Fujifilm X-Pro4 Delayed by High Expectations – Fujifilm Wants It to Be More Than Just an Upgrade
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Petapixel shared the X-Pro related part of the interview they had with Fujifilm managers at CP+. You can read it here.
In short:
- Fujifilm is aware of demand for X-Pro3 successor
- New X-Pro will come, but Fujifilm does not want it to be just a small “boring” update
- the new X-Pro needs something which would satisfy the expert users
- it would be boring to just put the 40MP and X Processor 5 in the X-Pro and call it X-Pro4
- it should be a worthy upgrade
- X100VI got IBIS and 40MP, hence introduced noticeable changes to the X100 line
- Fujifilm has spent lots of time in thinking about X-Pro4, and during that time expectations kept expanding, making it harder for Fujifilm to live up to those expectations.
- “the longer it takes to develop it, the more difficult it will be to please fans of the series“
- “we probably made it difficult for ourselves, because we perhaps made the X-Pro too special.”
Fuji Guy Billy said already back in 2024 that the Fujifilm X-Pro4 needs to be something special. So the interview today confirms that.