LIke other manufactors also FUji will announce plenty of new cameras and lenses at Photokina in September. And you can bet on it that one of the new cameras will be the X200. The current X100 is getting massive discounts in many stores (Example -$200 at BHphoto) and it even got a “discontinued” mark in some of them. Meantime we had a new (samll) Fuji X PRO 1 announcement. Here it is:
Fujifilm has announced that it will introduce Diopter Correction Lenses as an accessory for the X-Pro1.
Fujifilm is developing its own brand of Diopter Correction Lenses to accommodate near and far sighted customers who use the X-Pro 1 camera.
The Fujifilm Diopter Correction Lenses will enable these customers to view and enjoy the X-Pro1 Hybrid Multi Viewfinder more effectively.
Manufactured in Japan, Fujifilm’s specially designed 19mm Diopter Correction Lenses are packaged individually in the following six strengths: +3, +2, +1, -1, -2, -3.
Lens strength is expressed as diopters whereby the higher the diopter, the stronger the lens. The plus (+) or minus (-) sign before the diopter strength indicates the type of lens.
Fujifilm Senior Category Manager – Imaging, Daniel Paul, said the new Diopter Correction Lenses will be a handy and practical accessory for those X-Pro1 customers with prescription glasses.
“The Diopter Correction Lenses will help to improve focus when capturing photos using the Fujifilm X-Pro1,” Mr Paul said.
They are expected to be available in August 2012.
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I cant’ wait!
> it will introduce Diopter Correction Lenses
I thought all cameras had it already built-in?…
You design a camera to manually focus a manual lens by visually judging focus which by some standards is a pretty crude method when it’s more critical. Then later at your convince provide your customers’ with something to aid that process for those with less than perfect vision. And to top it off charge them extra for this obvious luxury. Was manual focus a last minute add on to this camera or what?
You mean just like Leica has done for forever? OMG you have to maybe buy a $20 lens, those gouging bastards. Add on diopter lenses aren’t a new or particularly controversial idea, except among internet haters.
And Fuji has specifically said that they could’ve added built-in diopter correction, but it would’ve further complicated the hybrid viewfinder, and made the camera larger, and so they chose not to.
Hi ALL (especially MrrlssRmr Editor/Writer),
are there any hints (rumors) about an upcoming maybe called “X20” (X10 succesoor) – I know this is not an m43 oder mrrlss Cam – but maybe your sources also told you something about high-end-p&s as well.
thanks in advance – sebastian