Do you think Fuji will release other focal lengths?

[HoodedOne]

I don't think fuji is gonna bring out the x100 with different focal lenghts. Like Cam said 35 is perfect, and sneaker-zoom never fails ( unless you're at the edge of a cliff).
But I really hope that (if the x100 proves succesfull), fuji will bring out a camera with intechangeable lenses.

[bwcolor]

If this camera is a hit then they will certainly bring out a new model.

If they can keep the quality high and cost below $1000, I would like to see all fixed lens cameras optimized for their sensor. Remember, this also means an optimized viewfinder and no sensor cleaning. That said, I would, as I do now, mostly use the 35mm on full frame. For marketing reasons, they would also do well with a 50mm equivalent camera. Most polls on this board show that 50mm is very popular. Longer and shorter lens/camera combination would probably not be as economically viable on the market. There might be room for a very fast 50mm mated to a future high ISO sensor at a premium price. First, they need to get the X100 off the ground.

[Pablito]

wider maybe but certainly not longer.

[tlitody]

I asked for 50 and 85 as well because that gives full height portrait and head and shoulders portrait as well as wider shots with the 35 equivalent. To me that would make a fantastic system for weddings. You have three bodies with you so you always have two backups and all three for around the price of $3000. That would be incredible value for money compared to any other system. No extra costs on lenses. And the really big plus is that all lenses can be fast. Maybe an 85 would only get to 2.8 as an f2 would be a bit big on such a small camera. Pros would snap them all up at that price point.
I wouldn't expect street people to snap them all up, but fuji say they are targetted at pros.

[cam]

Originally Posted by tlitody

I wouldn't expect street people to snap them all up, but fuji say they are targetted at pros.

so street aren't pros?

[tlitody]

Originally Posted by cam

so street aren't pros?

I think you know what I mean. Street don't usually use mid to short tele lenses. A lot of Pros do portrait work using mid to short tele.

[bwcolor]

Since these are not full frame sensors and given the need to keep the size down, a telephoto in the 75mm range just might work.

[iwaki]

Originally Posted by Steve Bellayr

No. Maybe if technology expands then a zoom lens. I am waiting for Leica's reply to this camera.

i'm somehow very skeptical that Leica has what it takes to make such a camera........ Even the successor to the X1 is probably too short of a time for Leica to catch to other company's technology.

As an owner of M9 and a former owner of R-D1, for me, aside from the fullframe sensor, there is nothing in M9 that hasn't already been done by R-D1. Which is essentially only retrofitting digital into a film RF body.

I have no idea but, does leica even develop their own electronics and software? I thought jenoptics is doing it for them?

So as for the poll, i vote for wider focal length, if there are going to be any other focal length. That's how Fuji has been doing things it seems ;-)

[dazedgonebye]

They'll go with interchangeable.

[DNG]

Originally Posted by dazedgonebye

They'll go with interchangeable.

If they do,
A body for under $1K, and lenses for $500, maybe a 25/28/35/50/90 fov with f/2,8 for the 25mm. f/2 for 28/35/50, and f/2.5 for the 90 fov.

but, what kind of VF? Frame lines?
Hybrid OVF with a built in magnifier from .5x for 25/28/35. and .72x or 1x for 50/90 lenses? , Plus EVF option if you want it live?
Best of both worlds......

Think Fuji is reading this thread?
I 'd say so
They'd be out of touch not to, IMO

[M4streetshooter]

Cam,
Any word on our 2 previous post....
Just wondering...

[bensyverson]

I really hope they DON'T go interchangeable. I wouldn't buy it. First of all, there are complications related to the OVF, as DNG mentioned above.

The potentially great thing about the X100 is that the sensor and lens are perfectly mated and optimized for each other. And of course you don't need to worry about sensor dust. An interchangeable system means a more general, compromised sensor.

But if this camera is a big success, I can imagine them doing a 17mm f/2.8 (28mm equivalent) or perhaps 15mm (24mm equivalent). Think of Ricoh's GR series.

[flip]

Originally Posted by MRohlfing

Why not M mount?

Because SM mount sounds edgy, even for Sony.

[Nettar]

There are several threads addressing the X100 on Rangefinderforum. In one of them (http://www.rangefinderforum.com/foru...postcount=1176) tom.w.bn, who has apparently seen the mockups, wrote that "there was another aspect the nice Fuji representative told me. The lens bayonet is designed to add converters in front of the lens." Nettar

[semilog]

Originally Posted by M4streetshooter

We doin' need no stinkin' other focal lengths...
Man ain't no man can't see 35mm....
Sheeeesh!

That's about right. ...but there's need, and there's want. And the second one I'd want is either 21 or 24mm.

28 and 50 I can do without, thanks. And teles belong on SLRs, anyway.

[Tompas]

I believe they'll come up with either a 21 or a 25mm (equivalent) version. Probably 25mm, because that's a little 'safer'.

[jsrockit]

It'll be 28mm before any other focal length... if they ever make another one of these at all.

[Fuchs]

I think that a 21mm equivalent and an 85/90mm equivalent will be mandatory. If not, at least a couple of very high quality focal length converters to the tele and wide sides.

[tlitody]

I tkink converters may be possible but can they reduce focal length from standard lens?
Also what about frame lines? Can that be done with firmware on this camera? The reason we don't have longer tele lenses on rangefinders is because of the miniscule frame lines. i.e. you can't see to frame and focus accurately. I think separate models with viewfinder designed for lens focal length would be better.

[Ronald_H]

Originally Posted by Steve Bellayr

No. Maybe if technology expands then a zoom lens. I am waiting for Leica's reply to this camera.

I hope you are a patient guy.

The current 35mm is nice (a 40 would be even better) but to lure me away from (mostly) film, it should have interchangeable lenses. Or maybe, just maybe a 28-90 f-fast, if it is exceptionally good.

[Avotius]

I dont think they will, but then again I hope they do come out with a 50 f1.8 or something like that, my wife would jump on that, she is already really interested in this camera, more so then I have ever seen her for a camera, but she is a 50 fan not a 35.

[narsuitus]

I shot many events with two 35mm bodies and a 35mm f/2 or f/1.4 on one body and an 85mm f/1.8 on the other body.

If I had an X100 with an f/2 35mm equiv lens and an X100 with an f/2 85mm equiv lens, I would not need interchangeable lenses because these are the only two focal lengths I really need. Anything wider, longer, closer (macro), or fishier, I would shot with my SLR.

If, however, Fuji insists on producing a wider wide-angle version of the X100, I hope it will be in the 18 to 21mm equivalent focal length range.

[M4streetshooter]

Fuji is good but their not nuts.
I can see a zoomie version coming out.
That would draw the non serious RF shooters.
To make different bodies with different focal lengths is to good to be true.
A zoomie from 28 - 90 gets it done, easier and cheaper.
I don't want that one at all....

[kbg32]

With so many different opinions, do we ever get what we want?

[Frankie]

Originally Posted by Ronald_H

......The current 35mm is nice (a 40 would be even better)......

If one accepts digital zoom to no smaller than 6Mp [like the R-D1], the X100 is equipped with a 35~46mm zoom. If one adopts the couple of steps back/forth method on top of that, the lens is a 25~65 zoom...

That cannot be such a hardship...can it?