The two parts of this camera I'm looking forward to hearing more about are:
leaf shutters
and external focus.
I'm curious if there is indeed (secondary?) external focus, if this would be used for low light situations where contrast AF can have difficulty. It could be mighty speedy!
dazedgonebye
Veteran
IR Focus maybe? Too silly?
I'm guessing that the optical VF defaults to a specific view until the attached system lens tells it what view to zoom into place. (This is what the Contax G series cameras do as well.)
If the camera has been designed with a 'shoot without lens' option similar to other mirrorless cameras, then there should be an option to manually select an appropriate optical view. This would not enable focusing of course...unless the external focusing system was designed accordingly...
This could be mighty interesting.
EVF would need focus peaking or focus assist.
If the camera has been designed with a 'shoot without lens' option similar to other mirrorless cameras, then there should be an option to manually select an appropriate optical view. This would not enable focusing of course...unless the external focusing system was designed accordingly...
This could be mighty interesting.
EVF would need focus peaking or focus assist.
ferider
Veteran
A lot can be done with hybrid VF and external focus. For example, frameline parallax correction for adapted lenses, or even project only a part of the EVF as hybrid "RF patch" into the viewfinder ....
Upon thinking about this more, the Leaf shutter probably isn't going to happen if they want to allow users to use third party lenses... well, unless they rely on an electronic shutter for third party lenses.
ferider
Veteran
I'm also betting on a focal plane shutter. Will protect the sensor from dust, too.
Photon42
burn the box
I only commented on the used market, jsrockit. Real "Leica-men" buy new anyway.
Well, if they can get held of something
Photon42
burn the box
I'm absolutely not technically inclined here, but I think a lot of the more advanced AF cameras are using a separate AF sensor, using somehow a beam splitter. As this may not what Fuji wants to do (a translucent mirror e.g.), they might have developed something else external to the lens/sensor.
Hatch
Established
If I'm not mistaken, Rogier is a countryman of mine.
Most dutch tend to be rather tall.
So lots of stuff is usually a bit difficult to handle if it's compact.
i consider my F5 a point & shoot more or less.
It's still abit on the smaller side of comfy though.
( I'm not tall though, just have large hands)
StaaleS
Established
Yes, on SLRs there is a semi-silvered portion of the main mirror which lets quite a bit of light through, a smaller mirror behind this reflects this light down to the AF sensor down in the bottom of the camera body to do the phase detection thingy. The problem with this approach on a non-SLR camera should be obvious
If I'm not mistaken, Rogier is a countryman of mine.
Most dutch tend to be rather tall.
So lots of stuff is usually a bit difficult to handle if it's compact.
i consider my F5 a point & shoot more or less.
It's still abit on the smaller side of comfy though.
( I'm not tall though, just have large hands)
I see... I thought of that, but me being 6' 2" and having big hands I think the X100 is still easy to handle. Perhaps you guys are larger than me though.
Been seeing rumors elsewhere that the 1300 euros actually includes the 35mm 1.4 lens. I guess January 10 will let us know the rest.
Hatch
Established
@ JSROCKIT Over here you're of average height like me.
Most of my co-workers are 6,4 or taller.
I was malnourished as a kid which stunted my growth.
Gramps was over 6,5.
He had to dip slightly when entering a room.
Most camera's feel small so I'm not bothered by a NEX or the x100 felling small, I tend to cradle the camera om my palm anyway.
like me.Most of my co-workers are 6,4 or taller.
I was malnourished as a kid which stunted my growth.
Gramps was over 6,5.
He had to dip slightly when entering a room.
Most camera's feel small so I'm not bothered by a NEX or the x100 felling small, I tend to cradle the camera om my palm anyway.
@ JSROCKIT Over here you're of average height
Ah, I see. My dad is 6' 7"... so he'd fit in.
Yep, I cradle on the palm and think that works well. Perhaps others think that's no good.
Back to the post... Steve Huff's site is stating that there could be another Fuji, outside of the X-Pro1, which a larger sensor being released later in the year (unless I'm reading that cryptic message wrong).
Rogier
Rogier Willems
I see... I thought of that, but me being 6' 2" and having big hands I think the X100 is still easy to handle. Perhaps you guys are larger than me though.
Its about the balance between body and lens. Many of these camera's look and feel like a Lend with a Body attached to it...
FalseDigital
BKK -> Tokyo
This pretty much sums up how I feel about this right now:
celluloidprop
Well-known
I'm 6'1" and wear XL gloves - the Thumbs Up grip for the X100 helps immensely.
dreilly
Chillin' in Geneva
I'm trying to grok this who viewfinder issue. From the rumor sites, people seem to be assuming that the viewfinder will zoom to match the focal length of the lenses. That sounds a lot like the Contax G finder, but I find it hard to believe. I also wonder how good that can be, given that the G viewfinder never got many accolades. I imagined that it would be like an M, with a set magnification and then framelines on the digital overlay. That would make it a bit odd to switch to the EVF I guess, a little like a zoom. Any one have any clarity on this issue?
DamenS
Well-known
I'm really hoping this "external AF" is an active IR system just like in the Konica Hexar AF. This was what I wanted for the X-100.
It would mean AF will be blazing fast, will operate in total darkness AND will be able to focus on low-contrast objects such as featureless walls (that's an example - DON'T take photos of featureless walls).
Being able to focus in total darkness at high speed would be a revelation for a camera with such a good high ISO performance (assuming it is just as good as the X-100).
It would mean AF will be blazing fast, will operate in total darkness AND will be able to focus on low-contrast objects such as featureless walls (that's an example - DON'T take photos of featureless walls).
Being able to focus in total darkness at high speed would be a revelation for a camera with such a good high ISO performance (assuming it is just as good as the X-100).
Hatch
Established
True, but for me the difference between too small and even smaller is not really an issue.
I'm past noticing it.
This Fuji looks larger than the NEX 7 which would be great.
Are there any adapter for legacy lense yet for this X mount?
Or is it whole new mount.