Fuji X100 Digital SOMETHING from Fujifilm

arpinum said:
Why no interchangeable lens system to go along with it? I guess my complaint also goes to the new folder they announced. I can't travel light with these cameras because I'd have to carry around multiple cameras.
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So use an M9, or an E-PL1, or a GF1, or a D5000, or an M or an OM and some film. Lots of great cameras with which you can do terrific work. For my purposes this (or something very like it) is a better option than a camera with a bayonet.
 
Hope the shutter is quiet. Interested, too, to see the sync speed and whether there is TTL flash compatibility.
 
I definitely think that there are retro elements about the camera -- the little self-timer lever, the viewfinder window in the corner, the classic black and chrome, the shutter speed dial.

But, if the camera is stuck with one lens, it's not much use to me (personally).
 
Looks too good to be true. Only thing missing is M-lens compatability. I can definitely see buying this (assuming the price isn't stupid expensive). Can't wait to see some early reviews!
 
bwcolor said:
So, Leica now knows that the X1 is toast. They now need to pull a rabbit out of their hat.
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If this camera has good AF performance, I don't particularly care what Leica pulls out of its... hat. It's not as though a Leica lens is going to be markedly better on a comparable sensor. Fuji gave Leica their chance. Leica should have done something like this a *long* time ago, but they were (justifably) afraid of killing M sales.

They fell into a reverse-Osborne trap.
 
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semilog said:
So use an M9, or an E-PL1, or a GF1, or a D5000, or an M or an OM and some film. Lots of great cameras with which you can do terrific work. For my purposes this (or something very like it) is a better option than a camera with a bayonet.
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M9: unaffordable. E-PL1/ GF1: no integrated VF, lack of small HQ lenses, small sensor. D5000/ OM: Not small enough. Leica M: unaffordable lenses.
 
The next question is what Sony, Samsung, and the Micro 4/3 vendors will do.

All of those vendors are using, so far as we know, conventional CMOS sensors (without eccentric microlenses, like those used by Leica and now Fuji). This means that for now, they are stuck with relatively telecentric WA lens designs.

I'd say that this suggests some very serious tech development by Fuji. It is tantamount to an announcement of their intent to be major players in the mirrorless market.

Also: note the real-time histogram in the VF HUD. Fantastic.
 
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Hats off to Fuji !!!

My digital M-retrofit project is now officially dead. This is the very camera I want for my early retirement round-the-world trip. 😀

I will keep one of of M-mount camera for old-time sake: M2, M6, ZI, or R-D1?

If Fuji could/did do it, Nikon, Canon or someone cannot be far behind...Leica had its chances, the X1 will die first.
 
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Just want to confirm that this camera DOES HAVE A REAL APERTURE RING ON THE LENS!!!!
Also, it has a AF distance scale in the VF, underneath the framelines. Holy crap!
 
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