Double Negative Posted February 9, 2012 Share #1 Posted February 9, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) This camera just gets more interesting - and you knew this was coming... Fujifilm will introduce an X-Pro1 adapter for Leica M mount lenses later this year. A prototype is currently on display at the CP+ show in Japan. Not a whole lot of info, just some pictures: Fujifilm Previews X-Pro1 M Mount Adapter Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 Hi Double Negative, Take a look here Fujifilm Previews X-Pro1 M Mount Adapter. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
IWC Doppel Posted February 9, 2012 Share #2 Posted February 9, 2012 I wonder how it will compare to my M8....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mafoofan Posted February 9, 2012 Share #3 Posted February 9, 2012 Why does the camera itself half to be so ugly? The X100 in an eyesore, too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted February 9, 2012 Share #4 Posted February 9, 2012 Hmm... Fuji branded, seems... I wonder if they will do something "smart" to distinguish them from a "trivial" 3rd party ring.... they cannot implement the Leica patended 6 bit lens recognition... maybe something in the Firmware of the camera to have a "Leica lenses profile ?" (Or, maybe, the Fuji X Pro BM is itself patented... and no 3rd party adapters can be made...) Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Negative Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share #5 Posted February 9, 2012 What's interesting is how much they're pushing the film angle. Of the 30 posted sample images, they were all shot using a film mode; Astia, Provia and Velvia. In fact, in the article Fuji goes on to say, "...Hiroshi Kawahara, Fujifilm's operations manager for Product Planning, made the announcement at CES, telling journalists it will 'revive the old lenses from the film era'..." LOL. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_n Posted February 9, 2012 Share #6 Posted February 9, 2012 What's interesting is how much they're pushing the film angle. Of the 30 posted sample images, they were all shot using a film mode; Astia, Provia and Velvia.Fujifilm have often used film modes, they're in my 3+ year-old Fujifilm S5 Pro dSLR. They're still committed to selling film, and the word "film" does appear in the company's name and is on the cameras after all... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Roberts Posted February 9, 2012 Share #7 Posted February 9, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) What's interesting is how much they're pushing the film angle. Of the 30 posted sample images, they were all shot using a film mode; Astia, Provia and Velvia. {Snipped} I think this is brilliant actually. Kodak, Fuji, Agfa--these companies have colour intellectual property that most makers of dSLRs and other cameras can only dream about. If they can leverage it--and it looks like Fuji is trying to while Kodak wasn't very vocal about it, let's say, then good for them. If they succeed in getting better or more predictable or even more pleasing colour from a digital camera, and they want to brand that around their film brands, then good We'll see though--the X100 sure produced some very, very red biased images IMO. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Negative Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share #8 Posted February 9, 2012 Of course film modes aren't anything new... But like I said, it's interesting that they chose to use them for the sample photos... ALL 30 of them. Good insight on the IP of Fuji (and Kodak) though, as only they can call a mode something like "Velvia." 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted February 9, 2012 Share #9 Posted February 9, 2012 Aren't the film mode names just different ways of describing three different contrast / saturation choices? Clever marketing. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Negative Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share #10 Posted February 9, 2012 Aren't the film mode names just different ways of describing three different contrast / saturation choices? Clever marketing. Basically, yeah... 'Dunno - I shoot everything in RAW/DNG and adjust in Photoshop. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted February 10, 2012 Share #11 Posted February 10, 2012 OK so we will have a M adapter. And how are we going to focus? As far as I have heard, there will be no kind of focus assist. Yes I can remember when only rich people could afford a rangefinder camera. But that was long ago, and I don't want to go back there. The old man from the Age of Scale Focusing Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_n Posted February 10, 2012 Share #12 Posted February 10, 2012 OK so we will have a M adapter. And how are we going to focus? As far as I have heard, there will be no kind of focus assist.It's not clear yet whether you can focus a Leica lens with the Fuji adapter. There's a brief discussion about it here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marac Posted February 10, 2012 Share #13 Posted February 10, 2012 Having owned an X100 and an X10, although they are nice cameras in themselves, I certainly won't be rushing out to get any other cast-offs. Leica is Leica - Fuji is Fuji, simple as, no matter how many 'gimmicks' they throw at it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redridge Posted February 12, 2012 Share #14 Posted February 12, 2012 if its not a RF camera, the M lenses will never work with the viewfinder.... maybe in "Live View" mode? It may be clever, but why? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted February 12, 2012 Share #15 Posted February 12, 2012 It's not clear yet whether you can focus a Leica lens with the Fuji adapter. There's a brief discussion about it here. And that's all about framing, not about focusing. Focusing on the EVF finder image would be all right, if there is some kind of focus assist or confirmation. But I have not heard of any such thing. The Fuji seems to be a AF camera exclusively. The manual old man Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Negative Posted February 12, 2012 Author Share #16 Posted February 12, 2012 All it does is scratch an itch that some have. If you have an investment of nice M mount lenses (as I wager most of us do), it gives you a chance to use something cheaper than a digital M or with features they don't offer. Sure, there are some compromises but that's part of the very name "adapter." If you already shoot your lenses with an M9, sure, it's of little interest perhaps. But there are a lot of people that like to play. As for the camera itself, it does look interesting. But likely not something I'll own. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyoung Posted February 12, 2012 Share #17 Posted February 12, 2012 It has magnified evf I think, like the Pans G1 I have, not fast but useable There is a link somewhere in the other Fiji thread to the manual online Gerry Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted February 12, 2012 Share #18 Posted February 12, 2012 "The Fiji thread" is a good one, even if inadvertent. Congrats! The old man from the Age of the Red Pencil Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyoung Posted February 12, 2012 Share #19 Posted February 12, 2012 The trouble with predictive text on 'smart' phones if you dont watch closely! I am on holiday and had a good lunch :-) Gerry Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyoung Posted February 12, 2012 Share #20 Posted February 12, 2012 Oh, I see, Fiji, focus 'peaking'.... :-) :-) G. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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