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There are two issues here. One is just the usual crop factor stuff. Photographers seem to have real problems dealing with this (probably thanks to the original

There are two issues here. One is just the usual crop factor stuff. Photographers seem to have real problems dealing with this (probably thanks to the original sin of some marketer somewhere), but they have always and will always suffer from that. If you quote focal lengths in "mmeq" (35mm film frame equivalent focal length) then this problem goes into the background and stays there, out of focus, until the next thread of people talking past each other on a photography forum. The second issue is that the normal lens focal length for a 35mm film frame, by the most common definition, is actually 43mm. There are, of course, other definitions. https://medium.com/ice-cream-geometry/what-is-a-normal-lens-35mm-50mm-43mm-compared-to-the-human-eye-cf7e43cc3366 https://medium.com/ice-cream-geometry/what-is-a-normal-lens-... seems like a good discussion but I admit to having just skimmed it. So neither 35mm nor 50mm is particularly great. My X100V has a 35mmeq prime lens and I often find myself wishing it was a little narrower. (Though of course I might be saying the opposite if it were actually 50mmeq....)

ISL 4y ago
If Fuji ever makes an X100 with a 50mm-equivalent lens (probably a 35mm f/2), they'll sell a boatload. Quite a few of them will sit on a shelf, though, compared with the 35mm-equivalent X100s of today. You can always crop in, but you can't crop out. If Fuji did make a 50mm X100, though, I'd be on the list. Ricoh made a great choice by bringing the GR IIIx to market. If I ever jump on the GR train, it'll likely be with that 40mm-equivalent model. Less versatile, but the images that do hit will resonate with me more.
- coldtea 4y ago
  >If Fuji ever makes an X100 with a 50mm-equivalent lens (probably a 35mm f/2), they'll sell a boatload. Why would they? 35mm is much more versatile and better for family, travel, and street photography, which is what those cameras are used for.
  - m348e912 4y ago
    I've spent some time with a full frame Canon SLR with a few different fixed focal length lenses. (35,50,&85mm). My favorite lens is the Zeiss Distagon 35mm/1.4 even though it doesn't have autofocus. That being said, I have moved to the Fujifilm x100v and I'm happy with the results.
- nop_slide 4y ago
  They’re already having trouble cranking out enough X100V models
- shapefrog 4y ago
  FUJIFILM TCL-X100 II Tele Conversion Lens - they dont sell a boat load of them. My old X100 field-of-view is spectacular just the way the designer intended it to be. https://shuttermuse.com/fuji-x100-conversion-lens-review-28mm-50mm/ https://shuttermuse.com/fuji-x100-conversion-lens-review-28m...
  - ISL 4y ago
    I have the TCL -- it does work well, but it is so large that it feels very un-X100-like. When I travel with the X100, the TCL comes along, but as a "sometimes" lens, rather than the default. If Fuji were to come to market with a leaf-shuttered 35mm f/2 comparable in size to the X100's 23mm, I continue to maintain that there'd be a bunch of high-end buyers. It'd be the only 50mm-equivalent instrument of its kind on the market.

ISL 4y ago

If Fuji ever makes an X100 with a 50mm-equivalent lens (probably a 35mm f/2), they'll sell a boatload. Quite a few of them will sit on a shelf, though, compared with the 35mm-equivalent X100s of today. You can always crop in, but you can't crop out. If Fuji did make a 50mm X100, though, I'd be on the list. Ricoh made a great choice by bringing the GR IIIx to market. If I ever jump on the GR train, it'll likely be with that 40mm-equivalent model. Less versatile, but the images that do hit will resonate with me more.

coldtea 4y ago
>If Fuji ever makes an X100 with a 50mm-equivalent lens (probably a 35mm f/2), they'll sell a boatload. Why would they? 35mm is much more versatile and better for family, travel, and street photography, which is what those cameras are used for.
- m348e912 4y ago
  I've spent some time with a full frame Canon SLR with a few different fixed focal length lenses. (35,50,&85mm). My favorite lens is the Zeiss Distagon 35mm/1.4 even though it doesn't have autofocus. That being said, I have moved to the Fujifilm x100v and I'm happy with the results.
nop_slide 4y ago
They’re already having trouble cranking out enough X100V models
shapefrog 4y ago
FUJIFILM TCL-X100 II Tele Conversion Lens - they dont sell a boat load of them. My old X100 field-of-view is spectacular just the way the designer intended it to be. https://shuttermuse.com/fuji-x100-conversion-lens-review-28mm-50mm/ https://shuttermuse.com/fuji-x100-conversion-lens-review-28m...
- ISL 4y ago
  I have the TCL -- it does work well, but it is so large that it feels very un-X100-like. When I travel with the X100, the TCL comes along, but as a "sometimes" lens, rather than the default. If Fuji were to come to market with a leaf-shuttered 35mm f/2 comparable in size to the X100's 23mm, I continue to maintain that there'd be a bunch of high-end buyers. It'd be the only 50mm-equivalent instrument of its kind on the market.