Dpreview (Click here) just published a short X PRO 1 first impression article: “You needn’t have read this piece from start to finish to see that I’m very impressed with the X-Pro1. From what I’ve seen so far it looks like Fujifilm has avoided re-introducing any of the more egregious oddities of the X100. And while we’ve yet to subject it to our rigorous testing methodology, we’ve not found flaws of the type that plagued the X100. On balance I think it’s safe to say that the X-Pro1 is a camera that gets much more right than it does wrong.“
Sounds all good!!! 🙂
Soundimagesplus (Click here) compared the Fuji with the NEX-5n and GX1: “As you will also clearly see the X-Pro 1 is significantly better than the other two 16MP cameras at high ISO’s.“
Stuck in Dulles with my Fujifilm X-Pro1 by Brandon Remler (Click here).
John Smith (Click here) is also testing the X PRO 1. And he got in touch with Fuji to talk about the AF issue: “called Fuji Canada about this AF problem and Gerry, the person at the camera technical support centre, reassured me that Fuji is working on improving the camera. Firmware updates are on the way. I just wish to pass my thanks to Fuji for its concerns for the customers.I was very impressed by the knowledge and helpfulness that I received. ” (via FujiRumors.com).
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The X PRO 1 still sells like hotcakes at Amazon (Click here to see the full ranking).
In stock status check:
Fuji X PRO 1 body is in Stock at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Jessops UK (Click here) and Digitalrev (Click here).
Fuji X 18mm f/2.0 in Stock at Amazon (Click here) and Digitalrev (Click here).
Fuji X 35mm f/1.4 in Stock at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and Digitalrev (Click here).
Fuji X 60mm macro f/2.0 in not Stock at Amazon (3-4weeks) but is in Stock at Digitalrev (Click here).
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“Don’t worry, firmware updates are on the way.” Right.
Maybe they should have called it the X-Beta 1…
Nice camera for taking pictures of subject that don’t move.
Unless you’re taking pictures of sports and exclusively shoot wide open, there’s this little thing called “zone focusing” you might want to look into. Lots of pictures of moving things were made before photographers started expecting cameras to automagically figure out the shot on it’s own.
+1 nice one 😉
Zone focusing is pretty difficult on the Fuji X Pro 1 unless you keep the same zone throughout the whole day. If you do want to make changes (i.e. you don’t want all your shots to be from 8′ to infinity), it’s pretty annoying. For some reason, you have to turn the focus dial multiple turns just to make it move a little bit in focus. That caught me by surprise. I have used other electrically coupled focus rings before, and they all behaved close to mechanical focus rings. The Fuji X Pro 1 I think is the only camera that makes manually focusing and zone focusing this difficult.
Zone focusing is fine if you don’t want shallow DOF, what’s the point of shooting with a f1.4 lens if you keep it at f8 all the time? Many prefer to isolate their subjects from the background by shooting at large apertures.
I went through this with the X100, after a year the firmware still can’t significantly improve AF performance and Fuji’s insistence on equipping the lenses with focus by wire eliminates any chance of just manually focusing. I gave up on the X100 and bought a Nex7. Watching people on youtube spin the focus ring 5-6 times to rack focus, no thanks. The AF performance on the Nex is awesome.
I seriously considered pre-ordering the Xpro1, but I’m glad I passed. I’ll wait for the hype to die down and for others to experiment with adapted lenses and then get one for much less in 6-9 months after Fuji issues 3 or 4 firmware updates to solve any problems that crop up.
wrong post sorry
Who doesn’t want fast focus. It can be a nice feature. Too bad Fuji doesn’t get some engineers that know how to do it or buy the tech. But…
For all the Fuji haters out there, it doesn’t matter how fast the focus speed is. If it’s not the focus speed it will be something else. The color or style of the camera, the price, the placement of a button, etc. It is a no win game for them for these people.
Any one there complaining about the AF has spent more than 5 minutes with the X Pro 1?
Amazing how many people are haters without having ever really used the thing! Is it the price? Envy? I mean, taking the time to write some of the stuff that appear here from time to time…
A lot of reviewers who have spent time with it are now saying that the 60mm in low light is bad (in terms of AF) but the other 2 lenses are fine. It is not a D3, after all, but it is perfectly usable.
But why the hatred? Let’s see what time demonstrates.
And for the ones saying Fuji is wrong with the price: the camera is selling like crazy, why would they lower the price to one near the Nex-7 or X100?
There’s a ton of gossip and not much fact until now…
What’s this bunkum about AF being slow? I own the X-Pro1, a NEX-7 and an X100. The X-pro1 AF is fast, probably a smidgin faster than the NEX-7 and a lot faster than the X100, in decent light (outdoors or indoors). In low light it struggles and hunts just like any other CDAF camera out there. The only problem for me is with the lenses, in the sense the MF implementation isn’t as good as the NEX-7 (I think thats the price of the lenses being small). Having said that I’ve had good reports of results with M-Mount lenses, looking forward to trying some when my adapter turns up.
Sgoldswo i don’t think you have Those 3 camera’s. Or you are confused About THE speed of THE Nex and pro1.