Category Archives: Fuji

Quesabesde published an interview with Hiroshi Kawahara, Operations Manager at Fujifilm. The answer to the last question hints at future high-end cameras that will follow the X100: “Q: With the FinePix X100 Fujifilm comes back into the world of professional digital photography. Is the following step to recover SLR cameras too or is that road […]

Fuji published a new chapter about the X100 viewfinder. In a nutshell: “The viewfinder magnification of 0.5 is generally considered the easiest to see in the case of a camera equipped with a lens with a 35mm focal length (135 equivalent) – not too low and not too high. The X100 viewfinder has a high-resolution […]

Fuji continues to release pieces of information on the X100 camera: “For the X100, spherical lens elements are used as much as possible, and one double-sided aspheric lens made by a glass moulding process has been adopted as the most effective element for delivering maximum performance. The sensor has been specially customised just for this […]

The Canadian retailer Vistek is now listing the Fuji X100 as available for pre-order and the price is 1099 CAD (around 1091 USD). This probably confirms the previously rumored US price of 1000 USD. The release date is listed as March 31st, 2011. No US retailers are currently taking pre-orders for that camera (you can only sign […]

Fujifim published a Q&A section regarding the new X100 camera (see also previously released details): Q: Will ‘Made in Japan’ remain on the back of the camera or be moved to the base? It will remain etched on the back of the camera. Q: Will the X100 be available in black? No concrete plan is […]

Fuji provided some more details about the much anticipated X100 camera. Focusing The Fuji X100 will have three focusing options, selected by a switch on the left hand side of the body: manual focus, AF-S (single) and AF-C (continuous). Manual focus will be achieved with the focus ring on the lens (a distance indication bar is available […]