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I have an XT-1 from 2015 (still working!) and recently started considering upgrading to an XT-5 but I'm a little hesitant to buy a "new" camera first released in 2023 that still retails for almost the same price as two years ago. I'm so torn between just going for it and waiting (who knows how long) for the X-T6 to come out. Perhaps I should just try to find a good deal on an X-T4.

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Innovation is very slow in photography world these days, X-T5 made a big jump in MP count compared to X-T4, but resolution aside image quality is pretty much the same, and other improvements were marginal.

I still use X-T2, and it has not really aged, even when compared to my X100V. Infamous Fuji AF is where they progress slowly but steadily, so that's the primary feature that I'd look into when choosing between generations.

If it helps, I pay reasonably close attention to Fuji rumors because I'm deep in the ecosystem, and at present there appears to be no indication that an XT-6 is coming any time soon. They just released the GFX100RF and XE-5, plus there are rumors of an X-T30 III soon, and with all that in the pipeline I doubt they are also finishing up an XT-6. The -4 and -5 are still great cameras, I would just go for whichever of those you think is a better deal.

> an XT-6 is coming any time soon

Besides, it's still near impossible to get an X100 VI. B&H's backlog must be over a year at this point.

See the trick is not to buy it new!

https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/product/fujifilm-x-t5

Or, as I have done myself and would recommend:

https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/product/fujifilm-x-t50

(Smaller, lighter)

The X-T4 is fantastic. See my other comment in this thread.

The "new release premium" is just too high, in my opinion. Cameras aren't getting better so fast that you aren't better off with the previous model.

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