Most sophisticated 'Have you subscribed yet?' call ever.

Great first look man! Super jelly you got to play with it.

The price I mentioned in the video was updated (it was changed after I made the video). Official price for the X-E4 is currently 849$! Just wanted to correct that in case you were wondering :) Also, EVF resolution is NOT identical to X100V. It is slightly lower resolution. I had no info about the specs at the time of the unboxing. X-E4 Pre-Sale: moment.8ocm68.net/bWQ5v

I believe one of your great strengths when making a video is that you drop small surprises, keep the viewer interested throughout the video. I like the snaps you took! Great work as always.

Sam, your every review is like small films made with love and soul! I look forward to your every new video. You are one of my main sources of inspiration, thank you!

Good to see you out here G! Thanks for the review 😎

Nicely done-informative and enjoyable as always

Great review! As always very informative!

I’ve still got my XE1 weather sealing and a resolution to those niggles you highlighted and I might just be tempted. Great review video as usual.

Wow thank you for doing the vlog test so early! I was shocked when the Samyang lens actually looked useable !

Thank you Samuel! I didn't expect to like the X-E3 as much as I do and the X-E4 is definitely better. And gorgeous. Weather sealing? Well I never trusted this feature anyway 😉 I can't wait to test it out. Have fun!

Great video! Thanks for sharing it!

The most underrated KZfaqr . Your Photos, Videos editing and personality you're just perfect for YT KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

Nice review. Fun. Simple quick. 👍🏻

Great video as always and great images.

This has been my favorite review video I've watched today.

Very cool review! Nice format 👌🏻!

Thanks for this review. It might sound weird but I appreciate your personality and how you make this video as much as the technical info. It's wholesome.

Excellent video. Excellent English. A pleasure to view and very informative. Many thanks.

this review was awesome and is super useful . Great job 👍👌

it's for me. The perfect camera for me. I was waiting for this fuji model for a long time. i had to struggle with xt10 or xt20. this is the best thing ever made from fuji.

For me, the flip up/out/down screen is extremely useful for three situations: 1) Low close up shots of (for example) plants/fungi and really anything that would require a close to the ground POV that would otherwise require the photographer to prostrate themselves belly down ...in public! 2) "Shooting from the hip" with the screen flipped out facing up for less intrusive street photography ...and 3) Photography when in a crowd, especially if you are short like I am. Screen flipped out but facing down, so you can hold the camera high up at arm's length and see over the crowd, almost like a periscope. Great review, I bought one of these a year or so ago. Thumbs up

Great review! I will consider buying the X-E4!! Thank you.

You gotta love this camera. Nice Review man!!!!

Very helpful. Thank you...

love your videos! keep it up!

View mode and Focus mode can be put into a function buttons. This camera is so easy to use and most important it is light. I use a thumb grip to assist in gripping the camera. I like this camera so much it has replaced my X-Pro2 as my primary camera.

ha ha, I watch Kai's video when I want to smile. I watch yours to get your perspective on Fujifilm as a fellow GR shooter :-) Congrats on the Moment collab, that's great.

Fun video! Subscribed! :)

Finally, they made my perfect camera. I had the X-E2s years ago and upgraded to the X-T2, for the screen flip and the dual EVF, then I got X-70 as a 2nd body, just because I missed the X-E style so much. I think I will have to sell all my shit and buy one. ✌️

just ended watching the global summit, and this immediately appeared in my feed. that's fast!! haha

Thanks I really enjoyed this. I'd choose the XE4 all day long over the ZV1 provided the pre amps are not too hissy?

Fuji loves you man 😊❤️

Let's Goooo❤️❤️❤️

Excellent video. Does placing a V filter before the lens hood affect the focus motor on this 27mm lens?

The clean, flat front certainly looks amazing but I do think it's a bit of a shame they removed the S/C/M switch. Still, a tilt screen is one of the few things I miss on my X-E3. Also those wide strap lugs look niice, and the angular corners remind me a bit of old Canon screwmount rangefinders, or the Nikon F. Fuji really outdid themselves, they keep making more and more beautiful cameras.

That was fun to watch. Thank you! Next stop GFX100S review? Is it any good for vlogging? :-)

Cool gemacht. Danke 👍🏼

❤ to learn photography and about camera. Thanks!

Hi Samuel, thx for your introduction. It’s great! I have a question of this 27mm lens which hope you can help…does this lens need to add UV since it is already WR?

What is the bridge where you are standing around the 7:00~ I feel like I’ve seen that bridge in my dreams lol, but nice review. I’m considering this camera. Seems very stable in the test you did, love it! Thank you

Yes a street photography settings video please! The ending got me! Kay's was great and so do yours. You're both complementary!

The only vlogger who says “vlog myself”! Thank you for the video :)

I assume image stabilization and weather sealing are reserved for their more premium cameras... like the xpro/xt series.

Nice video, what do you prefer, black or silver colour in XE4?

Thank you Samuel for that great review. I was briefly contemplating selling my X100F and X-T2 and getting this one instead. Until I watched your video. I was still rather convinced until you hinted on the missing manual focus switch. Thank you for bringing this up! That officially kills it for me. I'm using it all the time. Would have been easy for Fuji to keep it just as it was on the X-E3 and on basically all other major cameras. I guess it got sacrificed for a sleek design just like even the little "grip bump" which means you always have to use the accessory making it a bit more bulky at the bottom. Two rather sad decisions on an otherwise amazing camera. Kind of bums me out cause I was looking forward to this.

Hi. I have a question about fujii cameras, I have xt3 and after removing the battery for a long time, all settings are reset. This is normal, can I fix it somehow?

Great help - thank you! I’ve decided against buying this upgrade to my E3. I have the H1 and T3. I’ll just get the 27mm lens.

LOL the "HAVE YOU SUBSCRIBED YET?" question in the background... hilarious! And yes, I have :P

No weather sealing, I might have considered a Fuji for this little guy.

Hi again Samuel, I'm definitely thinking of getting this camera. That problem you had with the image flipping?!?! on the LCD screen? was that resolved in the end, or is it something it just does?!?! Samuel? and would you say the XE4 body has a fairly robust build to it Samuel?.....Sorry for all the silly questions but thank you again for your help Samuel.

I have an older Fujifilm that does not have Eterna. For skintones, if I can't use Eterna, which other film simulation do you think has the best skin tones for video?

At this point in the photo world, you might aswell go with the camera that you find the most attractive - and the X-E4 is up there for me.

I've heard, it has more options to configure and safe the custom settings in the q menu beside film simulation. Are you showing them in another video. I think the x-e4 is the only Fuji camera, that can do that.

Really agree with what you said at about 10:30 ... Visual notes.

Just checked out Ron Haviv...no excuses indeed! Thanks for the rec.

Greeaaat!! Must be nice, eh? But I am so much more interested with the 27mm! *was hoping to see the new sim too

I choked on my soda from laughing when Kai popped up at the end 😂

I personally like the minimalist design language Fuji has adapted starting with the X100V! I have to admit I like how similar this camera looks to an X100 now only with the added functionality of an interchangeable lens mount. I bought my X100V thinking I’d shoot B-Roll with it for my channel and maybe a little A-Roll from time to time. I have to say after trying it out, the lack of a dedicated headphone jack is frustrating. Also Fujifilm really needs to improve their manual focusing experience to round out the otherwise very tactile and pleasing shooting experience. I don’t think it’s an accident you chose a Samyang lens as your primary video lens over a Fujinon. 🙃

Great video! Still think I am getting the x100v, since I have the xpro2 for changing lenses. I think this will compete with the x100v though.

Footage looks crispy! Missing the focus M, C, S control on the front body...

Really great job!! I’m travelling soon and don’t want to carry my 5D. I’ve been a Canon guy for 20+ years… I’m going to pull the trigger on this over the x100v!!

Wie immer. Super video qualität brooo.

Welche Filmsimulation hast du verwendet um das Video zu drehen? Liebe Grüße und vielen Dank vorab für deine Antwort 👍🏻

This is a great kit! I am about to update my X100T to a X100V, but this really has me reconsidering.

It is Köhlbrand bridge in Hamburg behind You from 6th min? I was not in HH since soooooo many years :(

thanks so much.

The music on this video is on point

Nice video, thanks for it. Did you know that with old-timey medium format film cameras with the viewfinders that you look down into from above, that the image is upside down? So... they are being very old-timey realistic. :)

Which camera is the better choice Fuji xe4 or Ricoh gr iii x. I don't do videos and not interested in changing out different lens. I got $1,200 to spend and all I do is bacis for fun shooting.. Or should I look at something different in that small compact size.. Thank you Greg

You had the same complaint - lack of dedicated button to switch between LCD, EVF, etc - with the X100V as well. I agree, I wish there was a dedicated button like on the XH1. But, alternatively, you can assign a custom button to this function. On my X100V I have assigned the little custom button next to the shutter to the display mode switch function. FYI!

I'm looking into buying a camera for street photography and I'm torn between Fujifilm X-E4 and the Ricoh GR III. How is the X-E4 compared to the Ricoh GR III? Which JPEGs do you prefer more, the X-E4 (Fujifilm) or the Ricoh GR III? Also being both a Fujifilm and Ricoh camera user, which has given you less technical problems? I've heard of Ricoh's dust problem and sticky lens which has made me nervous about the system but from what I've seen the images are beautiful If you could give me your perspective, I'd really appreciate it :) Thank you

This camera looks amazing, new 27 cool

Does xe4 have a digital gimbal like in xt200?

This is an awesome review ! I’d love to pick your brain on the following… I’m having a hard time with deciding on a new Fuji body, struggling with GAS, but also feeling like I want a new and/or third body. Right now I’m shooting on an XT3 and an X100V. Love both. I shoot studio portraits and headshots, personal branding photos and the occasional family session. I used to shoot engagements and weddings, but now it’s almost entirely portrait work. I have fallen in love with the rangefinder style of the X100V, and I am eyeing the XPRO 3 and XE4. I’m having a hard time deciding if I should sell my XT3, and get an XPRO 3, keep the XT3 and get an XE4, or just wait and save for the XPRO3 and have three cameras (XT3, XPRO & X100). I’ve also considered the XT4, but I don’t do video, don’t care about IBIS and I just don’t see the upgrade. I like to work very minimalist, and I only have a handful of lenses. I would love your thoughts as to what you would do in my shoes. I think I’m also feeling kind of burnt out and bored and there’s something about the x100 that just makes me want to shoot more, which is why I’m leaning towards the rangefinder minimalism found in the XE4 and XPRO series. I want the camera to get out of my way, and my work is about connection, simplicity and closeness. Even in the studio, I keep one eye open. I am finding myself shooting in studio with the X100! Would you sell the XT3 and get the XPRO, keep it and go XE4, or just wait and save and get the XPRO as a third? I think there is some piece of me that’s just scared of going entirely rangefinder, considering I’m doing studio for portraits… But maybe that’s just a simple learning curve. And if I sell my XT3 I could probably afford to get another lens, although I’m pretty happy with my combination of 23, 35 and 56. If the focus on the XE4 is as good as the XT3, or better, I’m in. Is it really that fast? Is the XE4 comparable to XT3 in terms of IQ, ability to work with strobes and speed?

So it's unfortunate that there is no IBIS, but I'm guessing you can do that in post with google photos and it should work just fine, right?

what ND are you using?

Is it the same finish as the X100V?

Lintaro FIRST then Kai! Vielen Dank für die tolle Bewertung! Wow, ich erinnere mich an diese eiskalten Wintertage in Deutschland! Grüße aus Kapstadt, wo unsere Bushaltestellen ebenfalls leer sind ... aber es ist 35 Grad Celsius!

my 2nd Ricoh GR2 is broken,(lens got stuck again) I am thinking getting GR3 or this fuji for the first time

Beautiful camera 😍

between this ff xe4 and ricoh gr3x urban, which one is better?

Nice review thank you. The V has higher res EFV

Xe-4 vs Xs-10 vs Xt-4 for photos or video comparison video?

do i want the XE4 or GR3? decisions decisions!

The matte black XE-4 with the new 27mm pancake 🔥

should i get this? or get a X-T3? or just keep my X-H1?

Already?! Wow!

Hey @SamuelLStreetlife, thank you fot the video. As I see this camera has another changes than the previous Fuji cameras. The eyelet on the camera is different, and the microphone connector is finally 3,5mm. Can you measure the dimension of the hole in the new eyelet? I'm wondering what kind of self made camera strap can fit in.

Nice and first video without typically German accent. Nice. 👍

Does the camera come with the grip/bottom plate attachment and thumbs up grip in the box? Or are those separate purchases from Fuji for an extra cost? I know you said in the video you’re not sure if it comes in every bundle, but was hoping if you could ask Fuji. Also, can it shoot unlimited 4K video or is it limited to 30 minutes?

Definitely a good camera. The sensor and processor are great and the image quality is fantastic for a 800€ cam. The missing AF/MF/CF-switch hurts … but on the other hand: How often do i really use it? And would i miss it when my X-H1 did not has it? I would say you have to be fine with some compromises and in real life the handicap is okay and you can find a workflow for this. All in all an interesting cam! Thanks for the content ✊

Great video Samuel. I'm curious, how is the battery life for video?

Hi Samuel, i am in doubt if buying x-s10 or x-e4. I like the isbs in x-s10 while I like the portability of x-e4. I want to buy the camera to shoot photos and videos to my family, i am not a pro. I am not sure how much critical will be shoot without isbs. Please could you be so kind to give me your kind opinion? Thanks

Hi Samuel, great camera review as always! Samuel I know you actually touched on this point in your review, but I have concerns about the EVF! on the XE4, is the evf smaller then the evf on my Fuji X100T, or is it the same size? if it is better, then that would be fantastic! but is it not so good Samuel? Thank you for your help!

Question sir, about the white balance shift? can it be saved on the Q menu like the XPRO3? i really love the FILM SIMULATION recipes but on my X-T2 there is no white balance can be saved on the Q menu, i must shift it manually.

my oh my, now imagine an x-pro without a grip and with a strictly horizontal top plate (not angled) and with a gray/silver top... I think that would look very very nice on x-pro

hmm to get started would one rather choose this one or one of the Ricoh GR3's

Hmm, to be honest I think some of my favorite things from the X-E1 are gone in this generation, I liked the buttons on the rear, I liked the feel of the old grip (probably similar with the accessory grip, I know), and I also am a fan of the C/S/M focus selector switch. That said, the tilt screen would probably be great, and who am I to complain about missing buttons? I just got a Leica TL2 with no buttons at all... but hey, it was cheap :)

Watching too many KZfaq videos.. I was tempted to buy the X-E4 instead of the X100V … I didn’t like the 27mm lens so I bought the 35/2 .. but now I lost the compactness and it’s a bit narrow… I’m considering selling my xe4 and get the X100V … what do you think?