Meyer Optik Görlitz launched the Trimagon 95mmF2.6 lens. It will be available also for Fuji X-mount. The lens is expected to ship in Summer 2016, but there is still no price available.
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:
The first is about how important the tilt screen in the X-Pro2 is for you.
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 1/180th (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)
We recently discussed the quality of several third party batteries in this post. There are some very good alternatives to the expensive original Fuji batteries, like Patona,Wasabi and the Watson (and more suggestions in the comments). These batteries are small & cheap. I own 4 of them, so I never have to worry about battery life on my X-E2 / X-T1. Problem solved!
But I’ve heard some in the FujiRumors community asking for a new, longer lasting battery for the X-Pro2.
I thought it would be nice to let you vote on this topic. Should the Fuji X-Pro2 feature a new, improved battery, or keep the same Fujifilm NP-W126 battery, so you’ll be able to use the same batteries you already own for the X-T1, X-T10, X-E2 & CO?
When it comes to switching from a DSLR to a mirrorless system, there is one decision that often causes photographers quite a headache: should I get the Fujifilm X-T1 or the Sony A7rII?
Last summer I’ve played for three days with the Sony A7rII, and wrote my impressions here. Well, I’m happy to see that I’m not the only one, who would go for the X-T1 because of the better colors, the wider selection of lenses, the painfully slow RAW editing of the A7rII files and more.
Guam Photography decided to get rid of his Nikon D4. So he borrowed the X-T1 & the A7rII and tested them.
He tested it in his typical shooting situation (portrait), and saw, for example, that the images coming from the 16MP APS-C X-T1 + XF16-55mm are actually sharper than the one of the 42MP A7rII with Sony 24-70mm.
At the end he goes for the Fujifilm X-T1 because:
RAW file sizes is smaller – editing worflow is quicker [look at the video at minute 9:45 and see how long the the A7rII needs to load]
the max. shutter speed of the A7rII is only 1/8000. X-T1 has an electronic shutter of 1/32000. No ND-filter needed to shoot wide-open in daylight.
Fuji has better colors
Fuji has better white balance
Fui has great selection of high quality lenses
best value for Image Quality [for the price of the A7rII body only, he can get an X-T1 and a couple of primes]
Of course this is just his personal opinion. The X-T1 is the better choice for his needs and for his bank account. There is no “right” or “wrong” answer. But at least he motivates his choice after testing both cameras in his typical shooting environment (portraits), and decided that, despite the on paper superior specs of the A7rII, the results he gets from the Fuji X-T1 are better (for his needs/personal taste etc.)
Earlier this months, I’ve shared the rumor that Sigma has no plans to offer Fuji X mount lenses. According to the source, Sigma believes that the X-market share is too small and Fuji should have better used the M4/3 mount. This statements lead to a very hot debate in the comments, which you can follow here.
When a FR-reader asked Tamron via email, if they will ever make Fuji X mount lenses, Tamron replied that they currently have no plans to offer Fuji X-mount lenses but that they are always developing new lenses, so they may produce X-mount lenses in future.
Unlike Sigma, that’s at least a cautious opening.
While it’s true that Fuji already offers a wide range of excellent lenses, more competition in the X-mount marketis always a good thing.
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