09-06-2012, 01:38 PM
Fuji announces the version of its EX-Pro, the X-E1. The only difference between the two versions are the size and the removal of the optical view finder. [url="http://www.dpreview.com/"]http://www.dpreview.com/[/url] plus a price of 1000e for the body and 1400€ for the kit with the new 18-55 f2.8-4 zoom lens. The rest is virtually all the same and all the improvements, well almost all, that users have asked for are included, as they also are in a firmware update to the EX-Pro. Finally, the 14mm f1.4 WA lens to top it off.
In simple terms, it means that either the EX-1 or the Pro are available with improved autofocus, manual focus and buffer read times halved at either 1000€, if you don't need the OVF or 1600€ if you must have both EVF and OVF.
To me it seems a pretty powerful package, particularly with the excellent optics and more to come in 2013. What do you all think? Does it make the X100 superfluous? I think it means that Fuji is listening to the market and reacting very, very quickly.
Nikon, where are the successors to the D300s and the D700? Time to get off the pot!
In simple terms, it means that either the EX-1 or the Pro are available with improved autofocus, manual focus and buffer read times halved at either 1000€, if you don't need the OVF or 1600€ if you must have both EVF and OVF.
To me it seems a pretty powerful package, particularly with the excellent optics and more to come in 2013. What do you all think? Does it make the X100 superfluous? I think it means that Fuji is listening to the market and reacting very, very quickly.
Nikon, where are the successors to the D300s and the D700? Time to get off the pot!