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I agree. I do wish they had done it sooner! Oh well better late than never!
Why a new lens mount? Just to be proprietary I guess but at what expense? It better be a killer system!!
I'd like for some insider to some day write a history of the inner decision making. Who stalled Fuji and who helped get Fuji back on track. I'm assuming success although it's not a given. But this is a lot more exciting news than when the X100 was announced. Its sales success is what allowed all of this to happen.
I thought that it might be m4/3 but that would probably have been the end of Fuji, with Fuji's customers buying lenses from Olympus and Panasonic. With a new sensor intermediate in size between APS-C and Full Frame Fuji can cater to pros that would be able to take advantage of much higher resolution than m4/3 could deliver, and all else being equal, higher DR, even without Fuji's high DR technology. Fuji's previous problems were 1. lower resolution than everyone else. 2. slow cameras. 3. higher prices than everyone else (for similar capability). Number 1 should no longer be a problem. Number 2 is a question mark, but maybe the X100 showed them the path not to follow. Number 3 is also a question mark, but maybe there will be more than one line of mirrorless bodies, with at least one being affordable for us'n and another for the pros, ala Canon and Nikon. I should have added 4. Fuji needs to provide better software or provide assistance to Adobe and other RAW developers. Silkypix is the albatross that weighs down the lower tier camera manufacturers and that will hurt them in the end.
I don't think that Fuji needs to provide that spark. Olympus, Panasonic, Nikon and Sony are being plenty innovative already, and Canon must be getting ready to make a leap of its own. But I agree that this is great news. The only thing that's a little bit of a concern is whether the new super high resolution mirrorless sensor will really be all that high res. If it's 30mp on a larger than APS-C sensor that needs to be dialed back to 15mp to get its best image quality, as the EXR cameras needed to do, then whoops. The competition's sensors are already beyond that point. Then it will only be good instead of amazing. I wonder how all of this will be discussed in the forum, since Fuji is unlikely to disclose too much too quickly, and the speculation could tie up the forum for nearly the next year. Conspiracy theory alert! DPR knew about this in advance, and that's why they've rushed to create a cadre of volunteer moderators.
Don't keep us guessing. You might be completely satisfied with what you're currently using, but there could also be some drawbacks to mirrorless cameras that's keeping you out of their camp and it might be useful for others to know those drawbacks. I can think of a couple of them but they're getting smaller all the time and currently I think that the positives of the new cameras will substantially outweigh the negatives - excuse the pun, which really wasn't written with you in mind. Serendipity.
What DSLRs did to film SLRs, mirrorless SLRs will eventually do to DSLRs.--
Couple of points what mount with Fuji use? Another system to build up? I've 2 SLR mounts already that's enough for me.Don't keep us guessing. You might be completely satisfied with what you're currently using, but there could also be some drawbacks to mirrorless cameras that's keeping you out of their camp and it might be useful for others to know those drawbacks. I can think of a couple of them but they're getting smaller all the time and currently I think that the positives of the new cameras will substantially outweigh the negatives - excuse the pun, which really wasn't written with you in mind. Serendipity.
I have no idea what mount Fuji will use, but the mirrorless Fuji would be much better off with a new mount. Using an existing mount only means that existing full frame lenses from Canon or Nikon could be used, and Fuji probably wouldn't be able to get decent AF performance from them unless heaps of licensing dollars were paid, and that's one of the things that made the S#Pro cameras unprofitable. You also wouldn't be able to use m4/3 lenses without shooting in a "crop" mode, losing the advantage of the much larger sensor. No, a new mount is the only thing that makes any sense, and it would allow very small, high quality wide angle lenses to be used. I realize that you and many others won't want to waste money switching to a new system, or paying a lot more to add a third system, but Fuji has to do what's best for Fuji, not what's best for every photographer on the planet, which would be impossible anyway.Couple of points what mount with Fuji use? Another system to build up? I've 2 SLR mounts already that's enough for me.Don't keep us guessing. You might be completely satisfied with what you're currently using, but there could also be some drawbacks to mirrorless cameras that's keeping you out of their camp and it might be useful for others to know those drawbacks. I can think of a couple of them but they're getting smaller all the time and currently I think that the positives of the new cameras will substantially outweigh the negatives - excuse the pun, which really wasn't written with you in mind. Serendipity.
I'm not a video fan but I'd love to see mirrors go away. They make cameras unnecessarily large, make unobtrusive shooting almost impossible, reduce image quality somewhat even when shooting on a good tripod, reduce camera life and make cameras more expensive due to the critical alignment and assembly that isn't needed with CD/Live View cameras.
Power drain may be greater, but it's much less than you imagine. Are you aware that some of Canon's P&S cameras can operate in playback mode using the LCD for up to 20 hours using a single set of AA batteries? Battery life should be even better using AMOLEDs for the LCDs and EVFs. Inaccurate color in a viewfinder is about as meaningless as anyone could imagine, because no matter how little the optical viewfinder changes color, it has zero influence on the final image. With an EVF, if the camera's white balance is set incorrectly you'll probably notice it immediately. With an optical viewfinder you'll probably find out too late to correct the WB unless you chimp with the LCD, which would be as inaccurate as the EVF. Lag is improving, and in the not too distant future it won't be a concern at all, and unlike optical viewfinders, EVFs can gain the brightness, allowing you to see the subject in light too dim to see what's in front of you with an optical viewfinder. Today's best OVFs provide a generally better experience, but the best EVFs aren't far behind. I like the fact that EVFs can use high magnification to aid manual focusing. How do you do this with an OVF?
