New Fuji X camera to be announced next week. excited!

[rbelyell]

despite as much interest as i have in a camera by Fuji, i would much prefer to stick with the system that i already have (m4/3) rather than have to buy a whole new set of lenses. that is why i am hopeful that DNG is right, but at the same time i'm not holding my breath. i very much look forward to Olympus' new camera.

exactly right. unless its FF theres no reason to invest in yet another system. i have no doubt IQ will be great, so is it for the nex 5n and 7. but again, if youre invested in a small cam crop system already, marginally better IQ isnt enough to start again from zero. the compact cam that cuts out the crop factor will be the real exciting product!

 

[DougFord]

Yes, the rumored f/1.4 52.5mm equiv lens... if this is true, and the camera ends up being essentially a X100 with interchangable lenses, I will have no choice but to buy. I've been waiting for a high ISO opitcal VF (non-slr) camera w/ 50mm equiv for a long time (ok, only a few years).

Marry this combo to a variable magnification OVF so that the view through the OVF is akin to a .85 or .9 leica/bessa/zeiss with a 50mm attached and I would think that many will become buyers.
Obviously the AF will need to be very quick, responsive and accurate along with a usable scale focusing option.
Will there be three OVF magnification options? One for each focal length? I guess we'll find out next week.

 

[jsrockit]

I'll be excited when it can do better what my Canon 5dMII has been able to do for quite some time now.

Some of us don't care for DSLRs... I'm glad you like yours though.

 

[Leigh Youdale]

........ per a 95% true rumored report....

I'm still trying to work that one out. How was the 95% calculated?

 

[DNG]

I thought the Fuji X was going to have an APS-C sized sensor. If so, then m4/3 lenses wouldn't provide enough coverage to be adaptable to the Fuji, right?

I'm still trying to work that one out. How was the 95% calculated?

I think FT5 is 95% reliable rumor from a reliable source from the FourThirds Rumor wedsite

 

[Rezultz]

I'm quite excited about this release. Competition is getting fierce and that means great products and innovation for us consumers.
This most certainly is not a m/43 camera. Fuji has said that their next mirrorless would feature their new Organic Sensor technology. According to several sources this is to be a Foveon type sensor. I just read highlights from a japanese interview (ImpressJapan) on mirrorlessrumors.com with Fuji managers and
"they confirmed that the new sensor will surpass the image quality of any current fullframe sensor and it will also have the largest resolution (Megapixels)."
The suspense is killing me.

 

[Rogier]

I wander if this camera will have their new "Organic" sensor?