Fuji X100 Digital SOMETHING from Fujifilm

jky said:
What! No depth of field scale!?!... screw it...

🙂

Maybe it'll be super imposed in the heads up display of the viewfinder... that'll be nice.

Seriously though, my first thought was "WOW!"... as many have mentioned already - I'm wondering about the cost, operational speed, etc...
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From the EVF close up on Steve Huff's site, it looks like that is the case. The EVF shows a distance scale.
 
I had the chance to play with a Leica X1, and it seems that Fuji was standing behind taking notes. This looks very close to the real thing.

Can't see me affording it, but that doesn't mean I don't like what I see 😀
 
Wow.. I really hope this turns out to be the 'digital Hexar' we're all waiting for.

As for interchangeable lenses, I don't think it would do a camera like this a good service. I've owned AF Hexars and an RF Hexar, and I can only say that the AF version felt more complete; superb integration of functions, viewfinder and optics. In contrast, the Hexar-RF had interchangeable lenses, but never felt so well integrated; manual focus and motorized film advance, a 50mm lens in the kit but a 0.6x finder.. it just was at odds with itself.

If this Fuji is as well thought out as the Hexar-AF was, then I'm certainly interested.
 
somebody gather all the questions together in one place.

i'll be traveling for the next few days (need to go pack instead of reading this thread), but will be at Photokina on Wednesday.

i will try to get as many questions answered as possible (who knows what they'll have a the booth?) that haven't been answered yet.

cheers!
 
This is not a large camera; specs say 127 x 75mm, very near the size of the Minolta CLE (depending on exactly how each is measured).
Also, I see the aperture ring rotates opposite Leica M.
 
Did anyone notice the text in the brochure "made in Japan is tentative. Production plans are not finalized. Design and specification may be subject to change"?
It may take some time until this or something similar hits the market. Hope the real product won't be too far away from this sketches because it looks sooo good.
 
tom.w.bn said:
Did anyone notice the text in the brochure "made in Japan is tentative. Production plans are not finalized. Design and specification may be subject to change"?
It may take some time until this or something similar hits the market. Hope the real product won't be too far away from this sketches because it looks sooo good.
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i don't know about the camera business, but in my profession it's still about 6months or so till early 2011. And we make a more complex stuff than a digital camera. For one of our product that will go to the market for 3/2011 we're not even close to start production yet. So for me at least, this doesn't sound that strange.
 
iwaki said:
i don't know about the camera business, but in my profession it's still about 6months or so till early 2011. And we make a more complex stuff than a digital camera. For one of our product that will go to the market for 3/2011 we're not even close to start production yet. So for me at least, this doesn't sound that strange.
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What I read from this is that they have to fix the final design and they don't even know if they will do the production in Japan or China or somewhere else. They have a lot to do.
 
I'll second that

I'll second that

semilog said:
Oh, wow. It's a frikken' digital Hexar!!! (A boy can hope...)

Edited to add: unless there are deal-breaking flaws, this is — at long last —*the* camera that might get me to put down my M6 (or at least, join the M6 in my bag). In terms of form factor, it is immensely more appealing than any digital RF or equivalent that I've ever seen.
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Could not be put more exact. I want one!
 
I'm thinking the aperture dial is NOT backwards. The dot is fixed, and the scale isn't (meaning: the numbers move...). That way, the operation (compared to my summicron) is the same. I suppose that's what the tabs on the side of the lens are for?
 
All those people pining for an updated Epson RD-1 or a Digital Bessa just got their wish fulfilled! I wonder if Cosina are going to be the manufacturer and this is why Mr K was deaf to pleas for a digital offering.
 
Anyone else thinks we should also let Fuji take care of the world hunger problem? I'm now pretty sure they'd fix it.
 
bwcolor said:
In another four or five hours we should get some idea if any other manufacturer have a competing product. Since this is not a shelf ready product, I'm sure the product/marketing managers at Leica and perhaps at other manufacturers must be looking at their next move. Bye Bye X1. .. at least until vaporware becomes reality. Fuji has effectively killed X1 sales without actually having to produce a product.
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That's right. Even if the Fuji is not cheaper, it has a lot more to offer. Who buys the X1 now?
 
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