msbel
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Tempted as well, and I own an X1. Go figure.
What reviews did you see? On the camera itself already?
Fuji X100 Digital SOMETHING from Fujifilm
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Tempted as well, and I own an X1. Go figure.
What reviews did you see? On the camera itself already?
Pherdinand
the snow must go on
why would you run to pay them up front "deposit" for something that might come in march 2011??? Do you really think it will be that difficult to buy one? Or do you really really want to be the first one to get it?
I wish to formally announce that there will be no prize of the member how makes the 1000th post.
jtm
not a moose
I wouldn't be too surprised about lukewarm ratings as a mail-order (internet) camera store. They're pretty new at that game.
They do have a fine reputation as a physical camera store, though, and the owner/founder has a strong appreciation for Leicas (he has serviced mine). So I wouldn't doubt that if you put your name on the list, they'll reliably sell the first ones they get to the people on that list, and that the price won't be much different from B&H's.
Pherdinand
the snow must go on
swiveling lcd is not that bad. Think TLR, or MF SLR...
msbel
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This is not a whacky thought at all! I was thinking the same thing last night. If you can shoot, auto-preview and the rest via an EVF, ditch the LCD.
One, avoids the hassle of trying to protect it. Two, you could do a great layout and reinvent the space, especially using manual controls.
semilog
curmudgeonly optimist
In roughly the same sense as a Barnack.
Frankie
Speaking Frankly
Alternatively, publish the firmware architecture and encourage development of Apple-style APPs. Interested parties may develop any wacky thing they want or complained about...make it a cult.
It may be difficult to get... certain cameras are initially... Leica, Panasonic GF1, etc.
btgc
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I feel that camera with dedicated controls is more P&S (in good sense, that is) than similar device, adjusted through menus. One can adjust on move, barely looking at controls, just by feel. OK, this is fine touch, even if good pictures can be taken with menu-driven camera. But there's something pure in this thing, X100 I mean, even if dials don't move mechanical linkages under hood.
macmx
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On www.finepix-x100.com you can sign up for email updates. I suggest anyone who is interested in the camera to do this, as it will allow Fuji to get an idea of the potential size of the market and make the camera available in your geographic area.
dazedgonebye
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macmx
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Yeah and get rid of all the buttons on the back. Most users of this camera will shoot with their preferred settings 99% of the time. You don't need a RAW or flash button on the back IMO.
macmx
Established
It's at least good that Fuji is taking this camera seriously and don't consider it an expensive compact for people who think rangefinders are a cool fashion accessory.
dazedgonebye
Veteran
The RAW button is something I never understood. Do people switch in and out of RAW so often that it becomes necessary? Seems extra silly in preference to a dedicated iso function.
BillBingham2
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So the rumors over on P-Net about a free Bessa III to the 3000th poster were wrong, dang.......
B2 (;->
doolittle
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If the X100 has a manual focus mode utilising the view from the viewfinder, superimposed with the electronic viewfinder projection of the view from the lens, it would be using a form rangefinder triangulation I guess. Time will tell.
To me in the 70s and 80s P&S cameras were the ones with a fixed focus lens, with a view finder to frame the shot. In the digital age it's any compact digital camera, usually without a viewfinder nowadays. Hopefully this means the viewfinder is making a come back.
This does look like a new category. Any suggestions for a name? The best I could think up was H.O.F.F. (Hybrid Optical Fixed Focal), but I don't think it does the Fuji any favours!
To me in the 70s and 80s P&S cameras were the ones with a fixed focus lens, with a view finder to frame the shot. In the digital age it's any compact digital camera, usually without a viewfinder nowadays. Hopefully this means the viewfinder is making a come back.
This does look like a new category. Any suggestions for a name? The best I could think up was H.O.F.F. (Hybrid Optical Fixed Focal), but I don't think it does the Fuji any favours!
macmx
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I think manual focus will be using the EVF only.
Paul T.
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Shame they didn't write "PRO" on the body, then we could have saved half an hour of our lives reading irrelevant, repetitive posts.
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Re triangulation rangefinding - great idea, considering we have a viewfinder and a sensor, I'd be certain it's not designed in, as that would have been tricky to do and they would have mentioned it. My bet would be manual focusing is done entirely via the EVF.
Anyway, my "professional" (where's the 'TM" key?) friend who I'm going out shooting with tomorrow is threatening to race me (the "amateur") to the shop for this. He'll be using it alongside his MF with Sinar back. He reckons he'll be able to smuggle it into gigs and security won't take it seriously.
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