Hi all,
I hope you had a great transition to 2014.
Well, for this first post in 2014 I’ve put together some rumored cameras with some “dreamed” cameras (imagined by FR-readers in the comments to older posts).
At the end we got 12 cameras, one for each month. Looking at this Fuji-calendar, in which month will your wallet suffer?
And feel free to extend this imaginary X-roadmap in the comments.
cheers,
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Hi all
You’re right now reading FR-post number 717 in 2013… and very likely the last one for this year.
This is a good opportunity for me to express my thanks to all those who follow this blog, who dropped me an email when they found an interesting news, deal or review to share on FR.
Special thanks also to all sources (trusted, new and anonymous) who decided to share correct information with FR in order to help us to choose whether to go for an X-camera now or wait for a newer one.
Thanks a lot also to Rico for his brilliant X-pert corner.
And a big thank you to those FR-readers who decided to support FR using one of the shoplinks (Amazon&CO) on this blog to purchase their gear (or made a donation via paypal)… you allow me to pay the bills and to keep this site running.
I’m ready to use my spare time and the short breaks at my full-time day job to write other 700+ articles in 2014. I can do it, with your support.
I wish a great new year to everybody, FR-reader and X-shooter, friend and troll, critic and source. From my heart, whatever comes in 2014, make the best of it… and get whatever you want in 2014 ;).
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PS.: Thanks again Tom Grill (website) for the image!
mirrorless market shares
On the Japanese site BCNranking here you can see the sale ranking of cameras (in Japan) in 2013. No surprise: DSLR’s still rule them all.
Anyway, mirrorless cameras are selling pretty well in Japan (far better than in USA). But where is Fujfilm? Once again, we X-shooters can’t really beam with joy when we look at the sales of Fuji cameras until now. Unfortunately we are still a very, very small niche.
At the same time, a smart guy at Credit Suisse predicted the end of mirrorless cameras here. According to the analyst, only Canon, Nikon and Sony will survive in the fiercely contested camera market!
But, I don’t know you, whatever analysts and sale ranking say, I think the Fuji X-system has its chips to play… the IQ, the Fujicolors, the retro experience, the controls, the look, the size, the Fujinon lenses, the Kaizen spirit, the fun…
And history has shown us: every giant has to fall one day! Yesterday Kodak, today Nokia and tomorrow… maybe Canikon!
No, honestly, I’d just be happy to see Fuji sell more, so that they don’t loose money with their imaging division and continue to develop their beautiful X-line. I think Fuji deserves it, the effort they put in producing so many great lenses and cameras in such a short time is incredible.
May 2014 be a good year for Fujifilm and all X-shooters out there.
cheers
Digicame-info was able to get more informations about the new roadmap. Here are the lenses:
– XF 16-55mm F2.8
– XF 50-140mm F2.8
– XF 18-135mm F3.5-5.6
– Large-diameter wide-angle lens
– Super-telephoto lens (200mm or more?)
The X30 will come in February/March.
He also confirms what I already told you here: the black X100S will come in January.
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the weather sealed X could have a [shoplink 20357 ebay]FujicaST[/shoplink]-like design
Hi
I’ve been told by new (and still unconfirmed) sources that the weather sealed X will have faster AF than the X-E2 (which features a hybrid AF system, phase detection + contrast AF).
At the same time an anonymous source simply wrote in the rumor box: “don’t dismiss the digital ST as rumor, it’s coming soon & brings a few new facets with it!”
If true, the question now is: what makes the AF on the weather sealed X even better than the hybrid AF system on the X-E2? It’s your time to make your guess.
But for now, please take it with a grain of salt.
When will it be announced?
After the leak of digicame info, I think that Fuji’s main course of the meal at the CES in Las Vegas will be the XF 56 f/1.2 lens (and maybe the black X100S?)… and the weather sealed X could be announced a bit later, maybe at the CP+ (February) or at a special event later in January.
Here are the specs of the weather sealed X until now (from trusted, new and also anonymous sources):
Stay tuned, and if there is anyone out there who knows something that could make my job here easier, feel free to share with me. Use the rumor box to contact me so your identity will remain secret… just give yourself a fake name so that I can recognize you in future.
cheers
