I wonder if it will have the same hybrid viewfinder as the X100. This has the potential to be a very good system. Taking Leica-M lenses via an adapter as well as it's own Fujinon autofocus lenses (in this way similar to NEX) seems to have a lot of attraction for people.
Looks interesting! Lens also doesn't appear to be very long, though difficult to tell. I wonder how deep it sits into the mount and how Fuji has optimized the sensor for this? As for the viewfinder, it's definitely not traditional rangefinder, therefore a purely optical finder makes absolutely no sense, i.e. like in the X10. IMO, EVF is a must, and based on this appearance, would imply the hybrid style of the X100.
I also wonder if it uses some sort of hybrid AF system like in the Ricoh GRDIV, based on those two little LED-like windows by what seems like a focus assist light. EDIT: Those dots would likely be the stereo microphone rather than some hybrid AF...
And I hope it has a decently quiet shutter... and good frame to frame speed with reasonably fast buffer clear times.
I have doubts that the optical finder zooms, probably uses lcd crop lines, so it's only good for a range of lens focal lengths, letting the lcd take over for longer & shorter lenses.
I hope there is a way to manually input your focal length.
Looking at them together, they actually look very similar, just the bayonet is rotated by a third.
I wonder if Fuji used Sony's mount as a starting place.
Being able to manually input a focal length for an overlaid frameline would certainly be quite sweet for adapting other lens, though then the question would become how would it really work if your using a OVF with gridlines to frame, but would then then an EVF or LCD screen on the back to focus manually.....Could be sort of a pain trying to go back and forth I fear
Add not only framelines but also an overlaid RF patch to a nice big bright OVF (plus liveview on the read LCD of course) and then you've got something cool.
Good point about the frame lines. My guess is if one's using alt glass on this camera, it's going to be an EVF affair for focusing through the viewfinder, or hyperfocal combined with optical with wider lenses for faster shooting.
I don't see how they can add an RF patch without an RF window and mechanical coupling for vintage glass. At least based on these images, it's definitely AF capable, and since it's a fully electronic mount, it will be some sort of fly-by-wire or maybe USM with manual/mechanical focus override...
rscheffler wrote:
Looks interesting! Lens also doesn't appear to be very long, though difficult to tell. I wonder how deep it sits into the mount and how Fuji has optimized the sensor for this?
IF it is using the new organic sensor, that is the answer as it uses no micro lenses and also behaves just as traditional film to light hitting it at severe angles. It would allow the use of small, compact rangefinder type wide angles.
millsart wrote:
Being able to manually input a focal length for an overlaid frameline would certainly be quite sweet for adapting other lens
I't likely the framelines wouldn't be very accurate. Nominal focal lengths rarely match actual focal lengths exactly, and the field of view at close range depends on whether it's an IF lens or not.
pingflood, your post added nothing of value, in direct contrast to the above, in which interested parties are sharing information. Why interrupt the flow?
It should be obvious that our knowledge on particular fast-moving subjects grows constantly from a small base, and therefore new posts - whether approved by you or not - are always of value. As there are responses this is beyond dispute herein. It's a conversation.
No problem with that, but it would be nice to have something like "here are some leaked shots of the rumored camera", not just a "New camera at CES" with pictures that make it seem like it's legit somehow.
As Lou says, it should be easy enough to calibrate/adjust the view (i.e. zoom) in the EVF to suit any lenses within a reasonable range of focal lengths (say, equiv. 20mm to 200mm), and still retain the 'normal' overlay info. Of course, the camera would have to permit this activity.
