Indigo blue X-A1 in stock at BHphoto (XF 23mm postponed to OCT 30) + X100S in stock at BH, Adorama and Amazon

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In stock check

X-A1 – USA: AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline / EUROPE: AmazonUK (via DR)

XC 50-230 – USA: AmazonUS  / BHphoto / Adorama / EUROPE: AmazonUK (via DR)

Good news first: The indigo blue X-A1 is in stock at BHphoto. Click here to check it out.

Bad news: It seems that BHphoto was too optimistic when they estimated the availablity of the XF 23mm f/1.4 for today. The new date is Octobere 30. Thanks Roger for telling me about it and to LetThereBeLight who said: “Just an fyi… I ordered my 23mm f1.4 through your site link to B&H. I noticed their expected availability was October 3rd and I looked today and it is expected on the 30th instead. I spoke to B&H customer service and they said the 30th is what is expected now and they do not have a shipment currently expected for tomorrow from Fuji. The representative told me I was near the top of the list as my order was placed at the time of pre-order release. I should be expecting shipment to begin on the 30th.. I guess we will be waiting a little longer!!”

Fujinon XF 23mm – USA: eBay / AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline / DigitalRev – EUROPE: AmazonUK (via DR) / eBay / DigitalRev / wexcamerasDE / wexphotographicUK / PCHstore

X100S in stock at AmazonUS, BHphoto and Adorama

Things are definiltely going better on the X100S front. It is still in stock at AmazonUS and now also at BHphoto here and Adorama here!
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X-Trans RAW conversion now also with Photo Ninja

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Fujirumors taking a little rest in the fresh air before the hot announcements on October 18th :)

stay tuned on Fujirumors on October 18th via facebook, twitter and RSS feed

Neil wrote me an email saying that “the PictureCode people have come out with preliminary support for X-Trans sensors in their latest PhotoNinja pre-release 1.20. I had sent them some pics earlier to help and they had some other work done but even with it being preliminary it feels like it’s better than the other raw converters out there.”

Another feedback from Larry: “PictureCode (of Noise Ninja fame) is working on a version of Photo Ninja that will accommodate the Fuji X-Trans cameras.  Even in the pre-release version, they claim fewer problems with the greens.”

Now the final version is available here! If you want, try it out and leave your feedback in the comments.

In the meantime VKphoto made a first comparison (Photo Ninja, LR5, C1 and Iridient Developer): “I found that Photo Ninja’s renders x-trans raw files very similar to Capture One Express and a bit of moire is also visible on the bird’s feathers. Iridient Developer is still the “King of Raw Converters”. It pulls more details with no traces of moire whatsoever.” Check the comparison out here.

enjoy your day
Patrick

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save $200 on the X-E1 with 18-55

AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama (also exclusive kit deal X-E1+27mm) / Pictureline

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X-A1 highly recommended at ephotozine: impressive image quality and excellent noise performance!

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In stock check

X-A1 – USA: AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline / EUROPE: AmazonUK (via DR)

XC 50-230 – USA: AmazonUS  / BHphoto / Adorama / EUROPE: AmazonUK (via DR)

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The full X-A1 review is online! ephotozine highly recommends this camera. Very good value for the money and:

“[the X-A1] delivers impressive image quality, with low noise right up to ISO3200 and ISO6400 while retaining good levels of detail. Some may even find the results from this camera preferable to the results from the more expensive X-M1. With the introduction of the X-A1, Fujifilm also introduced a number of more affordable lenses, making the Fujifilm X series a much more compelling system. With impressive image quality and a camera packed with features, we would highly recommend the Fujifilm X-A1.”

Read the whole review at ephotozine here. And for a little bit of pixel peeping check out the X-M1 at 12800 and the X-A1 at 12800. Or check out this small comparison of an anonymous FR-reader.

And also photographyblog posted its X-A1 samples here. They seem to confirm the stellar high ISO performance of the X-A1.

I did a quick comparison for you. But feel free to make your own pixel peeping tests and leave a comment. MJr said: “The X-A1 definitely appears to have lots of ‘smart’ noise reduction.” So does it all depend from the settings?

cheers
Patrick

X-A1 – USA: AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline / EUROPE: AmazonUK (via DR)

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X-A1: 1/750 sec f/5.6 | 24mm | ISO 25600  —  X-M1: 1/640 sec f/8 | 24mm | ISO 25600

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XQ1: compact camera with X20 sensor to be launched too! (trusted Japanese source)

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the Indoesian site now removed the X-E2 and XQ1 from the list

This comes again from the trusted Japanese source, so do NOT take it with a grain of salt :)

Fuji will launch a compact camera with the same sensor of the X20 but smaller body. The name could be the one spotted by a FR-reader at the Indonesian registration site: XQ1!

Looks like the next 2 X-series cameras announced on October 18th will be:

1) X-E2
2) compact camera with 2/3 X-Trans sensor II. (XQ1)

Compact size and amazing IQ! Sound a bit like an [shoplink 12885 ebay]XF1[/shoplink] replacement to me, which I suppose didn’t sell well because of the relative complex handling of the camera. But as you can imagine I’m tirelessly working to find out more.

One more thing: no trusted source could confirm the rumor (of an anonymous source) about the X70 until now.

Stay tuned via facebook, twitter and RSS feed on October 18th! Spread the word… and don’t worry to quote the source of this rumor ;)

have a great start in this new week
Patrick

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