Fuji is on a roll

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Cameras, lenses. these guys are kicking a*s. Canon, Nikon, Leica are you guys listening? Fuji seems to be speaking our language, at least mine.:D
 
Fuji on a roll? Since they ditched Neopan it has been mostly "Ilford" on my rolls - seems as if they are not speaking my language after all... Sorry, couldn't resist - their digital offers look pretty decent, actually.
 
i'm starting to catch the fuji bug. i bought an eos m cheap and like it, but canon has only offered 3 lenses for it (1 prime, 2 zooms which i don't use) and doesn't appear to have much interest in supporting the line at all. i've been using m43 a lot but have recently been noticing that my preferred photos are usually aps-c. fuji seems to be the company doing the best at offering a complete system (eg bodies, lenses, and firmware support), and offering features (dials, ovf, that sort of thing) that photographers want. while sony seems to also be doing good things, it seems like they're more interested in churning out bodies than releasing lenses.
 
In my mind Fuji is wiping the floor with other manufacturers. Everything they are currently making is pure gold.
 
The XT-1 is so boring. Instead of taking the lead as they've done with the X100, X-pro1 and so on they release a camera that just follows all the other cameras out there. Sure, it may be a better camera but stil, it's nothing new..
And isn't it time to leave the digital retro style design? There will never be a good looking retro style camera as long as they put a LCD on the back and a lot of ugly buttons.

When it comes to performance of the cameras i agree, fuji really know what they are doing!
 
I would put Sony right up there with them but I think Fuji certainly has some good lenses. I give them most improved out of all of them.
 
Landberg said:
The XT-1 is so boring. Instead of taking the lead as they've done with the X100, X-pro1 and so on they release a camera that just follows all the other cameras out there. Sure, it may be a better camera but stil, it's nothing new..
And isn't it time to leave the digital retro style design? There will never be a good looking retro style camera as long as they put a LCD on the back and a lot of ugly buttons.

When it comes to performance of the cameras i agree, fuji really know what they are doing!
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I cant really thing of another camera that is not PASM, only fuji and leica. That Nikon Df made an attempt but at the end it ended up being both PASM and direct dials at the same time, which is confusing.

The x100 and xpro1 lines still continue as far as I know, and the fact that they were released first clearly shows where fuji's focus is.
 
NeeZee said:
Fuji on a roll? Since they ditched Neopan it has been mostly "Ilford" on my rolls - seems as if they are not speaking my language after all... Sorry, couldn't resist - their digital offers look pretty decent, actually.
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:DVery funny.:D
 
I have the cheaper of their all weather point and shoots, and have been amazed at the quality of the pics that come out of that thing!
 
I'm liking what I'm seeing, and using, from Fuji cameras. They seem to be the Apple of digital cameras the past few years.
 
hmmmmmm... roll :)

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Honestly, Sony is making some pretty dope stuff at the moment, and I'd have to say the RX100/RX1/A7 stuff is more exciting than the XQ1/XE2/X20 stuff fuji has going on. In all honesty I can't figure out why so many RFFers have a collective hard-on for Fuji's digicams. Is it because the retro style strikes a chord with the demographic here? I mean, the X100 was something new and exciting, but since then they've been incrementally improving things and living off their "innovative/retro style" vibe.
 
boomguy57 said:
Honestly, Sony is making some pretty dope stuff at the moment, and I'd have to say the RX100/RX1/A7 stuff is more exciting than the XQ1/XE2/X20 stuff fuji has going on. In all honesty I can't figure out why so many RFFers have a collective hard-on for Fuji's digicams. Is it because the retro style strikes a chord with the demographic here? I mean, the X100 was something new and exciting, but since then they've been incrementally improving things and living off their "innovative/retro style" vibe.
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I guess you cant figure it out because you think of it as a retro style.
To us it's neither retro nor a style, it's simply returning to how things should be.
The fact that cameras stopped being designed like that was just an industry f*ck up that is now being fixed.
 
[ I mean, the X100 was something new and exciting, but since then they've been incrementally improving things and living off their "innovative/retro style" vibe./QUOTE]

Like the last thirty years of Mercedes, BMW..........and Leica.....
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Boomguy57 -

As a guy who just bought his first Fuji product last week, here's my 2 cents on the Sony vs. Fuji thing.
I cross-shopped the X-E2 and A7 but decided to go with the X-E2 mainly because of the way it feels to hold and operate.
Another factor was the quality of the zoom they sell as a kit with both cameras - the Sony lens is soft in sample images and not built very solid in my opinion, whereas the Fuji is very sharp and feels better built.
Also the Sony system doesn't offer many full-frame lenses yet whereas Fuji either already makes or is about to release several that I will probably buy. I will say that the Zeiss 55mm lens for the Sony mount is a damn nice lens, but I'm not big on that focal length.

I wanted a full-frame camera for a long time so I was looking for a reason to like the A7 and could have justified the price difference, but I couldn't find any compelling reasons. I have been very happy with the X-E2 and the 18-55 so far, and looking forward to the 10-24 and 56mm 1.2 coming out.
 
Isn't the X line APS-C size?

MadMan2k said:
Boomguy57 -

As a guy who just bought his first Fuji product last week, here's my 2 cents on the Sony vs. Fuji thing.
I cross-shopped the X-E2 and A7 but decided to go with the X-E2 mainly because of the way it feels to hold and operate.
Another factor was the quality of the zoom they sell as a kit with both cameras - the Sony lens is soft in sample images and not built very solid in my opinion, whereas the Fuji is very sharp and feels better built.
Also the Sony system doesn't offer many full-frame lenses yet whereas Fuji either already makes or is about to release several that I will probably buy. I will say that the Zeiss 55mm lens for the Sony mount is a damn nice lens, but I'm not big on that focal length.

I wanted a full-frame camera for a long time so I was looking for a reason to like the A7 and could have justified the price difference, but I couldn't find any compelling reasons. I have been very happy with the X-E2 and the 18-55 so far, and looking forward to the 10-24 and 56mm 1.2 coming out.
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Too bad that Fuji's camera division is losing money. According to this report, they won't survive the Smartphone photo revolution:

"Panasonic, Fujifilm and Olympus are all losing money on cameras, according to the report, and don’t have any immediate prospects of turning that around as global mirrorless sales stagnate and the market for compact camera evaporates at an alarming pace.

“If you look mid-to-long term, digital camera makers are slipping and the market is becoming an oligopoly,” Credit Suisse imaging analyst Yu Yoshida told Reuters. ”Only those who have a strong brand and are competitive on price will last — and only Canon, Nikon and Sony fulfill that criteria.”

Full article here:

http://petapixel.com/2013/12/30/report-claims-nikon-canon-sony-will-survive-smartphone-revolution/
 
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