Fuji announces interchangeable lens system!

Gxr only solves part of my legacy lens requirements 🙁. This is why Nex is at top of my list.

But those guys on the gxr threads are making the Nex commitment harder and harder, Segedi.

Gary
 
PKR said:
The cameras are expensive and limiting for consumers (no zooms and movie mode - so far). The pros and RF crowd want these cameras.
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The Fuji x100 and the Sony Nex have movie modes. If I remember correctly the gxr does too.

Gary
 
Just when the X100 is becomming part of me, though there are times when a longer lens would be better, Sony beckons with the Nex 7. Now Fuji is upping the ante again. "Be still my heart "
 
Wonderful news! I resisted buying the x100 because I hoped Fuji would realize it needed interchangeable lenses. If the price for the new one is around the x100 I'll definitely get one.
 
PKR said:
I would be happy if Fuji added a second X100 type camera with a 28mm Equiv. lens.
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I get the feeling that's the thought that spawned this idea. There's people that would prefer a 50mm equiv. lens too. For Fuji it's a much better idea to make a body and multiple lenses rather than multiple fixed lens bodies.
Though it's all guessing until they give us a little more info as to what body type they'll go with, but it seems silly that they'd develop their hybrid viewfinder and just use it in the one camera.
 
The only flaw to interchangeable lenses is that they'd have to be larger, I think - the X100's 24/2 is so small because it could be adapted directly to the body/microlenses on the sensor, etc.

No reason they'd have to be any larger than M-mount lenses, I guess.
 
Well the image of the X-S1 they have in their roadmap manages to look both ugly and boring. Certainly no Leica killer, not even a RF lookalike and without the viewfinder and the retro styling that made the X100 the talk of town. I hope for them that it is just a PR picture
 
rxmd said:
Well the image of the X-S1 they have in their roadmap manages to look both ugly and boring. Certainly no Leica killer, not even a RF lookalike and without the viewfinder and the retro styling that made the X100 the talk of town. I hope for them that it is just a PR picture
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X-S1 is not announced mirrorless body, I think. So Fuji still have a chance. X-S1 looks like a typical fixed lens superzoom - which it is, indeed.
 
I'm betting they're designing something like an APS-C sixed sensor with many more pixels than currently used, and those pixel positions on the sensor are going to be capable of capturing far more light than current designs. There's been so much going on in material design, micro mirror design, flexible sensor substrates.... on and on. All of this points to evermore sensor density and throughput.
 
This well could be the system I've been waiting for for so long: SMALL system ala Leica M, interchangeable lenses, large sensor, good IQ, not over the top in price. Leica filled all these, except the price one.

I've been considering the micro 4/3 for some time now, but this could be perfect for me, as I love the looks and specs of the X100. If the system remains the same quality as the X100, except the few bugs it has, they surely have a customer. Let's see which lenses are being designed for it. If they are as good as the one in the X100, I'm sold. If they can mount M lenses with an adapter, I'm more than sold 🙂

I'd really love to have a Leica M9, but price is a big no no for me.

Great times for people like me looking for a good IQ, small system!!.
 
I'm glad I'm not on this search for the perfect M9 replacement. After 50 years of trying to buy my way into becoming a good guitar player, I've finally figured out there is no Holy Grail. I still suck as a guitar player.

Cameras are worse, though. Every six months there is a new $1,000 camera that promises to be "The One," and everyone rushes to buy one. And then it has the inevitable compromises. And the search begins anew. I guess for many the search itself is part of the fun. Makes me weary. 😉
 
Pickett Wilson said:
Every six months there is a new $1,000 camera that promises to be "The One," and everyone rushes to buy one. And then it has the inevitable compromises. And the search begins anew. I guess for many the search itself is part of the fun. Makes me weary. 😉
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That's the reason why I'm still using old film camera - can upgrade (or swap, to be exact) sensor every other day, and still have $1000 in my pocket (every other year). Yes, and I'm not even mentioning time I save don't reading rumour sites and company announcements. Film is dead? Sure, but still helps to stay consistent.

UPD: yes, I spend part of saved time...here 😉
 
tom.w.bn said:
Why do you think so? I'v seen a lot of EVF already and none of them is good. How come that Sony can suddenly deliver a good EVF?
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Sony´s EVF has got twice as much resolution as the older, good ones. Furthermore, everybody who tested the new EVF said, that it would be really good. The new attachment EVF for the nex 5n is the same as the one in the nex 7.

I believe they made a great leap in that regard.
 
This announcement wouldn't stop me from buying an x100 IMO.

The interchangeable lenses will be nice, but the VF (if optical) will be comprimise (due to different focal lengths) and the whole package won't be as compact or well tuned as the current x100 and 23mm fujinon.

Really, all you need is a 35mm f2 lens IMO.
 
Pickett Wilson said:
I'm glad I'm not on this search for the perfect M9 replacement. After 50 years of trying to buy my way into becoming a good guitar player, I've finally figured out there is no Holy Grail. I still suck as a guitar player.

Cameras are worse, though. Every six months there is a new $1,000 camera that promises to be "The One," and everyone rushes to buy one. And then it has the inevitable compromises. And the search begins anew. I guess for many the search itself is part of the fun. Makes me weary. 😉
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packin up the eyelevel f2's right this moment. ratty, brass showing everywhere, a few dents and scratches and perfect.
 
Potentially good news, but not looking forward to all the speculation followed by the hype and inevitable disappointment because it is not a native M mount, only has clean IQ to ISO256000, doesn't have wifi, gps, only does 10 fps, lacks a decisive moment mode and the AF is not instant 🙄
 
Well, I'm not so excited...yet. We have no idea what the shape will be, what type of viewfinder will be used, what type of mount will be used, etc. Too little info. It could be a X100 with interchangable lenses ....but it may not be.
 
Easier for me to show my excitement, since I don't have an M9 nor an X100.

I've felt for a year that something more from Fuji has been in the cards.

M Mount digital alternatives are picking up speed (though compatibility/performance with this Fuji remains to be seen).

Given my limited resources, I just went a few days prior to this announcement through the process of revising my expectations away from the M9 towards other possibilities (like the M8 in combo with a GXR). Looks like it's gonna be a good decision in the long run.
 
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