Fuji "attacking" again

[stenrasmussen]

Lots of exciting products:
http://www.fujirumors.com/fujifilm-announces-gfx-x100f-x-t20-xf502-first-looks-pre-orders-more-live-blogging/

[Erik Lund]

The GFX looks like a very comprehensive modular system! I'm sure it will be a success!

The slow flash sync shutter speed of 1/125 is very strange though, re our recent leaf shutter ramblings,,,

[Michael Erlewine]

It has a retina-grade LCD on the back, detachable EVF, and will eventually take LF lenses, plus a much larger battery than the Hasselblad X1D, etc. It does not have the leaf-shutter, but then I have yet to figure out how I would benefit from the leaf-shutter in the X1D anyway.

I will buy one of the two, the GFX or the X1D, and have orders in for both. The X1D still shows no sign of shipping in the U.S. yet, and what very, very few deliveries overseas that I have heard of, don't add up to much. It's a worry, and now I wonder whether all of the delay in the delivery of the X1D was as simple as Hassleblad jumping the gun and securing their place in line (and kind of deceiving us), while they tried to finish up the camera, etc.

The GFX has none of the svelte charm and coolness-of-design of the X1D, but it looks like a workhorse.

Here is a good write-up:

https://jonasraskphotography.com/2017/01/19/the-fujifilm-gfx-50s-review-portable-beast/

[Frank Fremerey]

Lots of exciting products:
http://www.fujirumors.com/fujifilm-announces-gfx-x100f-x-t20-xf502-first-looks-pre-orders-more-live-blogging/

Thank you. As owner and avid user of the X100T I see that button placement & layout have been dramatically improved with the X100f, so I will ask my local brick & mortar if he is ready for an upgrade deal.

[Frank Fremerey]

Jonas is too modest. His work is really impressive

[simato73]

Wow...

I have absolutely no reason for buying the GFX, except I *want* it.
Like my beloved X-T2, but on steroids...

[Frank Fremerey]

I have absolutely no reason for buying the GFX, except I *want* it.

If that is not an argument for a seasoned NG-Head I do not really know what argument should be called an "argument" at all.

But do not sell your wife and kids for it!

[Mike G]

Wow...

I have absolutely no reason for buying the GFX, except I *want* it.
Like my beloved X-T2, but on steroids...

Oh dear oh dear, Simone

[stenrasmussen]

And here is how I will be attacked:
X-T2
18-55
23/2
50/2 (alternatively 56/1.2 if the former doesn't please me)
The Fuji extension tubes plus some batteries

I already got:
X-T10
35/1.4
and have secured a 90/2

[Michael Erlewine]

And just for a touch of humor, I probably deserve to be among the great unwashed and own a Fuji, since I am not, by nature, in the Hasselblad class of folks. LOL

I have both the X1D and the GFX on order. I will return one, probably the X1D, if I were to ever receive it. The haptics and ergonomics are near perfect, but beyond that it looks like the Fuji is a workhorse and more my style.

[armando_m]

why will someone buy at xt2 over an xt20, is it the same sensor ? one says xtrans the other xtrans with color array

[Ilkka Nissilä]

Well the AF point selecting joystick is essential for me (present in X-T2 but not X-T20). I would not buy a new camera today without one.

[Lars Hansen]

why will someone buy at xt2 over an xt20, is it the same sensor ? one says xtrans the other xtrans with color array

I would expect it to be the same sensor and hence same IQ. My understanding is that it is the case with X-T1 and X-T10 as well.

I consider the X-T2/X-T1 to have a great EVF and, for me who use eyeglasses, the eye relief of the X-T1/2 works better for me compared to the X-T10/20. A weather sealed body would also be a factor for me. But it doesn't come cheap and I'm probably not going to get an X-T2 :-)   

[Anthony]

why will someone buy at xt2 over an xt20, is it the same sensor ? one says xtrans the other xtrans with color array

Armando, the X-Trans is a colour array, an alternative to the normal Bayer colour array.  The difference in wording is just that.

[Mike G]

Armando, if you handle both models you will see and feel another reason for 2 over 20!