Fuji X Pro-1, Who's Buying?

[RealXenuis]

Ahh, makes sense. Although, single point in "zero" light is better than no point. I'd personally take it and be happy.

Agreed. One of the justifications I found for selling my DSLR to get a camera(s) that are likely slower in AF tracking (and in general) is that i almost never use tracking focus. I would say 95% of any action/motion series of shots I took with it were of my dog, which I feel confident the XP1 (or most cameras) will readily handle (I remember also a seal in Iceland, of which most of the shots were still fairly blurred).

While I can accept that IR AF as of now is single point, I can't imagine someone not being able to R&D that and come up with multi-point, cross type etc. Perhaps just expanding the spectrum sensitivity of the AF sensor (areas)? Well, that's someone else's job, but considering the types of technical issues that get sorted out nowadays, surely someone could figure that out??

Ι think it's mostly the single point AF, people want many AF points.

RFs are single point by definition, so I'm not surprised the Hexar AF with its single point IR AF is so popular in this forum. Essentially it does what an RF does: focus in the centre of the image quickly and reliably regardless of lighting conditions. If somehow they managed to implement that in a an interdhangeable lens system I think it would be a major hit in our crowd. The problem is that our crowd is small, so I'm not sure if any manufacturer would want to eat the R&D costs for something like that just to sell it to 5% of the market. It's much easier to just add a couple of AF point in your CDAF/PDAF system and sell it to the masses as "the new Canon XVIIIII with 53 instead of 47 AF points!"

 

[splitimageview]

Just arrived...

 

[olelovold]

Got my preorder in for the body and the 35. Can't wait to try them out.

 

[jsrockit]

Just arrived...

Which country?

 

[tbarker13]

Sweet.
Maybe we do have hope of getting them before March 20.

 

[jsrockit]

Ah, looks like these are coming to the US from Japan (i.e. ordered from Japan). 🙁 More waiting.

 

[splitimageview]

Hints I'm getting from the Fuji rep indicate it might be a bit earlier than end of March.

More initial feedback here...

 

[jsrockit]

Hints I'm getting from the Fuji rep indicate it might be a bit earlier than end of March.

Nice! 😀 😱 🙂

 

[Talex]

Ok, you just sent my heart racing with that comment. Did the Fuji rep mention how much earlier than the end of March?

Hints I'm getting from the Fuji rep indicate it might be a bit earlier than end of March.

More initial feedback here...

 

[splitimageview]

He said and I quote:

"I believe we are waiting on lenses to arrive from japan. hopefully within next 2 weeks"

But, as a disclaimer, I'm not sure if that is just his own personal hope. 🙂

 

[Talex]

Thanks for sharing this info! I certainly hope I can get the XPro1 and 18/2.0 before I leave for Europe on Mar 23. I would hate for the package to arrive while I was on vacation. I would have to arrange for a neighbor to pick up any packages while I'm away.

 

[gavinlg]

Annnnd unfortunately with the announcement of the 5d mkIII, which happens to be pretty much my ideal camera, I don't think I'll be getting the x-pro1 anymore.

Still going to be following it all though!

 

[Spyro]

I know Gavin... 5Diii, OMD, XPro1 all at once... very bad strategy on their behalf, if they had spread them out over 2-3 years they'd have us buying them all and then working exclusively to repay them :bang:😀

only thing missing is for CV to announce an affordable FF RF :bang:

 

[celluloidprop]

Man, if I could convince myself I wanted to go back to SLRs, the 5D3 would be very interesting.

 

[gavinlg]

I know Gavin... 5Diii, OMD, XPro1 all at once... very bad strategy on their behalf, if they had spread them out over 2-3 years they'd have us buying them all and then working exclusively to repay them :bang:😀

only thing missing is for CV to announce an affordable FF RF :bang:

I know! The thing is, the x100 is my ideal carry everywhere point and shoot camera. It's got built in flash, is tiny, and has superb IQ.
The 5dIII is properly sealed, probably best in class IQ, and best AF system - great for actual work - the two cameras just complement each other.

CV are bringing out the 28mm skopar for eos mount if that's any consolation! You can have the tiny skopar with it's silky metal focusing ring, with the 100% finder and the 61 AF points lighting up for MF confirmation... Very cool setup!

 

[Spyro]

Nah with all those mirrorless options around my interest in DSLRs has dwindled to nothing basically. I'm an amateur... I shoot for the fun of it and I just have more fun with smaller cameras and lenses.

Keeping my 5D classic with the shaved mirror, high contrast screen and magnified diopter for my occassional Zuiko & Contax fix and thats about it.

 

[jsrockit]

Annnnd unfortunately with the announcement of the 5d mkIII, which happens to be pretty much my ideal camera, I don't think I'll be getting the x-pro1 anymore.

Still going to be following it all though!

Jeez... easy come easy go...

 

[Spyro]

CV are bringing out the 28mm skopar for eos mount if that's any consolation! You can have the tiny skopar with it's silky metal focusing ring, with the 100% finder and the 61 AF points lighting up for MF confirmation... Very cool setup!

personally I dont want anything lighting up in the middle of my view... basically I dont want anything at all in there. The RF patch annoys me, the shallow dof of the SLR VFs annoys me, even the green rectangle of the x100 annoys me a little bit. Looking back, my best photos were taken with the Hexar AF. I put it down on the fact that there's absolutely nothing in the VF to distract me, I can just concentrate on the only 3 things that matter to me: light, composition and timing 🙂

 

[chris00nj]

Thanks for sharing this info! I certainly hope I can get the XPro1 and 18/2.0 before I leave for Europe on Mar 23. I would hate for the package to arrive while I was on vacation. I would have to arrange for a neighbor to pick up any packages while I'm away.

If I were you, I think I'd order them from Japan now. I would be aghast if the camera came in on March 24th!

 

[jsrockit]

New review: http://asia.cnet.com/product/fujifilm-finepix-x-pro1-45829035.htm