“We can’t talk about it, but we are talking about it“! It seems that photographers Will and Louie are right now testing “a top secret Fuji camera” (X-E2?) in the streets of New Orleans… and they are impressed by it. They shared a 6 minute video about “how do you test shoot a camera BEFORE it’s released?“! Check it out here.
Thanks Raf for sharing your finding with Fujirumors… every help I get from FR-readers is very appreciated! Keep it up! You can contact me via email at fujirumor@gmail.com, facebook, twitter and also completely anonymously via rumor box.
all the best
Patrick
P.S.: Rico told me that he is preparing a first look for October 18th about “a new Fuji X-mount camera“. So stay tuned that on Fujirumors that day!
P.P.S.: pre-order the X-A1 now also at AmazonDE (via DR)
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Is it me or anyone else finds the pictures they took not so good?Fuji had employed some great photographers to do their camera presentations before. What happened this time? And what`s up with throwing your cigar butt on the ground. old man?
P.S. i am very excited to see the upcoming camera, planning on either replacing my x-e1 one or getting an addition.
It is well known in marketing circles that getting photographers upset via bad photos using pre-production cameras can drive meta tagging and web traffic nuts. That’s why Fuji uses donkeys who know very little about digital. I mean, have you ever heard of these guys? Would anyone hire them based upon the photos and cigar smoking you see here?
Classic ploy. If the photos were good, nobody would ever know about the camera. Also, Fuji doesn’t need to pay these guys because their model budget for their shoot in New Orleans included a candidate for the Bill Gates pimple popper club.
Just my 2ç
Actually yes. Google does wonders for you. Helps you not look like an idiot.
Felt bad for the kid getting all the cigar smoke blown in his face. Looked like the guy was doing it on purpose.
Interesting news update, it’s definitely becoming more and more real. 🙂
But, the rest of that video is a complete waste of time though !
With an announcement in a week it is probably a little late for feedback on the X-E2 – except maybe some final firmware tweaks. Maybe it is the next X-Pro or something completely different.
Thanks, but I’d rather have a Sony FF with cheap plasticky lenses and gives my children scoliosis. Fuji’ll be done for sure then! Chiropractic bills FTW!
Keep dreaming douche bag. Sony designs great sensors, but not so great cameras and especially lenses. And, I doubt you will be taking any inspiring photos with either. If I am wrong, please post some of your photos here…I would love to see them…
Someone seems not to have read the post with a sense of irony… 😛
I think anyone who immediate jumps to the DB insult likely doesn’t understand irony.
My apologies! I misread your comment…
I was out of line…there has just been a lot of negative comments on this site from trolls, which has become annoying. So, I made an incorrect assumption before reading your comment in full.
Once again, sorry!
Yeah, I was trying to pre-empt them. 🙂 No worries.
+1 usual troll, you’re doing a great job!
I wish wish wish it is the XPro1s/XPro2 – but I know it’s not. Damn it 🙁
Ditto.
I think it is more an introductory video to arouse interest. Will said they did 4 videos, that Fuji is going to use for their introduction of the new camera on the 18th.
Since I am from Germany I am a little careful regarding Wills statements about the JPEG performance in low light. Fuji might have tweaked their processing software in the camera to enhance it – like they did on the X-A1. RAW might be a totally different story – the story we already know about, and the outcome of that story relies on the RAW converters.
So at the end of the day what we might get is a mix of X100s hardware combined with X-A1 software in an updated X-E1 body.
What took my real interest in this video were those interesting straps those guys were wearing.
Has anyone an idea what they were for and were to get them?
I thought they were red suspenders, and I wondered how it was possible for two people with such bad dress sense to be in the same place at once.
Guess I’m not really paying attention, not that interesting.
It is the MoneyMaker from Holdfast Gear. http://www.holdfastgear.com
I prefer woman wearing straps.
Wrong forum for that sort of topic, maybe?
Isn’t that video referring to the X-M1?
on 16th of Oct i will be on Fuji days here locally, im curious 🙂
“… and they are impressed by it.” Everytimes. That is boring
Agreed. Why say anything when you have nothing to say because you aren’t allowed to say anything? There’s quite some artifical hype surrounding new camera announcements, but let’s not kid ourselves, it’s reserved to our tiny little niche of rumor sites and X forums.
I have been using X-E2 and XQ1 pre-production cameras in public for weeks, and I am not taping over anything, why would I? That would feel childish and just draw unwanted attention. Heck, these are Fuji cameras, nobody in the real world cares about such things! They are the best kept secret, even in full public view. 🙂
Hi Rico,
By any chance, have you heard anything about any upcoming firmware updates for the X-Pro 1 (e.g., minimum shutter speed settings in auto ISO, choice of colours for focus peaking, etc).
No, the updates I have heard of affect other features, but that doesn’t mean that other stuff won’t eventually be included. The X100 update is now on (again!) for a 18OCT release, hopefully w/o further delays.
Thanks, Rico, for your quick reply. Will those new firmware updates that u know of be available soon?
It is strange, however, that they haven’t offered an update to include minimum shutter speed settings in auto ISO, as it has been perhaps the most requested update for sometime now. That said, it is impressive how much they have improved the X-Pro 1 via firmware updates so far.
Will Crockett happens to be the king of artificial hype.
think it’s a matter of time before Fuji goes full frame. Nex is doing just that. And it would be a tough time for pricey X-Pro2 to justify its price by then.Wonder whether Fuji is developing the full frame system now in anticipation of Sony Nex Full Frame system going to be launched soon. Fuji has no choice but to go full frame. If not, it will be dying soon in the competitive world of camera business. Join them and be better than them, u got no choice now, Fuji.
I don’t see the purpose of a FF fuji.
It means bigger lenses, and the IQ of the actually Aps-c X-trans simply exceed the needs of the 90% of customers.
What Fuji needs, are some bodies which can compete with best m4/3 cameras, it means better autofocus, weather sealing, tiltable screen.
Maybe they can make(as a addiction to X-e and X-pro)a Dslr styled X-mount camera, designed for extreme conditions and better balanced with longer lenses(300 2.8, for example).
This FF madness is useless:when Leica come out with 35 mm format, someone said”It’s too small!”.
LEICA builds a FF-camera and their lenses aren`t big at all. So it is NOT impossible to build smaller lenses for FF.
That’s because Leica’s don’t have autofocus. The lenses are smaller because they don’t have the motors and other parts required for AF.
A 300mm f2.8 on a fuji, eh???
Ah Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha’!!!!!!!!!
Agree with the rest, tho.
You guys pining for full frame …. Go buy your Sonys, please!!!!!
Is the current sensor in the fuji cameras not already built by SONY?
So here’s my theory:
SONY develops a FF-sensor for their FF-camera and launches it in their FF-NEX.
Since the develop costs for FF-sensor are still quite high and the only way to get more profit out of it is to sell the sensors on a high margin, SONY is going to sell this new FF-sensor to OTHER camera manufacturers, i.a. FUJI.
FUJI puts their Trans-X technology on top of the SONY-FF-sensor et voila, we will have the new FF-Fuji-X-Pro. Or maybe another name.
And maybe FUJI manages it to develop a technology to use some of their lenses on this new FF-sensor.
It’s a nice theory. With the current 6 month hiatus for adopting new Sony sensors, Fuji could use the new sensors that Sony is going to announce next week in summer 2014. So an X-Pro2 could have them, but this is really only speculating. Photokina 2014 is still far ahead, and there will be plenty of other announcements before that.
That would be fantastic, and perhaps very smart, if Fuji were to produce a full frame X-Pro 2. They would need to produce another set of lenses for full frame. However, it would be a great addition to the X-Series and Fuji would probably do it properly with a fantastic design and with high-quality fast primes that are balanced in size with the body…
While everything is unser consideration, only a few options will eventually materialize. You can’t develop 5 new cameras and 5 new lenses at the same time, ar least not if you are a specialty outfit like Fuji X. Something’s gotta give.
x-trans is a senson technology, dont think sony ‘can’ make x-trans for themselfs
I cant put x-trans over regular bayer
I doubt that anyone is interested in licensing it. If Sony were interested, they could barter, but I don’t think so.
X-Trans is basically just the color-filter layer. What’s underneath can still be (and probably already is) based on a Sony sensor.
But the actual Fuji lenses aren`t that much larger than Leica’s. And they HAVE the AF motors. Or is the AF motor in the body? Either way, if FUJI can manage it, to develop a way that let`s them keep the current lenses…
FF Fuji with XF mount? Ain’t gonna happen. Here’s why: http://trentontalbot.me/en/fullframe-fuji-x/
You don’t have to trust me – get a caliper and measure your own bayonet.
Bayonet size alone does not determine whether a FF sensor is feasible The sensor can be wider than the mount if there is enough flange distance and lenses are designed for that formula – likely with the assistance of micro-lenses.
A super short flange distance is Fuji’s schtick. While it is entirely possible to design a camera where the sensor is larger than mount, adding microlenses to AA-less sensor makes no sense. Besides, with such a short flange distance it’s gonna be not microlenses but microperiscopes 😎
WAY WAY better my new SONY NEX FF, for me today an aps-c sensor is a no!, or we go tiny with m43 or go better with FX … Fuji is a bubble soap
You sound like a very confused young individual. Either that or your meds don’t work.
Also, the Google translator is free – do use it from time to time.
Why buy a Sony FF when the cost will be astronomical, the lens plastic, and no firmware updates?
Fuji XF lenses are for life!
I am willing to bet that Fuji does not go FF.
1) No need if the expected performance gains of the upcoming Fuji/Panasonic-developed organic sensors are realized. The organic APS-C sensors will easily outperform today’s full frame sensors.
2) While you can shrink the electronics to fit into a smaller package, you can’t do the same with lenses. Having a compact body with large lenses kind of defeats the purpose of such a camera.
Ok, enough with these ultra compacts… Go on and get the x-Pro 2 out there then you can go back to these stocking stuffers… I’m hungry!!! (…until then I’ll keep my XP-1 warm and happy…
+1
The X-Pro 2 should be top priority now. That said, if they don’t have access to the right sensor at the moment (organic, or full frame), perhaps we are in for a long wait. The X-Pro 2 must be a significant improvement – not just X100s improvements that could have been introduced last Spring – as it is the top of the X-Series line and the competition is growing.
Until then, I will continue shooting with the X-Pro 1…
Is it only me that can’t find the video on the site that is linked ???
My X100s keeps me busy right now, but it would be nice to try an XP2, since I didn’t get the XP1.
“how do you test shoot a camera BEFORE it’s released?“ goes to root of their website, and you can only see the link to aforementioned quote at the very basement of the page. Then it leads to 404. Bummer!
…then, there’s a video with the same name on YouTube. Which is “private”. Double bummer!
Yeah… I can’t see the video on that page 🙁
I can’t find the video either. I’m getting a bad feeling about the video not being available, anymore.
If this new camera uses a X-trans sensor then its doomed. Bayer sensors rock coz everybody else has them and thats why using the sensor everyone else is using is better for Fuji.
The camera has to have auto-focus like 1dm3 or its totally useless. My landscape pictures are ruined with the slow autofocus in all Fujis. Don’t give us firmware updates too because Fuji just needs to make sure the camera is perfect day 1. If its not perfect you’re giving us crap and i won’t install a new firmware because i don’t know whether each firmware is an improvement and i might waste my internets on downloading this.
Finally should be priced at $200 so its affordable.
“My landscape pictures are ruined with the slow autofocus in all Fujis”
Sounds like you need a new hobby.
Trolls here are so fat that Patrick could save a fortune on a bacon alone (Patrick, I hope you’re not vegan)).
Haha…I use MF for landscapes, why do you need fast AF for static landscapes ?
You do not deserve to own an X camera. Have you ever heard of hyper focal focusing? You need to use google and realise that auto focus is for sport and street.. I wonder if Ansel Adams had auto focus.. He did.. It’s called thumb and fore finger.. I bet your using google right now to find out who Ansel Adams is.
“My landscape pictures are ruined with the slow autofocus in all Fujis”
– just a gut feel, I think it’s you not your cameras that ruin your landscapes – it’s an observation based on your comment, an honest one
Looks like you all didn’t realize philsta was just kidding?
The only way to fend off the trolls is to be the over-the-top-troll! Have fun guys!
Haha. You did fool me. Well done, Sir!
Patrick,
Do you have any new links to Crockett’a video?
No, I can’t find it somewhere else
Will Crockett is surprisingly claiming his video (now pulled) was not about new camera release, rather, a firmware update to the X-M1. More here.
http://www.fujix-forum.com/index.php/topic/13937-new-fujifilm-camera-october-18/#entry144643
Smells like someone forgot about a NDA… On the other hand, could be a cheap viral self-promo.
Well, that escalated, quickly.
No problem. It seems like it’s a little to hot to handle, right now.
Maybe a problem is the shot of the camera, distorted with a Kaleidoscope effect. It should be possible to reverse it with some effort. But what you probably see in the end is a black, rectangular camera in bad resolution. 😉
Video is back up.