Makes me think that the 5DIII will be close to the 5DII's pixel count if it's released soon,
on the other hand, Canon could wait to see what Nikon & Sony release and see how the market reacts to them before committing to a low MP 5DIII, or add a high MP body above the 5DIII(1DsIV/3D).
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Jonas B wrote:
Carsten, I'm sorry, at least somewhat sorry, for linking to your resolution. It came to my mind though... I think a sensible thing to do is to speculate less about these not yet announced cameras mentioned here and just hope for the best. The better the new Fuji turns out to bee the better will other future cameras also bee.
I know I'll look for the announcement and then see what more will happen during the spring. Interesting times indeed.
Haha, but you are right. At least I am not in a bitter argument, so that is progress But yes, as much as I am happy with what I have, I do admit that I am watching all this mirrorless stuff.
I am in the middle of shooting a whole bunch of equipment which I will sell all in a giant sale, including my Hasselblad 203FE system (2000FC/M, 203FE, 50/2.8, 110/2, 250/4) and my Leica M stuff (Leica M8u, 28 Cron ASPH, 35 Lux ASPH I, 90 Cron ASPH, possibly even some Visoflex and bellows stuff, and various accessories). I just don't use it. There will also be a Kodak SLR/n, 35/2.8 AI and 105/2.5 AI-S Nikkors, maybe even my Leitaxed Contax 50/1.7, and some other stuff. I might even sell my Contax 645 with 35/3.5, 80/2, and 120/4 Makro. Too much stuff standing around. With the proceeds, I will buy one or two lenses, possibly another monolight, possibly get a small MFT kit or a Nikon V1, possibly upgrade my Nikon D3 to either D3x or D4, and put the rest against my loan. Look for all this in the B&S forum soon!
Tariq Gibran wrote:
The lenses apparently mount within the body depth so that might pose an issue or at least mean the adapters may be very expensive.
Hmm. Lenses with a register distance longer than 17mm should be as easy to use as they are today with the Nex and µ4/3 system (unless the mount opening diameter isn't too narrow).
carstenw wrote:
I am in the middle of shooting a whole bunch of equipment which I will sell all in a giant sale, including (...) Look for all this in the B&S forum soon!
That sounds like a plan as good as anything else, better than most actually. I hope you find good new homes for all parts.
I like the non-AA filter approach as well as the retained diagonal photosite array.
The sensor isn't a SONY variant and the Fuji lenses appear as robust, fast and well-corrected designs.
Leica may be relegated to a lens maker only for the 1%.
Is it too late for CANION/NIKON to accept the new CSC size/design advantages and react? SONY certainly is committed and now Fuji. Panasonic/Pentax/Olympus owns the MFT marketing space that will first absorb those who want more than P&S.
I seems to me that Fuji has been listening to what enthusiast and pro consumers have been saying. They heard the call for a digital Contax G2 and the calls for a digital Zeiss Ikon alternative to Leica. The X Pro 1 seems to deliver on those calls. It is nice to see a manufacturer actually listening.
pingflood wrote:
French photo magazine leaked out, and contains the following (via google translate) which sounds interesting:
"And for good reason: thanks to one new provision of photosites colored random pattern of six (instead of four regular on the classic mosaic of Bayer), we can dispense with the tradi-tional filter memory (which actually blurs image) and thus gain in optical resolution aver one definition pixel equivalent."
The prices the french mag mentioned, don't seem to high compared to the Nex 7
Camera kit includes 35mm lens and will be around € 1,300
Other lenses are around € 600
I am curious about adapting alt rangefinder lenses to this camera.
glacierpete wrote:
I am curious about adapting alt rangefinder lenses to this camera.
Well, the lens flange distance (which they seem to make sure they noted) is a 10mm or more shorter than the Leica M mount or the Contax G mount. Since, as has already been noted in this thread, the mount is fairly similar to the NEX mount, I suspect there will be a lot of adapters available shortly after the camera appears. I wonder, however, if Fuji will be as open with their new X-mount as Sony apparently is with their NEX E-mount.
Jonas B wrote:
Hmm. Lenses with a register distance longer than 17mm should be as easy to use as they are today with the Nex and µ4/3 system (unless the mount opening diameter isn't too narrow).
I can't find where I read this but I think perhaps it simply meant the Fuji interchangeable lenses for the X1 protrude into the body some. Thus, I guess the mount would not be an issue.
One thing which still seems odd to me though is the maximum shutter speed of 1/4000 sec, at least on the prototype. Why not higher on a pro camera if it is using a focal plane shutter?
The part about the FF quality of the camera, according to the french magazine would have to be interpreted in the following manner:
Réponses photos (generally the best informed french photo magazine) says they received the basic infos about the camera beginning of January from Fuji themselves. At that time, FUJI did not mention the exact resolution, they just said "résolution égale, voire supérieure ŕ celle des capteurs 24x36" - which translates "resolution equal or even better than full frame sensors" (they mark this as a direct quote of Fuji).
I haven't yet fully understood the new colour filter array feature, just that it does not require an AA filter. The lack of a AA filter, plus the absence of a vibrating mirror might make you gain maybe 3-4 MP, which might lead to the same resolution as a Canon 21MP sensor - provided that the lenses are up to the task. As for resolution, this is enough for me, it now really depends whether Fuji manages to replicate the incredibly film like looking images of the S3pro an S5pro series, in this high resolving camera - also, how good higher ISOs work, and how the DR is. After all, this camea does not feature the EXR sensor, just a EXR processor, which tries to pull out better DR of the sensor by undereposing and raising the shadows, rather than exposing 2 sets of pixels differently.
On the other hand, if the new sensor is in it's base, derived from the Sony 16MP sensor found in the Pentax K5 and the Nikon d7000, there is hope that it also features the same incredible DR at lower ISOs.
We will see....
BTW, I am surprised by the low price for the combo.
With this lens lineup, the possibilities of the hybrid VF, and phase detect AF, this camera has my attention. Very interesting.
It's looking to me that this is the Sony sensor base with Fuji color filters and processing, just like Ricoh, Pentax and Nikon use their own filters and processing with the Sony sensor base.
I'm skeptical about this sensor somewhat because it still uses a color filter array to interpolate color, so it's stil basically a B&W sensor so it seems like it would still not allow for Foveon like resolution. If it is indeed 16MP, it's difficult to imagine it out performing say the FF 24MP sensor of the Sony A900 with regard to resolution. Of course, the other issue will the new CFA type will be the lack of third party raw converters, probably for some time. When I owned the Fuji S2, it took quite a while for decent third party converters to come about. Fuji's clunky raw converter was the only thing useable for quite some time. Anyway, I hope I'm wrong on all accounts.
But yes, as much as I am happy with what I have, I do admit that I am watching all this mirrorless stuff.