise how much smaller it was than the Leica. I’ve read it’s not great for ergonomics
If you can afford it: buy the Leica (any actually), leave it unopened in the box and store it for 20+ years. They increase in financial and status value.
Disclaimer: This is no financial advice and historical data is no guarantee for future results. 
I’ve handled both. They are very different beasts. Ergonomics can always be helped with a grip or half-case. I found the RX1 light enough that ergonomics wasn’t an issue really. The Q on the other hand felt too big for my taste, no matter the rest.
I just don’t think I’d go for a fixed lens option unless it was truly pocketable like the Ricoh GRIII. For a compact 35mm ILC, I think the Sony a7C series is the most compelling. My dream is for camera bodies to be proportional to sensor size so that APS-C and M3/4 are actually significantly smaller than 35mm. An OM-1 or Fuji X-T6 that were similar sizes to the Ricoh would be amazing. I know the interchangeable lenses will always decrease their pocketability, but if the bodies were at least Ricoh size, you could get a pancake or lens cap lens to make it fit in your pocket.
I understood why this camera isn’t for everyone, and I also understand some of the reasons people don’t like it. But I also think some of the reception has been overly negative for what is, essentially, a niche product. I look at it as more proof of concept than anything, especially at the price point. They know it won’t be selling in massive quantities.
The proof of concept is that a medium-format camera can be relatively compact. Obviously to do that, they needed to make compromises, but I’ve seen lots of criticism about how it needs IBIS, the lens should be at least f2.8, it’s too wide, etc. I think these are the compromises, and for everyone to get what they want, it wouldn’t be compact anymore.
I’m still waiting for the camera I actually want, but I’m glad there are innovations like this camera and the Sigma BF, because they keep things interesting.
almost all of fuji’s cameras look like this though. X-Tx(x), X-Pro, etc etc.
@TonyBarrett Sorry, I’m not being a contrarian, but I’m genuinely not sure what you are saying? That the camera isn’t particularly innovative?
Just a cheap dig that their 5 grand camera looks like their 300 buck instant camera.
I take @paperdigits point that all their cameras look similar but, personally, in this case I do find the chunk of the mid-format a bit ugly and reminiscent of the chunky instax bodies.
The platform shoes of fixed lens bodies.
haha. I think the extra height does give it that Instax look, whereas the X100VI and X cameras are more “widescreen”. My daughter has the Instax Evo, and I think it looks cool for an Instax! But definitely plasticky.
