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Tomas M

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Not sure if this has been posted yet, but I was just looking on the Fuji site when I saw this banner:

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X mount 35mm on the way? If I wasn't so bad with money, I'd be saving for it right now :cool:
 
omg.


What on earth are they up to? Are they actually going to make this M mount adapter thing work properly?
 
Using the optical codes may still be protected by a patent, so I'm hoping that the contacts are for the distance sensor. And that the next revision of the camera has some (more) use for them.
 
This would make a lot of sense - The Kipon adapter, while it works just fine imho, is still "just the Kipon adapter" - that is, since Fuji is making an M-mount adapter (we all knew this when the camera was announced) it would have to have some other benefits to it otherwise the Kipon adapter would just be the "Fuji" adapter but likely less expensive.

What I mean by this is; Fuji's m-mount adapter will likely cost a bit more money than the Kipon currently is priced at. Even now there's a knock off of the Kipon adapter floating around on Ebay at even less money than Kipon's are priced at! So, Fuji has to bring to the table something else other than the basic adapter - don't know what that will be but it's clear it will be something that may warrant people dumping the third party adapters to head towards Fuji's version.

Cheers,
Dave
 
I always was under the impression that Fuji's adapter was going to be "smart". If it was just a block of metal that was a mount for M lenses, I am certain it would have been released a long time ago.
 
Short time ago I read (don't remember where) that Fuji is planning to position itself at same level of the 2 biggest japanese camera producers. Probably they cannot (or do not desire) compete on the same playground where competitors are already more or less well established and therefore they try an innovative way, a modern no rf no reflex camera, innovative sensor etc etc. Following this logic an "innovative" adapter like a smart adapter could be in the logic, which could also be the reason for which it took time to engineer and produce it.
Just my opinion, anyway even if I do not own an xpro1 (yet?) I'm sparing some money for a possible purchase...
robert
 
The electrical contacts are a great tease. So is not showing about 60% of the ring.

I think I'm going to vote the contacts are for a focus cam interface.
 
dcsang said:
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What I mean by this is; Fuji's m-mount adapter will likely cost a bit more money than the Kipon currently is priced at. Even now there's a knock off of the Kipon adapter floating around on Ebay at even less money than Kipon's are priced at! So, Fuji has to bring to the table something else other than the basic adapter - don't know what that will be but it's clear it will be something that may warrant people dumping the third party adapters to head towards Fuji's version.

Cheers,
Dave
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Still my expectations! Together with an intelligent adapter Fuji could offer one or more of these half-baked ideas- Of course most of it requires a software update:
  • EVF focus assist (peak? other?)
  • menu item storing a few lens EXIF data like: LensMake, LensModel, LensInfo, FocalLength...
  • knowing the FocalLenght could reset the OVF frame lines to the correct displacement
  • focussing cam readout?
  • knowing the manual focus lens position could lead to :D well... at least interesting possiblities, having also the metered AF distance of a selected AF point to compare with...

Ok, I stop dreaming. At least I keep quiet! :p
 
...and this thread only a few days before the 10th of M :D
robert
PS: I'm still saving for a ...not sure what !
 
We need to see the lens side of the adapter. I'd also guess (probably wrong) that there will be 6 bit coding.
 
willie_901 said:
The electrical contacts are a great tease. So is not showing about 60% of the ring.

I think I'm going to vote the contacts are for a focus cam interface.
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This would be absolutely amazing. With the fuji 35 and it's aperture chatter and slow focus, this will be a life saver.
 
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