Fujifilm just launched a countdown on their X-Pro1 page. They do not mention that it is for the X-Pro2 announcement, but you can’t find this countdown on any other product page.
According to the countdown, the Fuji X-Pro2 will be announced on January 14 at 11:30 PM New York Time . It will be January 15 05:30 AM Berlin Time.
and if you thought the X-Pro2 leaks are over, then you’re wrong… the trusted Japanese source promised a tidbit for us 😉 . Don’t miss it and follow FR on Fuji X Forum, Facebook, RSS-feed and Twitter
– As usual, there will be a Live Blogging Session here on Fujirumors on the X-Pro2 announcement –
via Fujifilm
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Why didn’t some youtubers and journalists got pre versions of the cameras?
Early testers do have copies of the camera. As soon as the announcement hits they will post previews, etc.
They do. They will post 1 minute after official release
I’m willing to bet there’ll be at least one at CES this week. i shall keep my eyes peeled and if necessary i’ll ask the folks at the fuji booth if they have one to show.
So where are the people complaining about the font and threatening to go to Sony?
P.S. love your work Patrick!
Any hints on the tidbit’s subject matter? or if there’s more than one?
Bet that Matt Granger has one for test, he did put up some images of a 40mm 0.85 thingie a little while ago that he would test. Don’t think that he put it on his X-E1…
True. But Matt isn’t really a big Fuji fan. So, I don’t expect him to praise the X-Pro2 in the highest words.
He had a really positive video about the X-T1, but I understand what you mean. I’m exited about the X-PRO2, it will be my 2. camera body besides the X-T10 – who will be replaced with a X-T2…
i rather have a guy thats not a fuji fan review a camera then some biased review of some fan. like kay from digitalrev whos not a sony fanboy admits that the a7r2 is a great camera. best example is the dxo one. every review except one said: wow what a great camera
http://www.mattgranger.com/gear-talk/item/664-handevision-40mm-f0-85
He said in the last questions (towards the end, can’t listen right now) that he isn’t interested in the X-Pro2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi54OF2wMTo
At 28:40 🙂
All the known specs at the moment are all right. What really will make the difference is the HVF —EVF’s quality (resolution & magnification) and an announcement saying that Adobe finally found out how to bring to life all the X-Trans files IQ!
I never really worried about processing X-Trans files, Capture One does a great job. That said, I think X-Trans is a double edge sword.
I use both a Sony A7rii & Fuji X-T1 with good quality lenses on both and I do prefer Bayer sensor over X-Trans in most situations.
X-Trans can make images super clear and sharp up close – mid range but it seems like it creates fake sharp edges to more distant objects. It looks like the effect of heavy use of NR and sharpening (in Raw when NR is off). It rounds off corners and edges that should be sharp etc that can result in a wavy effect. Adding a little fine grain can help but I do feel they apply too much NR in Raws to make the images look sharper / clearer. I’d like to be able to switch that off and be able to apply the amounts of NR myself in C1 Pro.
I was a fan of X-Trans originally but now comparing it to a good Bayer sensor, I think they would be better off going back to that. Then, a 24mp would probably be acceptable as I wouldn’t need to reduce the size of images to tighten up distant details in order to avoid images being rejected by clients.
Don’t know if it’s bayer vs X-Trans or the lenses or whatever, but in this video it looks like the little Fuji is kicking some Sony Ass
https://youtu.be/UCpWQ93UGt0?t=439
love that video. Specs vs. Photography
Trust me. I’ve had every Fuji camera from X-Pro1 up with all their lenses and I can assure you, they don’t compete with the Sony 42mp sensor on the A7rii. I love Fuji but I’m not blind either.
Seriously, I wouldn’t have spent an additional $8,000 on the A7rii and lenses if the 16mp Fuji sensor was just as good. Clients demand images that can be used in many different ways and need high IQ files that can be used in a variety of ways, that include very large prints.
This is not a bash at Fuji, I still use them and love their camera’s, I just know their limitations and buy the right tools for the right job. One size does not fit all.
So you are doing product photography or why is resolution that important to you?
Personally the ROI for the A7R II isn’t there. Could’t justify paying that much more for camera and lenses and only getting a tiny bit more out of it.
It was hard enough justifying the Fuji next to the µFT System, but the Sony is just way overprices (for what it offers me, not the specs.). No weather resistence and only one slow SD card slots are deal breakers with a 3500€ camera.
Product, Advertising and Stock photography. Also Stock footage as well. That was one of the key reasons I bought the A7rii. I can shoot 4k video without carrying a third camera when out in the mountains, it can be hard enough out their without carrying 3 systems 🙂
Those of course are the areas where both the Fuji as well as µFT are not really usable.
However the highres mode on the EM5II works really good with static subjects – I would love to see Fuji/Sony implement something similar (to be honest, it’s not useable outside)
But I think bigger sensor systems will always have an advantage there due to their higher resolution (Looking at the Phase One 100MP TIFFs one could get a hard on 😉 )
I like to keep to a single system so muscle memory kicks in in terms of buttons and features. It sort of annoys me going from Sony – Fuji. You pickup the camera and you go for a button / feature and it isn’t there.
If I didn’t have to carry these things up mountains I would be using the Nikon D810. I used to go climbing with a 5dmkii and it was a pain in the arse. Too big a profile and kept catching on the rocks all the time when climbing and scrambling. I carry 2 cameras attached to my backpack all the time with Capture Clip systems as I need instant access to them otherwise I will miss the shots I need to get.
M 4/3 cameras didn’t produce the IQ that was acceptable and full sized DSLRs are just too bulky and heavy. Therefore Fuji and now Sony with their smaller mirrorless offerings are a great solution that are easily carried but great in the studio when you add a vertical grip.
That Phase One camera is a beast….. I’ve I could justify the $50k expense it would be great for mountain landscape shots! But not really an all rounder 🙂 My main annoyance with the A7rii is it’s lack of weatherproofing. The X-T1 & 50-140 are a great crap weather combo. I’ve been out for hours in the pouring rain with that setup with no problems at all. Horses for courses 🙂
Frankly, I’d love it if the people I buy photographs from all used +40MP cameras; because for the most part their compositional skills suck, hence I need to crop and blur severely before the photographs become usable.
This is one of biggest pluses of using hi res cameras. It gives more flexibility to designers / editors
When shooting for clients you talk to them and know how they want it but with stock and editorial work, you are trying to create something that is going to be used in many different ways and applications. Pull back from the subject to allow space for text and headlines and if the space isn’t needed, crop or rotate away and you’ll still be left with an image that can cope with a double page spread.
If I’m shooting action and climbing shots and it was shot in Landscape, the editor has the option to crop it to portrait and leave bags of pixels for a good high quality Front Page shot. This is really useful for me as sometimes you just don’t get the chance to take a landscape + portrait shot as the moment has passed.
Ok, so you are comparing a 16mp sensor which is some years old already to the newest 42mp resolution monster of the Sony A7RII? Seriously? Not to mention that the Fuji is APS-C and the Sony is a full frame sensor. I know you are not bashing Fuji, but please keep in mind the fact that the Sony 42mp sensor is a complete different generation and can´t really be compared with the Fuji X-Trans sensor. Just my 2cent.
Nope, but the person before me was saying the X-Trans was better than the Bayer after aI quoted the A7rii. Hence the reason I said “Trust me. I’ve had every Fuji camera from X-Pro1 up with all their lenses and I can assure you, they don’t compete with the Sony 42mp sensor on the A7rii.”
As you say, it’ just not even a fair fight.
My point is that X-Trans II doesn’t resolve mid – distant detail very well (especially foliage) when compared to to Bayer sensors. But, it does perform well (and often outperform) for close – mid range subjects. It will be interesting to see if the 24mp sensors improves this but, I guess I’d prefer to have a bayer sensor. Not because they’re hard to process (C1Pro is great for X-Trans) I just feel Bayer is an overall better option.
My bad. At least we both think that comparing both is not a fair fight.
Let´s see what the new 24mp sensor can do.
Have a great day.
No worries and you too! I would love it if the 24mp sensor rocked, it would guarantee that I’d upgrade my T1 to a T2, which I’d imagine will use the same sensor.
Good work on this Patrick, it’s been a long journey to get the xpro2 out!
When is it likely to be shipped to customers?
Answer coming soon
Spec commercial teasing the upcoming Fujifilm X-Pro2 camera
https://vimeo.com/150537857
Good find! Reckon it’s legit?
it’s not. Someone made it over at the fujix-forum.
But you can make out, that they used the X-Pro1 in the Video, just take a close look
Nope. Just someone having some fun.
Yeah the camera shown is definitely an X-Pro1 too 😀
Considering she’s clearly holding X-Pro1 in the video?
Stop posting this fake crap. The only thing X-Pro2 in this video is the last picture (which is the same picture Patrick shared here on fujirumors).
Did Patrick put HiRes images up?
I didn’t think so. So that last image must have come from somebody else.
But even if its truly fake its nicely done.
it’s a fake… and it shows even a mode dial on the X-Pro2!!! sadly the author blanked out the part of the X-Pro2 image that shows the http://www.fujirumors.com watermark
I am not so sure its fake.
Yes the camera used for the video certainly is a X-Pro 1.
The last image however at t=18 is definately a high resolution version of the X-Pro 2.
No microphone next to the focus assist light and the assist light itself is also of the same type as is shown in the leaked image. That last image is definately no X-Pro 1.
It could be that the advertising agency got a X-Pro 1 to shoot with. The less people know about it, the less people can leak. Then only to add the last image of the real thing to make the advertising complete.
and it’s the same image I’ve leaked here on Fujirumors. You don’t see one half of the Fuji X-Pro2, because on that half there is the fujirumors.com watermark 😉
Once you have a high rez camera (other brand like Sony or Nikon), the itch to buy the “X-Pro 2” is much lower. The X-E1 and X-T1 are nice and good as they are, can’t see how I’d buy such a camera. Megapixel isn’t certainly not one of the reasons. 16 to 24? Yawn. Very (!) fast AF – maybe….
What the blue blazes is “Berlin Time”?? In the free world we run to GMT.