First look preview of X100 at dpreview.com

I hate to contribute to the hysteria but... Geez, it is getting closer to perfect than any digital camera yet.

I just want to time it so I am not buying the first Beta-tester versions but not waiting until September to actually get one either... I suspect the demand will outstrip production for half its life cycle.

How the other manufacturers could have ignored this market segment for so long is baffling, isn't it?
 
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Those high-ISO crops look superb. And I am absolutely delighted that DPReview likes the handling. I believe they say it's only trumped by the M9? Astounding.
 
I'm glad Fuji stopped the whole viral internet marketing nonsense and now we're getting concrete info from reputable sources. The dpreview article answered every question i had about X100, its as if the person who wrote the preview was reading our threads here.
 
Where are all the haters? ;) From what I can see, I'd have no issue using this up to 12800 in raw...but I'm not that picky and I don't mind noise...
 
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Carlos M said:
Yes, and the GF1/20mm fits in my jacket pocket nicely, even with the EVF!
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One thing I hate about most comparison images, is they only show from the front. There are a few out there that show from the top, which is what really makes a camera pocketable or not. The Canon s90 isn't that much smaller from the front than the X1 or Nex, but from the top it's positively miniscule.

http://www.bmupix.com/storage/thumb....jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1284987960525 this one is good, shows the sensor sizes too.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/5012055213_29caf15e35_z.jpg X1 and x100 overlayed from top

http://gear.benjacobsenphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/x100-thickness-comparison.jpg Thinnest from front to back of everything but the X1, and it by just barely.
 
The lens on the X100 looks tiny, similar to the pancake 20/1.7. Pretty close in size to the 14/2.5, and that's sorta' an oversized lens cap.
'Nice to finally see some images from the camera.
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Does the camera tech, the parts, actually change throughout their life cycle?

As in response to being an early adopter and being a beta tester of the camera, do you mean more the firmwire issues which are ironed out by updates.

Or do you mean that the first models out might be different gear wise?
 
andrew00 said:
Does the camera tech, the parts, actually change throughout their life cycle?

As in response to being an early adopter and being a beta tester of the camera, do you mean more the firmwire issues which are ironed out by updates.

Or do you mean that the first models out might be different gear wise?
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I can't remember the last camera where parts have changed in the life of the product. The M8 - 8.2 is the closest I can think of.

The scroll wheel the norwegian site mentions being vestigial and loose, I hope/assume they will replace it with a nicer more durable part, and I assume it will control whatever you click the Fn button to control (iso or what have you)

As nice as it is to see the images from the norwegian one, I can see why Fuji wouldn't want more hands on stuff yet if there are still this many hardware aspects to figure out.

If they don't have actual parts finalized, they will in all likelihood delay launch. It's highly unlikely and practically unprecedented that they will release it, then round 2 off production line has firmer dial parts or a metal battery door.
 
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