Today at 9pm London time Fuji will announce the new X PRO 1 camera. As you know you can I am going to follow live the Fuji announcement by updating this website with all news, reviews and image samples. And as it is usual before the announcement new rumors are floating around the web. There is one particular rumor saying that Fuji will announce the development of a Full Frame mirrorless and interchangeable system. As usual take those rumors with a grain of salt but I would not be surprised to hear that Fuji will give us some hints about their future lineup. They usually do that and they could do it today too!

From top to bottom this could be the new X camera order:
– X FF camera system
– X PRO 1 APS-C camera system
– X 100 (enthusiast fixed lens camera. Already in Stock: [shopcountry 100018].)
– X S1 (entry level super zoom camera. Preorders just started at Adorama)
– X 10 (entry level compact camera already in Stock: [shopcountry 100018].)

Announcement time Reminder:
4pm NYC time (16:00)
9pm London time (21:00)
10pm Berlin time (22:00)
6am Tokyo time (06:00)

UDPATE: Amazon removed both the lens and camera preorder page!
The Fuji X PRO 1 was available for preorder here at Amazon (page now blank). The price of the body only is $1,699.95.
The price of the lens was also visible since yesterday but the preorder pages have now preordered:
The 35mm f/1.4 lens at Amazon was available for $499.
The 18mm f/2.0 lens at Amazon was available for $499.
The 60mm macro lens at Amazon. was available for $599.

UPDATE: There was alao a page on Adorama (so I have been told but I didn’t find it).

If those are indeed the real prices let me know what your intentions are:

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via PhotoRumors!

Our friends over at Photorumors found other two images of the Fuji X Pro 1 camera. It’s really a poor man’s Leica camera :)

And I am so surprised to see that Amazon didn’t remove the lens preorder links. Is that all part of a “rumor” startegy?
Click here to see the 35mm f/1.4 lens at Amazon: 8 Elements in 6 Groups (Inc. 1 Asph. Element), Angle of view – 44.2 Degrees, Filter Size 52mm.
Click here to see the 18mm f/2.0 lens at Amazon. 8 Elements in 7 Groups (Inc. 2 Asph. Elements), Angle of view – 76.5 Degree, Filter Size 52mm
Click here to see the 60mm macro lens at Amazon. 10 Elements in 8 Groups (Inc. 1 Asph. Element & 1 abnormal disp. element), Angle of view – 26.6 Degree, Filter Size 39mm

Click here to see the 35mm f/1.4 lens at Amazon: 8 Elements in 6 Groups (Inc. 1 Asph. Element), Angle of view – 44.2 Degrees, Filter Size 52mm.

Click here to see the 18mm f/2.0 lens at Amazon. 8 Elements in 7 Groups (Inc. 2 Asph. Elements), Angle of view – 76.5 Degree, Filter Size 52mm

Click here to see the 60mm macro lens at Amazon. 10 Elements in 8 Groups (Inc. 1 Asph. Element & 1 abnormal disp. element), Angle of view – 26.6 Degree, Filter Size 39mm

There is no image of the lenses yet but you can really preorder them! What’s missing is the camera but it’s coming on Monday at 9pm. So you really don’t have to wait a lot!

Here is the image of the leather case and flash via Photorumors:

MiTaka (dpreview forum user) unveiled some more details about the upcoming Fuji mirrorless system:

1) RGB pixels in 6*6 random pixel sets
2) More lenses and M-mount to X adapter are coming within 2012.
3) The optical viewfinder offers different magnification x0.37 for the WA, and x0.6 for the other two lenses. The magnification ratio is also user selectable for using third party lenses.
4) The camera comes with some new film modes + multiple exposure features.
5) Accessories will include leather case, new flash, grip.
6) Every lens will come with hood, also fuji will offer protective filters.

It’s important to underline that there is no word yet about the fact that Fuji will use the new organic sensor technology. They keep talking about the randomly positioned Pixels and not about the used material. And the new M-mount adapter will allow current [shoplink 100116 ebay]Leica lens[/shoplink] owners to buy a cheap alike camera that will probaby beat the M9 image quality (if the Fuji marketing guys are telling us the truth about the new sensor being better than any current FF sensor).

A new source also sent me the following info: “Fuji mirrorless camera will be announced at 9pm GMT on Monday… it looks amazing, looks like it will be a big hit with many people!” (Thanks for sending me this!)

You can follow the announcement live here on MirrorlessRumors. I will update you with all the news, revies and tests I can found on the web. So buy your Popcorns and be online here at 4pm NYC time, 9pm London time or 10pm Berlin time or 6am Tokyo time!

DC.watch (Click here to read the translation) interviewed MR. Tian Rong Jin, Managing Director Canon Image Communication Business Division. He unveiled a couple of interesting things about their mirrorless plan. I don’t speak japanese and the google translation tool is not really 100% reliable. I ask my japanese readers to check if everything I understood is correct:

1) Canon will release a mirrorless system within 2012

2) First comes the image quality and than the downsizing. There should be a perception that the new mirrorless camera is a clear step towards from a classic compact camera. That statement clearly goes against Nikon’s decision to offer a mirrorless system camera with a smaller than m43 sensor (Click here to see the nIkon 1 system).

3) The lenses for the new mirrorless system need to be small.

It’s quite a surprise to see Canon talk that openly about mirrorless. And there is definitely a reason why they are now talking about it. I guess they want to warn the market by saying: “Hey don’t buy Sony, m43 or Fuji…wait for us!“. TO me it sounds like they will launch a new APS-C mirrorless system with a bunch of nice compact lenses. Photokina could be the right place for that.

One thing is sure: 2012 will be the year of mirrorless cameras. And I am here to give you every small bits of news and rumors I can get! Starting from the next post when I will talk about the exact Fuji X Pro 1 launch date and hour ;)

One word….WOW! :)

I got this images and specs from the latest February issue of the french Responsesphoto magazine (Click here to see the article). The screenshot you see here on top is actually the very first image of the full and final Fuji X PRO 1 mirrorless and interchangeable lens camera. It really looks like the digital version of the amazing designed . Responsephoto camera specs:
– Three new lenses: 18mm (27mm equivalent) f/2.0, 35mm (53mm equivalent) f/1.4 and 60mm (90mm equivalent) f/2.4
– Responsephoto says the Camera+35mm lens kit will cost 1.300 Euro. That’s actually just a bit higher than the [shoplink 100018]Fuji X100[/shoplink] price. The other two lenses will cost 600 Euro each.
– Responsephoto says the sensors name is X-Trans! R. writes that Fuji took some ideas from the classica film technology to create the new sensor which will beat the image quality of all current fulflrame sensors! The photosites will be of 6 different colors and disposed randomly, therefore moire will be avoided.
– There is no Anti Aliasing filter on the sensor.
– The lenses are made of metal.
– The camera has the new X-mount. The flange distance will be of 17.7 mm.
– The viewfinder is hybrid (optical and electronic). The optical viewfinder changes the view depending on the kind of prime lens you sue. This again is an idea coming from the !
– The autofocus sensor is…external! There is a special AF sensor on the camera body!

UPDATE: Here is the pic of the new lenses

The camera is going to be announced next Tuesday! It’s time for you to join the Mirrorlessrumors comunity by following our RSS feed (Click here), join us on Facebook (Click here) and follow our Tweets (Click here). You really don’t want to miss any Fuji news ;) I am going to follow the announcement live! Check us daily!