Will the new Fujifilm x100 if successful affect film sales

[zvos1]

Do any of you fixed lens rangefinders users thinking of switching to this little camera if it turns out to be a gem as previews and specs suggest?
I don't think many of the Leica M users will switch and use it as their main camera but it should look quite tempting for all Canonet, Minolta , Olypus xa/trip etc users.

 

[zanef2.8]

I think it's a close substitute for fixed lens rangefinders like Hexar and XA/trip, Canonet in terms of its spec but not sure of its price.

If it is priced correctly, I will definitely give it a go and I will definitely shoot less film with the M and other 135 film SLRs

However, nothing replaces the fun in shooting a roll of Tri-X (pushed two stops) 🙂

 

[Keith]

It has to ... every new digital camera that has something different in it's design, and this has plenty, has to take away from film ultimately.

This camera has been aimed at hard core film shooters with it's styling IMO ... it would be very easy to put your Hexar AF down and pick this up and tell yourself that film really is dead so why bother with the old! 😛

 

[Sonnar Brian]

> Will the new Fujifilm x100 if successful affect film sales

Since it is a digital camera, it will probably not drive them up immediately.
But you never know, the new owners might get hooked on photography and then want to try out film cameras. Met a guy yesterday at a outdoor festival that was using an Apple iPhone. he noticed my Canon P, let me know his Grandma had given him a Kodak Retina. He will be trying it out.

There is a Pony in here somewhere.

 

[shadowfox]

It'll be like a drop in a bucket.
Notice I said, a bucket, not a lake.

Most of us who use film today already know why we are doing it. And those others who couldn't care less already have their mind made.

A new digital camera will always go through the cycle of Hot... warm... cold, some faster than others.

This camera generates a lot of romantic feelings thanks to its retro style and functionality nods to serious camera users' wishes. But the sensor still does not spit out a negative that people can print in the darkroom.

So in the end, it'll be just another digital camera, albeit going in the right direction.

 

[sc_rufctr]

It looks great but the fixed lens is an issue.

However having a proper view finder is great.
I wouldn't want one for myself but I could see my 14 year old son using one.

 

[willie_901]

As shadowfox said, the impact will be well below the killer effect of cell phones. The impact of digital cameras on film sales leveled out quite some time ago. More recently the explosion of smart phone ownership has totally wiped out most of the bread and butter P&S film business. Only film enthusiasts and TV/motion picture productions use film now.

I love film and use it for one of my on-going projects. But my clients insist on digital.

 

[doolittle]

Publicity this thing is getting will probably help sell some similar looking film cameras on ebay. I know I will still be shooting film, but could imagine X100 replacing my LX3 as my travel light digital. I won't be trading in my film cameras just yet.

 

[johannielscom]

I might get one since I would not feel the fixed 35mm eq. lens a drawback at all. It would be perfect for street and PJ shooting and I like zooming by foot and the altered dimensions in photos that it gets me.

But, I'd shoot as much film as I do now, just a larger number of pictures altogether! 😀

 

[Fotohuis]

Film = film camera: see GF670, GF670W but this Fuji X100 will put pressure on the Leica X1 camera.

Around US$ 1000,- it can be a best seller in this segment.

Good specifications and good optics put in a nice retro design. Less plastic but metal again. EVF and OVF, build in filters optics f=2 23mm/35mm equivalent. I think this camera can be a big sucess for Fuji.

 

[bensyverson]

A better question is how long Leica can survive with this rapid influx of high quality mirrorless cameras. Their market is so small and specific that it must hurt when new competitors materialize.

 

[Japan---Exposures]

A better question is how long Leica can survive with this rapid influx of high quality mirrorless cameras. Their market is so small and specific that it must hurt when new competitors materialize.

No, that's illogical. Their market is small and specific, you got that right, but Fuji is not playing on the same field, even though there might be some overlap.

I think the X100 is excellent news for Leica because a) it is showing that this is an interesting concept in an area which Leica could be very strong in without Leica having to present anything b) it doesn't directly affect sales of a current Leica product because it might be almost a year away giving them time to adjust c) it might generate interest in alternative ways of picture taking, which Leica M products are (arguably) the ultimate so like CV did turn on the lower segment to RF this might be similar.

As for the OP question, it may well affect "Fujifilm sales", but it is one digicam within hundreds and quite possibly for a niche market, why should it have any further impact on film sales?

 

[Pablito]

I am a 100% (professional) analog photographer.

How does that work? What sort of work do you do that you can get away with 100% analog workflow? Just wondering. I mean I can see weddings, if you are a good salesman...

 

[photogdave]

I'd shoot as much film as I do now, just a larger number of pictures altogether! 😀

My feeling exactly! 😎

 

[bwcolor]

I've been searching the Internet for samples from the new Samsung NX100 and finally found a few. Have been doing the same for all of these cameras since the M9. I've been mulling over returning in part to digital, but then I went back to some of my Ektar 35mm shots and really liked the tonality. There is something different about them. The medium format stuff really just upped the ante and B&W is in another universe. I like the Fujifilm future, but my feeling that have to get the new X100 now has subsided. Pretty happy with what I have. My 1DMKII went back to Canon for cleaning almost a year ago. I still haven't unpacked it.

 

[jsrockit]

I think people are over-estimating the impact this camera is going to have... I see it as a niche product (yes, I will buy one).

 

[Mcary]

Analog shooting/capture. Digitizing the slides and the rest a beautiful, fast and simple workflow. Architecture, industry, interior, documentations. No weddings at all.

I said 'photographer', not 'lab worker' or 'printer'.😀

Believe most photographers would refer to this as a hybrid work flow.

As far as the Fuji X100 goes I can see it as nice addition to my kit Not only a nice choice when I need something fairly compact for taking snaps but also as a companion to my M6 when shooting street. Really like the fact that I can load the M6 with EFKE 25, 50 or PanF and know that I can grab the X100 if I need a higher ISO Can also see using along side my Medium format gear kind of like a Polaroid.

Is it a perfect camera of course not since there's no such thing.

 

[Mcary]

I think people are over-estimating the impact this camera is going to have... I see it as a niche product (yes, I will buy one).

What!!!!!
Everyone know the X100 is going to end world hunger and bring word peace😀

 

[hipsterdufus]

But, I'd shoot as much film as I do now, just a larger number of pictures altogether! 😀

I agree. I could see myself getting one, but not at $1000. I'll probably wait a couple of years for the price to drop. So, by 2013, I might convert back to some sort of digital camera and even then I'll be shooting film.

 

[Santtu Määttänen]

I think people are over-estimating the impact this camera is going to have... I see it as a niche product (yes, I will buy one).

I think so too, it won't most likely affect film sales in any significant way at all. But for me personally, if this camera delivers, it will reduce my film consumption by about one and half rolls per week. Since if this camera delivers I will stop carrying my beloved Olympus 35RC along which is always along and get's about that much usage at all times. I'm not saying that I would stop using film all together just that it would replace a spesific tool and thus reduce the film consumption.

Actually I thought that Olympus E-P2 would have done that already but it didn't. I use it a LOT (closing in on 10K mark since may). But E-P2 simply ain't solid enough to be abused like my 35RC, I don't feel confident about throwing it inside what ever bag or jacket I have along and just leaving it there. This camera looks like it's solid enough to handle that. Also this one doesn't have the issue with EVF (where to put it so that it doesn't brake). Still I don't regret getting E-P2 one bit, it's lovely piece of work and a real tool. It pretty much has replaced dSLR for my usage (under most situations, not in weddings, harsh weather or otherwise difficult conditions).