Fujifilm X-E3

Just yesterday we reported about the rumored improved AF-tracking of the upcoming Fujifilm X-E3.

Some people thought that this could mean there will be some hardware improvements over the X-T2 (faster processor, new sensor etc).

Well, instead of replying to everyone in the comments and on Facebook and Twitter, I think it’s better to say it in a dedicated article: the AF-tracking improvement will be software related only, and Fujifilm will deliver a nice firmware update to bring it to other X-series cameras, too.

So guys, the big Fujifilm Party on September 7 is coming… and I’m ready for an epic live blogging.

Stick around… and stay tuned on Facebook, RSS-feed and Twitter for the latest updates.:)

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Fujifilm X-E3

** Fujifilm X-E User facebook Group **

The Fujifilm X-T2 autofocus is fast. I mean really fast.

It is so fast, that even the godfather of the Sony A7 series, Sony Manager Kimio Maki, confirmed in an interview, that the fast focussing Fujifilm X-T2 is a threat for Sony A7 series and that Sony does not have this weapon right now. [NOTE: a weapon, that finally came with the Sony A9]

And the X-T2 AF-tracking is also vastly improved compared to everything else we have seen before in the Fuji world.

I don’t own the X-T2, but I saw it in action last year, when I joined the Fuji X Photowalk after a very busy day at Photokina. The organizer of the photowalk, wedding photographer Jörg Kampers, had the X-T2 with the XF 56mmF1.2 and tracked a runner on the street using the 56 wide open at F1.2. And when we reviewed the images… bang… the X-T2 nailed every single shot!

But somehow it will get even better… :-)

I hear, that the Fujifilm X-E3 will have an improved AF-tracking. And I mean improved not compared to the X-E2, but compared to the X-T2!

Sounds good?

Well, then stay tuned on FujiRumors via Facebook, RSS-feed and Twitter… we are going to have a good time soon :)

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Obvious Fujifilm X-E3 specs

• 24MP X-Trans III sensor
• X-Processor Pro
• Acros film simulation

Not Rumored, but Possible X-E3 specs

• Full Auto Switch like on X-T20 – see this image
• 1/8000 max mechanical shutter and 1/250 sync speed

Rumored Fujifilm X-E3 specs

• more expensive than X-T20 – rumor here
• 4K video – rumor here
• first leaked images – rumor here
• Combined Shutter/ISO dial – rumor here
• No tilt screen – rumor here
• Bluetooth – rumor here
• Maybe, besides Bluetooth, there could be also some more new technologies on the X-E3 that all other X-series cameras don’t have – rumor here
• Focus Jostick – rumor here
• smaller than X-E2 – rumor here
• announcement this year – rumor here, probably fall this year – rumor here
• centered hot shoe – rumor here
• no pop up flash – rumor here
• even faster AF-tracking X-T2 – rumor here

IBIS, really?

In the comments and at our facebook page, there was some confusion. People thought FR has said the X-E3 will have IBIS. Well, although I actually realize that no source explicitly told me that it will NOT have IBIS, I feel quite confident to say that the X-E3 won’t have IBIS. So, although not rumored by FR-sources, I say….

• no IBIS

I guess all the confusion comes from the following rumors

• Fujifilm X-T2 Successor to be Called Fujifilm X-T2S – read here
• Fujifilm X-T2S will have IBIS (In Body Image Stabilization) – read here
• Don’t Worry, Fujifilm X-T2S In Body Image Stabilization (IBIS) will Work with ALL Fujinon X-Mount Lenses – read here

Fellow FR-readers,

I had a call via skype with a source. It confirmed some rumors we shared here in the last few weeks (check out the “rumor-section” on FR).

And it also told me something that some of you might find interesting.

We were chatting about the production of some Fujinon lenses moving to the Philippines and I told the source that some FR-readers were worried about the build quality.

The source said that lenses are still designed and developed by Fujifilm and manufactured with highest quality standards (even in the Philippines). So, there is no quality difference between lenses made in Japan and those made in Philippines.

However, it also told me that:

“Fujifilm has outsourced the development of the Fujifilm X-A line to the Xacti Corporation. Fujifilm GFX requires a lot of R&D money. Outsourcing the development of the X-A line saves some R&D which can be used for GFX system.”

This could explain why the X-A3 and X-A10 had all these issues lately.

I also asked the source if all the R&D Fujifilm is putting into the GFX system is the reason why they have slowed down with the release of X-mount lenses. The source said that it is partially true. One reason is the GFX, the other reason is that Fujifilm was looking for “ideas” on what should be next.

Let’s hope our big future lens poll helped Fujifilm to get some clarity on which X-mount lenses X-shooters want next :)

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