fujifilm – Smoking-Jackets

It’s four years since Fujifilm kicked off its X-Series range of mirrorless cameras at CES 2012 with the X-Pro1, and it’s hard to believe that we haven’t seen a new version of that camera since. Although Fujifilm has provided multiple firmware updates, and the camera has attained as close to classic status as any digital body can do these days, it’s very long in the tooth at this point. But the wait is over: today Fujifilm is announcing the X-Pro2, which goes straight to the top of the X-Series line.

The DSLR-style X-T1 is what got a lot of people to notice Fujifilm’s cameras, but the X-Pro2 returns to the series’ rangefinder-influenced roots. It features an updated hybrid optical and electronic viewfinder, as seen on its predecessor and…

Fujifilm’s rangefinder-style X100 range is now three models deep, each of which have been among the best possible options for great image quality in a compact, fun-to-use package since the original came out in 2011 — they make particularly excellent travel cameras. Today, Fujifilm is releasing a new camera that emphasizes and reinforces those aspects of the X100’s appeal: this is the X70.

The X70 keeps the same 16-megapixel APS-C X-Trans II sensor as the current X100T, but the body size has been dramatically reduced. Although the trademark hybrid viewfinder is gone, replaced by an optional hotshoe optical unit that Fujifilm warns is likely to be pretty expensive, the control scheme of an aperture ring around the lens with dials for…

Fujifilm’s X-Pro2 is finally here

The Fujifilm X70 is a smaller, wider, and cheaper X100