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Some excerpts in English (my quotes in parenthesis). Neither English nor French are my MT, so please be kind:
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Fuji has confirmed beginning of January the rumors around the new camera system. It will take until march, however, until we'll see it filling the dealer's shelves (if they don't get all ordered beforehand 🙂) Price environ €1'300 (note: prob. then also US$ 1'300) with 35mm. Lenses around €600 (per lens, I suspect ...). The camera doesn't play in the same league as other hybrid (mirrorless) cameras. Fuji addresses the experienced photographer and makes little compromises with choice of material and design.
The sensor features Fuji's X-Trans technology and has APS-C size with a 1.5x factor compared to 35mm. They haven't yet given the sensor resolution, but it is stated as "equally or not to say superior to 24x36 senors" (that is a quote of a quote ...). The sensor technology (six filters per pixel? - not sure about the word "photosite") is such that it does not require anymore a moiré filter, which is known to reduce resolution.
Lenses with be all metal fix focus lenses, starting with a 2/18, 1.4/35 and 2.4/60 Macro (all focal lengths not converted to 35mm equiv's).
The Finder will be taken from the X100 (more or less), allowing to switch between optical and electronic view. The optical view finder will adjust to the selected focal length automatically (such as, I guess the electronic one 😉 ). It looks like the new Fuji seems to have an external autofocus (but I'm not so sure here they are correct with this).
In addition, a leather pouch and a flash will become available.
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Good news, indeed.
Ivo