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Great review Sir! Sounds like the XT50 is a great option for photographers who want a smaller, lighter camera with the same image quality as the XT5. The new film simulation dial is a nice touch too

X-H2 + X-T50, the perfect combo. The X-T50 + 27 pancake fits in a large pocket.

I'm happy because i can still stick with my x-t30 without any fomo. I'll patiently wait fir an x-t60 or a firmware update that makes that film dial into a customisable one 😅 I still have to get used to the round shape of it (it reminds me a bit of the x-e3) but I don't know, 40 mpx maybe is too much for my vintage lenses

Wow, Gordon. You have been very busy lately. Although I have no interest in buying APS-C cameras, I like watching your reviews. Thanks for your hard work.

Lol the people freaking out about the film simulation dial 😂 This camera isn’t for you! Simple as that. (Plenty of Fujifilm cameras without a film simulation dial, like EVERY SINGLE ONE minus the X-T50).

I like this camera, will fit nicely in my hiking pack!

wow, it seems new camera models being baked faster than smartphone iterations ,nice

Excellent video 😊!

Seems almost perfect to me but I’m not sure I could deal with a £1k camera with no weather sealing in UK weather. I’m not using it in a bag so that rules out using it most of the year in the north

i miss your Seagull in Flight Autofocus test. You are the ONLY one on youtube doing a real AF test.

So detailed and useful. I now confused what to buy.

I love my XT30 except for the Q button placement lol. Glad they fixed it this time.

This sounds great a smaller X-T5 with 40mp a new film simulation dial are great for photographers who's seeking great images in a small package.

On the x-t20 you could assign Avd effects (from the drive dial) to a function button, so you could switch between the effects quicker. Can you do that on the x-t50?

Nothing can beat my XT3

It seems to me that 5th gen Fuji sensor has more punchier colors versus previous one more muted. Am I correct?

Excellent video Gordan, very intriguing camera. Not owning a Fuji camera, this one ticks a lot of boxes though the pricing is Fuji too! Thanks for sharing!

Great review Gordon…and loved I could read it first and then watch the video! Only big surprise for me here was the fact that that the screen doesn’t fully articulate, but for many photographers that is a plus. Personally I would be happy if it just flipped up all the way. And I was hoping for weather sealing. A nice camera overall.

Great tech in such a small body but over priced. Should be around the £1000 mark. XT5 is far better value especially at current discounts. Lovely review as usual

Hello. Excellent video review, as usual. Owner of a X-T20. So still comparing to it. Much better performance and ergonomics but I'd have liked 1) a fixture for an interchangeable eyecup. I added a rubber eyecup to my X-T20 but it's fixed on the hot shoe, so the flash unit becomes unavailable 2) return of a d-pad. None = 4 less customizable buttons 3) customizable film sim dial, please: one dial dedicated to film sims REALLY??? With the new 16-50, 1899€. Launch price but IMHO somethig like 10% less would seem more "reasonable". Maybe fear of it cannibalizing the X-T5 sales if cheaper?

The best reviewer out there, thanks Gordon 👍👍

Great review, thank you! Completely 'off-topic' but what is the camera body/lens combination on the shelf behind your right shoulder? 🤔

Is the top plate mostly magnesium alloy like X-T30?

It seems like Fuji have been spooked by the explosion of the X100 cameras and are completely reconfiguring the X series in response to that market, leading to strange conflicting decisions. The T50 is seemingly posited as a X100VI alternative, an attractive capable travel cam/accessory for enthusiasts (instead of an entry level tool). But why the 40MP sensor then? Couldn’t they keep it at 26MP and have the nicer EVF? The GFX cameras (while still being quite expensive) retain their value for money, which the X cameras are steadily losing.

Can you please compare with X-S20? Give more importance to Autofous accuracy and speed. please upvote this comment so Gordon can see it!

Hi Gordon. Adjusted for inflation since release XT 30 body only £1159. Which puts the cost of living crisis into perspective. So the increase in price for the 50 isn’t as steep an increase as it seems. For which you get IBIS, 40 mp and the latest processor.

A serious and less expensive replacement for the overpopular X100vi.

So the dial only changes the film simulation? Is there any ability to save any settings like shadows/colour chrome/white balance adjustments etc? If not that is a huge missed opportunity to save custom recipes directly on the dial.

Did fuji skip the xt40? Yes they did! - this is the camera i was looking for. I got the xt30ii a year ago, Limited but compact and a capable camera when i do t want to lug my r5 with me… I think i know what will be under my cmas tree :)

Gordon, thank you for another excellent, balanced review. You almost convinced me that the new film sim. dial is worth having. The Drive button looks powerful enough for most purposes. My main complaint is the surplus MPs. Who really needs 40? There's so much nonsense doing the rounds about resolution. Still, Fuji seems to have got quite a lot right with this one. I have an X-T5 and am debating swopping it for the X-T50, as I like smaller bodies.

great review!!

Thank you for your review. I’m not sold on the XT50. The biggest objection for this model is the price. I’ve seen used XT5 bodies below the MSRP. I hope Fuji will make the film sims dial programmable in firmware updates. Unlike you, I’m not that tempted to play with the film simulations. I already know what I like. The XT50 is smaller and lighter than the XT5. That is its major selling point. At a lower price it would, for me, be a more compelling proposition. I own a XT30 so I appreciate what the smaller size and lower weight can mean when carrying it all day. The fact that this body is so closely priced compared to a used XT5 causes me to pause. This is a competent body and hope it sells well. Mask On Nurse Marty (Ret)

I'd like a review of the new kit lens. The old one had macro and stabilization. A film sim.knob replacing ISO seems odd. Why not dedicate the sim an option on the dials? Since people shooting 40.keg pics probably want raw, there goes your son till post. Which makes sense. I don't mind warming up my white balance a bit.

The X-T50 seems to be very intersting, but my preference goes to a future X-E5, with IBIS

To me the film simulation dial is kind of a wasted dial. Leaving drive mode on that dial would get more use

I know the Film Simulation Dial is stock. My question is if you can store custom recipes in the X-T50?

X T30ii rebadge is what it seems like. I liked that camera and this one is way better. Love the new kit lens

My X-T20 leaves this thing for dust. The X-T20 gives me rapid one touch access to a range of functions via the D-Pad (film sims, recipes, ISO, focus point) and the drive dial (Bracketing, CL, CH), as well as stock stuff via fn buttons (SS, Aperture, Exposure Comp). Without the drive dial, D-Pad and ability to customise the film sim dial for recipes, I lose most of this one-touch functionality. Meanwhile influencers masquerading as reviewers are wetting themselves over an unnecessary increase in megapixels. While studiously ignoring the significant reduction in functionality for enthusiastic JPEG shooters such as myself, who Fuji have kicked in the nuts and clearly have abandoned as a target customer group. And we are expected to swallow the lie that this is progress, whilst paying through the nose for the ‘privilege’.

Well done, best review of X-T50 on youtube.

Is the x-t50 capable of digital zoom crop like the x100vi from 35mm -50-70 (ff equivalent)

I have been using the X-T3 mercilessly as a walking camera since its release, having taken more than 500 thousand frames with it. In anticipation of it's death, I am looking for a replacement, but this camera clearly cannot become it. I just don't understand the button layout of the two-digit series, and the new film simulation wheel doesn't add any convenience for me. It seems like i'll get some lightly used X-T4 in the end.

Hi for traveling do you suggest going with the A6700 or fuji XS20? i'm scared of the autofocus performance and handheld video stabilization with the XS20 because i will be solo and filming and taking picture myself, i'm not professional this is only for travel and memories i will use it with sigma 18 50

Future Fuji video? Compare CCD sensor S5 Pro to XT5/XT50 image quality; (maybe MBP can loan you one..).

weight difference sounds very small on paper to the xt-5, how did it feel for you?

How often does anyone change the film simulation once they’ve found the one they prefer? The drive dial was way more useful and its exclusion from the X-T50 is a deal breaker for me.

It seems to me that colors on new 5th gen sensor are punchier and more vivid compared to previous one with more flat and muted colors. Am I correct?

Does this use the same batteries as any other camera in the Fuji lineup? The Fuji GFX100 uses the same as Fuji XT-5 - Thanks

Is the lack of the hybrid viewfinder like the X100VI a big deal?

If it had an ISO dial, I'd buy it.

As usual, the best review of the XT50 - great job Gordon. Well, my main disappointment...as a RAW shooter....is the addition of that gimmicky film sim dial. Why not leave it as accessible via the menu as before? This effectively reduces the XT50 to a jpeg shooter's camera. As most RAW shooters, I never use these presets so adding a dedicated dial that isn't even customisable is a backword step. Yes, film sims are popular to jpeg shooters and is great to have.....but not at the expense of turning a pricey, otherwise excellent camera into a dumbed down piece of kit. I wanted this camera as an everyday carry round and baby brother to my XT5...but this may just be a deal breaker

Soon all Fuji cams will cost the same. It is ridiculous. It seems like xh2 with a 23 f2 is an ideal Fuji combo. You can find it with a good discount now. X S20 is also good, but, again, not much cheeper. I love Fuji, but I am confused with their lineup

Next should be 40MP version of the FUJIFILM X-S20. That might be far cooler.

is the film simulation dial customizable?

I don't get the strategy behind this ... X-Txx used to be priced as an 'entry drug' to get you into the system.

This 40MP camera is USD 1400. Nikon & Sony offers 40MP for USD 2000. No brainer to decide which to buy. 😊

Beautiful camera but I feel an awkward middle child between the cheaper and excellent X-S20 and its bigger brother X-T5 available for marginally more money.

Thank you for the review Gordon. I do have a message for Fujifilm and I hope they read this. We won't cancel our pre-orders. Produce more x100vi. 😁

I just bought a canon 400D with a nifty fifty and I have to move out of my apartment cos there is no longer room for me there.

what about the af-c? Is it as good as the X-T5? is it a bit closer to Sony Alpha system?

DOES IT HAVE INTERNAL ND FILTER? NOT ONE REVIEWER HAS MENTIONED THIS.

Price too high for a dumbed down xt5. 30/30ii is head and shoulders above 50 as an all round baby brother camera and fujifilm know it. For £1300+ with a degraded kit lens it HAS to have meaningful weather sealing.

21:58 my eyes are bleeding , For the prices they ask for all of their cameras, this is garbage. Its 2024 and the AF is like CDAF only. But hey , You have FILM SIM DIAL

Hi could you please do a comparaison between the XS20 vs A6700, i can't find any reviews that go into detail like i would like to know the difference in Autofocus for both photo and video but also the handheld stabilization because fuji ibis is known to be bad in video and jumpy. handheld stabilization when walking, panning thank you

Did you lose the USB-C to 3.5 cable?

Well the main problem is the price. Way to expensive. For 150-250€ you can get already the X-T5. The X-Txx series was always a sub 1000€ camera. The X-S series used to be more expensive. Should have been maximum priced like the X-S20

fuji calls 4 stops of ibis 7 stops... wtf thanks for the heads up Mr. Laing

If budget permits, would you say the xt5 is still a good value purchase ?

Does it have digital zoom? 1.4x and 2x like the x-t5? Thanks

21:44 😄

hmmm a toy more functional than the flagship... left mode subdial in xt-5 drives me up the wall sometimes - two most useless modes in an 'slr-like' body - panorama and hdr - on the extreme ends of the dial - the most obvious positions. And you can't lock it... I am a bit tired with the hobby so I am trying to steer away from RAW files for a bit, set up some film simulations and started shooting JPEGs for the first time in 20 years. X-T50 seems to be better suited than X-T5 :)

A film sim dial is the most ridiculous choice. What were they thinking?

It's a strange move from this firm. Install a “dead” battery and offer a camera for such money. For another 900$ it would be interesting even with a 26MP sensor

When I shot film, I did not like Fujifilm colours, there's a whole dial wasted for me.

For only a few hundred quid more, the XT5 is more attractive, especially as you said with discounts.

Thanks for the nice review! In my view the X-T50 is greatly overpriced and too close to the now discounted X-T5.

Why spend money on new body if last firmware update destroyed autofocus on xt5/xh2/xh2s/xs20

Sure it is a freat camera but not for that price.

Overpriced by about 400-500, so no, I'll stick with what I already have.

Battery and card place is a total deal breaker at this price point

Thanks. Your reviews are the best. $1,300 is overpriced. You can get an X-T5 for a few hundred more. No idea why people would pay this but looking at Fujis sales numbers, they apparently are. You will soon be paying $2k for crop sensor cameras. Just say no.

I’d rather get the X-T5 for basically the same price.

The price is a bad joke tho...

just buy the xt5 💀

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"The Fujifilm X-T50 becomes a compelling camera at its price point...." You got to be kidding me!😅 The only place where I hear good words being spoken about the X-T50 is on KZfaq. Let's not kid ourselves. It's overpriced and the film simulation dial should not have placed there. I say, X-T30II or the X-T5. If you want to pay more, I suggest looking at Sony's excellent full frame sensor cameras and lenses. Fujifilm has lost it here. They are merely capitalizing on the crazy sales of the X100VI.

Film simulation dial gimmicky. Overpriced. Just get a used xt5

Fujifilms biggest problem: they have to stay true to their recognizable body shape and will hardly ever improve ergonomics.

Best small photo camera In 2017😂

So many cry babies . i rather buy xt-5 bla bla bla . Different price and smaller what your point bruh

Garbage kit lens❤

OMG, ALL of their cameras, starting with the XT-3, were ALREADY more than good enough for photos. You can buy literally any camera and get good photos, no need to watch any reviews.