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Woohoooo got mine just now shining spanking brand new and I'll get to test it for a few days, I'm travelling to Shanghai tomorrow and will bring with me only this camera plus an extra battery. I was one of the lucky 1st 10 to get the shipment that arrived thru our distributor here :).
 
Considering the original release date for the X100 was early March I suspect there are still a hell of a lot of people waiting ... especially with the quake setting production back a fair way.

At this stage I still don't know if I'll be getting a camera out of DCW's first shipment whenever that may be? If not I'll be lucky to see one this month I supect! :(

If anyone in Oz gets one then decides they don't want it, please don't hesitate to contact me! :p
 
I was informed by Henry's in Canada that mine was shipped today. So maybe in a week or so I'll be able to finally try it out. I'm really looking forward to setting it up to be operated as closely to a film rangefinder as possible. Manual metering, RAW, aperture dial, shutter speed dial, LCD off, optical viewfinder... :)
 
Got mine a couple of days ago and it's done nothin but rain. May try some indoor shooting to try out the high iso.
 
I guess production shorter than demand helps keep the price up for the manufacturer, but it sure doesn't make friends with those hungry to get started with the camera. Perhaps the earthquake has had something to do with it, but shouldn't have, since there should have been a big stock waiting. Just in time supply maybe?
 
Well, they have enough people willing to buy at price, so I wouldn't say Fuji conspired to keep the price high.
 
oftheherd said:
I guess production shorter than demand helps keep the price up for the manufacturer, but it sure doesn't make friends with those hungry to get started with the camera. Perhaps the earthquake has had something to do with it, but shouldn't have, since there should have been a big stock waiting. Just in time supply maybe?
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I don't think that's very likely. Fuji have a history of making cameras that have a popular launch, but they know that this is a niche camera.

Picking some sample numbers out of the air. Assuming they will sell the camera for 24 months in its current form.

Say they believe that they will sell 100,000 cameras in the first year, and 80,000 in the second. If stocks were available they could probably sell 40,000 of those in the first month. But making available production facilities to cope with 20k a month production is wasteful because within 4-6 months they will be building up stocks at a high rate. Better for them to do 10k a month and keep the production run going for 18 months and then de-tool having sufficient stocks to finish off the demand for the second year.

It means that supplies will be limited for the first few months but prevents them from committing too much money into a speculative venture. If they lost a lot of money on this camera would we ever see a MarkII?

Fuji have followed a similar pattern with their GF670 too, there has always been a mild shortage.

Arguably it is this financial caution, combined with their adventurous designs that allows them to bring these innovative cameras to market.
 
I'm not sure if all this waiting is going to increase or decrease demand for the camera. I think people were prepared to acccept a fair delay for the M9 because of it's perceived exclusivity ... the X100's not exclusive. They (Fuji) orchestrated a very high demand for this camera and it reached a peak a week or so before the predicted release date ... we are well past that time now and people are justifiably becoming frustrated.

Blame the earthquake or blame the company itself, it doesn't really matter. They may have lost a lot of sales, who knows?
 
Keith said:
They (Fuji) orchestrated a very high demand for this camera and it reached a peak a week or so before the predicted release date ... we are well past that time now and people are justifiably becoming frustrated.

Blame the earthquake or blame the company itself, it doesn't really matter. They may have lost a lot of sales, who knows?
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I thought the same thing, but at least one store has told me the demand is even greater now than before the launch. Perhaps RFF users are bored of it, but remember many people don't sit on forums talking about cameras that don't exist.
 
In the initial production that came out of the factory, Fujifilm Philippines ordered 50 and got 12, Fujifilm Singapore apparently ordered 4000 and got 400, I could imagine large markets like USA & Europe will probably have about a thousand or so out there and the rest are in Japan. It will take time before it becomes a buyer's market. It's now in the black market stage so I guess we're a bit luckier not sure though about 1st production run quality. I've been toying with the camera now and it's a bit quirky at first, reading the manual thoroughly may be a must for novice. Can't wait to take it for a spin tomorrow.
 
This analysis is only accurate if the start production about the same time they release the camera for sale

They should have produced enough to satisfy much of the initial demand instead of dribbling out a few at a time


peripatetic said:
I don't think that's very likely. Fuji have a history of making cameras that have a popular launch, but they know that this is a niche camera.

Picking some sample numbers out of the air. Assuming they will sell the camera for 24 months in its current form.

Say they believe that they will sell 100,000 cameras in the first year, and 80,000 in the second. If stocks were available they could probably sell 40,000 of those in the first month. But making available production facilities to cope with 20k a month production is wasteful because within 4-6 months they will be building up stocks at a high rate. Better for them to do 10k a month and keep the production run going for 18 months and then de-tool having sufficient stocks to finish off the demand for the second year.

It means that supplies will be limited for the first few months but prevents them from committing too much money into a speculative venture. If they lost a lot of money on this camera would we ever see a MarkII?

Fuji have followed a similar pattern with their GF670 too, there has always been a mild shortage.

Arguably it is this financial caution, combined with their adventurous designs that allows them to bring these innovative cameras to market.
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It's all about timing I guess. Fuji put a lot of effort into winding people up with constant releases of snippets of information about the camera along with the 'Fuji Guys' tweets etc etc. They certainly created a feeding frenzy here!

Great foreplay ... but I have to say the main event has been a bit of a disappointment! :p
 
jsrockit said:
I'm in the US... we got shafted on this release... ;) No cameras here.
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That's how I am feeling as well. I assume everything for North America came over in one shipment. Fuji Canada completed the required inspections of the viewfinders for tilt and shipped them to their retailers. Fuji US seems to be doing.... Noting? Oh, but Henry's in Canada was allowed to ship to customers in the US via their outlet site....

I know they had a huge natural disaster and all but seriously.
 
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