There was some confusion lately, as we saw Fujifilm X-T4 beta samples marked as “made in Japan” and also “made in China”.
Now, I don’t know if this clarifies or further confuses things, but Fujifilm Japan updated its official “made in” pages, and the Fujifilm X-T4 is listed as made in China only.
On the other hand, Fujifilm X100V and Fujifilm X-Pro3 are listed as made in Japan.
This is the official list of Fujifilm Japan at their Q&A page.
Max Yuryev compared the IBIS performance and video quality of the Fujifilm X-T4 with the one of the Nikon Z6 and Sony A7III.
Details:
Nikon looks very sharp, but it’s because adds more sharpening and contrast
Nikon and Sony have 24 MP and both oversample from 6K
Fujifilm X-T4 oversamples from 26MP, and detail looks the same of Sony and Nikon. Just less contrast a less sharpening
all three look identical
in 4K 60p is great on the X-T4
going down from 4K to 1080p, Fujifilm X-T4 seems to lose less detail compared to the other
in 1080 the Nikon is oversharpened a lot and has more aliasing
the Sony does not have much aliasing, but has the least amount of detail
in 1080p Fujifilm is the best
Get the Fujifilm X-T4 if you shoot 4K or 1080p
120/240 Slow Motion:
Sony has 19 mbps in 120fps
Nikon has 26 mbps in 120fps
Fuji has 40 mbps in 120fps and 20 mbps at 240 fps
A little bit of aliasing on Sony and Fuji, but way more on Nikon
in the really tiny sections you can see that the Fuji has more detail
Sony and Nikon are similar, but Nikon more aliasing
at 240fps the Fuji gets lots more aliasing and loses detail
at 240 fps X-T4 looks slightly worse than Sony and Nikon at 120 fps
and yet, the 240 fps X-T4 holds up pretty good compared to the 120 fps on Sony and Nikon. Good job Fuji
IBIS
Nikon IBIS does not look that good
Sony looks even worse, and “is known to suck when you are walking with your camera“.
Fuji X-T4 IBIS looks way better than Sony and Nikon IBIS
there is a little bit of warping in the corners on X-T4
once he turns on electronic image stabilization and IBIS Boost, it gets even smoother. It’s not as good as a gimbal, but it’s getting closer. Still a bit of warping in the corners
if you stabilize the video in post, the X-T4 footage stabilizes very well, because you don’t have those huge jitters
the Nikon with stabilization in post, you see all the artifacting, because there is just too much jittery shake
Sony is even worse, you don’t want to stabilize it in post
also for vlogging the IBIS works best on X-T4
with boost IBIS, the X-T4 is the most tripod-alike, but you get a bit of micro jitter. The Nikon has more micro jitter. The Sony has almost no micro jitter
Max Yuryev says you should keep in mind the X-T4 is still pre-production.
During the various press events for the Fujifilm X-T4 launch, Fujifilm has shown a bunch of media slides to the press.
Many of those can be found at the Spanish Fujifilm site Fujistas, others ad dc.watch, and others I have found elsewhere. They show some technical details about the Fujifilm X-T4, but also compare it to the Sony A7rIV and the Canon EOS R.
Also, on the youtube channel of the Spanish Fujistas here, you can see a few videos uploaded that show the autofocus tracking capabilities of the Fujifilm X-T4 also compared to the Sony A7rIV.
For our Spanish readers, you might head over to Fujistas, to check out the various articles he has covering the X-T4 launch event.
If course the Fujifilm X-T4 wins hands down in the video, but keep in mind it’s marketing material of Fujifilm, so I want to see real life comparisons, before I make any conclusion.
UPDATE: “I have been informed that the FUJIFILM X-T4 is actually made in China. Fujifilm’s decision to manufacture in China or Japan has more to do with how Fujifilm optimizes its production capabilities with consumer demand. With regard to X-T4, we focused on our China production site because of the uncertain supply chain situation.”
Original Post:
When the Fujifilm X-T4 first look hit the web, we noticed that some samples were made in Japan, and some in China. This is why, in our “24 things you missed about X-T4” article we came to the conclusion that the Fujifilm X-T4 will be manufactured in both countries.
Now a Fujifilm statement spotted by our members of the X-T facebook group, says it will be made in both countries.
The X-T4 will be produced in both, China and Japan facilities using the same high FUJIFILM standards and quality assurances.
One of the ways to deal with the waiting, is to just read and watch everything X-T4 related. Luckily I manage 4 languages, so I have lots of content to enjoy :).
I will happily share with you some of the content I check out myself, and here is a next X-T4 roundup.
Down below you’ll see:
and interview with a Fujifilm manager, who talks about X-T4 and among the other says that the improved AF tracking was made possible “by using color and shape information to be able to track something moving“
did Camera Conspiracies find the prefect camera? He compares IBIS with the Sony A6600 and the Panasonic G85.
Gerald Undone first look
Linus Tech Tips (10 mln subs) launched a new separate channel, where his main videographer Brandon reviews X-T4
The Art of Photography talks about X-T4 video capabilities
Forged in the North short Fujifilm X-T4 handheld video
Cinema5D mini documentary “Arisa” shot entirely on X-T4. Interesting to note: he experienced autofocus issues in very low light when shooting F-Log. He contacted Fujifilm, who recommended him not to use continuous AF and F-Log in very low light conditions.
Since this post is about shutter sound, I would like to introduce it with the words of Tiziano Terzani:
“My life changed on the 30th of April 1975 [Note: last day of the Vietnam War], because on that day – when Americans flew from the roofs of Saigon – a skilled Vietnamese thief was able to steal a Leica M3 of an American. I met him at the market of Saigon a few days later and bought that camera. Wonderful. Simple. For 100 Dollar! It became the camera of my life. […]
The nice thing of that camera is, that it is very easy to load the film, that’s very important. […] You keep it around your neck, turn, open, insert film, close and – trum-pum! It’s ready to use. Easy. And once you selected shutter speed, aperture, black & white, 400 ASA, you take the picture. You simply cannot do anything wrong!
And then there was an almost erotic aspect, I mean, you put this camera for example at 1/125 and when you take the picture it makes a “cloc-cloc” that is such a joy to hear!”
“Cloc-cloc” or “click-click” or “flap-flap“. Whatever the sound is, I agree with Tiziano that pressing the shutter button and hear it sealing the moment is a joy.
And now, after this introduction, let’s see how the shutter sound of the Fujifilm X series evolved over the years, thanks to a video by nyphotog2006 you can see below.
Cultural Sidenote: I love the books of Tiziano Terzani, and highly recommend you to read them. They also made a movie out of one of his books, it’s called “The End is my Beginning“. If you have some spare time, it’s worth to watch it. The actor playing Tiziano is Bruno Ganz, an absolute gigantic actor, who played iconic roles in film history, like the Hitler in Downfall and Wings of Desire of Wim Wenders.
