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6/3/2025, 11:14:30 PM
I'm loving my GFX100SII but it's a pain for long travel. Like when we walk 15000 steps in humid and hot Tokyo it's just not comfortable to have that much weight in my hand/neck the whole day. Especially because my favorite lenses is even more heavy (GF55mm1.7). So I was thinking of leaving it in the hotel room when I know I'll be out the whole day and instead bring something compact. Now here comes the twist: I'm looking for a 2nd camera that is tiny and light to bring everywhere. I did some research and brought it down to the following.
A) Fuji X-E5 with that new 23mm pancake lens + the xf50mmf2. 40mp sensor and ibis is nice. Must be no issue to bring all day and I can change lenses.
B) Ricoh GRIV. I used to have the GR3 years ago and the sharpness was quite good.. unlike fuji apsc I could not see any difference to a full frame sensor. I have high hopes for their coming model.
C) Leica Q Type116. Yes, the old model. It's very cheap on the used market. Probably just a few 100 more than option A or B. But it's full frame and a Leica. However, it doesn't seem all that compact and light. Still probably much more comfortable as a daily compared ot the GFX. Possible i guess.
D) Not my favorite but compromise on buying a light lens for the GFX such as the GF35-70. Then I can enjoy my medium format image quality still, don't have to decide which camera to bring. But it's still big and heavy compared to A, B, C.
What I excluded:
A7CII: checked in store and didn't like the body in hand and shutter sound.
Nikon Zf: beautiful camera but as clunky as my gfx.
X100VI
Really difficult to decide. It's not urgent so I can wait at least until end of the year. What would you chose?
A) Fuji X-E5 with that new 23mm pancake lens + the xf50mmf2. 40mp sensor and ibis is nice. Must be no issue to bring all day and I can change lenses.
B) Ricoh GRIV. I used to have the GR3 years ago and the sharpness was quite good.. unlike fuji apsc I could not see any difference to a full frame sensor. I have high hopes for their coming model.
C) Leica Q Type116. Yes, the old model. It's very cheap on the used market. Probably just a few 100 more than option A or B. But it's full frame and a Leica. However, it doesn't seem all that compact and light. Still probably much more comfortable as a daily compared ot the GFX. Possible i guess.
D) Not my favorite but compromise on buying a light lens for the GFX such as the GF35-70. Then I can enjoy my medium format image quality still, don't have to decide which camera to bring. But it's still big and heavy compared to A, B, C.
What I excluded:
A7CII: checked in store and didn't like the body in hand and shutter sound.
Nikon Zf: beautiful camera but as clunky as my gfx.
X100VI
Really difficult to decide. It's not urgent so I can wait at least until end of the year. What would you chose?
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