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I want to buy one, break off the lens and jam a micro four/thirds mount on it.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10091 ... lmx100.asp

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I love that it has an optical vf. And if it's going to have a fixed lens then a 35mm equiv is just about perfect. Just curious on the price...
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Really interesting. Very retro styling. I like .. wonder how much.
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more:

http://finepix.com/x100/en/
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Gotta admit the styling has me intrigued.
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Pretty innovative. Still, would hate to stop shooting film...
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Wooo, I like! Curious as to the street value.
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Oh goodies! Poor man's Leica!

Only if Nikon makes one of these.
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alex.wQng wrote:
Oh goodies! Poor man's Leica!

Only if Nikon makes one of these.


"Poor" is a relative term.
Apparently, if you believe hearsay and other online murmurs, this thing is going to cost about $1500-$1700 by the time it hits the street. That's a lot of money to dole out for a fixed lens cam...

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It really depends on the image quality at normal or high ISO, if they are great then it could definitely be a fantastic street shooter. At the moment the slight lag and poor image in the electronic view finders gives me motion sickness and a headache.
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if Olympus drops the ball on their next Pen body and this thing turns out to be as good as people hope it is, I may cut my losses with m43 and go with this for my travel/carry-around camera.
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I want one, but the price is probably more than I can afford. If this one goes under $1000, it would selllike hot cakes.
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no smile detection = deal breaker

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no video = deal maker
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no video = deal maker

Has 720P video.
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dcsang wrote:
Apparently, if you believe hearsay and other online murmurs, this thing is going to cost about $1500-$1700 by the time it hits the street. That's a lot of money to dole out for a fixed lens cam...

Unless it has an amazing sensor and a stellar lens, it won't be able to compete on specs alone at that price. And for me personally, the retro styling and controls aren't enough to justify a $1500 price tag. We'll see, though...
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no video = deal maker

Has 720P video.


ah. did a very quick search of the DPReview page for "video", found nothing. Oh well.
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Apparently, if you believe hearsay and other online murmurs, this thing is going to cost about $1500-$1700 by the time it hits the street. That's a lot of money to dole out for a fixed lens cam...

Unless it has an amazing sensor and a stellar lens, it won't be able to compete on specs alone at that price. And for me personally, the retro styling and controls aren't enough to justify a $1500 price tag. We'll see, though...


Indeed. To me, anything over a grand eliminates it as a general use camera because there are far better options. Someone who needs the image quality that thing better provide in such a specific way (compact yes, but fixed lens) is in too narrow a niche for Fuji to make much money on it. Certainly too narrow to grab my interest. I know I have a poor grasp of what things cost these days but I figured at $500-$700 I would consider picking one up. At 2-3x times that? Useless to me.
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dcsang wrote:
alex.wQng wrote:
Oh goodies! Poor man's Leica!

Only if Nikon makes one of these.


"Poor" is a relative term.
Apparently, if you believe hearsay and other online murmurs, this thing is going to cost about $1500-$1700 by the time it hits the street. That's a lot of money to dole out for a fixed lens cam...

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Yeah, still cheaper than anything Leica branded.
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Yeah, for me it would have to be in the $500 to $800 range to even consider it.
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Yeah, for me it would have to be in the $500 to $800 range to even consider it.

Sigma DP1 / DP2 is in this price range.
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Based on the Yen conversion it's going to be $1700 US. I hope it comes out a more realistic price. Puts it very close to the Leica X1 (but I'd rather have this with its faster lens and ovf).
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Under $1k it's a definite buy for meee! :D
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alex.wQng wrote:
Yeah, still cheaper than anything Leica branded.


Not really.
Look at the deals that can be had on film Leica bodies - M2's are going for less than $700 USD.. there's an M3 (beater) on Craigslist right now that's $400 CAD.

Those cameras are tanks.
Add a "cheap" Leica 50mm and you're well under $1200 CAD :)

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Canon Rumours guy is at Photokina and stopped by the Fuji booth

[quote]How Much?!
Initial reports of the pricing were high. We can expect the camera to cost
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That's reasonable.
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Personally I think this type of camera is meant to be marketed to the hipster-artsy-i-went-to-art-school types who want to look a certain way when taking average shots. mind you if this camera is any good it will allow them to take above average shots :P
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Like the way SLRs are marketed?
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