Here are some more images of the Silver X-T1 and availability and pricing info for Japan:
X100T
– Body color is silver and black
– Will be released in November 2014
– About ¥ 156,000 estimated retail price (tax included)
X-T1 graphite Silver Edition
– Will be released in November 2014
– About ¥ 178,000 estimated retail price (tax included)
XF50-140mm F2.8 R LM OIS WR
– Will be released in November 2014
– About ¥ 188,000 estimated retail price (tax included)
XF56mm F1.2 R APD
– Will be released in December 2014
– About ¥ 178,000 estimated retail price (tax included)
X-T1 + XF18-135mm F3.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR Lens Kit
– Will be released September 20, 2014
– About ¥ 237,000 estimated retail price (tax included)
via Digicameinfo.
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Hmmm, over 3600€ for the combo x-t1 With the 50-140. A 6d with a 70-200/4 costs less than 2000€.
Well that is the price for loosing weight 😉 CSC fanboys always point at the lower weight and size, but the fact that CSCs are way more expensive than comparable DSLRs remains omitted.
Small size is one advantage of mirrorless cameras, but if mirrorless cameras ever replace SLR cameras they will have to make pro level mirrorless cameras. They will make the small mirrorless cameras too.
I prefer using mirrorless than SLR as you don’t have as much issue with autofocus, metering, etc. After using mirrorless exclusively for a year, you won’t find me going back to DSLR.
Some mirrorless cameras are more expensive just because market will support the cost for now. I would guess that an X-T1 costs less than a Canon 7D to make. This is why I think mirrorless will win much of the market in the long term, high profit wins out in the end.
I agree that CSCs will prevail/win in the end, but why being the one who pays unreasonable costs now when the price will go down significantly in future. Now the costs are high for no reason, just because there is a hype that CSC is something new, modern. DSLRs are now on top of their evolution, almost perfect and therefore making only small steps within generations and having 3 years old DSLR is no problem, since you have still top product. Whereas CSCs are developing rapidly, with every new generation there is big improvement and 3 years old CSC is desperately out-of-date.
Actually, 50-140/2.8 weights almost 1kg. So camera + lens is almost 1.5kg.
6d with 50-200/4 is about the same.
Nobody will buy a mirrorless system to get a telezoom. 😉
But if you have it anyway, why have a second body just for that.
True in theory, but in practice most enthusiasts have more than one body and for sure all the pros do. So, IMHO, the best is having a small, but great IQ delivering, mirrorless with some small primes AND a ff body with a fast telezoom, if needed.
t1 combo is more like 2500 (with standard body, not graphite special edition). At introduction the canon combo was at 2700. But that says nothing about the optical performance of both.
The cheap entry level DSLRs are nothing but bait for new customers. Canikon does not have to make any profit with those. The pros pay up for that. It is what is called the “firewall segment” to make life hard for competitors.
If you look into the fair value segment with the D7000/60D series prices get much more comparable. Or if you only care about the prices look over at Sony with their aggressive strategy right now.
awesome camera.