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More X-Pro1 reviews

I just go my X-Pro1 Friday afternoon. In the mean time, here are a few links to some reviews I find interesting.

Nick Devlin for Luminous Landscape: part 1 and part 2:

The X-Pro1 is an interesting creature. This is not a camera which provokes indifference. In my brief time with it, X-Pro1 has left me excited, thrilled, satisfied, irritated and perplexed.

The review tries to be as objective as possible. I like that.

Also, Petteri Sulonen: Camera pr0n: The Fuji X-Pro 1 – First Impressions.

X-Pro1 reviews

Fuji X-Pro1 reviews are starting to appear.

Japan Camera hunter ask whether the Fuji X-Pro1 is the first real consumer rangefinder (archived from the original) or not.

It could be said that this site has a bias towards film cameras, but that is not entirely true. I just don’t often find digital cameras that I like. Until now…

It should be noted also that:

Let’s just be clear though… This is not actually a rangefinder camera. It is a rangefinder ‘style’ camera. This is a mirrorless digital camera and is not actually using a rangefinder system.

Nonetheless the question raised is whether the X-Pro1 can replace a rangefinder cameras. The X-100 seems to be making people happy.

Then Zack Arias who loved his X-100 got offered to test the X-Pro1.

… as I unboxed it I think I said OMG 26 times in a row.

And he did. See his series on Dubai 01, 02, 03, 04.

Last but not least. Roel was lucky to get a sample on loan by Fujifilm and got a First Look at the X-Pro1:

Fujifilm claimed that they would get full frame sensor quality out of a compact camera when they announced the X-Pro1. I believe that they have largely achieved that goal.

Image quality on overall has to rock if you want to satisfy rangefinder users. The current samples look promising.

I can’t wait to get mine.

X-Pro1 reactivity

I know that one of the questions is how faster is the Fujifilm X-Pro1 as the X-100 seemed to be sluggish, frustrating a lot of early adopters of the X-series.

Here is a video that shows the X-Pro1:

From “nycphotog2006” the same person that posted these sample images.

Techradar meet with the X-Pro1 designer

Techradar met with the X-Pro1 designer at CES 2012 in January.

Jun Sato, Fuji’s Design Manager for the X-series, revealed that the X-Pro1 was about half-way finished when he received feedback on the X100 that would allow his team to finesse the new camera.

This means that Fujifilm seems to have a long term strategy. The X-100 was a starting point and the X-Pro1 should confirm what they are capable of.

And don’t miss out Techradar hands on review.