First full-res Fujifilm X-Pro1 images appear on the web

Nothing my DSLR + post processing can't already do, BUT it would be nice to go to tour a foreign country and carry an unassuming semi-portable camera that I don't mind carrying around and not worry about getting mugged.

Sadly i can't open the raw images, the link is removed.
To the pic quality. When I test a new lens and want to know how it performes I try to get a close shot, infinitive, small aparture big one, high contrast, low light etc. the subject does not matter! AC, vig. contrast. colour, white balance, detail, noice etc is what i'm looking for and that shows in any type of pic! So get over the motive and look at the detail of the pics.
What great pic (Martini bottle) is the sample pic dp uses??

Fascinating that so many commenters have either not read the "not post produced" bit (meaning these are straight transpositions from Raw), or have no clue what a Raw file looks like - and why flat, dull and exposed for the highlights is to be expected, and they are loudly and confidently wrong.

Two professionals managed to to take a total of four snapshots? That's just pathetic.

WARNING: link contains malware.

At first I was a little "sheepish", but now I'm convinced it's a "baaaaaaaaadass" camera!

You can see one of Christian's award winning photos here...
http://www.appa.aippblog.com/?page_id=1795

Thought this would be useful for those who have the wrong impression of Christian and his work.

Wow, Relax kids. Respect the body of work these gents have produced. Good to Fujifilm for allowing a more lucid look at performance. OK the shots weren't great. Get over it. Don't buy the camera if you believe four initial shots represent the pinnacle of its capabilities.

You disrespectful punks. Before you mouth off about who the photographers are I would suggest having a look at their portfolio. These are among the first images posted anywhere, hence the number of hits and Christian's server crashing yesterday. I doubt Christian or Michael intended for them to go viral as they did. If you have a look around the rest of their websites you will undoubtedly see why Christian is one of the most respected landscape photographers in Australia and why Michael is a world renowned travel photographer who shoots for Lonely Planet among other publications.

I agree the images are not of the same calibre of their normal work, they are from the looks of them, images that they snapped while getting used to settings and handling, and in all likelihood never intended to even get posted back to Fujifilm. I take the same sort of snaps when I am playing with a new body or lens and I never intend for those shots to win awards either.

More and more DPR looks like an bashing site. These shots look to me like the first "snapshots". I have no doubt that in a few days time more serious shots will be posted on there site. Cheap bashing and putting people down is sooooo childish

Have fun all :-)

What's wrong with you lot?...Sounds like most are a bit upset that they were'nt invited to do the test?...Of course I musn't forget that "EVERYONE IS AN EXPERT"
Some people just cannot stop looking in the mirror and seeing perfection everytime!

Maybe Christian & Michael have shown the true abilities of this unit and have found that it just doesn't measure up to everyone's satisfaction?
(because it doesn't have what it takes?)

Or are all these critics so used to only seeing their "after processing" images that they can't relate to unprocessed pics?

'Pros' took those? My dog takes better photos than that, particularly the 2 from Christian Fletcher. He must be someone's nephew.
I agree with johnmatrix, fuji needs to get their money back from those 'pros' and hire new marketing people & photographers. Those pics do nothing to help the camera.
Can't comment on the virus link, imo the photos aren't worth clicking on.

Just clicked on the "Click to read Christian...." link without a problem. It goes to his website where it informs that the page is no longer available. Disclosure: Opened with a Mac.

Yesterday, I downloaded the two landscapes and the sheep image without issues. The beer drinker image would not download.

As for the images, the 6400 ISO image is impressive, actually. The shadows in the landscapes can be lightened without issues. Yeah, these are not raw, still, I'll be reading sane folks' reviews when this interesting camera becomes available.

Am a Canon & Nikon user.

OMG, this is awful. Whoever dreamt up this idea needs sacking. Seriously, four days in that venue? Four days!! And the best those two 'Pros' came up with was a few 'snapshots' to show off Fuji's new flagship mirrorless cam? And what made it worse was that Fuji thought it OK to make a big deal of the fact that those images had to be PP'd to make them look half decent. Not a great advert for Fuji's new flagship cam. Fuji should ask for their money back, and then get some new marketing people.

And dpr need to rename this news item:

"First full-res Fujifilm X-Pro1 images appear, and then disappear, on the web"

Which one is the virus link? Is it the link which says "Click here to read Christian's blog..." Quite disturbing that DPreview isn't commenting on this issue.

I usually don't like to say anything negative, however Fuji didn't need to hire two professionals to take the photos shown here. If they're trying to get me to buy the Fuji Pro then they're off to a poor start.
Fuji, why are you rushing to the market, instill confidence in your product don't continue to cast doubt on it.
I really can't believe everyone involved in this production posted these pics and that video.....
Regards,

Blimey those are dreary images for a wonderful landscape that Australia has to offer. I'd be pressing the DEL button after taking phots like that.

Folks are giving their honest opinion of the images. At least we should respect this.

Fuji is introducing their new flagship camera, DPReview put this on their front page....

The best image was a man chugging down a cold one....

C'mon now.....after a few cold ones, my Sony P&S with image stabilization is a better suited tool for that occassion....

Talk about a tease.

"Click here................." is a link to virus. Too bad.. beware of that.

I hate to see "photographer bashing" but I must admit these examples are pretty bad and you can not use the locale as an excuse, I've been to Australia three times and there is some awsome scenery there.

I'm sure Mr. Fletcher could post some shots that would reflect his real talent and erase the bad judgement of the ones shown here.

For preliminary shots from a camera that hasn't been used in the wild before, I think the shots look pretty good. Especially the one in the pub and the shearing shed.

I'm not sure about Mr. Fletcher because his site is down as there is so much traffic hitting it at the moment. However, Mr. Coyne has been in Life, National Geographic and Time amongst others.

Really, a sad display of bad manners and lack of knowledge from so many posters today. You should be embarrassed.

What a pathetic and embarrassing response from the majority of posters. I truly wonder if most of the trolls even bothered to do anything besides open the pics linked above. Did you even watch the video? Did you see the post-production work done on the landscape shots? Did you read anything on the blogs of the photographers? Did you look at any of their work before dragging their names through the mud?

While the band of fools creates a racket here, real photographers are patiently taking in details about this camera bit by bit, determining whether or not this tool will be a worthwhile addition to their workflow.

A photographers job is to create interesting, engaging work that communicates something to the viewer, and use the most appropriate tools available to do so. All the medium format digital backs in the world won't save you if your entire portfolio is comprised of shots of brick walls that rely on the tool to make the image a work of art.

Let me start by saying this is a truly amazing camera.
I used to work for Fujifilm Australia until late last year. I can take into consideration that some of the links may have been corrupt....this is the internet isn't it?
The first shoot from the Fujifilm X-Pro1 was always going to be a challange...photographing with a new camera takes time to master. Each new kit is different.
I applaude the contributors for sharing their images with us. Yes I agree that these images aren't the Mona Lisa when it comes to imagery but they simply portray what the camera can do in poor lighting situations.
Please keep comments about the image quality not the talent. Everyone who is involved in this is giving up their free time for you. Just think if you were to post a photo would you welcome comments that degrade you as a professional photographer?
Lastly, Fujifilm is a great company with exciting developments. I was made redundant but have no problems sharing my past connection with a great company.

FYI
Deep scan of system with Malwarebytes anti-malware and Avast returned no threats. I visited the blog link above. Doesn't necessarily mean there aren't any threats so it would still be appropriate to provide som information about the virus.

Geez, and I thought that dpreview was "the thinking person's" photography forum. I certainly haven't seen this volume of ill-informed and otherwise pointless remarks made in any other posts on this site before.

These guys have a great body of work behind them which I'm sure would stand up against any of their detractors here. They have been given a camera each to use for 4 days and have been taken out by Fuji to have fun and experiment with them under a variety of circumstances to see how they shape up in their opinion. As a matter of course, Christian has shared some of his thoughts on his blog as usual and has put up a few pics. He's never put himself forward as a reviewer so I don't know why people expect anything more than what he's done.

I'm sure he's really happy that this site has linked to it so a whole bunch of whiners can all go over and crash his server while you dump on him. As for viruses, I haven't found any and I've checked all day.

THERE IS A VIRUS ON THIS LINK!

Can DPreview please inform if the link above is infected, and if not, until what time was it infected? It is very important! People may suffer big problems.