FujiFilm updates the X100 website.

[filmfan]

Ugh... I'm sick of thinking about this camera. I bought a Hexar AF and a ton of film instead.

This is why Apple tries to announce products right as they're ready to ship. If the X100 had been available immediately, I would have whipped out my credit card on the spot. Instead, they lost a sale.

Good decision on the Hexar AF and good point made in the second part of your post.

 

[Frankie]

Yeah, shame on Fuji for announcing a concept and then asking potential customers for their input... 😉

Actually, Fuji did not really ask anyone for input. I looked at their recent updates carefully, and there was not a single hardware change, down to the logo placement. All "changes" are really just expansions of firmware detailing.

Despite naysayers in abundance, I had long suspected that the hardware was finalized, firmware can evolve much more, even after camera launch.

The 'what do you think?" invitation in their web site was the equivalent of doing a "[Window 7] was my idea!" ad campaign. Brilliant if you asked me.

 

[ZeissFan]

I tend to agree that people are building expectations for this camera that might not be realistic. I guess people are always looking for the "holy grail" of digital cameras.

I think this is a very handsome camera. But it is what it is. An advanced point and shoot.

 

[Bobfrance]

...An advanced point and shoot.

You haven't read this thread from the beginning have you? 😀

 

[jsrockit]

Actually, Fuji did not really ask anyone for input. I looked at their recent updates carefully, and there was not a single hardware change, down to the logo placement. All "changes" are really just expansions of firmware detailing.

Despite naysayers in abundance, I had long suspected that the hardware was finalized, firmware can evolve much more, even after camera launch.

The 'what do you think?" invitation in their web site was the equivalent of doing a "[Window 7] was my idea!" ad campaign. Brilliant if you asked me.

True, but at least they are listening to people's ideas...even if they cannot implement them in this particular model. They are also explaining their reasons for their choices on the camera... most companies don't do that.

 

[jsrockit]

An advanced point and shoot.

Then every serious digital camera is an advanced P&S.

 

[Frankie]

True, but at least they are listening to people's ideas...even if they cannot implement them in this particular model. They are also explaining their reasons for their choices on the camera... most companies don't do that.

The warm and fuzzy feeling accounts for a lot...after all, the X100 was "my idea".

I had simply wanted a digital one-lens [35mm focal length] outfit for my travel use. I want manual lens ring focusing, AE with lock, all manual if needed. That camera up to this point was a Zeiss Ikon with a CV 40/1.4...but I wanted digital.

My money is ready.

 

[tapesonthefloor]

I had simply wanted a digital one-lens [35mm focal length] outfit for my travel use. I want manual lens ring focusing, AE with lock, all manual if needed. That camera up to this point was a Zeiss Ikon with a CV 40/1.4...but I wanted digital.

My money is ready.

I'm with Frankie. I've been waiting ten years for a compact digital camera with a good sensor that gives me some semblance of control. The hype, the styling, the EVF overlays, the faux-leather finish... it's all just gravy.

 

[Soeren]

I tend to agree that people are building expectations for this camera that might not be realistic. I guess people are always looking for the "holy grail" of digital cameras.

I think this is a very handsome camera. But it is what it is. An advanced point and shoot.

Not really just an advanced P&S. More a modern interpretation of the 70's fixed lens rangefinders like Olympus RD, Canon QL, Minolta etc. with an (by the looks of it) intuitive handling, easy accesible exposure controls and a usable optical finder.
Would you also call a Leica M an advanced P&S?
Best regards

 

[Jamie Pillers]

My thoughts as well. I'm thinking it'll be a great little camera for those of us that do our best photography when one lens is all we have. The way I see it, the X100 or something that soon follows it, will finally give me the simplicity I love in cameras like the fixed lens rangefinders you mentioned. But it'll add the two things that I value from the digital camp... changing white balance and ISO on the fly. No more having to have back-up cameras with high-speed b&w loaded! 🙂

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

This is probably sacrelige, but I really like Fuji's digicam film modes, and would love to try them out applied to a great sensor. It might make shooting jpegs worthwhile.

 

[keithdunlop]

The hype, the styling, the EVF overlays, the faux-leather finish... it's all just gravy.

I like gravy! It's the best part of a Holiday meal.

Seriously, I am with those who are anticipating this camera as a simple one-lens shooter that has the control that professionals want with good IQ. If Fuji delivers on the promise, this would be something that I grab instead of my M6 as a walk-about camera on those days when I want something a little simpler. It helps if you are already a photographer who is accustomed to working with one camera one lens. There are those who will find a fixed lens restrictive, but in reality it's actually quite liberating creatively.

And as I have said before, providing that the IQ and ISO performance is there, the X100 is something that might find it's way into my wedding work.

I also agree that talking about it is getting tiresome. Fuji should have had the camera ready to deliver by Christmas.

 

[semilog]

I think this is a very handsome camera. But it is what it is. An advanced point and shoot.

An apt description of the Leica M3. Or the Rolleiflex. What were we talking about, again?

 

[semilog]

Fuji should have had the camera ready to deliver by Christmas.

Everyone's an engineer.

 

[keithdunlop]

Everyone's an engineer.

No, a consumer.

 

[ZeissFan]

It's an advanced point and shoot. If you can't change lenses, it's a point and shoot. What part of that don't YOU understand.

 

[jmkelly]

Gee - go away for a while and something cool shows up. Go figure. I love my 6 mp R-D1. I love my DP2. I love my LX3. This camera has the potential to supplant all three. OK not the Epson. And I might need an LX5 to get the longer focal length I sometimes need in a "point and shoot." But yes I might have a couple of digital cameras in the Classifieds after the X100 comes out. BTW sometimes I miss my GW690III - if this lens is anywhere near as good...

 

[Mephiloco]

It's an advanced point and shoot. If you can't change lenses, it's a point and shoot. What part of that don't YOU understand.

The Fuji GSW690 is also an advanced point and shoot 🙄

 

[emraphoto]

It's an advanced point and shoot. If you can't change lenses, it's a point and shoot. What part of that don't YOU understand.

what about those big 6x9 fuji's?

 

[emraphoto]

The Fuji GSW690 is also an advanced point and shoot 🙄

you beat me to it