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Aug 2012
Here is the “low-cost” X-E1!
A month ago we have been told that there would be a lower and a higher end X model. These are the pictures of the entry level X camera! It comes in Black and in Silver and there is also the picture of the new XF18-55mm F2.8-4 R OIS. Cool!
UPDATE: As you may have noticed from the pictures the cameras has an Electronic Viewfinder and a Built-in Flash.
Source: Digicaminfo.
OoO
10 months ago |Wonderful
Josh
10 months ago |Totally didn’t expect it to be like this!!! I presumed the rumor referred to a new x10. But this is sick!!! If its under $1000, I’m all in.
SL
10 months ago |Under 1000 $ … would be great, but i don’t think so. Anyway its truly a wonderful camera with everything thats needed and i love the version with the silver finish. Also the new lens seems great. Go on like this, Fuji !
Mistral75
10 months ago |Thank you for this news but isn’t it a bit rude to hot-link to the images posted by Digicame-info without mentioning them as being your source?
http://digicame-info.com/2012/08/x-e1xf18-55mm-f28-4-r-ois.html
By the way, there is no aperture ring on the 18-55mm zoom, only a switch.
Mistral75
10 months ago |Thank you for editing your post and adding the source
admin
9 months ago |Hi Mistral. Actually there is a bug on the theme. I have a form where to include the source of the article. But it doens’t display on the frontend. Trying to fix it now but I added the link manually.
mape2k
10 months ago |Also noticed the aperture switch…so the aperture will be controlled from the camera? Kind of defeats the purpose of the whole retro direct control design of the X-Pro 1…
Fuji X-Fan
9 months ago |It uses the most inner lens ring to change aperture value (in VF or on LCD) when in manual aperture mode. Pretty smart tbh. The next lens ring is for zoom while the outer one is for manual focus (hopefully better than current type).
Why is this not obvious to people who follow rumors? Fuji stays with physical controls, although, you wont get the optical impression on the lens what aperture you have set.
keru
9 months ago |I’m still happy to own the X-Pro 1. Let’s see what will be the 2nd announcment.
jyno's ino
9 months ago |but the problem is.. this have no hybrid viewfinder..another thing, how was the iso control ? will be as good as x100 / xpro-1 ? we will find our the answer in the photokina…
Camaman
9 months ago |That is not a problem. It’s a solution.
The OVF part was for the classic rangefinder users that needed to see one in their new camera.
Now they invested in a system and saw that it has many, many limitations int he modern camera world, and Fuji is cutting costs and going modern and more simple.
The users will adapt and forget, like they always do.
shigzeo
9 months ago |The XPro-1 OVF is pretty poorly thought out anyway – if, that is, you use rangefinder cameras. If you do, you are used to manual focus lenses and a full optical viewfinder. Fuji screwed with this design by only allowing manual focus assist via digital zoom in that covers the entire viewfinder. It cannot be done whilst in hybrid mode, removing the plusses one attached to an optical viewfinder in the first place.
If the XPro 1 would have a small magnification window overlay in the optical viewfinder, or software emulation of rangefinder interposed images, I would take everything back. But they haven’t. Their camera looks like a small MF Fujifilm rangefinder and does’t offer even close to the functionality. For now, the OVF is all for show, which is a big shame.
Ndjedinak
9 months ago |Fuji X-Fan, I don’t think that inner ring moves a la the other X lenses. You can see a marker for the focal length painted directly on that ring–if the ring rotated that wouldn’t work very well, would it?
I suspect this is finally the answer as to why Fuji put the “useless” command dial on the rear of the X-Pro 1. It will control the aperture when the switch on the lens is set as such.
Also, the upcoming pancake finally makes sense. This body looks X-100-sized; it’s shorter and thinner for certain. Add the upcoming pancake and you have an X-100 size camera. Now this brings into question whether there will be an X-100 mkii at all…
Ragnarok
9 months ago |Lens and all this is the Panasonic L2 that never was! Shame on you Panny. Fujifilm is nailing it with the X range of products. Not perfect products, but a distinct line for sure.
Don Pope
9 months ago |The white mark is on a smooth part of the lens that is not part of the aperture ring. The grippy surface right below the mark, that is the aperture ring.
mmm
9 months ago |Maybe no physical aperture control because it is variable aperture? I never had an older variable aperture zoom lens, so don’t know how interface is typically handled.
There seems to be a switch for manual or automatic aperture. The innermost ring could still control aperture if the marker for focal length was not connected to that ring, otherwise the other poster’s comment is valid.
foobar
9 months ago |The iris/A switch is (I suspect) like the A (for Auto) setting on the X100 or X-Pro1 aperture dial. Set it to A and you are shutter priority (and select a shutter speed or program mode (if the shutter speed is also on A).
Fuji X-Fan is right about the zoom, I think. The FL numbers move against a fixed mark (the mark isn’t moving).
Remember this lens will work on the X-Pro1 too …
John
9 months ago |It is possible as I have a Leica Vario Elmarit Zoom with a manual aperture ring. It came with the Digilux 3. The camera simply overrided the lens aperture if it was set to 2.8 and zoomed in.
One More Thought
9 months ago |Will this have the same sensor as the X Pro 1?
If so, and if Fuji delivers with the AF, they will have a monster hit on their end.
MK
9 months ago |Much more likely that this uses a modified version of the X100 sensor, with leaf shutter, than the XP1 sensor. There has to be a maintained difference with the XP1 to justify the pricing and not upset early adopters, and that would be sharpness (no AA filter), low CA and higher ISO sensitivity.
Carl
9 months ago |The X100 sensor would do nicely – capable of delivering great files.