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X-E2 – USA: AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / DigitalRev / Pictureline / EUROPE: wexphotographicUK / DigitalRev / Fotomundus24 GER
XQ1 – USA: AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / DigitalRev / EUROPE: wexphotographicUK / DigitalRev
Our X-pert Rico will get his production XQ1 soon (and write a first look about it. In the meantime see his XQ1 Flickr set here). If you’ve checked out his X-E2 first look here then you’ll know that it will be worth to read it… in his X-E2 first look Rico called the XQ1 “an X20 on steroids“. Looking forward to his review in the next days! So stay tuned via google+, facebook and twitter.
In the meantime it’s well worth to read also the XQ1 first impressions at DPreview here:
“The XQ1, therefore, takes the larger-than-usual 2/3″ sensor that we found offered very good image quality in the Fujifilm X20, and places it in a genuinely pocketable body. That X-Trans CMOS II sensor also enables exceptionally fast autofocus – even the pre-production XQ1 we used for this article has to count as one of the quickest compacts we’ve seen. For fans of manual focus, the XQ1 also offers a ‘Peaking’ display to help get the sharpest results.”
cheers

5 Responses
Can’t wait for this!
Sounds good, but I found the slow aperture on the long end of the Sony rx100 limiting. I enjoy the fast lens of the x20 more. Anyone know if these improvements, especially the af-c improvement, will come to the x20? I’d love to see that, and with the same processor setup it should be technically feasible…
My wife is less technical (lower geek factor) about her photography than myself. We both carry and enjoy the iPhone5s in our pockets, but this might be the perfect replacement for her older Canon Powershot SX. Taking good pictures is about capturing a very precise moment in spacetime, moments which don’t care about all the latest bells and whistles your camera does or doesn’t have.
It’s a pocketable X-E2! I took a few test images today: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25805910@N05/sets/72157636516799573/
Very interesting… Thanks!