Fuji X100 Digital SOMETHING from Fujifilm

ampguy said:
Fuji makes their own. Their tiny ones for p&s models are amazing.

I think they call them Exmor Super CCDs.
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I knew that Fuji made the small stuff and maybe even the image processor (more likely another foundry if the run is small), but I didn't think their fab was producing an APS-C ? Nikon is just moving away from Sony with their own Fab making the FX sensors. You know Nikon and Fuji are on very friendly terms. If you know for sure I would like to know the source. I figured the sensor might even be a Fuji designed, Nikon produced product? I know that Fuji designs all of their sensors, I'm asking about the foundry.
 
Will it kill film at RFF- No. Not going to happen.

With as fast as Digital cameras turn over, a lot of people will be replacing their Digital with one. They may supplant their Film camera with one, but not dump it.

When the last roll of film on the planet gets exposed, I'm sure some RFF members will raise funds, buy a molecular resequencer, and start producing film themselves.
 
digitalintrigue said:
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.
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Absolutely. THis alone is a big step forward and a major functional advantage over the GF1 and EPs... add the viewfinder, and these are two huge improvements over the competition, that people here, and elsewhere, have been demanding for years. THey certainly deserve praise for that.


Given it has some key similarities, I wonder if it might have come from the same design house that produced the hexar AF and the Contax G series..
 
The frame of the vf window is evocative. I'm provoked by the possibility of having both a fully capable "direct view" and a digital rf camera in the same body. 'Must resist!

yours
FPJ
 
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semilog said:
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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Ya.. I agree as to the Sony product. It's likely a "tweeked" Fuji specific version of the famous Sony APS-C sensor. It's a proven product. The S5 uses a very unusual design for the split pixel sensor, but it' a product of the Sony Fab too, to my knowledge.
 
Pickett Wilson said:
Will the X100 finally kill the film camera on RFF? :angel:
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As the X100 is NOT a rangefinder camera, will it finally kill the rangefinder camera on RFF? :angel:

It's also not a rangefinder, it's not an EVIL (electronic viewfinder interchangeable lens) camera, what is it?

A UPO, and unknown photographing object. 😀
 
Hmm looks like amazing camera on paper.

I'm not entirely down with that top cover though.. It looks like all melted.. They should have made the edges crisper.

I'm sure this thing will be expensive.. This is NOT competition to the m4/3 cameras. around $1.5K I feel.
 
There is one thing I can absolutely guarantee about this camera. There will be shortages in the UK for a long, long time. Fuji are notorious for short supplying products no matter how popular they are.
 
digitalintrigue said:
more pics of the cam here
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words...indeed.

First, naysayers must now realize the X100 is far more than just an announcement. The display unit, with hands-on fondling, must function and not just a working prototype.

The VF pictures shows different dataset than the brochure...meaning user configurable? It can even project a grid.

Yes, the LCD shows different dataset yet again...meaning user configurable as well?
 
PKR said:
It looks smaller than an M series? More like an older fixed lens film camera .. Fuji, Minolta, Olympus..no?
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Sure does...

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This camera just keeps getting better and better... 😀
 
Frankie said:
They say a picture is worth a thousand words...indeed.

First, naysayers must now realize the X100 is far more than just an announcement. The display unit, with hands-on fondling, must function and not just a working prototype.

The VF pictures shows different dataset than the brochure...meaning user configurable? It can even project a grid.

Yes, the LCD shows different dataset yet again...meaning user configurable as well?
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After some image sharpening, the out-of-focus sliding switch shown in picture number 6 says: AF, AF-S, AF-C.
 
jsrockit said:
Sure does...

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This camera just keeps getting better and better... 😀
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Camera and the girl: very nice.

The good thing about this camera is that it's not available. Focussing your GAS attacks on something that is not available is good for your bank account. Hopefully it's really slow and has a lousy picture quality. Otherwise the GAS attack will continue.
 
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