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- Location
- Switzerland
- Name
- Matt
My dealer's already sold six of them, the next six are expected next week; he's already ordered another dozen (though I think the six that are incoming are part of that order, so he's actually six short). He said I needed to wait maybe three or four weeks if I ordered one on Monday. Affluent customers, alert dealers - thus, Fujifilm makes cameras available swiftly around here. Back in the days of backorder madness all over the world (at the beginning of it, though), I got my hand on an X100V - at a very reasonable price, too, way below Fujifilm's recommendation.
(EDIT: Sorry for all the mistakes and typos in this post - should be better now.)
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- Location
- FT Worth, TX
Yeah, I don’t want to even touch one! Geez, I don’t have enough time to use what I have which is all way beyond my capabilities. The GFX100F looks to be an amazing camera.
tonyturley
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- Location
- Scott Depot, WV, USA
- Name
- Tony
I am quite curious about the 1" sensor Fuji X-Half, as Fujirumors says it will be named. Supposedly the formal announcement will be next month. Will it be an affordable small sensor camera for exploring alternate forms of photography, or will tariffs push the price to where few will want to buy it, at least here in the US? Inquiring minds want to know.
- Location
- Minnesota
- Name
- Chris
I’ve been muddling over what point and shoot I may want to pick up, usually going back and forth between various Olympus models, or the Nikon P series. This past weekend I got to play with my friends Coolpix A, and pretty much fell in love. Yes, it doesn’t have a zoom lens, but I love the fact that it actually has a large APSC sensor. And as 28mm is my fav walk around focal length, and the build quality is superb, this will likely be the one I land on when the time is right.
- Location
- Seattle
- Name
- Andrew
I want to know, as well!
The concept of a vertical-orientation digital camera is a bit odd, even silly, but if it gives the camera a bit of differentiation in the market, might be good for it. And if Fuji gives it the kind of feature-set we might hope for (physical settings dials, an EVF, small size - maybe it could partially replace the XF10, X70 series), it could be worth getting! Also wondering how the tariffs would affect it, I hope Fuji decides to hold off until they are closer to implementation in the hopes (as all of us have) that they might be removed or exempted.
tonyturley
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- Location
- Scott Depot, WV, USA
- Name
- Tony
I have to laugh at the reaction to the X-Half in the comments section on Fujirumors. One would think the world is about to implode because Fujifilm dare offer the camera. I shake my head at the number of people who get angry over a product in which they have no interest. I don't use Tik Tok, Instagram, or Snapchat, but the concept of the camera seems intriguing to me. Andrea Pizinni says it's a camera for the younger set, not us older "traditional" photographers. I disagree. I could be very interested if the price is right.
- Name
- Miguel Tejada-Flores
I have to agree with you, Chris - it's a superb smallish (actually semi-pocketable) camera, Chris. One of the coolest things about it is the fact that it has a manual focus ring - which is really useful for situations where you want to do fine manual focus adjustments (as opposed to the clunky manual focusing approach of most of the Ricoh compacts).
- Location
- Minnesota
- Name
- Chris
Yup, that was something he shared as well. He pops it in MF and sets it about 3 meters and even at 5.6 given its apsc size, damn near everything is in focus. It’s how he uses it for street stuff.
And it’s gone 😆 (I didn’tt buy it. Can’t justify a purchase).
L0n3Gr3yW0lf
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- Location
- Somerset, UK
- Name
- Ovi
A bit of a very superficial conundrum:
My Blacky Samsung NX500 looks so much better with a black lens like the NX 60mm f 2.8 Macro. But all my other lenses are white and they don't look as good as this. Darn it .
PS. I am so happily surprised how well I managed to get the blue paint on the leather case to the blue ring on Samsung lensed that I don't think I would be able to do it intentionally again.
Darn it OCD.
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My Blacky Samsung NX500 looks so much better with a black lens like the NX 60mm f 2.8 Macro. But all my other lenses are white and they don't look as good as this. Darn it .
PS. I am so happily surprised how well I managed to get the blue paint on the leather case to the blue ring on Samsung lensed that I don't think I would be able to do it intentionally again.
Darn it OCD.
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tonyturley
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- Location
- Scott Depot, WV, USA
- Name
- Tony
Saturday morning musings. Years ago when I first got into the MILC world, I had a sequence of Sony cameras. My favorite was the NEX-6. It was plasticky and the IQ was good but not fantastic, but I loved the layout with the EVF in the upper left with a simple flip screen. Fast forward to the present, and I have an OM-5, X-A5, and X30. I like both the Fujifilm and OM color science. They also both have easy to use wireless transfer. Although it takes great images, I do not care for the articulating screen of the OM-5. I prefer the form factor of the X30, and it takes great images as long as the light is decent. The X-A5 also has nice IQ, but I do prefer having an EVF at times.
I have considered trying Sony again with an A6400, but I've read uncomplimentary comments about Sony color science and the way they implement wireless transfer. I don't know if those comments are valid, but it's enough to give me pause. Even if I did get an A6400, I would simply get a TT Artisan 27mm AF lens, but no Sony native lenses.
If I could design any camera I wanted, it would have a body the size of the A6400, with a rangerfinder style EVF and a tilt screen, and a nice magnesium alloy body. It would be a Fuji, with Fuji menu system and controls, and I'd be perfectly happy with the X-Trans II sensor. I'd likely pair it with the upcoming 23mm pancake. Just dreaming out loud, as the only camera I know of that comes close to that is the X100V, and it is far too expensive for my "buy to try" tinkering. Used to be it was easy to find gently used cameras for $400-500 USD. So I worked my way through many Sony, Olympus, Lumix, and Fuji cameras, and I just looked at them as long term rentals. Current used camera prices have made that philosophy impractical.
I have considered trying Sony again with an A6400, but I've read uncomplimentary comments about Sony color science and the way they implement wireless transfer. I don't know if those comments are valid, but it's enough to give me pause. Even if I did get an A6400, I would simply get a TT Artisan 27mm AF lens, but no Sony native lenses.
If I could design any camera I wanted, it would have a body the size of the A6400, with a rangerfinder style EVF and a tilt screen, and a nice magnesium alloy body. It would be a Fuji, with Fuji menu system and controls, and I'd be perfectly happy with the X-Trans II sensor. I'd likely pair it with the upcoming 23mm pancake. Just dreaming out loud, as the only camera I know of that comes close to that is the X100V, and it is far too expensive for my "buy to try" tinkering. Used to be it was easy to find gently used cameras for $400-500 USD. So I worked my way through many Sony, Olympus, Lumix, and Fuji cameras, and I just looked at them as long term rentals. Current used camera prices have made that philosophy impractical.
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