Fuji X100 Digital SOMETHING from Fujifilm

That crashing sound you just heard was the price of X-1's going through the floor. I hope this costs Father Leica a lot of sales. This is the camera that they should have made.
 
It certainly takes some design cues from Leica. Looks like a cool camera, and I like the inclusion of the viewfinder. The lack of viewfinder is my primary complaint regarding the X1.
 
I hate to be the wet blanket on this thread, but I have to ask; what are they not telling us? Or am I just a skeptical consumer?

Just image; a digital rangefinder arms race between, Leica, Nikon, Canon, Fuji..."brand X"!!! The first one to have "everything" & M lenses at $2,000 will be the winner.
 
I agree with much of what is said but I find the "styling" regrettable. I wish they had been less concerned about making it look "retro," though the controls seem to be all in the right places and that counts for a lot. It seem to me it just calls attention to itself. Wish it had just been more plain and utilitarian. I hope, at least, it's AF. I would assume so.
 
Pablito said:
I agree with much of what is said but I find the "styling" regrettable. I wish they had been less concerned about making it look "retro," though the controls seem to be all in the right places and that counts for a lot. It seem to me it just calls attention to itself. Wish it had just been more plain and utilitarian. I hope, at least, it's AF. I would assume so.
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Specs say fast contrast autofocus. You have to wonder if they really mean 'fast'. Previous leaks have suggested that they do mean fast. Fingers crossed.
 
Thanks bwcolor! The MTFs (in the brochure linked above) are ass-kicking by f/4. I've NEVER seen a mfr. provide MTFs for a fixed-lens digicam before -- did Father Leica do so for the X1?

This is VERY promising.
 
This will cost more than the Leica, but nevertheless (assuming it all works) it's going to kill sales of the X1. I wonder what Leica can pull out of the hat at Photokina ?
 
Wow, that looks nice.

It looks to be in the same class as the X1: high-end, fixed-lens camera, basically a digital version of cameras such as the Contax T series, Hexar, Nikon 35Ti.

I am guessing $1800~$2,000 price range, just comparing this with a mu-43 camera.
 
The only things I don't see here are: (1) validation that the AF really is fast; (2) figures on the lens's geometric distortion; (3) DNG as native RAW format; and (4) weather sealing.

Everything else looks really, really good, and the stuff I've just mentioned are all just unknowns.

If they can come in at $2000 US or less, they will sell a lot of these.
 
I hope Brian is right with the price range. This could be the first digital camera I use - but only if there is an economic way of printing black-and-white at a good quality !
 
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