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Monday, January 7, 2013

Fujifilm X100s, Newcomer Mirrorless Camera

 
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Fuji announced the launch of a permanent lens mirrorless retro style camera, Fujifilm X100s, today, January 7, 2013. This camera is the successor of the X100 and do some repairs and improvements of the previous generation. The permanent lens here means, this camera do not equip with interchangeable lens.

Generation predecessor, X100, sold quite well in the world among pro and amateur photographers who are enthusiastic with the control layout, the quality of the resulting image, the quality of the lens carries (Fujinon 23mm f / 2), hybrid viewfinder (optical and electronic viewfinder) is offered and retro style itself. But this camera has one major drawback, autofocus is quite slow.
 

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Therefore, Fuji introduced changes to improve autofocus performance. The result is, Fuji claims that the X100s has the fastest autofocus in the world for APSC camera class with a permanent lens with focus lock time 0.08 seconds. One more additional feature is the focus peaking when we use manual focus. Focus peaking is a kind of confirmation of focus lock introduced by Sony in mirrorless camera (see examples here focus peaking). Fuji also update the sensor used. X100s using APSC sensor C-MOS X-Trans II 16.3MP resolution, which claimed fuji able to produce images with the image quality is not inferior to a full frame sensor.

Pricing and availability are still unknown, but Fuji will openly flaunt this camera at the CES show in Las Vegas in three days.

Specifications Fujifilm X100s

Here are some key specifications of this camera:

  • 16.3 megapixel APS-C X-Trans CMOS II sensor
  • EXR Processor II
  • High Definition Hybrid Viewfinder (OVF / EVF)
  • FUJINON 23mm f/2 lens
  • Intelligent Hybrid AF (with the world’s fastest AF speed of 0.08 secs)
  • Start-up time of 0.5 secs (*4)
  • Shutter time lag of 0.01 secs
  • Shooting interval of 0.5 secs
  • High-contrast and wide viewing-angle 2.8-inch Premium Clear LCD (460K dots)
  • Super Intelligent Flash
  • Burst shooting rate of up to 6 frames per second at full resolution (max. 29 frames)
  • Focus Peak Highlight function
  • Digital Split Image display
  • Artistic filters
  • Full HD 1080p movie recording (60fps / 30fps)

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