FUJIFILM’s new flagship FinePix Long zoom Camera is listed on the Fuji UK website (click here).

Here the specs:

FinePix HS50EXR Key features list:

·   FUJINON 42x optical manual zoom (f/2.8-5.6 24-1000mm^*2)

·   Optical Image Stabilisation

·   Up to 84x with Intelligent Digital Zoom

·   16 megapixel ½-inch EXR-CMOS II sensor with Phase Detection AF

·   EXR Processor II

·   Intelligent Hybrid AF : 0.05sec, world’s fastest *¹

·   Continuous shooting: 11fps at full resolution (Max 5 frames), 5.5fps at 8M for seamless capture

·   Start-up time of 0.5 sec.*³

·   Shooting interval of 0.5sec.

·   108 EXR Auto shooting patterns

·   Full HD movie 1080p/60fps with continuous phase detection AF and stereo sound

·   3.0-inch Vari-Angle LCD screen(920K-dot)

·   High resolution EVF(920K-dot) with eye sensor

·   Q button for direct control of settings

·   Super Macro down to 1cm

·   Manual exposure control(P/S/A/M modes)

·   Focus Peak Highlight function on the LCD screen

·   RAW shooting (RAW, JPEG, RAW+JPEG image capture modes)

·   8 Advanced Filters

·   10 Film simulation modes

·   Multiple exposure

·   Image capture aspect ratio of 1:1 (square) in addition to 4:3, 16:9, and 3:2

·   Virtual horizon “electronic level” display

·   External microphone input (microphones sold separately)

·   Hot-shoe attachment for the use of external flash guns

·   Lithium-ion battery with up to 500 shots per charge

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“We now have delivery date(s) for the order you placed on November 30, 2012: Fujifilm XF 14mm F2.8 Lens Wide Angle Lens. Estimated arrival date: January 25, 2013 – March 19, 2013.”

Back again!

Alexander from fujifilm-x-opinions linked me to the ongoing discussion inhere. He wrote:

“It seems that some people have better AF performance in manual mode using the AF-L button on the X-Pro1 than using the normal AF-S and half-pressing the shutter. I have tried to test this and here are my findings:

I do have the impression, that AF using the AF-L button in manual mode and AF-S are not the same (using the same size of AF focus field). I cannot yet say that one or the other is faster, but in the test I did I saw that the 35mm lens in AF-S mode sometimes went all the way to a very short distance and starting to search for the focus point from there (resulting in a high pitched sound). When I used manual mode and AF-L I did not observe the same behaviour. This was the same on the X-Pro1 as well as the X-E1.”

P.S.: He also posted the 4th part of his Trinity Comparison. This time Alexander compared the OVF’s of the X-100 and X-PRO1… no difference? Wrong. Read his test results here!

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 image courtesy: myself ;-)

Happy new year, dear readers! I’m here in Antwerpen, waiting for the fireworks to illuminate this sky! Have a good start in this new year, and, as Olaf wrote me in his mail, a 2013 full of photo events! Let’s start with the CES early January. :-)

But now, have fun tonight!

Patrick

P.S.: if you want, take a look at the 2012 round-up at pixiq.com… in one sentence: “it was all about putting big sensors in smaller cameras“.

gizmodo top 10 cameras 2012

Gizmodo released his top 10 cameras 2012 rating (click here). The X-PRO1 reached the 8th position. First position for the Canon EOS 5D MARK III, second position for the Nikon D800 and the RX100 is third.

X-PRO1

Landscape photography and X-PRO1? See the results at fstopguy.com. His landscape photography equipment is: XF 18mm, XF 35mm, XF 60mm. Accessories: L-Bracket and grip for X-PRO1, cable release, extra batteries, SanDisk Extreme PRO, Circular Polarizer, ND Filters, Tripod with ball head.

The X-PRO1 in the metro of Paris. See all the people with their mobile phones and read the impressions of parisphototours.

Street photography with the X-PRO1 and 18mm lens? See the pics of the trip in Melbourne here.

Some X-PRO1 pics at high Iso. (click here)

Is the X-PRO1 the perfect travel camera? Read the opinions of mcgaughey here.

X-PRO1 highlight recovery at hfortysixit.com

From 11th. of August 2012 Juha Periniva started to shoot with Fuji X-Pro1 and four lenses. Click here to see his beautiful shots in Finnland.

X-E1

Street photography by derekclark (click here). Don’t avoid to shoot in the rain or in the midday sun! Read why.

All I want for X-mas is a X-E1… read the creativelondonphotographer review here.

Did Simon Peckham the right decision by selling his Nikon DSLR and purchasing the X-E1? Here are his first thoughts. And once he received the camera, he posted his first impressions and pics (click here). (also he enjoyed “the best review of the X-E1 to date” of riflessifotografici as he worte here. If you want to read the riflessifotografici review, click here!)

A German video review on youtube can be seen here. If you want to read the review and look at sample pics click here (translated version).

Many, many snapshots can been seen here: brandonremler

Read the sansmirror review here. It focuses also on the difference between X-PRO1 and X-E1.

“Fuji’s has always made cameras and camera sensors that intrigue me and have enabled me to turn out beautiful files. And their lenses are also well regarded“. Read the whole opinion about the X-E1 at visualsciencelab (click here)

X-F1

A video review of PhotoNewsReview here.

Fuji F800 EXR

For a first look at digitalcamerareview click here.

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