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

Well, Olympus will be announcing their new m43 (digital OM) camera with a viewfinder shortly. As long as everyone is already in a froth I figure it best to mention that now so you don't have to clean your chins twice.
 
rover said:
Well, Olympus will be announcing their new m43 (digital OM) camera with a viewfinder shortly. As long as everyone is already in a froth I figure it best to mention that now so you don't have to clean your chins twice.
Click to expand...

thank god.....!! wouldn't want Fuji to tempt me without Olympus being there to counter them. :cool:
 
Am I the only one who thinks they should slow down with releasing new models of these cameras? Olympus are putting out a new PEN every year at least, and I don't need Fuji to keep making more X models. I know it's a competitive marketplace, but whatever happened to longevity? These aren't supposed to be disposable cameras.
/rant
 
claacct said:
I know what Fuji executives are thinking, "make it look retro, M Leica-like, hype it like crazy and those aspiring amateurs will buy it".

This is something that Epson had figured out long ago but the larger more "respectable" camera makers did not bother with it, to their own peril.
Click to expand...

I'm not so sure this is correct thinking...especially the Epson part. How many R-1D cameras do you think Epson sold?

Fuji didn't think the X100 would be as big of a hit as it was.

I believe both Fuji and Epson made the X100 and R-D1 as a labor of love at first.

The larger more respectable manufactuers don't make these retro cams because they make more money with DSLRs... a lot more. DSLRs are the dominant serious cameras of our time.
 
JayM said:
Fast 28 and 50 is a good start (where's the 35??)

Can't imagine caring if it's focus by wire though. That killed the x100 for me.
Click to expand...

Then I wouldn't look at these threads anymore. These are AF cameras with MF as a secondary option.
 
gavin perhaps you didnt understand my point. i dont want to use legacy lenses on a crop sensor, i want to use them on FF digital.

also i have an olly ep2, panny 20mm and olly 17mm, and i dont agree at all that they perform better than legacy lenses. i have a zenitar 16/2.8 c/y mount that performs way better than the olly, and a zeiss tevidon 25/1.4 that outperforms the panny.

i also dont understand the comment that RF users dont use legacy lenses, thats what much of this forum is about.
 
jsrockit said:
Yes, we do... I'd rather have a new lens mount than some old mount that isn't suited for the camera.
Click to expand...

i don't understand how a lens mount could not be suited to a camera. aren't cameras built around their sensors and lens mounts...?

now if you mean lenses that aren't suited to a camera (or vice versa) i know what you mean.

*cough*NEX*cough*
 
The M-mount is 60 years old and isn't designed for any of the electrical contacts or autofocus that new lenses require. That's why it's not suited.

There's no reason for Fuji to deal with all the hassles of designing around the M-mount (compatibility with new lenses and backward compatibility with old) - there will be adapters on the market tout-suite allowing manual control of old lenses, which would be no different from using them directly on a M-mount.
 
Consider This scenario:

the mount lock is on at 7:O'CLOCK, not 3:O'CLOCK.... That can make a difference
And the Bokoh is PS'd..as is the distorted shape to the body...
the overall pattern is VERY similar to a M4/3 mount...
The sensor (what we can see of it), does look like a 3:2 ratio though.

It may be that the Body (modified a bit) with a m4/3 mount may be an Olympus offering. That would not detract from Fuji IMO...
Could it be an APS-C Camera that as an accessory M4/3 adapter with FULL Electrical functions, while Fuji develops their lens line....

That would be Brilliant! You have the few Intro lenses + m4/3 lenses from 8mm to 300 (m4/3)... on a APS-C 12mm-450mm (35mm = 16mm - 600mm)....

So, IF .... this mount can use m4/3 with FULL functionality with a Fuji>m4/3 adapter..... WOW.....
 
jsrockit said:
Yes, we do... I'd rather have a new lens mount than some old mount that isn't suited for the camera.
Click to expand...

Some new cameras:

Nikon 1 with only a few lenses
Sony Nex with only a few lenses
Ricoh with only a few lenses

So where is the need for another camera that comes out with 1-2 lenses?
 
Everyone else drops a couple of kit zooms right off the bat and fills in the good primes later.

If Fuji is, as everyone suspects, going after the nostalgia/street/documentary/etc. market, their lens lineup will be primes from the start, and probably in traditional speeds/focal lengths. (If only because that's the only way it could work with a OVF/EVF hybrid.)
 
tom.w.bn said:
Some new cameras:

Nikon 1 with only a few lenses
Sony Nex with only a few lenses
Ricoh with only a few lenses

So where is the need for another camera that comes out with 1-2 lenses?
Click to expand...

Well, Fuji is not Nikon, Sony or Ricoh and they want some $ too.

What does need have to do with it?

Why do we need BMWs when there are Audis?
 
tom.w.bn said:
Some new cameras:

Nikon 1 with only a few lenses
Sony Nex with only a few lenses
Ricoh with only a few lenses

So where is the need for another camera that comes out with 1-2 lenses?
Click to expand...

When you are not Sony, Nikon, or Ricoh... that when you need another mount. Why would Fuji use someone else mount? There are a few good reasons above why they wouldn't. I haven't seen any good reasons why they would.

We are in the golden age of these types of cameras... and digital formats have not been decided on. There have always been a lot of mounts on the market and there will be more to come. It is up to you to decide which mount works for you and stick with it (well, as long as it doesn't become extinct). Why does it matter if there are 100 mounts on the market? Are you going to use them all?

I can't help but think that those who cry (and this isn't directed at you tom.w.bn) are upset that it isn't a Leica mount (or their other favorite mount). Why should Fuji be in the business of catering to old mounts?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom