It’s not a secret that Ken Rockwell (Click here) likes Fuji cameras. He writes about the X-E1: “I see no more reason for the old Fuji X-Pro1, unless you’re really addicted to the optical finder. Everything else about the X-E1 appears to be superior, with a built-in flash and less size and weight, for less money. I returned my X-Pro1 because its finder had a defective design that rendered it out-of-focus unless you bought an external diopter for it. I’m hoping this is fixed in the X-E1. ”

The question now is, if the X-E1 is better than the X-Pro1 than are we going to see a new X PRo 2 anytime soon?

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The Black X-E1 with 18-55mm kit lens still on top of the Amazon rankings!

What you can see here on top is the well known photographer Gueorgui Pinkhassov using the new Fuji X-E1. And here are links to more new nice videos:
Toshimitsu Takahashi and the X-E1, first look preview by AP, official Promotional Video.

And current X PRO 1 owners will be also happy to know that the new firmware upgrade will be released on September 18th. Meantime Amazon (Click here) created a deidcated Fuji page with all the new stuff. All preorder links here:

Black Fuji X-E1 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Silver Fuji X-E1 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Black Fuji X-E1 with 18-55mm lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Silver Fuji X-E1 with 18-55mm lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Fuji 14mm f/2.8 lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Fuji 18-55mm f/2.8-4.0 OIS lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).

If you ever wondered how the Fuji X PRO 1 looks “inside” than watch the video on top! Warning…the music is weird :)

One more interesting reading: Fujixfiles posted a list of Fuji X-Pro 1 AF (Autofocus) speed and accuracy review and tips (via SKF).

While I am working ot get some details on the next Fuji announcement in Spetember here is a roundup of X PRO 1 links sent me by our readers. Enjoy!

Short X PRo 1 review at Digitaljournalofphotography. X-Pro1 + Super-Elmar-M 18mm F3.8 ASPH. at DC.watch (Translation here). Kevin Sparrow review at Prollysnotprobably. Streets of Ottawa by John Smith. More Night Shots in Ottawa with the Fujifilm X-Pro-1 by John Smith. Voigtlander 35 + Fuji Xpro 1 for street photography at TheF8blog. Preview at Outbackphoto.

If you still need to check out for new X PRo 1 reviews here is a a triple link. Let’s start with the most famous website:

Dpreview posted the very long X PRo 1 review: “the X-Pro1 is a very good camera, with excellent design and image quality, let down by a few small but significant operational bugs and quirks.”

Neocamera: “Paired with one of the three excellent XF-mount lenses, the X-Pro1 produces some extremely sharp large prints up to ISO 6400 and even remains usable for mid-size prints until its maximum ISO of 25600.”

Luminous Landscape posted an interesting Hands-on: “Their designs are brilliant, build quality is very high, and optical quality second to none. Now they just need to refine their functional execution to have class-leading products.”

In short, what they all are saying is that we need an X-PRO 2 that fixes the clear AF and menu issues :)