TAKING ACTION
Wow, you’re thinking, that X-T3 didn’t hang around for very long, did it? Look, here’s the X-T4 already.
Rest assured the X-T3 remains very much alive and well in Fujifilm’s X mount line-up and, no, we’re not returning to the bad old days early in the digital era of model lifespans measured in months rather than years. Fujifilm is essentially taking a page out of Sony’s book and adding new models that simply expand the choice. So the X-T4 joins the X-T3 instead of replacing it, offering an expanded feature set at, of course, a higher price point. Nor, incidentally, is it the replacement for the X-H1, with Fujifilm giving assurances there will be an X-H2.
The X-T3 is already a pretty capable camera and has to be high on the shopping list of anybody considering the APS-C sensor size in the mirrorless configuration. In fact, if you like the DSLR-style form factor, it’s really the only choice… except for the X-T4. The two share the same retro-inspired good looks, sensor, processor, EVF, hybrid autofocusing system and a bunch of Fujifilm’s in-camera functions but with more obviously.
The two models are very close in size – the X-T4 is marginally deeper and taller, but it’s close to 70g heavier. This isn’t a lot in the overall scheme of things, though the greater ‘heft’ is noticeable when handling. The two look very much the same too, with just a slight difference in the shape of the EVF’s top cover while, at the rear, the X-T4’s monitor screen is now full articulated – i.e. more conventionally adjustable for both tilt and swing instead of having the X-T3’s nifty three-way tilt. Also, the X-T4’s handgrip is a bit deeper, but apart from these minor differences, you really do have to check the model numbers to tell which model is which.
On the inside though there are some significant differences. At the top of the list is in-body image stabilisation for the X-T4 and Fujifilm has been able to design a much more compact sensor shift assembly than the one in the X-H1. In fact, it’s 30% smaller and 20% lighter thanks to the use of electromagnetic fields to apply the shifts, and Fujifilm says it’s also eight times more accurate, carrying out 10,000 corrections per second. Consequently, it gives up to 6.5 stops of correction
