Fujifilm’s X-Pro Series Successor

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It’s been almost six years since the X-Pro3 launched, and fans have been wondering if Fujifilm has abandoned the series. The good news? They haven’t. The bad news? It’s still going to take time.

Fujifilm says they don’t want to release an X-Pro4 that’s just a small, predictable upgrade. “We could just drop the X-Processor 5 and new X-Trans sensor into an X-Pro3 and call it a day, but that’s boring,” says Yuji Igarashi, Fujifilm’s General Manager of Professional Imaging. Instead, they want to make it truly worth the wait.

The challenge? The longer they wait, the higher expectations get, making it even harder to please fans. “We probably made it difficult for ourselves,” Igarashi admits. “Because we made the X-Pro too special.” So, an X-Pro4 will come—thats confirmed. But Fujifilm wants to make sure it’s something photographers actually get excited about.