The Fuji X-T1 is in Stock in all larger store like Amazon (Click here) or BHphoto (Click here). And it get’s sold as easily as bread in the morning 馃檪
And if you need to read some more enthusiastic reviews to convince yourself to buy one than check out this list of new tests:
Review by CameraLabs:
The Fujifilm X-T1 is an outstanding camera, boasting superb image quality, a fantastic viewfinder and continuous autofocus which actually works, letting you successfully capture subjects in motion. All this plus superb manual focusing assistance and Wifi with smartphone remote control packed into a compact but perfectly proportioned weatherproof body. It’s one of the best cameras around at this price point whether mirrorless or DSLR and one I can highly recommend.
Review by ThePhoBlographer:
The X-T1 is a street photographer鈥檚 dream. I鈥檝e been using it every day for nearly three weeks for a photo365 project I鈥檓 working on, and with the 35mm f1.4 affixed to it, shooting is an absolute breeze. The camera鈥檚 inconspicuous enough that I don鈥檛 get strange looks. The X-T1 can bend to nearly any photographic need in my estimation, save for sports and wildlife photography due to Fujifilm鈥檚 lack of fast telephoto lenses.
Review by Trustedreviews:
The X-T1 combines excellent design with a specification that makes it great value even at its circa-拢1000 price tag. Above all, it produces breathtaking images and can be relied upon whatever the conditions, making it perhaps the best CSC on the market.
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More tidbits: 10 first impressions by Bcapphoto.The Fuji X-T1 – quite simply a superb camera – XF 23mm f/1.4 first impressions by Soundimagesplus.
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I agree, the fuji x is the best csc, they just need a higher mp sensor for the next gen.
I’m hopeful that they will adopt the new 24mp sensor from the A6000 starting with the X200. I think the rumors of the X200 being full frame are totally off base (that camera is already rather large in comparison with its competition and a FF sensor will guarantee a lens at least as big as that of the Sony RX1 unless they want to make it entirely disappointing). The other part of the rumor was much wider coverage for hybrid AF sensor pixels. So if you take out the FF part, the prediction is 24mp with greater AF coverage. Uh… that’s what the A6000 has.
So my bet is the X200 and all subsequent X series body updates will have 24mp sensors.
I also hope this to be true! Smaller pixels gives smoother bokeh transition, and the X-trans CFA will help with noise in an even better way with less overall fine detail loss. It’s win-win. Sony just typically makes third parties wait a while before using their sensor (with occasional exceptions and reversals such as Nikon’s D800)
If they hurry in releasing a csc with 24mp, I’ll buy it for sure. I’m eager to leave behind me the samsung system.
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The best CSC just don麓t exist. You should buy the camera better adapted to your style and requirements. The XT1 definetely is not the camera to get if you are serious about shooting video nor the best camera to buy if you are interested in having a really compact system. But yes, for photographers interested in an excellent nice looking camera only for still photography, is a very good option.
with the light leak issue, it doesn’t deserve to be called the best. you can’t have a camera with an alarming and annoying problem right off at launch. that is just bad and irresponsible by Fuji.
As long as I know, the problem is only detectable with the accesory port open and with very long exposures. Sony A7/A7R also has the same problem. And before this, Canon 5D Mark III had the same issue too. At least, Canon fix was very quick (black tape) and Fuji麓s fix is on the way (you send the camera now and in 10 days they return to you the XT1 repaired), but Sony hasn麓t released a fix yet.
Much more worrisome (and shameful) was the problem with Nikon D600 camera.
It seems the “Made in Japan” quality myth is over.
this is worse than a firmware update solution which are more common fixes on camera issues and are understandable. but something like this shouldn’t be during launch nor right before sending them out in the open and only be discovered by customers. what I’m saying that this irresponsible by Fuji and Sony and could have been avoided before selling them to the public. they should know that the product is defective to use. for such popular camera brand, it is embarrassing and frustrating. Nikon is no better with it’s D600 garbage. consumers deserve better especially if for a product that costs over a thousand dollars. what a sham.
Sounds like another great camera, just like all the other great cameras floating around today. Almost all of them overpriced. And that overpricing seems to be affecting sales.
Because with each new highly trumpeted launch every two months for the latest most bestest ever all time camera (in the last 3 or 4 months we had the Sony A7, the Olympus EM-1, and now this), we find out how much better this wonderful new toy is.
Except of course in the image taking ability. Because the new Fuji and the new Olympus make images just the same as their predecessor models did two years ago. Since image quality has hit a plateau, let’s sing the praises of minor feature enhancements instead.
The most revealing thing, however, is just how available this latest most wonderful new wonder child is. A couple years ago you had to wait months and months to buy a new NEX-7, or an X100. Now the highly touted XT-1 seems to be more or less readily available anywhere. Has the consumer excitement not kept up with the interweb cheerleaders and ‘reviewers?’
Perhaps if the manufacturers offered more reasonable pricing they would fly out of the stores faster.
And no doubt in two months we’ll have yet another brand new bestest ever must have overpriced mirrorless, with yet the same image making ability but in different drag.
I don’t disagree with anything you say. But I do think you are turning a positive (for the consumer) into a negative. We can now choose a system for our needs without worrying about IQ. And we can enter the system we choose at several different levels, so can pick & choose the features we want. It’s a great time to be interested in photography.
Price? Well, as with most tech, things get better, and cheaper as time marches on, if you compare feature sets.
It is a hard time to be a camera company though!
Sony is only consistent in their inconsistency.
They’ve hardly made any progress in producing good lenses for the NEX bodies and it often seems as though they’ve given up. At least, with FujiFilm and Olympus, we can see progress. Even Panasonic seems to be on a more consistent path than Sony.
I’m still unsure why mirror-less bodies are so expensive. The Olympus E-M1 is similar in function to the E-5 but not as big and lacks the articulated rear panel. If the EVF is expensive, why are the EVF-less models still expensive as opposed to lower end dSLRs?
Full frame or 24mp may not matter at all if the Fuji/Sony Organic sensor is possible. high resolution, even lower high ISO noise profile in a system that can utilize existing lenses is a potentially more compelling case. Would not want the higher noise of a 24mp APS sensor.
To me the real downside is – no IBIS (in body image stabilization) and there is no IS in Fuji’s prime lenses –
so even though the low light performance is good it means that I cannot use 20th or 30th or slower with my shaky hands vs I can do that no problem with OMD-Em5 and Em1 and Panasonic GX7 ( with fast primes and no IS in lens )
I have the same issue with my Nikon gear and their fast primes with no IS –
I hear that Panasonic will be putting IBIS in their future bodies – and of course the 5 axis IBIS from Olympus is just fantastic –
Of course I am disappointed in the fact that there is no Touch LCD or Touch to Focus – why Up Up Up and Left Left Left and Up to move a focus point vs just put your finger at the focal point (in most cases) –
for the Purists Fuji could have an option to turn Touch LCD Off –
Otherwise an outstanding camera
you have an excellent point regarding IBIS and it’s affect to slow shutterspeed shooting. it does take away the advantage of taking great pictures in lowlight. I also agree with regards to the flexibility of having a touchscreen. could have been the next step for Fuji and would have made it really an excellent camera. personally, it is more of an aesthetic upgrade rather than something that is really refreshing. it wins in the looks department if you ask me. but first they have to fix that light leak problem. ouch.