Hi All,
Just registered. This new forum is a great idea and I hope it'll grow into something really big. This would be good for the X community and could potentially help Fuji to get a lot of feedback from their customers.
Now to the "why" of this wish list. Well, I discovered photography thank to digital cameras. I quickly moved to DSLR, had bodies from Canon (350D, 40D, 5D, 5D2), Nikon (D700, D800) and secretely dreamed of having a Leica M (which I could never afford) until ... June 2012 when I could finally buy the Fuji X-Pro 1. And I went big! I bought the wooden boxset with body, 3 lenses, filters, grip,95 mb/s SD cards, soft release, Think Tank bag ... you name it. I loved the Fuji X-Pro 1. Actually it's not true. It's been a love / hate affair until firmware 2.00 came out.
Like most of you I loved the 35mm lens and probably shot some of my best pictures with this body. Even the 60mm lens was ok for most of my shots - and it was razor sharp (portrait taken with the 60mm macro: 500px).
However I sold the X-Pro 1 as well as all the lenses I know, boooo
Having used the X-Pro 1 for several months changed the way I take pictures but there were several things that kept annoying me. The 2.00 firmware was a major improvement and bravo to Fuji for keeping the X-Pro 1 up to date so well. But I still felt the camera was some sort of beta model. I can't wait to jump on the X-Pro 1 successor provided Fuji adds some of the features I put in my wish list.
The XE-1 was extremely tempting and I sometimes wonder whether I should sell my D700 to get it. I saw the camera in Japan last week, could hold it for 2 minutes but couldn't test it properly. My initial feeling was that the X-Pro 1 was probably the right size for my hands. Do I miss the X series? Yes big time but I want more from those bodies (I do really miss the size and weight).
To the wish list:
- Faster Autofocus. I know I know keep your DSLR if you want to shoot sport. OK. However the Fuji could still be improved and I would love it to match the Olympus OM-D series. I hope Fuji's working on it and will find ways to speed up things (body processor and lenses).
- Please allow us to change the focus point with the back wheel. I mean, that wheel should be part of the custom settings. The way one has to select its focus point right now is a complete non-sense.
- Top notch EVF. I'm sure we'll see the XE-1 EVF on the X-Pro 2. The X100S just got it...
- Would love to be able to finetune / adjust the frame in the OVF. I never found it to be accurate nor nice to use with lenses like the 60mm.
- Usable continuous shooting mode. I mean, seriously? That mode is a joke.
- Remote flash trigger function.
- Weather sealing. This body deserves the right to be outdoor all the time !
- Revamped GUI. Those menus are not the most user friendly.
- Where are the 23mm and 50mm lenses ? I want them
I'll probably come back to update this list but I would be really interested to know what YOU would like to see in Fuji next high end body.
I didn't put or mentioned full frame sensor because I'm ok with cropped sensors. Especially the ones generating pictures like the X-Pro 1. Also I always found the bokeh from the X lenses to be amazing. Full frame would potentially increase the size of the camera and probably its weight as well. Not interested.
Just registered. This new forum is a great idea and I hope it'll grow into something really big. This would be good for the X community and could potentially help Fuji to get a lot of feedback from their customers.
Now to the "why" of this wish list. Well, I discovered photography thank to digital cameras. I quickly moved to DSLR, had bodies from Canon (350D, 40D, 5D, 5D2), Nikon (D700, D800) and secretely dreamed of having a Leica M (which I could never afford) until ... June 2012 when I could finally buy the Fuji X-Pro 1. And I went big! I bought the wooden boxset with body, 3 lenses, filters, grip,95 mb/s SD cards, soft release, Think Tank bag ... you name it. I loved the Fuji X-Pro 1. Actually it's not true. It's been a love / hate affair until firmware 2.00 came out.
Like most of you I loved the 35mm lens and probably shot some of my best pictures with this body. Even the 60mm lens was ok for most of my shots - and it was razor sharp (portrait taken with the 60mm macro: 500px).
However I sold the X-Pro 1 as well as all the lenses I know, boooo
Having used the X-Pro 1 for several months changed the way I take pictures but there were several things that kept annoying me. The 2.00 firmware was a major improvement and bravo to Fuji for keeping the X-Pro 1 up to date so well. But I still felt the camera was some sort of beta model. I can't wait to jump on the X-Pro 1 successor provided Fuji adds some of the features I put in my wish list.
The XE-1 was extremely tempting and I sometimes wonder whether I should sell my D700 to get it. I saw the camera in Japan last week, could hold it for 2 minutes but couldn't test it properly. My initial feeling was that the X-Pro 1 was probably the right size for my hands. Do I miss the X series? Yes big time but I want more from those bodies (I do really miss the size and weight).
To the wish list:
- Faster Autofocus. I know I know keep your DSLR if you want to shoot sport. OK. However the Fuji could still be improved and I would love it to match the Olympus OM-D series. I hope Fuji's working on it and will find ways to speed up things (body processor and lenses).
- Please allow us to change the focus point with the back wheel. I mean, that wheel should be part of the custom settings. The way one has to select its focus point right now is a complete non-sense.
- Top notch EVF. I'm sure we'll see the XE-1 EVF on the X-Pro 2. The X100S just got it...
- Would love to be able to finetune / adjust the frame in the OVF. I never found it to be accurate nor nice to use with lenses like the 60mm.
- Usable continuous shooting mode. I mean, seriously? That mode is a joke.
- Remote flash trigger function.
- Weather sealing. This body deserves the right to be outdoor all the time !
- Revamped GUI. Those menus are not the most user friendly.
- Where are the 23mm and 50mm lenses ? I want them
I'll probably come back to update this list but I would be really interested to know what YOU would like to see in Fuji next high end body.
I didn't put or mentioned full frame sensor because I'm ok with cropped sensors. Especially the ones generating pictures like the X-Pro 1. Also I always found the bokeh from the X lenses to be amazing. Full frame would potentially increase the size of the camera and probably its weight as well. Not interested.