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)

Tamron’s mirrorless offering at Amazon

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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.

But today it’s about Tamron.

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 market is always a good thing.

And don’t miss to check out quincy’s masterpiece: the complete Overview over ALL existing and upcoming Fuji X-mount lenses.

In his very clear & well structured list, you’ll find:

• the name of ALL (currently) 69 X-mount lenses
• links to reviews for each lens
• link to product page for each lens
• short comments to each lens
• regular price in Dollar & Euro
• specs such as number of aperture blades, close focus distance, filter thread and more
• an updated lens chart

Fujifilm already launched a vast deal action all over the globe (see the overivew here).

According to an anonymous source with nick-name (thanks!) next week also USA will join the worldwide Fuji X-deals party. 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

Fellow FR-readers, this message is not for you, but for an anomyous source with nick-name, who just contacted me via rumor box and asked some questions. Since I do not know, how to reply to the source, I’ll do it via Fujirumors. Thanks for your understanding.

And now the answers:

1. Yes, it’s absolutely enough if you use the same nickname. Some of my very best trusted sources do exclusively contact me anonymously and use a nick-name. I don’t need more than a nick-name to know it’s from the same source.
2. I’ll only share what you allow me to share. If you want me to keep things confidential, I’ll not tell a word until I have your expressed and clear permission. But please note: as soon as I get the same information for example from a trusted source, and this trusted source gives me the permission to share it, then it will be very hard for me to still keep it secret. It therefore could be useful if you’d contact me via email (also using a fake email account, if you feel more comfortable), so that I can drop you an email as soon as somebody else confirms your rumor. You would be the first to know it, we could talk about it and we could organize, together, the leak.

Important: please specify in the rumors you share, what can be published on FujiRumors and what not.

And last but not least, thank you :-)

I’ve already shared it last year from a new source, and now an anonymous source (thanks) says it too: the Fujifilm X-Pro2 will feature a dual SD-Card slot.

No confirmation from trusted source so far.

As you might remember, the Fuji X-T1 was planed to have 2 SD-Card slots, too. However, Fuji changed plans (as so often), sealed one SD-Card slot, and decided to go for a single SD-card slot with support for ultra-fast UHS-II SD-Card.

I’d love to see a Fuji X-Pro2 with dual UHS-II SD-card slot. But if you should decide between just one of these two feature, which one would you prefer?

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X-Pro2 Rumored Specs List (TS= trusted source / NeS =New Source / AS = Anonymous Source / SRP = source who was right in the past / OS = other sites)

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)

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)