We have a double rumor about Fuji:
X-PRO2:
Fujirumors reports about info spilled out by Fuji in an interview with the Spanish site DSLRmagazine.
1) HYBRID VIEWFINDER: The XF 35mmF2 looks a lot like the Leica Summicron-M 50mmF2 [admin: let’s just hope it won’t be that expensive!!!… even with the , this lens is worth about 1/3 of my yearly teachers salary!!… though this version costs “just” $2,100 (discounted)]. But back to the XF 35mmF2: the compact size makes it perfect for cameras with Hybrid Viewfinder – ERGO: the X-PRO2 will feature a Hybrid Viewfinder. In the interview, the manager also said that customers demand to keep the X-PRO1 concept. DSLRmagazine thinks that this statement is another hint for an X-PRO2 with Hybrid Viewfinder.
2) MORE COMPACT: After the talk with the manager, DSLRmagazine concludes that the X-PRO2 will have the elegance and great operability of the Leica CL… it won’t be as small as the Leica CL, but smaller than the actual X-PRO1.
3) X-TRANS: It will have an evolution (not revolution) of the X-TRANS sensor.
4) Not X-PRO2 related, but the manager says that the 56 APD version isn’t really selling well. You can find a .
5) The X-M line is dead. Long live the X-A line!
And than we have also rumors about another camera:
X-T10
Fujirumors reports that it will be a downspecced X-T1. There is yet not info about the final specs but it shoudl come within 2015.
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Bigger lenses and smaller bodies. I find the X-T1 is on the edge with a lens like the 55-200mm, very uneasy to get a good hold of the camera. Only with the half-case or grip it’s a (little) bit better. Some Fujinons are even bigger & heavier now… Once again, companies like Fuji are truly exploring the technical & physical limitations where people start understanding again how the present DSLR concepts still make sense, at least in a professional environment.
Ok.. Look, a rep told me last year that X-Pro 2 wont happen for a long time, end of 2015 at the very least. They say its because they want to make it the flagship camera again like the X-Pro 1 was. That takes a lot of resources to make that happen considering how far the line has come since the 1.
So stop the panic and relax. END of YEAR.
They have to beat the samsung nx1. Not an easy task.
Ever notice, the XPro-2 is always just about 10 months away from whatever today’s date happens to be? Been this way for a few years now, it’s starting to seem.
Wish Fuji would see the light and make a full frame mirrorless. Why let Sony corner that market? it’s also the best way to upstage the Samsung NX1, NX400, etc, which are still crop.
I’m not so sure if a X-T10 will be a success. But if the X-Pro2 will have the expected features, the success will be granted. (X-100T with interchengable lenses, plus hopefully a 24 or even 28 MP X-trans sensor and rugged). This should be a dreamcamera for many of us!
Hoping the x-pro-2 will support tethered shooting … I will then sell all my nikon gear.