igi
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Fujinon lenses have the sexiest logos 🙂
Fuji X100 Digital SOMETHING from Fujifilm
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Pickett Wilson
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The video does sell the sizzle.
You have to keep in mind that this is a Development Announcement. In other words, this camera does NOT exist, yet. I guess the announcement is that Fuji will announce this camera in early 2011. Until then....
PKR
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You nailed it Frank! Watch for the response from the other camera companies ..
Frank, check out the "Camera Work" thread. I posted a link to some of your stuff. p.
PKR
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Sony APS-C sensor?
semilog
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Two reasons.
1. Lens size. That lens does not have a lot of room for a focusing scale.
2. Moving mass. Coupling a focus scale would require either a mechanical linkage, increasing the mass that needed to be moved during focusing, or an electronic linkage, which would unquestionably increase the size of the lens.
I prefer this design – especially if they give me a 2 m preset that can be activated through the Fn button next to the shutter release.
ampguy
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Pickett Wilson
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Will the X100 finally kill the film camera on RFF? :angel:
RayPA
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Me thinks that Fuji DT has been lurking on RFF (from the DPReview article)😀:
"Other cameras on the market look to fill the need for the ultimate ‘compact’ professional camera, but the Fujifilm development team believe that, having listened to the marketplace, the FinePix X100 offers a number of technical developments that will set this camera apart from other contenders."
Who else has been screaming so loudly for some of these features? No doubt based on the response here, this camera will come to fruition. 😀
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semilog
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That's the rumor, and if so, it's fantastic news. The Sony EXMOR sensor is IMO still the best APS-C sensor on the market, lagging the D700 by only about a stop, and nearly equalling it in DR, in a far smaller package. Falk Lumo's testing is fascinating reading if you're technically-minded.
If Fuji have merely equalled the performance of the imaging pipeline in the K-x (either by using a Sony sensor or with a proprietary design), I'll be ecstatic.
The custom(-ized?) sensor with eccentric microlenses suggests that Fuji are taking this project very seriously, i.e., that it is not intended merely as a boutique project, but as the first step in a campaign.
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RayPA
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Pickett Wilson
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Not a wish, just an observation.
semilog
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Can't speak for you, but I am LOVING the idea of having an X100 next to the M6 in my bag. They'd be fast friends, I think.
Frankie
Speaking Frankly
Use AF, AFL if you must...after setting a small aperture. All three features are supported in the X100.
JayGannon
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:bang::bang::bang:
None of the mirrorless CDAF cameras have a focusing scale on the lens. This would be the first such camera to indicate the distance, in this case in the viewfinder.
JoeV
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What I find interesting is that the camera seems be be squarely aimed at the rangefinder market, not in mere styling (like the EP-1/2 and GF-1) but more importantly in functionality, where it counts. The video gives this away, in the part where they describe the new viewfinder system, they compare it against "standard" viewfinders wherein they provide a 3D illustration of ... a rangefinder system, but without actually calling out the name "rangefinder".
This new hybrid VF system is almost to a tee that fantasized by many of us here on RFF over a year ago, just after we were disappointed by the EVF/LCD paradigm of u4/3, wishing for the best of both worlds. I'm guessing someone at Fuji lurks herein.
Given that Fuji's current MF folder is made by CV, any chance the X100 is also?
This is really interesting from a marketing perspective, since at the outset they seem to be targeting the "professional" market, who's standard viewfinder of choice is the SLR optic. Clearly they've painted a big target across the logo of Leica, and this is the first shot across the bow.
~Joe
This new hybrid VF system is almost to a tee that fantasized by many of us here on RFF over a year ago, just after we were disappointed by the EVF/LCD paradigm of u4/3, wishing for the best of both worlds. I'm guessing someone at Fuji lurks herein.
Given that Fuji's current MF folder is made by CV, any chance the X100 is also?
This is really interesting from a marketing perspective, since at the outset they seem to be targeting the "professional" market, who's standard viewfinder of choice is the SLR optic. Clearly they've painted a big target across the logo of Leica, and this is the first shot across the bow.
~Joe
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ampguy
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nah
nah
could make a serious dent in the u4/3, and smaller (s90, lx3/5, grd) growth though ...
nah
could make a serious dent in the u4/3, and smaller (s90, lx3/5, grd) growth though ...
kermaier
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Also, presumably, they can change in size to compensate for FoV change with focus distance, as well as correct for parallax -- with perfect accuracy at all distances. No more questions about framelines optimized for 1m vs. 2m or whatnot....
::Ari
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