Category Archives: Fuji

Fuji X100 design story

Fuji released another X100 chapter and this time they are describing the design of the camera. Included are also pictures of the leather case. In the ongoing poll for favorite camera of 2010, the Fuji x100 is currently taking the #2 spot (out of aprox. 1800 voters so far). More product pictures after the break:

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Update: What to expect for CES 2011 (and what’s announced already)

CES 2011 show is starting in two days in Las Vegas. Here is a list of what was announced already (scroll down for the list of upcoming announcements): The three new cameras from Kodak that leaked on Amazon are already announced: Lexar released a 128GB SDXC memory card: Samsung announced a new Wi-Fi enabled SH100, NX11 and WB700 cameras: […]

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Fuji’s two top cameras for CES 2011

Shown below are the two high end cameras to be introduced by Fuji at CES 2011: FinePix HS20EXR: 16 MP EXR-CMOS sensor 30x, 24mm-720mm equivalent lens 3.0” LCD electronic viewfinder

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Fuji announcements at CES 2011

Fuji will announce several new EXR cameras, including a HS-10 replacement with a new 16 MP EXR BSI CMOS sensor. The camera will have the same lens and faster write speeds. There will also be two new cameras to replace the F300 EXR (also with the 16 MP EXR BSI CMOS sensor). They will have RAW and Jpeg capability. […]

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What to expect for CES 2011

CES 2011 show is starting next week in Las Vegas. This is what is known so far in terms of announcements from the major camera manufacturers: Olympus E-PL2: Olympus XZ-1 compact camera with a fast f/1.8 Zuiko zoom lens: New Olympus accessories for the E-PL2 and ZX-1 cameras: Samsung NX11 and WB700 cameras: Samsung lenses: 85mm f/1.4, 60mm […]

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Fuji’s patent for a camera with removable grip

Fuji’s latest patent is for a camera with removable/adjustable grip:

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The FinePix X100 is the starting point of the high-end cameras to follow in future”

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 […]

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Fuji X100: the viewfinder

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 […]

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The lens of the Fuji X100 camera

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 […]

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Fuji X100 price revealed?

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 […]

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