Masazumi Imai, the guy who designed the original Fujifilm X100, and still is one of the head designers at the Fujifilm X series, participated to the latest Fujicast episode.
Masasumi Imai the Head of Design for Fujifilm X Series cameras (and the one who crafted the original X100) talks with Kevin Mullins from Tokyo about how he conceived the ten year old X100, the camera that for many photographers worldwide became their gateway to mirrorless technology.
You can listen to the full episode and read a summary down below.
When you shoot full AUTO, the camera records only JPEG files.
Some say this makes sense, as the AUTO mode is supposed to make it all for you and simplify your life.
And although I never shoot AUTO on my X-E3, it happens sometimes that I handle the camera to a friend or relative (or even to one of my little students). And since they are not familiar with photography, the AUTO switch comes in very handy.
The problem: it will write only JPEG files on the SD card. But even if it’s not me taking the pictures, it’s still my camera and my SD-Card, and I want always both, RAW and JPEG on my SD-card, as you never know, maybe there is some nice image there that could need a little tweak.
Also, here is another example a FR-reader made, and that shows how useful RAW capability in Full AUTO would be.
The FR-reader did set up the camera for long exposures, all full manual, and suddenly a beautiful bird came and rested shortly on a stone nearby. Without messing around with the settings, the FR-reader quickly switched the camera to AUTO and grabbed a picture of the bird before it flew away. And while in this case the Auto mode allowed him to capture the decisive moment, he would have loved to have the RAW file of that image too.
I strongly hope other Fujifilm cameras having the AUTO capabilities will get the AUTO-RAW capability via firmware update in near future. It would make the AUTO mode more useful for me.
Well, I actually gave this for granted, that I did not even ask any of my sources about it.
But somehow I noticed that the comments were on fire lately, wondering if the Fujifilm X-S10 would have an X-Trans or a Bayer sensor.
Well guys, I have told you that the Fujifilm X-S10 will be a “mid-range” camera, and as all Fujifilm mid-range cameras, it will have an X-Trans sensor.
Fujifilm X-S10 mockup by FujiRumors (not the real camera)
According to our sources, the Fujifilm X-S10 will have a nice deep grip, which I know many of you will love to hear.
It will be Fuji’s first mid-range camera with a deep grip, as the X-E3 and the X-T30, but also the X-T200 and X-A7, have none to very small grips only.
The only other Fujifilm X series camera with a deep grip is the Fujifilm X-H1.
