I’ve started to write this blog post over and over again. But I don’t know, how to put together and exciting news like the first leaked images taken with an X-Pro2 along with the a terrible massacre of Paris.

I feel shocked, as all of you out there. When horribly things like these happen, I’m used to close myself in silence and think to the victims, their families and their friends. For me, it’s difficult to talk about it with people close to me…. imagine how hard it is to write something on Fujirumors.

But I also know that many of you guys out there are PRO photographers. And I know that your aim is to photograph life as it is, the good and the bad, the beautiful and the dreadful. Some of you might even risk their own life to get close to the truth and capture it with their camera.

Sometimes a photographer just has to be right there, where history is happening. And in these days, history is writing one of its terrible chapters in Paris. And it’s my job to tell you that there is somebody with a Fujifilm X-Pro2 documenting it.

The 2 images have been shared in public here at magnumphotos. The EXIF data can be seen here. It really seems to be an X-Pro2 with 18mm lens. These images are part of a magnumphoto section, dedicated to the terrorists attacks in France. You can see all the pictures here.

if you have an account at magnumphotos, you can pruchase & donwload the high-res samples. And that’s what a FR reader did. The FR reader says (thanks):

• The mangum images of paris are 6000×4000. If they really are from a xpro-2, that would make 24MP certain. The time in the exif is 21:23:45 however. That is clearly wrong, as at that time in november it’s pitch black in Paris [21:23 in Toyko is 13:23 in Paris].

I won’t comment the images. All I can say today is, be strong, my French friends.

Fuji X Forum, Facebook and Twitter

thanks to the anonymous FR-reader, who passed me the links to the images and the EXIF data

HUGE Fuji US-X Sale now also at BHphoto & Adorama (save up to $400)

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According to a new source, the Fujifilm X-T2 will be announced in June 2016. If true, this means that both, the X-Pro2 and the X-T2 will be unveiled in the first half of 2016.

Moreover, an anonymous source with nick-name confirms it will be available in “summer“… and shares some specs with us:

• 4K video
• 1080 @ 120fps
• improved continuous autofocus
• 10 FPS continuous

Thanks a lot for sharing the rumors :)

For now, fellow X-shooters, please take the grain of salt. Not only because it’s still unconfirmed from trusted sources, but also because within 8 months, Fuji can decide to change the launch date anytime.

Ok, we can now officially start a new “rumored specs list” adventure here on FujiRumors

stay tuned,
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X-T2 Rumored Specs List
(TS= trusted source / NeS =New Source / AS = Anonymous Source /  ASnN = Anonymous Source with Nick-Name / SRP = source who was right in the past / OS = other sites)

SOURCE RIGHT IN THE PAST

• X-T2 to be announced pretty soon after the X-Pro2 [NOTE: the Fujifilm X-Pro2 will be unveiled on January 15. If true, also the X-T2 will be announced in the first half of 2016, too.]

NEW SOURCE

• Announcement in June

ANONYMOUS SOURCE

• Available in Summer (ASwN)
• 1080 @ 120fps (ASwN)
• improved continuous autofocus (ASwN)
• 10 FPS continuous (ASwN)

Little update about the upcoming X-deal.

The anonymous source says the deal will start on November 15. I trust this rumor, because since now Fujifilm always launched deals on a Sunday, and November 15 is… a Sunday :)

The main course of the meal: a $300 rebate on the X-T1!

Currently there is the Fuji X-T10 in offer in USA:

X-T10 (price $699): AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama
X-T10 + 18-55 (price $999): AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama
X-T10 + 16-50 (price $799): AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama
X-T10 + 18-55 + 55-200 (price $1,399): AmazonUS /
X-T10 + 16-50 + 50-230 (price $999): AmazonUS

X-E2 Firmware rumor recap

• After the announcement of X-T1 FW 4.0, Fujifilm France answered to X-E2 shooters on May 25, that there will be a Firmare update also for X-E2 – READ HERE
• Sources told to FujiRumors on June 3, that this firmware update will come in about 6 months – READ HERE
• On June 18, a new source told us it will indeed come by the end of this year, and bring the new AF-system – READ HERE
• Finally, Fujifilm itself confirmed on July 24: the X-E2 firmware will come by the end of the year. They did not mention which features it will bring, though – READ HERE
• On October 29, a trusted source told us, that the new Firmware update for X-E2 will come, and it will bring a new AF-system to X-E2 cameras. READ HERE
  

Still not convinced? Then here is another one:

Fujifilm Hong Kong (via Fujfilm Studio) just said on facebook, that the X-E2 FW4 is currently scheduled for next year mid-January. Earlier this year, my sources and even Fujifilm itself said it will come by the end of this year. If Fuji Hong Kong is right, than there has been a little delay on the release.

Thanks a lot for the FR-reader who spotted and shared this with all of us :)

stay tuned,
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According to what the top trusted Japanese source told me, the Fujifilm X-Pro2 will NOT feature a tilt screen.

From the comments shared on FujiRumors in the past, I know that some will applaud this decision, others won’t. I remember this older Poll, launched when the X-T1 still had to be announced, where 32% of the FujiRumors readers wanted an X-T1 without tilt-screen.

So here are two polls:

1. The first is about how important the tilt screen in the X-Pro2 is for you.
2. The second one is an updated flagship battle Poll X-T2 Vs. X-Pro2, considering this new rumor. Sensor, AF-performance and Firmware overall would remain the same between X-Pro2 and X-T2. Main differences: the X-T2 won’t have an OVF, be cheaper, have a better grip etc, while the X-Pro2 will have the hybrid viewfinder, no tilt screen, rangefinder design etc.

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TRUSTED
– APS-C sensor (TS + AS + AS)
– 1/8000 of a second mechanical shutter speed (TS)
– coming late 2015 (TS + AS)
– delayed to 2016 (TS)
– Coming after CES (TS)
– Announcement on 15th Janaury 2016 (TS)
– weather sealed (TS)
– 4K video (TS + NeS)
– Faster Processor EXR III (TS)
– No Tilt Screen (TS)

SOURCE RIGHT IN THE PAST
– Sync Speed faster than 1/180^th (SRP)
– coming in January 2016 (SRP)

NEW / ANONYMOUS SOURCE
– 24MP sensor (AS) – More than 16MP (AS)
– about the same size of current X-PRO1 (NeS)
– dual SD card slot (NeS + AS)
– tilt screen (AS)
– WiFi (AS)
– Price about 20% to 30% more expensive than the X-T1 (AS)
– Two X-PRO2 version, one 24MP APS-C and one 25-27 MP APS-X, compatible with XF/XC lenses (NeS + OS)

OTHER SITES
– coming September / October (OS + OS)
– Non organic APS-C X-Trans sensor (OS)
– smaller than X-PRO1 (OS)