In these days I get several emails from FR-readers, asking me if it’s worth to sell their (currently discounted) XF56mmF1.2 to get the brand new XF50mmF1.0.
As usual such a question is not easy to answer.
The best I can do, is to share you my own struggles and thoughts, and hope that there is something among it, that you might find useful for your own decision.
So, here is the thing.
I blog on FujiRumors since almost a decade now, and over all these years, I have heard many times announcements of the death of the Fujifilm X series since the launch of the original Sony A7. And the same “Fujifilm APS-C is dead” voices continue to come back, may it be the announcement fo the Nikon Z5 or the imminent announcement of the Sony A7c.
Now, I already showed which compromises “cheap” full frame cameras have to do, in order to compete with high end APS-C cameras. You can check it out in this article.
But today we talk about the Sony A7c, a camera that will be priced above $2k according to SonyAlphaRumors (hence more than twice the price of the Fujifilm X-E3).
Above you can see a size comparison between Sony A7c and Fujifilm X-E3 and X-T30.
And yet, it’s not only about price. Let’s check out 7 key differences between APS-C and Full Frame.
Disclaimer (read to avoid anger :) )
No matter if full frame, APS-C or medium format. There is not the perfect sensor size, and each system has its Pros and Cons.
However, this article is just an attempt to try to understand, why DPReview and Petapixel think that APS-C is the sweet spot. So I listed a few reasons, where APS-C could be considered better than full frame.
By no means I want to say that full frame or medium format is worse. All I want to say is that also APS-C has it’s strong cards to play in the current mirrorless war.
The Fujinon XF50mm f/1.0 is scheduled to be be released in September 24/25.
But now Fujifilm has issued an official press release, where they announce that demand is far stronger than they expected, and hence there is a possibility that there will be shipping-delays. Fujifilm writes:
The “Fujinon Lens XF50mm F1.0 R WR” announced on September 3, 2020 (Thursday) has received inquiries far exceeding our expectations, and we cannot deliver the product on the release date. There is a possibility.
We are currently working hard to meet the number of requests, and we appreciate your understanding.
Fujifilm is not a company that uses the “high demand” phrase too often. When they decide to inform us about high demand, then it’s usually also accurate.
I think last time they spoke about “high demand” it was for the Fujifilm GFX100, and we all know how that ended (biblical long waiting times and 50% higher demand that Fujifilm expected).
Here on FujiRumors, the brand new Fujinon XF50mmF1.0 enjoys one of the strongest XF lens pre-orders of all time, so at least our little FR-Universe seems to confirm Fuji’s statement.
Viltrox has announced that the new Viltrox 56mm f/1.4 for Fujifilm X mount will be available on September 20.
You can pre-order it now at BHphoto here.
Good timing to announce it just a few days after the launch of the latest Fujinon-bomb, the Fujinon XF50mmF1.0.
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Fujinon XF50mmF1.0 R WR
In the youtube videos below, Reggie and Ken quickly compare the autofocus performance of the Fujinon XF50mmF1.0 vs. Fujinon XF56mmF1.2.
Reggie says:
The 50mm f1.0 seems to have less autofocus pulsing when continuously tracking a subject.
Keep in mind that this is still pre-production firmware.
