Fuji: no new DSLR in 2009

13 Comments

1. Ivan
   Posted June 25, 2009 at 12:21 am | Permalink

   It’s pretty bizarre how Fuji uses Nikon bodies.. They should design their own, with their own control interface, otherwise there’s not much selling point between Nikon and Fuji besides different sensor tech.

   • rwpl
     Posted June 25, 2009 at 5:04 am | Permalink

     its not a good idea. they would end up like like sigma – cool sensor, crap body. Wont work.

     • Ivan
       Posted June 25, 2009 at 9:29 am | Permalink

       Not necessarily.

       Nikon bodies are really sweet though, I love my D80/D300, much nicer to hold than any Canons I’ve used.

       • rwpl
         Posted June 25, 2009 at 11:06 am | Permalink

         You just kind off confirmed my words

   • Bill
     Posted June 29, 2009 at 1:20 pm | Permalink

     Fuji is part of Fujimot Industries. They could buy Nikon with their pocket change if they were really inerested in producing a camera.

2. Alex
   Posted June 25, 2009 at 6:51 am | Permalink

   Thats a Nikon D3 body… Sorry

3. Max
   Posted June 25, 2009 at 7:07 am | Permalink

   I was at a fuji product night for my company earlier in the year and I asked the rep whether they had any plans for DSLRs and his response was that they “put a super ccd FF sensor in a d700 body but nikon canned it”. I tried to hold back my laughter as I thought it mean spirited to laugh in his face.

4. rwpl
   Posted June 25, 2009 at 11:07 am | Permalink

   BTW …. It has NOT begun

5. THX
   Posted June 25, 2009 at 1:48 pm | Permalink

   Looks like a S3 body.

6. ed
   Posted June 25, 2009 at 4:36 pm | Permalink

   its an old picture of an S3 body, that picture has been around for a while-according to thom hogan, a new camera based on the d-400 was to be released at photokina last year, but the “S6″ and the D-400 were both never released for whatever reason-there is a big thread about it in the fuji dslr forum at DPR.

   • PR admin
     Posted June 25, 2009 at 10:51 pm | Permalink

     Thom Hogan doesn’t know – he is just guessing like everybody else (including me) and the above post (and many other) confirms it.

7. regular
   Posted June 26, 2009 at 3:56 am | Permalink

   O course I would be glad to see a new Fuji DSLR.
   But Fuji should really release a new Natura S compact camera, maybe a digital version with full-frame sensor… even if I would personally prefer a film camera:)

8. EdShan
   Posted June 26, 2009 at 7:21 am | Permalink

   Ok, so the picture is fake. But a new fujifilm camera should be in development.

   When a new Fujifilm camera comes out, I guess it should have this type of sensor:

   http://www.dpreview.com/news/0809/08092210fujifilmEXR.asp

   Sounds pretty promising.

   and about the “put a super ccd FF sensor in a d700 body but nikon canned it”. I don’t understand why that has to be laughable. Enlighten me.