Fuji X100 Digital SOMETHING from Fujifilm

jsrockit said:
This is the camera to beat at that price point ($1000)... they could have charged twice as much IMO.

I can't believe anyone who likes digital, likes wide-angles, and doesn't like SLRs wouldn't be excited about this. How can you not be?
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As I don't quite agree that X1's price tag looks as reasonable as GF1's, I hope this lovely-looking babe would come up with a
number that wouldn't remind us of certain disapointment.

This is comparable with GF1 in a number of ways. Since the hybrid viewfinder is such an innovation, I'm willing to pay a few more for it.

Compare with X1's price tag? Come on. People don't have to follow crazy actions.
 
Yesterday I was very enthusiastic about the specs and design of this camera. After some sleep and some thinking about it I am still enthusiastic. That's a good sign 🙂
Some people say that it has the "old" D90 sensor. That's not too bad. The D90 offers very good image quality. I wouldn't speak of an "old" sensor at all.
So now it depends on the image quality of sensor + lens + chip and how usable the viewfinder is. I think it's promising to get something slightly different.
 
tonyjuliano said:
This is one "common" photog who can't wait to get his "common" little hands on this great new camera for the "common" masses.

I've been waiting for this for years, my M9 fund (which had many years left for fulfillment) has been liquidated.
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I reckon I'm pretty common too. Load me up with two!
 
Spending 1000$ on this beauty means 1000$ less in my M9 piggy-bank.
Is it worth the extra miles? well, it might be.
I'm positively waiting to the official release.
 
Around a $1000! With a 23/2 lens and 1/4000s top shutter speed. That is amazing, considering what the Panasonic 20/1.7 lens sells for in mu43 mount.

Good thing I bought the EP2 to use with 50 year old lenses.

Just wait until the M-Mount version of this thing comes out. Focus-Assist with manual lenses...
 
aizan said:
every website notes its retro look. if the designers of the x100 were the same ones who did the contax g, hexar rf, hasselblad xpan, etc., as i suspect, the x100 is a departure from their usual designs. it really stands out in miserere's size comparison image, and is even more extreme than the already retro olympus pen and leica x1. put it next to a ricoh and tell me their styles don't greatly differ. if you still insist that the x100 is not a retro styled camera, i don't have much else to say!
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If you were to design a fixed lens camera that had a built-in OVF (in this case a hybrid OVF) and a shutter speed dial on the top plate what would you do different? And why? It looks "retro" by default (- and because others may note this is inconsequential) because it's not a digital compact, it's not a DSLR. It's a fixed lens camera with an OVF that has a shutter speed dial on the top plate (where it belongs), because folks want this instead of navigating through menus. The back of the camera with the display certainly isn't "retro". Again, why weren't DSLRs considered "retro"... Because they stopped making RFs for the most part in the 70's and SLR design never went away. DSLRs look pretty much the same as SLRs because the form of both followed function. The only thing that might be considered "retro" on the Fuji is the switch in the front that used to be a self-timer. Little switch - who cares? Cameras: rectangular box, lens, viewfinder. D/SLRs have the hump, the ones that have an OVF but no mirror/prism don't. Take away "the hump" from a D/SLR - you have this camera or something that looks very much like it. Not "retro". Just a camera. If they put a "hump" in the middle that did nothing, it wouldn't be considered "retro".
 
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axiom said:
I Want Geotagging Please!!!
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Every digital camera makes it possible to do Geotagging. They have a built in clock and they write the time in the exif file information of a photo. Now all you need is a small external geotagger and you can match the information.
Don't embedd a geotagger in a camera I want to buy. I don't need it and it needs power from the camera battery too.
 
tom.w.bn said:
Every digital camera makes it possible to do Geotagging. They have a built in clock and they write the time in the exif file information of a photo. Now all you need is a small external geotagger and you can match the information.
Don't embedd a geotagger in a camera I want to buy. I don't need it and it needs power from the camera battery too.
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Umm, I'm pretty sure the previous poster was being sarcastic...
 
NickTrop said:
If you were to design a fixed lens camera that had a built-in OVF (in this case a hybrid OVF) and a shutter speed dial on the top plate what would you do different? And why? It looks "retro" by default (- and because others may note this is inconsequential) because it's not a digital compact, it's not a DSLR. It's a fixed lens camera with an OVF that has a shutter speed dial on the top plate (where it belongs), because folks want this instead of navigating through menus. The back of the camera with the display certainly isn't "retro". Again, why weren't DSLRs considered "retro"... Because they stopped making RFs for the most part in the 70's and SLR design never went away. DSLRs look pretty much the same as SLRs because the form of both followed function. The only thing that might be considered "retro" on the Fuji is the switch in the front that used to be a self-timer. Little switch - who cares? Cameras: rectangular box, lens, viewfinder. D/SLRs have the hump, the ones that have an OVF but no mirror/prism don't. Take away "the hump" from a D/SLR - you have this camera or something that looks very much like it. Not "retro". Just a camera.
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NO biggie but... check out the bjp interview, and you'll see the designers are an in-house Fuji team, and they discuss the retro look of the camera, too.
 
Ezzie said:
Several sites seem to agree on a $1000 price point.
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See a working x100 at Photokina

http://www.flickr.com/photos/koelnmesse/5011219262/

Looks pretty real to me...there are some more pics from Photokina and some more of the x100. Also there is one shot where you can see the ext. flash, a nice brown carry bag...here it is...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/koelnmesse/5011219262/


price...."according to a spokesman on the Fuji stand at the photokina show in Germany. "

http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk...ws_302063.html



+ I totally believe that the images will be top notch.
 
tonyjuliano said:
Umm, I'm pretty sure the previous poster was being sarcastic...
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Geotagging would not be out of the realm of additions to this camera. Many in the new crop of P&S cameras have it. But as the poster above said, it's not necessary and may not even be wanted. Extra battery draw, and if you really want geotagging, you can get a little clip-on GPS from Holux or some place that is cheap and functional.
 
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