According to photo rumors the enthusiast mirrorless camera from Fuji, X-E1, will be announced on September 5, before Photokina (and hopefully available before Christmas). Also, according to this site, the major improvement of autofocus on the X-E1 will be on new lenses equipped with new "liner" motor such as XF 18-55mm F2.8-F4.0. Considering that Sony is just about to release a new mirrorless camera, NEX-6, with hybrid autofocus (phase and contrast detection) it is also possible that Fuji may use new Sony sensor but frankly the chances of that are rather slim. It seems that Fuji had addressed one of the main negative points of the X-Pro1. I added link to the essay of Thom Hogan on "bests" and "worsts"cameras, which I found interesting.
If rumoured specs of Fuji X-E1 are real, the camera will compete with Olympus E-M5 and rumoured Sony NEX-6 (16MP, build-in hi-res viewfinder, hybrid autofocus, tiltable screen, full HD 60p movie). The rumoured price of Fuji X-E1 (body only) is in the same range but new zoom lens can be expensive. The X-E1 kits probably will be priced significantly below 2000$ but above current E-M5 price.
Fuji designed X system for specific subset of photographers who would not mind to pay premium for good cameras. Just check their lens roadmap.
Will we see a linear motor in Fuji X200? It would be logical step, and probably create another hit camera.
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