semilog
curmudgeonly optimist
That is correct.
Vince Lupo
Whatever
No use to me then, though it's a pretty camera.
Vince Lupo
Whatever
So basically what we have here is a digital equivalent of a Minolta 7s? Or am I missing the boat here?
semilog
curmudgeonly optimist
Well, yeah, with ISO 6400, better metering, a better lens, and the ability to focus to 10 cm without parallax error. None of this 0.7 m garbage.
shyoon
Well-known
Yes, it is a fixed lens.
The news of this new Fuji is spreading like wildfire and almost all of the comments are positive. Twitter is going crazy with news of this camera and the Fujifilm website for the camera is offline due to the interest behind it. Incredible.
Vince Lupo
Whatever
I just wonder what it would have taken for them to have gone a bit further and developed interchangeable lens capabilities? Now that I would have gotten excited about!
NickTrop
Veteran
Damn that's one sexy as hell digital, and seems well-spec'd... And I agree with above. If this is affordable and performs 1/2 as good as it looks, this could be a category killer.
Jason Sprenger
Well-known
I applaud the traditional placement of controls and that hybrid viewfinder looks very interesting. If more dRF cameras from other makers are not likely, perhaps something like this may be a way to have a bright-line finder with solid-state electronic focus confirmation.
gavinlg
Veteran
Vince - see it as a digital Hexar AF or contax G. It's a back to basics high end fixed lens digital camera. All you need is 35mm anyway!! Besides, I'll bet they expand this range if it's popular.
mervynyan
Mervyn Yan
very nice indeed, time to retire my Olympus Epic and Epic Zoom, watch classified for small fixed lens compacts like crazy-
NickTrop
Veteran
- Gotta tellya... Fuji doesn't get the respect they deserve. I voted for them as "the best camera company" in that poll someone put up. I'm down to one film rangefinder - a Fujica Compact Deluxe. Never heard of it? It's (to me, anyway) the best of the FLRFs I've owned - innovative, perfect, great optics... AND nobody heard of it. They came out with a friggin medium format folder! Gotta love that. And great automated medium format "point-n-shooters"... Fujinon glass doesn't get the respect they deserve either. And, they're a major producer of film both color and black and white. I absolutely love the Finepix F20, and this line of cameras still (arguably) is the best low-light performer among the compacts due to an innovative CCD design. Now this absolutely gorgeous specimen. I don't get why they're only something like 2% in that poll. I might buy this damned thing myself if it's reasonably priced, though I hardly need it.
Vince Lupo
Whatever
If they're trying to market this at professionals among others (as their brochure states), then please give us the feature of interchangeable lenses. Fuji is smart enough and they make outstanding products - they should know how to do this!
I (personally) don't need another camera like this. Even if they had come up with a dedicated 35-50-90 lineup of lenses, I'd be thrilled. But I'll hang onto my money until then, and just be happy with my E-P2.
semilog
curmudgeonly optimist
Me, too.
I'll be darned. A Nick Trop post with which I almost entirely agree. This is a day of miracles and wonder.
bwcolor
Veteran
Slated for first quarter 2011.
semilog
curmudgeonly optimist
I don't think a 90 would be a lot of fun with a 0.5X finder. But I'd love to see a 24 or 21 equivalent.
bwcolor
Veteran
After posting half a dozen times, in this thread and others, that you want interchangeable lenses, I think that we get it.
Move on please. The NEX-7, Samsung and Leica will get to you in the near future.
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Vince Lupo
Whatever
Believe me - I will.
Bye.
Bye.
kshapero
South Florida Man
I like, I love, I want.
cnphoto
Well-known
a 90mm may not be fun on a .5 mag finder, BUT if they released a future interchaneable lens version with a zooming finder (ALA XPan) that would be perfect! given the XPan, surely Fuji would have the know-how.
hopefully this opens up more similar models from other manufacturers, competition is always a good thing!
this looks great! if i decide to 'try' digital again in a few years I hope development of similar cameras continues. excellent.
hopefully this opens up more similar models from other manufacturers, competition is always a good thing!
this looks great! if i decide to 'try' digital again in a few years I hope development of similar cameras continues. excellent.
ebolton
Number 7614
Looks great to me! Fixed non-zoom lens is fine for me. That's part of the challenge/fun of Canonets, GSNs, 7s's and the like. The 'fastness' of the autofocus is not a big deal either. Better if you can turn the AF off, and best if it manual focuses with a ring on the lens!