(Continually updated) Fuji X PRO 1 announced!
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Hot news:
Shipping in late February
Body for $1700. Lenses around $650.
9 more lenses to come: superwide 14mm, along with zoom lenses (Zoom lenes are coming in 2013).
(P-)reviews and Interviews:
Preview at Dpreview.
Hands.on photos at Photographyblog.
Hands-on at Techradar.
Hands-on at ePhotozine
Short interview at ePhotozine.
Image samples:
At fujifilm-x.com. and fujifilm.com.
Official press release text:
Fuji X PRO 1 product page. You can download the full X PRO 1 pdf (Click here).
Press release at Engadget.
Luminous Landscape.
Sansmirror.
Quesabesde (spanish)
Focus Numerique (french)
Fuji Deutschland product page.
Fuji Italy. And there is also a Fuji X PRO 1 (pdf file) and Lens (pdf file).
Videos:
Fuji X PRO 1 presentation by FujiGuys on youtube (Click here to see part one). And here to see part two on youtube.
FujGuys first look on youtube
Live Fuji coverage is started. Watch these sites to learn more:
Cnet (live texting)
Engadget
Photographybay
Matsumoto (Fuji) says it’s been designed to have the “ultimate in style and quality.
Preorders:
Amazon Fuji X PRO 1 search page (should be online soon).
Sensor presentation:
As you can see there is no word about the sensor using organic material.
Pictures of the camera (Click on them to enlarge the size):
Poll:
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inteliboy
2 years ago |This is the x100 all over again…
1) Camera announced – hype fever pitch.
2) Price announced – confusion and anger.
3) Sample photos released – dismissed as point-and-shoot quality.
4) Camera released – in real hands it exceeds expectations, sells out & hard to find for many months.
* insert “comparisons made to leica” at any of these points.
EE
2 years ago |Stuck on Step #3 point-and shoot quality photos as evidenced in official samples; not holding breath for Step #4 (though am rooting for it).
MJr
2 years ago |Very inteli-gent observation boy. ( no really, i agree )
Bob2
2 years ago |Way too many fanbois of other camera companies with agendas here. I shoot Nikon, 43rd, and X100–all cameras have strengths and weaknesses. I could complain about 43rd/M43 as well–very poor iso performance above 800, until a couple of months ago no fast wide primes (but still well overpriced), no integral optical viewfinder, no direct analog controls for fast, work in the dark operation.
For those commenting on lens softness–the flower is shot at f1.4 wide open–depth of field is very shallow so that’s one reason it looks soft. The other pictures at middle apertures are impressively sharp. If you want biting sharpness at f1.4, get yourself a Leica 35mm Summicron Aspherical at $5,000+ because that’s the only thing that will make you happy. Besides, no one ever won a Pulitzer because the lens was “sharp”.
rootkit
2 years ago |+1 on douchebag fanbois
D
2 years ago |My comments based on a good hard look at their full size sample jpegs at http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/x/fujifilm_x_pro1/sample_images/
I’ve been looking for a mirrorless system with moderate wide-angle or std lens capable of producing up to big prints as a complement to my 5DII – to avoid frequent lens changes between wide angle and longer focal lengths, to be less conspicuous for candid work, plus to have a small, quiet, high quality carry around that can go everywhere with me. I was hoping X100 might be it (with 35mm equivalent fixed lens perfect for me), but held off buying because of the problematic focus.
Now I thought the X-Pro1 might be an option, but at over US$2000 with lens, it would have amazing IQ, and acceptable focus, close to or better than I can get from 5dII + Canon 35mm f1.4.
Looking at the downloaded 100% (16 mp) Fuji sample jpegs for the Fuji 35mm f1.4, I love the quality of the light and colour, and the images are more than sharp enough at small apertures, but that 35mm wide open at f1.4 (http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/x/fujifilm_x_pro1/sample_images/img/index/ff_x_pro1_004.JPG) is just horrific – not just soft, much more so than I would expect for a 50mm prime, even focussed close at f1.4. The huge diffusion effect looks like one of those 1980′s style soft-focus portrait lenses.
On the upside though, in the f2.4 gooseberry shot from the macro, the focussed areas are nice and sharp, while background blur is creamy, dreamy beautiful, and the pattern of noise at ISO 1600 is muted, stunning and film-like, quite unlike the visible vertical/horizontal banding from high ISO shots on all current DSLR sensors, so maybe that sensor has other advantages beyond avoiding moire without an AA filter. This, with the effort put into the aperture blades, might translate to very real advantages in mood and feel of images, well beyond pixel peeping resolution stats.
In contrast, the tree bark shot from the macro at f4.5 (http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/x/fujifilm_x_pro1/sample_images/img/index/ff_x_pro1_008.JPG) looks almost plasticky to me at 100% – like a too aggressive noise processing even though it’s only ISO 400?
There are no wide-open or close-focus shots for the 18mm, but the f5.6 shot of the building is certainly impressively sharp, again with a stunning cleanness, colour and light.
I almost always shoot RAW, often at f2.8 or wider (with a range of mostly L Canon primes) and often don’t sharpen at all, so I’m not using oversharpened jpegs as my baseline in my criticism of the 35mm sharpness in the f1.4 sample shot.
I look forward to actual full-test reviews of this camera and lenses, and particularly direct comparison against the Sony Nex-7 + Zeiss Sonnar E 24mm f/1.8
hexx
2 years ago |thanks god somebody who doesn’t think that sharpness is everything, thank you for your comment. these photo examples are sharp, they just are not overly sharp like we are used to see on the net (with heavy PP sharpening)
MJr
2 years ago |But do they have character, do they impress ? Does it have the prime lens quality and flair at level with the price-point ?
hexx
2 years ago |@ MJr – I guess I was one of the few impressed with photos (not all of them, I agree). I think we’ll have to wait for M mount to come out and see the samples from Leica glass on this camera (so we can compare it to NEX series) and then compare Fuji’s lenses with Leica’s.
From the provided samples IQ appeals to me, I like colours, I like smooth tonal transitions and I really like bokeh these lenses produce, nothing nervous but none of the photos really has busy background to be fair.
D
2 years ago |Yes, it’s great that in camera jpeg processing which is what I assume we’re seeing, seems to be very conservative. You’d think they’d point that out… Also the 120x180px thumbnails on which many pundits seem to be basing their judgments would give an impression of softness.
Actually, even I might have fallen into that trap with the 35mm f1.4 hibiscus pic in my previous comment – having had another look at 100%, and considering that I’m comparing it to typical results from my Canon 100mm macro fully two stops slower at f2.8 and on FF, ‘horrific’ is way too harsh. They were a bit silly to post an image with focus plane on stigmas surrounded by a halo of very fine hairs, thus appearing soft, and stamens just out of focus enough to have a similar halo, but this time due to razor thin DOF.
I’ll wait for proper lens and camera reviews before making my mind up. Hopefully Luminous Landscape can contrast this camera with his excellent review of the Nex-7. Hope the focussing system isn’t a dud.
MJr
2 years ago |@hexx – Sure, but that’s also the problem. A few good samples any camera can do, but hand-picked by fuji on the official website they should all be stunning. Especially a camera like this one. I’m very impressed with this camera and all for it, but this worries me quite a lot. The X100 samples for example were all good to stunning from day one.
hexx
2 years ago |they’ve added another photo taken with 18mm f/2 lens, this one is 6MB file so be careful clicking on it if you’re on a mobile network – for me this is stunning performance (and yes, Velvia like colours – of course shot on JPG with Velvia film effect)
http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/x/fujifilm_x_pro1/sample_images/img/index/ff_x_pro1_001.JPG
hexx
2 years ago |strange thing though. I downloaded that ‘landscape’ photo and checked exif and found something conflicting there:
Focal Length: 18
Focal Length In 35mm Film: 27
and then:
Lens Model: XF35mmF1.4 R
hmm could it be that preview on MacOS X is confused?
MJr
2 years ago |Thanks!
Funny, the filename is even 001, and the others were 002, 003, etc.
Stunning indeed, very good potential for RAW at least, the OOC JPG is a little weird, as with the X100 (tho i like the film types).
Wrong lens information indeed, but it is 18(27)mm that’s for sure.
MJr
2 years ago |Resized to 12MP makes it appear a LOT sharper i gotta say, and resized to 1024 it actually might be a little too sharp for my taste.
Geoffrey Baker
2 years ago |You’d think they would post an image that is not full of dust bunnies. That landscape shot, look in the sky. It would be great if we could see skin tones. They went on about that in the video’s, why no samples?
hexx
2 years ago |@ Geoffrey – that’s what I was hoping to see under 60mm lens. I believe that quite a lot of buyers would use it as portrait lens too.
Jean-Michel
2 years ago |Yes, sharpness is not all. Did you study the 18mm distorsions ? Horrible.
Gringo
2 years ago |Get a comparison with any summilux at F1.4 and it will be all clear that there is no just no way those fujinon lenses reach Leica’s performance.
hexx
2 years ago |aaand how much is 35mm summilux and how much is fuji’s 35mm lens? yes, that’s right 6x the price of fuji
hexx
2 years ago |sorry, wrong info, used ones are 6x the price of fuji, new Summilux is 10x more expensive.
Denis
2 years ago |Exactly. I don’t have 35 lux yet, and comparison with lux 50 is odd, but my super elmar 18 is sharper without a doubt than this fuji.
Camanity
2 years ago |Has there ever been a photographer who’s won any awards or done anything worthwhile in his photographic life just cause his photos are the sharpest? Leica is at the end of a very long and old line. The Leica was revolutionary because it meant that photogs then had a decent quality camera with portability…unlike the large cameras back in the day. Today, the that Leica philosophy is gone. Today, Leica is about going backwards,about limited edition cameras, over made lenses that cost too much..yes…too much. The Leica today is the equivalent of the gold pen. They can’t compete on technology, period. I don’t mind Leica so much as their fanboys who don’t seem to do anything but measure a cameras usefullness by how sharp a cameras lenses are. It’s like car fanantics that go around bragging about how expensive their rolls royce is. Does one drive cars or does one collect it.there are also two kinds of photo ppl. One who cares about shooting..and one who cares about status. If i had a million dollar camera, does that mean my camera is the greatest camera ever? LOL
Denis
2 years ago |Cameras? Yes, I don’t consider buying their RF.
Lenses? Leica primes are way ahead of anything else. You just didn’t try them.
Catalin Stavaru
2 years ago |Not sure what samples you have seen but the quality in those samples looks Leica-like to me.
MJr
2 years ago |Yes we know what DoF is bob.
Denis
2 years ago |Do you have a Leica? At least 18/2 samples doesn’t look on par with Leica or Distagon ZM 18.
Arnold
2 years ago |Look Admin Incoming lenses !
http://www.focus-numerique.com/fujifilm-pro1-optiques-accessoires-gestation-news-3004.html
rootkit
2 years ago |woops, wrong reply
fujifan
2 years ago |the photos does not seem to me the the new technology sensor can match full frame’s image quality…
fujifan
2 years ago |the sample photos doesn’t look like it surpass full frame’s image quality…
BobUK
2 years ago |Wow I am disappointed
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- Body size is a slight shock to me. I knew it would be bigger than m43rds but that is substantial.
- Older, conventional focal plane shutter is a shame.
- No integrated flash.
- The 60mm prime is not fast enough.
- No organic sensor which was rumored.
- No weather sealing
And number one problem….
PRICE
Looks way too much. Yes it is marketed for “pros” but they will not be profitable with this at $1700. What is annoying for us in the UK, is that $1700 wouldn’t be so bad if we actually got it for the exchange rate in GBP (£1100) but it won’t be. Unfortunately the dollars priceusually translates directly into simply adding a pound sign before the numericla figure so $1700 will most likely become £1700 minus only a little if we are lucky. So easily the price will likely be £1500 UK pounds. Under £1000 and the market is opened up to Fuji so much more. Under price of DSLRs like <£800 and this camera would possibly have a huge take up.
MJr
2 years ago |The 60mm is a macro, and this is fast for a macro. Research it.
Price is … as expected. Expensive, but not wrong.
All those things you mention, they’re not really problems, personal preference, or perks of a classic rangefinder-style body.
hexx
2 years ago |well when it comes tu UK price, all rumours point to £999 range (photography blog, amateur photographer UK) – so it does translate to $1700. The pricing will be spot on like with X100 where US price was $1199 and UK price £899. Don’t forget, US price doesn’t include tax. All UK prices are with VAT which is currently 20%
Luke
2 years ago |There is an error in URL to official Fuji Site – it directs to X-S1 instead of X-Pro1.
Mikey
2 years ago |The fuji guys did three videos and not one talks about the autofocus speed of this camera. The autofocus speed was one of the things fuji bragged about in the x10 right off the bat.
I wonder if they are still finishing up firmware and aren’t ready to show the autofocus speed.
I really hope this isn’t another rushed firmware by fuji.
Catalin Stavaru
2 years ago |Does anyone think that this camera is way too big ? It’s mirrorless but I think it’s bigger than a DSLR
Arnold
2 years ago |I agree, what’s the point of small lenses, if it doesn’t fit a jacket pocket anyway.
Besides the samples don’t look sharp.
ipasha
2 years ago |Sure thing. That’s Leica-size!
DR
2 years ago |Canon 600D: 133 x 100 x 80 mm
Canon 60D: 145 x 106 x 79 mm
Canon 7D: 148 x 111 x 74 mm
Canon 5DII: 152 x 114 x 75 mm
Fuji X-Pro 1: 139.5 x 81.8 x 42.6
Not sure where you are getting your DSLR specs from, but no, not as big as a DSLR. With a lens, the difference is even more marked.
MJr
2 years ago |But whyy is it bigger than the X100 (not counting lenses)
hexx
2 years ago |that’s good question. i do find X100 in some situations a bit small – but I’m also quite tall man with quite long fingers – no not like an alien. They both use APS-C sensor, both just 1 card, both use hybrid VF. I guess they’ve taken clues from their own older cameras like TX1 and TX2.
This would be actually very well sized camera for me. I will need to wait for field report, that focus-by-wire thing is killing me on X100 so if this camera does indeed have the same problems I won’t buy it. If it’s more like a proper manual focus, although still by wire, I will buy it. I miss sometimes 35mm (50mm eq) point of view – casual portraits. 23 (35mm eq) X100 is too wide for these.
Thomas
2 years ago |is it just me or seems the DR of this camera be some kind of “out of this world”. Just seems! I dont know the exact lightning conditions but the pictures look very very smooth with nice dynamic and tonal range.
Why you look at sharpness, the camera really produces nice pictures!
The resolution is not on par with the SD1, but seems to be pretty close.
hexx
2 years ago |yes, very smooth transitions and tonal range. i will have to look up that Sigma everybody has been talking about
Cyclopedia Brown
2 years ago |An X-Pro1 Flickr group has appeared with a few new images. Check out the comments about the focus… Scary!
Q: “Can you comment on its focusing operation? Is it far better than X100?”
A:”Couldn’t notice a big difference.”
http://www.flickr.com/groups/fuji-x-pro1/
Steve
2 years ago |I am an X100 owner and handled one of the prototypes at CES today. My comments (prototypes though so could change):
AF is much better than the X100, a little slower than the X10 they also had on demo. Nowhere near as good as say a panasonic GX1.
The manual focus is VASTLY better than the X100. You could actually use it. I think between the improved af and the vastly improved manual focus (which was only working on a few of the prototypes they had on display) it will go a long ways to improving usability.
EV dial seems much better, and the reps there said that they planned on ‘tightening up’ the ev dial a bit more before launch.
Q button is very nice. Fast way to change modes.
The camera feels great in your hand. Better proportioned than the X100 with a very solid feel. I didn’t like the placement of the AF-L button though.
The EVF is brighter and ‘faster (motion looked good)’ than the EVF on the X100.
I didn’t get a good feel for the macro support. but closish range focusing was better than the X100.
It has a ‘shoot without attached lens option’ which seems to indicate support for third party/legacy lenses.
Cyclopedia Brown
2 years ago |AWESOME Steve. You are the man! That was the $20,000,000. question in my mind. And now that you have verified that one last piece of information that I needed, I will begin my search for a solid pre-order source. LOL…
David Teo
2 years ago |Hi Steve,
I have the same concern regarding the AF/L button. I use this both on the X100 and also on my D700 (AF-on button) to trigger focus, so that I can press the shutter and take a photo anytime without the need to refocus.
That position is very worrying – a bit too far off to the right it seems to hold the camera comfortably while autofocusing….
Leonard
4 weeks ago |I do not create a lot of responses, however I browsed
And, if you are writing on additional places, I’d like to
some comments here (Continually updated) Fuji X PRO 1
announced! | Mirrorless Rumors. I do have a couple of questions for you if it’s allright. Is it just me or does it give the impression like some of these comments look as if they are left by brain dead people?
keep up with you. Could you post a list of all of all your social
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