Pictures emerge showing widely-leaked Fujfilm 'X-T1'

companies can only provide what they have. some companies don't have the technology to make a good mirror box so they go mirrorless, like Pana, Samsung, and Fujifilm.

Oly can do mirror box but they had a very badly designed DSLR -- the first "made for digital" which performed worse than those "made for film" and those "messed up for digital" or APS-C DSLRs. so they abandoned it and joined Pana.

Nikon and Pentax can do mirror box, too. but they chose smaller sensors for mirrorless. they really joined the "gang of f-number cheating" to gundown the established cheaters but somehow failed.

Canon is one who entered the market with a real solution (dual-pixel AF was developed before we saw EOS M). but no success yet.

from technical point of view, mirrorless is for better lenses, gives lens designers more freedom with shorter back focus. but many designers don't use it well and currently the advantage is not obvious seen.

Body 1: Pro weather-sealed EVF Body marginally smaller than DSLR equivalent
Bodies 2+: Fully compatible with all of your lens investments, but a fraction of the size:)

Put this camera next to a DSLR and you'll quickly understand: mirrorless cameras that look like DSLRs are still *much* more compact than DSLRs. Why? Because they don't need to be fat enough to accommodate a flapping mirror! Even the "large" mirrorless cameras are still smaller than the smallest DSLRs.

The day they start using plastic in any $1000+ cameras is the day to change companies.

He means Fuji is playing games, not DPR who have agreed not to disclose anything more than Fuji wants them to. But this is fine; it's a short "tease" not months of pure photography.

"pure photography". Chuckle!

AF tracking on mirrorless is something different, on Fuji it works very well for focus/recompose. Start the tracking anywhere on the models face and move the camera around and the focus point remains on the same feature. For sports shots, use AF-S mode and depress shutter fully and first shot is usually in focus.

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Then change your icon pic ;-P

Fuji does not offer a "half-frame sensor". That is m43, if you mean 1/2 of 135 format.

How is it to use and what kind of photos does it take are the questions.

Really? Is that the question? Wow!

i look with my left eye through the viewfinder, so would need it to be at the right side, therefore i don't really care if it is in the center or right or left.

Weather sealing maybe? To compete with the Oly...
As for the EVF... it's placed where it is placed in any SLR. Probably since I always used my left eye to look inside the camera I don't see any issue with that.

Does not look to be in the middle from here. Top photo shows the drive select and the flash sync. The second photo shows room for the focus lamp as well as a protruding grip. The EVF is offset to the left like every other camera.

The difference is the massively improved EVF !!! Larger, flip screen, better dial implementation. The EVF alone might be worth the upgrade...

I couldn't disagree with you more. To me, there is no better place for a viewfinder than in line with the lens.

Is it different? Yes. Is it "bad"? Surely not.

Base iso is just fine yab. Ask any Fuji USER. Back to the canonite forums for you.

I've seen a number of folks say it's pitched against the OMD. I think rather it's just a darn strong offering. It's competing against most everything for stills -- a7, OMD, 6D, D610, Df (also competes against the X2 and XPro1). Not sure I'll get it, as I'd lose a lot of money selling my 6D, but it's a very nice entry in general.

Good idea, instead, most of all if I look the size of a ff 35mm f1.4 (Nikon, Canon, Sigma) compared to the excellent fuji 35mm f1.4.
From IQ point of view my Xpro1 is not worse than most ff out there and, honestly, the DOF of a f1.4 lens on crop factor is much more than enough for most uses.

Full frame requires big bulky lenses. I want a compact, lightweight system, and I need APS-C for the long reach for wildlife without spending for monster exotics. Fuji doesn't have a long lens yet, but what's that out there on the roadmap? No hint on the focal range yet. I'll still have my D800 and a couple of lenses for those things I used to use medium format for, but this looks perfect for my everyday shooting. And it has an APS-C lens lineup that puts Nikon APS-C to shame.

well said AndreaV!

at that focal lenght and apperture you get more than enough Dof control. I wouldn't mind a 35mm f/1.4 over a Nikon CX (1" sensor). Slightly deeper dof is better and easier to handle and get whole subject in focus. Specially if the subject is size of a human, smaller subjects would be even more difficult like pets to insects etc.

FF is for consumers, medium format is where its at. :D

Dude there is much bigger gap between Apsc and cellphone that there is between FF and Apsc.

Of course fullframe gets in more light. But have fun carrying a fullframe on your back the whole day on vacation. i just have a small shoulderbag which houses all the lenses i need.

well said BarnET .. I normally use my jacket pocket to carry three lenses .. and one on the camera. an extreme wide angle, a fast tele and two primes in the middle!! and they are feather light and lightning fast (focus) for my use!! and am talking here about 4/3 standard APSC (even with a name crop in it) is quite bigger, but it looks, still not enough for Dof freaks!!

JWest .. it's the end result that matters to me, not how much extra light coming into my camera shell. Leave that academics to your PhD thesis and accept the reality mate!! I would only consider carrying additional weight of FF or medium format if i will feel a real need of it in my application, not just how many photons its grabbing!!

"Seriously though, what point are you making? The bigger the sensor, the more light it collects. End of story. Full frame is an arbitrary point on the size scale, sure. So is APS-C or m4/3. If you're making out that size doesn't matter at all, just pop over to Connect and join everyone shooting with their cellphone."

The point is if an aps-c sensor gives good enough image quality that is all that matters. The fact smart phones don't does't mean aps-c cameras don't either.

One day we may end up with small sensors delivering all the image quality we ever need and making a full frame sensor using the same technology to get even better quality will be a waste of time. Are we at this point now? No but for some people aps-c is easily good enough and FF overkill already.

its not an other Fuji X-camera. Please see the specs and compare it with X-E2.

For the AF/moving object http://www.oscarsson.dk/blog/?p=1205 And the innards (for photographic purposes) of the X series have received unanimous praise around the world. Except for forums of course! Funny places aren't they? Yes you can find people who'll disagree with anything here! Even putting things like shutter speed, aperture & iso right in front of your eyes baffles some. Not photographers though. After spending time with some pros (& a couple of awesome enthusiasts) It became obvious to me that the sorts of arguments/ideas found here are conspicuous by their absence with those guys/girls. Curious. Although the 5D mk3 guy ran into Batman and Bugs Bunny at the modern dslr costume store!

Two posts for the price of one now yab? Still saying this camera is not practical eh? Your ususl nonsense. Did you find out if it's MF yet?

Same with the people I know who use dslrs. I have one friend who often goes to Philip Island for the Moto GP bike races and will pre focus to get it right. Seems to be the way to go.

"FF" is so arbitrary as a format. The ideal for most is smaller. Fuji are doing very well right where they are.

Hi venancio, could you please explain why you want XFF?

Also please try to avoid abstract level response, that it will get more light, or bigger means better. Would like to know, how it helps you as a photographer or Fuji as a manufacturer!!

@venancio...ah yes the soul thing. I agree about that, and THAT'S why I love the Fujis , starting with the X100. I thought this was only available to wealthy Leica swine, but the X100 solved that. I seldom use my Nikons now (but will if i need them). I just find the dslrs curiously soul-less and dry. The X100 felt so much more involving and an extension of me. Not unlike some car enthusiasts who despise driving assists and prefer more connection with the car.