Fujirumors’ window to Photokina: DAY 5
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Here is a short video showing what you can do thanks to the electronic shutter (which allows you shutter speeds of 1/32,000). A Fuji Rep takes a Fujifilm X100T and shoots wide open right into the lamp. Watch the video from 0:35 to 1:05.
X100T: USA: BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / EUROPE: WexUK / WexDE / PCHstore / AUSTRALIA: CameraPro
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Fuji’s latest product presentation with a German Fuji Manager
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Matt Granger’s X100T hands-on video at photokina on youtube (website)
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More X100T photokina hands-on posts at: dslrmagazine (translation) / Japanese site dc-watch (translation) / fujivsfuji / reviewed.com /
Graphite Silver X-T1 hands-on at reviewed.com /
Thoughts on the Photokina 2014 announcements at mingthein
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Nothing Fujfilm specific… but if you want to see what Kai of digitalrev thinks about this year’s photokina, see the video below
X100T: USA: BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / EUROPE: WexUK / WexDE / PCHstore / AUSTRALIA: CameraPro
Graphite Silver X-T1: USA: BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / EUROPE: WexUK / WexDE / PCHstore / AUSTRALIA: CameraPro
XF 56mm f/1.2 APD: USA: BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / EUROPE: WexUK / WexDE / PCHstore / AUSTRALIA: CameraPro
XF 50-140 f/2.8 WR: USA: BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / EUROPE: WexUK / WexDE / PCHstore / AUSTRALIA: CameraPro
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Thanks for posting this!
I’m desperately trying to hang on until November..
wow out of that world !!
I just love this camera. If only it had a 32mm or 35mm lens instead of the 23mm. 🙁
Indeed, i’m surprised they haven’t done that yet. But then again i guess they wouldn’t feel good about themselves if they did that without optimizing the OVF for 50mm equiv as well, and that of course takes time. Maybe when they’re ‘done’ with the X-Pro2 they’ll have the time to take on the X150. 😉
With x100-TCL (tele) converter you get 33mm focal length (50mm effective). With x100-WCL (wide) converter you get 19mm focal length (28mm effective). From all accounts these conversion lenses are pretty good. Distortion conversion can be done in camera on JPGs but not on RAF files, and both lens additions make the camera look more bulky. But they do the job.
I love my TCL-X100. It’s more like a lens rather than a converter in terms of image quality, and you still get the wonderful character of the stock lens. And subjectively, the camera feels nicer in the hand with the TCL on. I very much prefer this over a system like Sigma has it with the DP series where you buy and carry multiple different cameras.
How can they have people present their products who show so little enthusiasm.
Looks good, but like always they never mention the things lots of folks were concerned about like 1. low light focus 2. Noise reduction; can you turn it off now? Just those two simple things I for one like answered.
Dear Fujifilm,
1) Please add the electronic shutter feature to all of your X series cameras via firmware update.
2) Please have the electronic shutter increase the flash sync speed. The Nikon D70, D70s and D40 were able to do this. Like 10 years ago.
Thanks,
– Everyone
They haven’t done it since. Maybe there’s a reason why it doesn’t show up anywhere.
As I recall, Nikon used it to boost the max shutter speeds on cameras that needed it because of physical limitations of the cheaper shutter mechanisms. Consequently the D40 was a secret jewel for high flash sync speeds, as was the D70s. Nobody does it anymore cause they use better shutter mechs.
I think the D40 and D70 could do it because they had CCD sensors. All pixels could gather light at the same time and the sensor could be read all at once. CMOS sensors are favored nowadays because they are much cheaper and come close in terms of performance. But when using an electronic shutter a CMOS sensor will gather light and be read line by line, so a typical (very short duration) flash burst would only last long enough to illuminate the handful of lines which are read while the flash fires.
The electronic shutter (in the manner implemented in the Fuji cameras) will not allow for faster flash sync speeds. In fact, it will not even allow for the capture of fast motion (without creating a weird “jello” type effect). The faster shutter speed can only be used to control exposure, which will allow for wider open apertures if needed.
The Nikon cameras you mention used CCD sensors to achieve high flash sync speeds (and their electronic shutters could indeed capture fast motion), but the modern CMOS sensors achieve better image quality.
Why is nobody asking Fuji about its flash system? When could Fuji come up with the modern Canon’s E-TTL-II flash that could produce proper flash exposure?
Possibly because they have it already?
The onboard flash of the X100 and X-E2 have very good TTL and the EF-42 speed light works in TTL equally well.
Did I miss it or something? Where the hell is the XPro1 successor?
I’m confused, being not a technology person per se, the x100t has a hybrid viewfinder, both electronic and a “range finder type” optical viewfinder somehow blended, I much prefer an optical viewfinder , is a rangefinder a type of optical viewfinder ??
Yes, a rangefinder is a type of optical viewfinder. Amongst a certain niche of photographers (especially street photographers) it is an extremely popular type of camera. By using these cameras, it was possible to shoot with light, “mirrorless” camera’s long before the advent of digital photography. This link will give you a brief introduction:
http://digital-photography-school.com/rangefinder-cameras-an-introduction/
The x100t has an optical viewfinder of the type used in rangefinder cameras. It also bills itself as a “hybrid” viewfinder as it has the ability to overlay output typical of a digital viewfinder onto the optical viewfinder (if desired by the user). This truly allows for the “best of both worlds” with very limited compensatory drawbacks.
thank you !
rajat mittal, my favorite shoot is face/head shot at 2/3 feet, or 3 faces at 3 feet, is this close up work problematic with rangefinder optical viewfinder, I really prefer optical viewfinder, thanks for help
The rangefinder at that distance will take a slight amount of getting used to (though not much), and this camera, with a “real time parallax adjustment” will make it even easier, by showing you the exact crop of the final shot by way of a framing guide in the viewfinder.
The more important consideration in this case though, might be focal length. This camera has a fixed 23mm lens (35mm equivalent). Fuji make a dedicated teleconverter which can be used to convert the focul length to 35mm (50mm equivalent) if you wish. I don’t know exactly what type of look you like, but most photographers doing portraits prefer longer lenses, say in the range of 80-90mm (ff equivalent), and even up to 120mm equivalent if focusing on headshots. This would not be possible with this camera.
If you have to have an optical viewfinder, you could try the X-pro 1 (caveat – this is the most dated Fuji camera, so a very major update is likely next year). Or else you’ll have to stick with a DSLR for now. However, I would also suggest you take a look at the X-T1. It is an electronic viewfinder, but really top-class, and if you give it a try, it might change the way you think of the optical/electronic viewfinder trade-off. It did for me.
really good info, I looked hard at x-t1 but could not get comfortable with evf, x-pro2 would b a dream but my time line is screaming at me already, ill compromise somewhere and jump, thanks again !
That is greate! But about the “slow end”? On the Oly ans Sony cameras the all available fast primes will be stabilized -on the Fuji cameras it will be not so Fuji only has DOF advantage, the low light capability will be clear advantage of most m43 cameras…..and the advantage of the Fuji X trans sensors is easily counter balanced by any stabilization (for steady objects only) – this still put on hold my final decision to go for the Fuji …..