Fujifilm GFX100S II Coming Soon? Features?
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The Fujifilm GFX100 II was released in September 2023.
The rumor from FujiRumors.com suggests that a Fujifilm GFX100S II is due in mid-May (8 months later) at a price of US$5000. Let’s see if that works out better than the mid-February prior claim.
I purchased the $7500 Fujifilm GFX100 II at a nice discount and sold my GFX100S to offset the cost. The EVF issue seems to have resolved. It is by far the best camera Fujifilm has yet produced, much more responsive and with the highest-quality EVF of any camera today.
Features: $5000 Fujifilm GFX100S II have versus a $7500 Fujifilm GFX100 II?
Surely the GFX100S II would have the same sensor and the same IBIS mechanism.
That doesn’t leave much to differentiate without cutting core features. Will we really see a $2500 cost difference for minimal benefits? Or will we see something problemetic cut back?
- Fujifilm GFX100S II presumably will have a built-in EVF (non-detachable), but will it have same fantastic high-res EVF? And even if it does have the same resolution EVF, it is likely to have a lower magnification optical system for the EVF, one visibly less easy on the eyes. Because the optics cost money.
- Smaller/lighter/less robust body?
- Slower frame rate or less fast processing speed?
- Lack of the high performance CFExpress Type B slot and/or a single card slot?
- Drop the top LED panel?
I’m just not seeing a whole lot that Fujifilm can skimp on.
