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R5C got some solid updates including AF. I find it actually way superior to Nikon Z8/Z9. Smoother, more reliable tracking. Less pulsing/hunting. Nikon AF can sometimes trip or get confused but Z lenses do offer minimal breathing which is nice. The main catch with R5C is no IBIS and average battery life. If you can live with those two cons it's a better hybrid in my opinion. Grading N-log is also more time consuming than C-log.

Body only is 10,000 yuan in China. Its expensive for these specs, unless the target market don't give a f about specs, which apparently Fuji believes is the case.

I am thinking full frame sensor is pretty bad for telephoto work at such long focal lengths. You are carrying much heavier glass and cropping into the sensor, aka not making the most of full frame - so you'd be far better off with a Micro Four Thirds camera for that. I am confused with your need for a fully articulating selfie screen at 750mm too 🙂 The R5C has worse AF for video. What about R5 II? Might be worth a look. I'd be tempted to go original R5 and a different camera for your telephoto shots, with a high-res crop sensor.

£1299 in the UK. $1299 would be the original US pricing without Trump's madness. So the tariffs are adding $400 onto a $1299 camera body. All of it into the pockets of a fascist administration rather than a nice Japanese camera company, too. Ouch.

1549 EUR incl. VAT for body only... That's actually reasonable. So it's only the Americans that get the result of the tariffs with the price in the leaks. Now we just gotta see if they can actually fulfill orders or if it's another X100VI / X-M5 debacle. I also just realized, there were zero words about the video features. Guess those we'll find out about in influencer videos now that the NDA expired.

I think it’s great. Another camera that could have been great but isn’t so I have utterly zero interest in and therefore will not be spending any money on. Keep it up camera industry, you are doing good and keeping my money firmly in my bank account 🫡

People are comapring it to the X-E4 price, but the X-E4 was clearly designed as an entry level camera. But the insanity in price is already shown with the cameta that this X-E5 try to mimic: the X100VI. The X100VI comes with a 23mm f/2 lens included, hybrid viewfinder with better EVF panel (3.69m dots vs 2.36 dots), a better rear LCD (1.62m dots vs 1.04m dots), the combined shutter speed / iso dial (which is expensive to manufacture), a real integrated flash with a leaf shutter that syncs much better with it, and an internal ND filter. The two downsides are the slightly less effective IBIS (much more noted in video, which is not the priority on both models), and the ability to change lenses. The X100VI, with a 23mm f/2 lens included, is listed by $1599. The X-E5, with a 23mm f/2.8, by the rumors, is $1899. $300 more for an inferior camera / lens combo.

Ooh, good point - that one is really big. I always forget that there are millions of electronic F mount lenses in the world since I've never had a camera that could use one. 😅 Well, that's just plain cool and probably makes the Z mount Komodo-X a much more compelling option! If there are also any Z mount cameras with APS-C, this can be an interesting option for a speed booster. It's the combination that I tend to use on my E2-S6G - MFT mount with 0.64x speed booster and FF lenses. I suspect that either of them would result in somebody getting sued into oblivion, though! 😅

Have an 11 Ultra since it came out and it does provide wonderful image quality in MotionCam and McPro24Fps. Three things makes photography a difficult task on it though; For street photography I need an app that opens fast and captures fast (preferably the native camera app) 1. When you select 5x in the camera app it crops into the main sensor instead of switching to the native zoom sensor. You have to zoom to 10x and then to 5x again to fix it, every time. 2. The audio clips even at low levels and concerts can't be recorded at all for example. 3. The processing is bad on the native app and has a lot of smoothing and way too much contrast. So raw is really the only option. None of these was fixed for it. Considering the 15 Ultra and it does seem much better in most respects, but I'm not sure I trust Xiaomi after all this. GCam looks great on it though, if it´s fast enough. Anybody has any input on how 14/15 Ultra is to use in practice? The images in this thread does look great.

Thanks for the input! I don't think I'd be able to use any of my lenses as outside of the 200-500 f5.6 which is a little short and the Sigma 105mm macro (which sadly isn't weather sealed) the other lenses I have for Nikon are DX APS-C based. The Pentax K-Mount lenses wouldn't work either on the Z8 and there is no articulating screen which is really bad news. The Z6 III has that but a much lower pixel count too and I think it might struggle for landscape and even wildlife as even at 600mm I think the focal length is way too short. At 750mm equivalent FoV on my D500 I'm constantly cropping a *lot*. I think the only thing I would be able to use with the Z8 would be my Solmeta GPS receiver which is great for Geo-tagging stills or even video, though I have a Garmin GPSMAP 67i that can be used with TelemetryOverlay. I'm thinking the RF 200-800mm lens is attractive especially with a 1.4x and 2x TC. Sure things will get a little soft but can be corrected in post with sharpening. Just been working on going over my drone footage from Scotland and color grading it properly this time. I think the R5C has both CLog2 and CLog3 which would definitely be of interest, I'm using Davinci Resolve Studio for editing: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VewQSP0gCb2MICn8ZJEvg9QnNfxJm325/view?usp=drive_link If I went Nikon I'd probably go for the 14-24mm f2.8, 24-120mm f/4, the 100-400mm, and the 105mm macro (which has weather sealing) Canon has a 100mm macro that has a 2:1 ratio, so all I'd need to do is get the proper XPro transmitter and I'll be able to use my Godox MF-12 macro flash system. I'm also interested in a few Venus Lens Laowa specialty macro lenses like the 24mm 5x or the probe and even the 10x-50x microscopy lenses. For multi day hikes I'd probably be looking at the L lenses: 15-35mm f2.8, something in the middle - either up to 70mm or 105mm f2.8 or f4 (no idea which is the better lens to go for), and then the 70-200 f2.8 or f4 with TC's to save weight, plus the macro mentioned above. For stills the R5 and R5C seem to be the same but for video is where things become different. I wonder if the R5C II will feature improved video AF? I'm also liking the Tascam XLR adapter with 48V phantom power, though I'm thinking of using an external video recorder instead so I would need Timecode sync too which the R5C has the capability. Maybe I should just wait for the R5C II though I have no idea of the release date and since I'm not in a rush might be worth it? It's really a bang your head against the wall situation..... lol

Nikon F with full as native like electronic control is the big one for me. FujiFilm X mount is also available now with full electronic control. Limited to APS-C by the nature of the lenses of course. Dumb mount MFT is also available. Again, limited image coverage but OK up to APS-C as most of the MFT lenses you'd want to use offer that wider coverage. In theory, there is enough space for someone to do a Hasselblad XCD adapter but no one has actually done it as far as i'm aware. There are a couple of other interesting ones between the Z and the RF as well, most notably Canon's own EF-M and of course the RF mount itself !

I was one that was advocating that Fuji treats custom color profiles in the same way that they do with their film simulations - which looks like they do, finally. No more complicated methods using the C positions, which are NOT meant to that. But I agree - film recipes are a trend and probably people want to experiment more since now it will not be a pain in the ass to access them (I'm one of them), but it could be EASILY just a Q menu setting.

Right. The physical wheel should be for commonly used features like EV adjustment, not for rarely used things like picture profiles. I have a pocket camera with one and every time I put it away in my pocket, the fabric moves the dial to some other position and I have put it back before shooting. Slows me down.

I am tempted to pull the trigger... Thank you guys! :- )

Are they Sony lenses? Or are you including things like the autofocus adapter for M mount? Which other lenses can be adapted to Z mount that can't be adapted to R?

The X-E5 is baffling to me. It has premium pricing but a lot of aspects that are low to mid tier hardware. 1 Million dot display which is a downgrade even against the X-E4? 2.36 Million dot EVF still. If this is really using the new pricing that got more expensive in the whole world because of US tariffs, this is going to be 2kEUR in Europe? We have all the image quality we need at this point since a while but it feels there is massive stagnation in usability / user experience even though the prices just keep rising. Most small cameras (S9, A7CII) have no joystick for the focus point (except for all the Fujifilm cameras that replaced the D-pad with them), the EVF stay at low resolution, the displays are actually getting worse now. And what the hell is with the image simulation wheel?! Who actively wants to change their picture profile with a physical wheel instead having that do something that impacts shooting?!

I considered the same dilemma myself a few months ago and it boiled down to this: My need for pro-video features = less, I am a purist when it comes to shooting moving images - no peaking, no zebra, no elaborate extras, no clutter on screen, I have very basic audio needs, far more need for a fast operating nimble camera that can switch quickly between the highest possible video specs and nicest possible ergonomics for stills, so for me the EOS R5 was a better deal than R5C, far less money used, it behaves in a more nimble way for smaller scale creative endeavour and filmmaking, with better AF and is a superior stills camera, the overheating aspect is much improved vs the launch, and the hardware was never really limited very much by raw thermals anyway - it was all silly firmware trickery. So I recently went R5, but the mount just doesn't do it for me. With the Nikon Z8 I can use many more adapters, many more of my existing lenses, far more comes off my shelf and is happy on the Z8, especially for stills. So it really boils down to lenses and whether you'd be happy with a normal R5, before considering the Z8 as a step up from that.

And the X-T50 was already a steep rise on the pricing of prior models, even DPReview called it out, which is very rare as they act like the third arm of camera PR agencies. Also with the X-E5 now being priced as an X-Pro... It means the X-Pro5 will have to be in the region of $2500. A lot for an APS-C camera. I think the pricing strategy is silly. I think it's heading for disaster actually. And the alarming thing is that Trump's tariffs which nobody in Europe voted for has fucked OUR prices as well. Like COVID it has accelerated already existing trends and price pressures. The entire Japanese camera industry is heading for a Leica-style niche of crazy prices. And it will all unravel for them in a big way, when further advanced smartphones arrive (even more capable than the 1" sensor high-end current models like Xiaomi 15 Ultra) and DJI + other Chinese enterprises begin to compete more directly in terms of product line. Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fuji could all be history in 10 years time.

On the one hand it's great, as it's the closest you can now get to an X100 VI with an X-mount. On the other hand, the price means far fewer people will be able to justify buying it, let alone any lenses for it which is the whole point of the system - to get both smartphone & X100 VI users to step into the very profitable X-mount ecosystem. Then again as cameras are only aimed at rich people these days, it's probably all moot.

Flexible Colour Picture Controls. I have been waiting a long time for this. A Z6 III feature, first the Zf got it, now the Z8. It's effectively a full grading suite on-camera, bringing in-camera colour profiles far ahead of what Nikon offered before. The latest NX Studio Software used to create profiles and export to camera. It is much more advanced than the Canon Picture Profile creator software too. As good as having real-time LUTs. Pixel Shift + Focus Shift at same time is also pretty mega. Like having a 200MP medium format camera for macro, close-ups and product shots.

Now its even a better camera

Nice. I have the same adapter, but so far, I think I've only ever mounted mine to my Dog Schidt Flare Factories - I have two and the look that I like most is the one with a fixed oval aperture. I'm not really one for making and posting test videos, but maybe I could take it out this weekend and put up a couple of frame grabs. BTW, Frankenhooker is a long-time favorite!

After David Lynch's passing, one of my local theaters screened Eraserhead and Mulholland Drive, so I finally got to see them on the big screen. Eraserhead is a top 3 favorite and Mulholland Drive might even be in the top ten. Lynch is my all time favorite director/artist. The biggest advantage to seeing these theatrically finally, is the sound. His sound design is unlike any other.

Been a while since I've been here. I recently got a GreatJoy 1.35x anamorphic adapter and I love it in spite of it's hefty weight. Here are some recent test videos:

Looks like Fujifilm jumped into the bandwagon. X-E5 leaks suggest that it is a X-T50 repackaged (in a VERY beautiful body, should say) - same specs, same 2.36mp EVF. Have a film simulation dial, but FINALLY you could select personal film recipes. The back lcd hinge looks like will be the same of the X-T50, but with a downgraded LCD panel (yes - the 1.0mp unit of the X-M5). All this for $1699. Yep, $300 more than the X-T50, which have a better LCD panel. Yep, just $100 less than the X-T5, a much superior camera.