The first information about the price comes from Japan: 180,000 Yen (body only), says digicame-info (tranlsation). The release is scheduled for mid-February. The kit lens will be the 18-55. The zoom lens XF 18-135 will be weather sealed.

I also got an email with the following information:

“X-T1 in store is on Feb 10~15th. The price of X-T1 is about $1,800 only body. EVF is not Organic EL but so incredible. Kit-lens is XF18-55mm F2.8-4. Body size is smaller than X-E2. X-Trans CMOS2 & EXR Procceser existant. I think too expensive it’s price.”

I think the source converted the price from Yen in Dollars. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a lower price tag on the X-T1. Converted in Euro it would be €1,276. Anyway, take all this with a grain of salt.

Here is the updated specs list. I’ve put everything in there:

• announcement January 28th (trusted source)
• bigger (extra-large) and better (high performance) EVF / (trusted +  anonymous sources)
• APS-C X-Trans sensor II (16MP) / (trusted +  anonymous sources)
• support for the UHS-II SD-card for super-fast writing speed / (trusted sources)
• 8fps with AF tracking / (trusted source)
• weather sealed body / (trusted sources)
• tilt screen (source who was right in the past, but not yet upgraded to trusted source)
• SLR-type (Fujica) design / (source who was right in the past, but not yet upgraded to trusted source)
• name: X-T1 / (anonymous source + Fujifilm)
• smaller than the X-E2 (anonymous source)
• 18-55 kit lens (anonymous source + other rumor sites)
• 18-135 will be weather sealed (other rumor sites)
• in stores mid-February (other rumor sites + anonymous source)
• price range between X-E and X-PRO line / (new and anonymous sources)
• priced at 180,000 yen (other rumor sites) or $1,8000 (anonymous source)
• additional battery grip / (anonymous source)
• faster AF then X-E2 / (new source) [I think that this source confused faster writing speed with faster AF-speed]

FR-reader Andrej compared X-E2 with X-T1:

It’s Fuji’s birthday, and Japanese readers woke up with a big surprise. This morning they opened the newspapers and saw an image of a new Fuji camera. You can’t read the name, but it must be the X-T1! Fujfilm confirms also the rumored announcement day: the 28th of January.

You can see this image also at Fuji’s website here.

thanks to the Japanese FR-readers who send me the images.

stay tuned, the X-T1 is coming January 28th. I’ll do a live blogging sessions for you!

cheers,
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Fujifilm has been at the “forefront of sensor innovation” thanks to the X-Trans sensor (technology of the year award 2012 at imaging-resource here). The company is also working with Panasonic on the organic sensor (press release). And if I remember well, a Fuji manager said that Fujifilm wants to have the best sensor on the market, focussing more and more on the pixel quality rather than simply on pixel quantity.

And indeed, Fujifilm is not resting on its laurels: egami spotted one more Fuji sensor patent here (translation).

„Fujifilm is different pixel size by color imaging element of the is pending. The human eye is sensitive to luminance noise than the color noise, it is possible to improve the high sensitivity performance and practical to increase the pixel size of the white and green.”

Looks like an X-Trans evolution to me.

Fuji’s birthday tomorrow

NOTE: Tomorrow it’s Fuji’s brithday! According to the information I have, the X-T1 should be announced on the 28th. But I wouldn’t be surprised to see other products coming on the 20th in order to celebrate Fuji’s birthday. So stay tuned, I’ll keep you updated with the latest news.

enjoy your Sunday,
Patrick

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First of all, let me tell you this: this rumor comes from a source who was right in the past and who also told me over two months ago that the weather sealed X (X-T1) will have a vintage SLR-design (inspired by the FujicaST). It has not yet been upgraded to trusted source… but if it’s right with the tilt-screen and the retro SLR design, then it will be upgraded.

So here is the rumor:

The source told me that the X-T1 will have a tilt screen!

And a couple of days ago another FR-reader had a talk with a Fuji rep at the CES. He wrote me this email:

“At CES. Speaking at new camera and it was implied to be announced in weeks. […] When I mentioned that the Sony had a “tilty-floppy” screen, he grabbed another model in the Fuji line and said, “We know how to do a flip screen. What makes you think we don’t like flip screens?”. When asked if the new camera would have such a screen, there were two answers… “Maaaybe…”. And “What new camera?”

Here is the poll some of you asked for in the comments to older posts.

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Feel free to share information with Fujirumors via email or anonymously via rumor box.

Here is the updated specs list (to take with a grain of salt)

• announcement January 28th (trusted source)
• bigger (extra-large) and better (high performance) EVF / (trusted +  anonymous sources)
• APS-C X-Trans sensor II (16MP) / (trusted +  anonymous sources)
• support for the UHS-II SD-card for super-fast writing speed / (trusted sources)
• 8fps with AF tracking / (trusted source)
• weather sealed body / (trusted sources)
• tilt screen (source who was right in the past, but not yet upgraded to trusted source)
• FujicaST-like (SLR-type) design / (source who was right in the past, but not yet upgraded to trusted source)
• name: X-T1 / (anonymous source + Fujifilm)
• price range between X-E and X-PRO line / (new and anonymous sources)
• additional battery grip / (anonymous source)
• faster AF then X-E2 / (new source)

cheers,
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P.S.: at the bottom, the X-T1 mock-up of FR-reader Francis! Feel free to send me more X-T1 mock-ups :-)

Dear FR-readers,

I’ve waited a few days now, hoping for other trusted sources to confirm the following rumor. But they can’t, for now.

So, once again, we have to rely on what the top trusted Japanese source told me a few days ago.

I can’t wait further, so hold on tight now… time has come to share it with all of you!

The Japanese source told me that the X-T1 won’t have a double SD-card slot. The truth is that it will feature an improved SD-card memory system.

This means that the X-T1 will support the UHS-II SD-cards for super-fast writing speed. For example, the [shoplink 20816 ebay]Toshiba Exceria Pro UHS-II SD Card[/shoplink] writes at 240 MB/s! In comparison, the “fast” UHS-I [shoplink 20823]Sandisk Extreme Pro[/shoplink] writes at 90MB/s (95MB/s read rate)!

Also drastically improved, the burst mode! The X-T1 will be able to shoot with 8fps with AF tracking. I had to take a look at my X-E2 manual, and it says that the X-E2 achieves a maximum continuous shooting speed of 3 fps with AF tracking (7 without tracking).

Well, if true (I hope other trusted sources can confirm this soon), then this, my friends, will be a hell of a camera!

This is all I know from trusted sources for now… if anyone has some more information, please contact me via email or anonymously via rumor box.

At this point I believe that also the new source, who told me that the AF of the X-T1 will be faster than the AF of the X-E2 may have mixed up AF speed with writing speed. But it’s just my theory. So here is an updated specs list.

• announcement January 28th (trusted source)
• bigger (extra-large) and better (high performance) EVF / (trusted +  anonymous sources)
• APS-C X-Trans sensor II (16MP) / (trusted +  anonymous sources)
• support for the UHS-II SD-card for super-fast writing speed / (trusted sources)
• 8fps with AF tracking / (trusted source)
• weather sealed body / (trusted sources)
• name: X-T1 / (anonymous source + Fujifilm)
• FujicaST-like (SLR-type) design / (source who was right in the past, but not yet upgraded to trusted source)
• price range between X-E and X-PRO line / (new and anonymous sources)
• additional battery grip / (anonymous source)
• faster AF then X-E2 / (new source)

cheers,
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P.S.: in the meantime Fujifilm Middle East continues to tease that “something” that looks like a “shooting star” is “coming soon” from “somewhere out there”. To make it a bit clearer I modified their image :-)