Friday 21 June 2013

Here we go: Fuji X-M1!

Some images of rumored Fuji X-M1 appeared on the web, as well as a new zoom lens, XC 16-50mm f3.5-5.6 OIS. It is still a rumor, and I cannot figure out if those are renderings or photographs. The camera has X-M1 engraved on the front panel and it has a nice tiltable screen.

The traditional Fuji exposure compensation dial is replaced with a non-marked dial. The camera also got a second non-convetional dial at the rear. The screen looks big, so the camera has very few buttons clustered on the right side. It got the red button! There is no "Launch!" word written nearby, so it is probably a dedicated movie button. Obviously, Q button is there. A pop-up flash is present, as well as "Wi-Fi" word on the top. This is year 2013, so wi-fi is must to have feature in any camera.

New zoom, XC16-50mm f3.5-5.6 OIS. If true, it is not XF, it is XC. C probably means Consumer or something similar. The lens has two rings, for zoom and probably manual focus. Aperture apparently will be controlled through the body / dials. Finally, the rear plastic dial on Fuji X-E1 might get some work to do. It is also possible that the ring is programmable for either aperture control or manual focus. This will be really handy for people who despise manual focus :) The lens has an optical image stabilisation / OIS and takes 58mm filters. Fujinon XF18-55mm takes the same size. The new zoom looks a bit shorter than the XF18-55mm, but not very small. It starts at 16mm, and 16mm should give the same angle as 24mm-25mm on full-frame cameras. This might be very handy. No LM labelling (linear motor). The linear motors contribute to a fast autofocus.

The new 27mm pancake is small, with just one ring. Hopefully, it is a programmable ring. 

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