The X-Pro2 is slowly becoming a myth on the web. It’s rumored for release since early 2014 but its’ still not here for real 🙂
But the day may comes soon when it will be released if we trust in latest rumors posted by Fujirumors. They report it will be announced in mid 2015 and feature the new sensor we already heard about and also a very useful Dual SD card slot.
And this is the X-PRO2 rumor recap from Fujirumors:
Fujifilm X-PRO2 rumored specs list
(TS= trusted source / NeS =New Source / AS = Anonymous Source / AswN = anonymous source with nick-name / SRP = source who was right in the past, but not yet trusted / ORS = other rumor sites)
– APS-C sensor (TS + ASwN + AS)
– 24MP sensor (ASwN) – More than 16MP (AswN)
– dual SD card slot
– available early/first half of 2015/second quarter 2015 (NeS)
– tilt screen (AS)
– WiFi (AS)
– Non organic ASP-C X-Trans sensor (ORS)
– Price about 20% to 30% more expensive than the X-T1 (AS)
10 Responses
This upgrade is still missing my most needed inclusion. Please put a GPS (Geotagging) system into the camera. I am tired and want to concentrate on photography not on fiddling with a smart phone. I need the geotagging info attached for my real estate and development site pictures. Also for long road trips to unknown lands, I want the record automatically as part of the image file. If not built in, I would be happy with an AAA mounted hot shoe unit for Fuji X Cameras, like the Canon unit. The other item I need is a fully articulating screen. (Like the Panasonic GH series) You can turn it towards the body to protect it from scratching, and I can hold it up to shoot over fences in work sites. Video with this type of screen is the only way to go. 2 card slots is great an addition. I do not mind keep the 16MP sized sensor or even a 12 or 14MP sensor, if it would improve low light (nighttime street pics). That’s it!
I agree with you, having the GPS in camera would be a big step forward, particularly if you can switch it on / off with one single button. Low light I am quite happy …. what camera are you using?
dual SD card slots seriously?
It’s all a little bit too little, too late, and most of all a fair bit too expensive. At this price you can likely own the A7MkII. A FF camera with likely a blazing fast and accurate AF. I’m afraid if this is thé offer, Fuji will run into problems, most of all because things like AF-speed and shutter lag seem to be seriously connected to the XF-glass as well http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3757597. Having used the X-Pro1/X-E1 very intensively and seeing the X-T1 is hardly better in this respect, I think it’s wise to go the eBay way with this stuff now there is still a credible second hands market. I’m afraid the S-Pro tragedy repeats itself, exactly what I feared when I bought into this system.
Well, I love the system, it takes great shots, and I have met many professionals who have switched to it because of the exceptional quality of the results and of the system. If you are selling on ebay, just let me know: I am most certainly going to buy your XF lenses.
Is it interesting for me (just for me), XPRO2 specifications?, having Fuji XE-1 and 36 MPic DSRL, definitively no. Dual SD card slot, fine ok, I can live with one slot, 24 MP, fine, I am ok with 16 MP, 20 % to 30% more than a X-T1, well, better stay as I am or get a FF mirrorless. Sorry it is just the ugly truth.
Dual SD Slots – and this crappy X-Trans sensor once more. I would prefer it to have one SD slot and dual pixel super sensor like in ancient times. X-Trans sensor is the biggest crap they ever invented.
I do not understand …. if you are unhappy with the X-Trans sensor, can you not buy another camera please (Sony, or Nikon, or whatever you want)? There have been clear polls that show that all of us Fuji users want the X-Trans: you can go back to you Bayer and be happy, and we are happy on our side. I am not going to change camera to another brand exactly because I prefer and want to use the X Trans.
Is the great X-Trans sensor so expensive that they can’t afford to put good processing power into the bodies to avoid the laggy response?
two card slots snore. Xtrans yawn. How about some full frame sensor and some 5 axis stabil shot and 20+ mp.