Comments on: Here is the “low-cost” X-E1!

By: shigzeo

shigzeo — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 05:39:17 +0000

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.

By: Carl

Carl — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 16:25:28 +0000

The X100 sensor would do nicely – capable of delivering great files.

By: MK

MK — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 18:54:36 +0000

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.

By: John

John — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 11:54:24 +0000

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.

By: Don Pope

Don Pope — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:47:01 +0000

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.

By: One More Thought

One More Thought — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:38:30 +0000

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.

By: foobar

foobar — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:33:54 +0000

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 …

By: mmm

mmm — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:19:31 +0000

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.

By: Ragnarok

Ragnarok — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:33:14 +0000

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.

By: Camaman

Camaman — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:41:39 +0000

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.