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[UPDATE] According to PR, the X-M1 will have focus peaking, but no digital split image focusing.
Digicaminfo got the full specs of the X-M1. It confirms what sources already told us: same sensor of the X-E1/X-PRO1 and no viewfinder, but a tiltable and improved LCD screen (920,000 dot 3.0-inch).
From readers, we have to provide information about the price and specifications of the Fujifilm X-M1.
- Specifications of Fujifilm X-M1 are as follows.- The sensor 16.3 million pixels X-Trans APS-C CMOS active
– (100,12800,25600 an extension) ISO200-6400
– -1/4000 Seconds 30 seconds, shutter speed (160 seconds in the S / M mode) sync 1/180 sec
– 920,000 dot 3.0-inch, 3:2 aspect ratio can tilt up and down, the LCD monitor
– The shooting speed (for 10 consecutive frame 50 continuous frames, in RAW with JPEG) 5.6 frames / second
– Video 1920×1080 30p, 1280×720 30p
– Sound Linear PCM Stereo
– Mode dial with
– Advanced Auto function
– Placed together in the right dial or button operation. Can be operated with one hand
– Wi-Fi, smart phone transmission function
– Built-in flash, super i flash function
– Media SD / SDHC / SDXC
– The size is 116.9 x 66.5 x 39.0mm
– 330g (including battery, media), 280g weight (only body)
– Expected Release Date (body color of some September) July 27
– Estimated retail price of ¥ 75,000 before and after body
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Not that the Pen5 has a couple of cool things, but this camera looks like a Pen5 killer. Or at least it killed my interested in the Pen5. Hopefully the AF is a bit faster.
– Raist
I meant that as ” Not that the Pen5 does not have a couple of cool things…”. Ah yes, double negation for the win 🙂
The Pen e-p5 has few advantages:
1) excellent IBIS
2) focus peaking
3) touch screen
and Downsides:
1) no flip up screen
2) Price!
The e-p5 has a flip up screen. It also has lightning-fast focusing.
With flip-up EVF option as well, plus a million micro four thirds lenses, that’s the biggest difference imho. All depends on the lenses you wanna put on it.
What!? No focus peaking in X-M1? No FP, no gracias.
He also said the e-p5 doesn’t have a flip screen. Dude doesn’t know anything. 😉
Disappointing, this does not add anything new to the mirrorless world, the CDAF just won’t do anymore.
The only advantage it has on any other mirroless system is that DxOMark did not give a mark for Fuji-X’s sensors yet, so if you buy it now, you can still believe that the x-trans sensor is better than the sensors in the Nikons or in The Sonys, even though it is made by sony and supposed to be the same as in the D5100, D7000 except for the color matrix.
Well that and Fuji’s cooked RAWs to make it look better at higher ISOs that is.
They’re not cooked. They may be cheating on the sensitivity a little, but there is no denoising going on, it’s the effect of the pixel layout that is actually working. Not such a good thing for detail at base iso, but with high-iso … that’s real.
Let’s say you’re right about it being a D7000 sensor underneath, in the end it’s the physical pixel-layout that’s filtering out the noise, not any kind of software trickery. If you call that cooked then certainly the way bayer is mushed together to form an image is no different.
The only un-cooked sensor is in the Leica M monochrome.
It adds a cheap(er) X mount body to the mirrorless world which grows the market for X mount lenses which benefits all Fuji users and might be an ideal second body for some.
Apart from bragging rights does anyone actually give a damn what the DxOMark score is? So many things influence picture quality beyond the sensor’s demosaicing algorithm it seems silly to get that worked up about it. The biggest X-trans annoyance went away when all the major RAW processors added support.
A DxOMark score may not be so important, but having DxO support for the X system is a critical hurdle if the X-Pro is going to gain wider professional acceptance.
Ney to all these.. Imma grab the x vario! Hehe
Shoot a landscape with the X-Pro1 and any Sony sensor. Print the results. Look at the greens. The Nikon/Sony greens look plasticky; the Fuji are full of hues. That is true for any colour. I don’t need DxO to see this. The new little machine will be a nice pocketable addition to the system. Will be very nice with my 18, I think.
Nex 5 has the same image quality with better AF, touch screen focusing, focus peaking.
But has crappier lenses, proprietory flash and unintuitive design.
Aye because Sony is an electronics company that is still playing at being a serious photographic contender. And thats ok… the industry needs brands like Sony to boldly go where others wont. That just doesn’t make them the best photographic tool.
And in a few years more “serious photographic” contenders will be the electronic giants. It’s hard to imagine even where Nikon will fit (just because it is large and has a past doesn’t mean they can’t fall -look at Contax or Kodak). Every year there is more of the pure electronics than mechanical or optical, and even the optical part will turn almost electronics sooner or later (litro, liquid lenses, etc.). Just a matter of time. The future is electronics. This already tru on the low end with smartphones becoming the camera of choice for 80% of the people (serious photographers are just a fraction of the total market and shrinking -in the sense that in some cases even serious photographers switch to smartphones, hey, even newspapers are doing it). Wait and see how well Sony fits.
I’m dissapointed that they didn’t put sensor from X100s with phase detection pixels… Otherwise seems cool.
This seems to be be an updated x-e1 with a missing viewfinder. 330g?….let’s keep things in perspective here, it’s suppose to be Fuji’s small offering that competes against the Olympus eplx and Sony NEX3 or 5.
I’ll keep my x-e1 and won’t upgrade till another generation or two. Along with my Olympus gear I’m covered. Olympus for speed, weathersealed all round photography(jack of all trades) and fuji for a slower, deliberate and more measured photography like ultra wide landscape etc…
This is a nice camera no doubt but I’m not sure exactly what Fuji is doing here in terms of size and weight unless the main focus for them is just about pricing, in which case it should sell well if priced accordingly.
Dude, this one has nothing to do with the X-E1, it happens to share the same mount but otherwise it’s the X20’s bigger brother if anything.
Actually, same sensor, so same image quality…So, little brother/sister of X-E1. For those that don’t need a viewfinder or shutter speed and exposure compensation dials, it is definitely a great choice for a cheaper compact – superb image quality in a small package.
Why does everyone keep thinking the sensor makes a camera. The EOS-M uses the same sensor as a 7D, does that make it a little brother/sister ? NO. It is a big ass sensored PowerShot, no matter what they call it.
Anyway. The point is that Mr Samurai was talking about ‘upgrading’, as if every newly released camera with the same mount is always better than the last.
While a sensor doesn’t make the entire camera, it makes a huge difference. Why do you think some people buy medium format cameras ~ definitely not because of the size, design or feel. That said, having no AA filter makes a significant difference as well – in sharpness. Unless I had to, I would never go back to a camera that has an AA filter, as I can’t stand the unnecessary blurring of images. And, yes, you can tell the difference if you take sharp shots…And, yes, the image quality coming out of the Fuji X-series cameras is better than that from M4/3 ~ I have shot both, and there is a big difference in overall image quality and colour accuracy…
If you disagree, that is fine. That is what makes the world interesting ~ differences! Perhaps the OM-D is your favourite camera; and, if so, that is great ~ enjoy shooting with it. I have never enjoyed shooting with any camera more than with my X-Pro 1, and that is fine too, because that is my opinion and preference. Like I said the other day, I chose it over the X-E1 because of its size, feel, and OVF, but others prefer the X-E1, which is their choice as well. My wife is using the X-E1, and it is great for her…
What are you going on about, everybody agrees with that already.
$750+ dollars is entry level? the obvious lens choice here is 18mm at $599 new. that brings it to about $1400. not really an entry level price in my opinion. x100(s or not) is a better value. unsure what the point here is fuji. any xs2 news?
I’m sure there is a entry-level ferrari out there as well, still a ferrari. 😉
But yeah, that’s what i’ve been saying, no entry-level lenses yet. That’s why SADLY the 27mm pancake will likely be cheap as cakes and without aperture ring.
Wish they just stayed with high-end so we wouldn’t have lost the pancake.
Yikes, this is much more expensive than the original rumoured price of $600-650. The lenses are also more than I was expecting.
75,000 Yen?
I can get the X-E1 body new for a bit less than 70,000 Yen here in Japan – seems wrong somehow?
I don’t see this happening unless it has all the new tech from X100S
This camera is needed in the Fujifilm lineup just as a Rebel of D3200 is needed for Canon & Nikon. If for no other reason that to bring in the masses. Many of us like the fact that Fujifilm has given us quality, non-toy like cameras that give professional results. But much like Canon or Nikon, you need the entry level cameras to sell (and sell well) to keep the profits coming in to be able to develop more products. Personally, I can see where this new camera might just sell very good if it is priced right. I won’t be buying one myself, though. I need a viewfinder so it will either be an X-E1 to back up my X-Pro 1 or if it looks like the X-Pro 2 isn’t too far away, then I will wait for it. I am, however, upset with the removal of the aperture ring that we saw in the early mock ups of the 27mm. It may not seem like a big deal, but having the old school ability to controlling the aperture (as well as the rest of the camera) is a major appeal to many of us. So in that respects, that is one sale to me they have lost.
They should really make a version II of the pancake an option for the X-E1 and up. If Zeiss can make their Touit lenses with E-mount have none, and X-Mount have one, so can Fuji !
No, it is not needed. This camera has been a terrible mistake in the sense that by itself is diluting Fuji’s strategy and message. The success of the X system has been that it was different and unique, manual controls with un-compromised lenses, now they are starting to turn direct aperture rings in weird double-use ones (in zooms), removing the manual controls and releasing cheap lenses with no ring at all. That’s the wrong message to send, that is turning the X system in just another me-too one. Bad, really bad.
Question: will this have the improved AF of the Fuji X100s, or the same as the XE1? If this has the improved AF of the X100s, that alone makes this a significant release.
If not, then we have to wait for XPro 2 to get it with an X with interchangeable lenses.
In the X100s specifications it says: X-Trans CMOS II
Here it does not, so that would suggest no phase detect, no split image.
Hopefully Fuji will succeed, but the strategy is WROOONG! Fuji is not Nikon who can develop some inferior camera ( 1 system) and sell a loads just because the name and market penetration.
This “me too” camera is not bringing anything new ,keeps Fuji styling (which is surely nice), but again is dead on arrival. Plus develop a small camera with big lens is NO NO as Panasonic and later Sony could do the pancake. Sorry Fuji, unless very competitively priced this is Fail!
The Nikon 1 is a good and smart system for the normal consumer. I’ve recommended it to a lot of people and all of them are outrageously happy. If the name helps them be convinced then huray, any advanced user will know better anyway. So no harm done to anyone. Their heads would have exploded with a E-PL3 or whatever, they’ll get blurry pictures no matter how much higher the potential might be to those who know what to do with it.
If it will have peaking, should the x-pro1 and x-e1 receive this as well on a firmware update?
I was thinking the same thing. If this is the same sensor and has focus peaking then what is stopping Fuji from making an update for the x-pro1 to give it focus peaking as well?
If the price point is $700-$800 for the XM1 with 16-50 lens that seems to position it directly against the Sony NEX5R (about the same price but on sale now for less). Personal preference is the Fuji for me as I hate the Sony camera lineup’s look and feel.
As for complaints about the viewfinder. I just don’t see how they could cram that into a package this small without dumping the flash or tilt screen or control dials. What this does is add a lower price model with a more compact package than other X cameras. Plus the articulating screen is unique in the lineup.
Seems to me a good move for Fuji. Probably won’t cannibalize Xpro1 or XE1 sales, but will bring many more people into the X camera fold which translates to more lens sales later, etc.
I live in Switzerland. If I buy here, I won’t have it for Christmas. I want to pre-order in Japan. I have friends that can bring it in August.
Would anyone know a reliable and competitive Internet shop in Japan were I can get the X-M1 preferably as combo with the 27mm?