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    gjolden@gmail.com reacted to darknj in Leica   
    Why would you have made a bad choice there ? You obviously know your way around a camera and if the M9 pleases you and you have the money to spare for it, why not pick it up and enjoy it ?
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    gjolden@gmail.com reacted to quincy in Leica   
    Well, the SL's Viewfinder is impressive!
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    gjolden@gmail.com reacted to EddieX in Leica   
    THIS is what you need!
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    gjolden@gmail.com reacted to MatusKicka in Fujifilm X200 Rumors   
    24mpx and f1.4 lens sharp as hell and weather sealed and im happy 
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    gjolden@gmail.com reacted to Patrick FR in Survey: Fuji X-T2 or Fuji X-Pro2?   
    I want an X-E3
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    gjolden@gmail.com reacted to mdm in Survey: Fuji X-T2 or Fuji X-Pro2?   
    I'd like to see XE-3
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    gjolden@gmail.com reacted to Jano in X-E3 Concept   
    You had the chance to write like a hundred constructive things and came here to take a leak on my doorstep and leave. Nice social skills, dude.
     
    It's not supposed to be a design concept. It's a concept for function and my mockup is just a first idea for how this could look. I forgot a Drive button and also a Menu button. Nothing final we're talking about. There are several things I don't like myself but because I'm just putting an idea up for discussion I don't want to waste hours and hours creating a perfect mockup. And since Fuji will likely completely ignore this my time would be even more wasted. What I do know is that most people here would love the large EVF and that can only be achieved through 3 possibilities:
    - make the camera larger
    - make the LCD (much) smaller
    - move the LCD to the right
    I proposed the third as the best compromise and I'm pretty sure actual designers could make it look really good. Not me but I never suggested I could.
     
     
    But since you seem to be an expert on design let me at least say three things:
     
    - This design is mostly taken from the X-Pro2 while adapting it for the size of the X-E line. Yes, the LCD is moved, the EVF looks different and a few buttons are moved but that's not a lot. All other views of the camera (front, top, bottom, sides) would look nearly identical to what we have now. Can't be that bad can it?
     
    - Imho form follows function. Do I find those antenna bands on the iPhone 6 ugly? Yeah. Would I rather take back a glass or plastic back to get rid of them? No way! They lead to an overall better and more robust phone so I see it as a good compromise. Same goes for a camera. I love the look of most Fuji X cameras. Would I rather have it look slightly worse (only the rear side) if I could then have the huge EVF and a tilting screen? You bet! When I'm shooting I only care about function and feel. Looks only matter when it's sitting on my desk.
     
    - Good design can take time to settle in. When I first saw the leaked iPhone 4 I didn't believe it was real. It was so ugly and looked so un-Apple-like! Now I consider the iPhone 4 to be the most beautifully designed iPhone we have had. Not practical with its easily breakable glass but beautiful.When the X-T10 was leaked here, many (including me) didn't like the design. It looked too square. It's still isn't my favourite Fuji design but I actually like it now.
    It's the same with good music, good images, good coffee and others: sometimes it takes a while to appreciate a certain look/taste. This is not saying my mockup is designed well. I'm just saying that judging design by the first impression is not a good idea as it will lead to things always staying more or less the same. Things that look different take time for us to appreciate. I've been working on that mockup every now and then for a while now and while at first it looked ugly to me I now don't think it looks too bad anymore.
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    gjolden@gmail.com reacted to Jano in X-E3 Concept   
    Dear Fuji,
     
    I love my X-E2! Especially since FW 4.0 it has become a spectacular camera (save the waxy skin) and I'm so thankful for that FW update. I couldn't be happier when compared with the DSLR I was shooting before. Now give us that 23 f2 and then a 56 f2 and I'll be jumping for joy.
     
    But as much as I love the X-E2 I really hope you'll one day give us an X-E3. And I'm pretty sure I (and many others) wouldn't be able to resist upgrading from our X-E2. Here's what I think it should look like:
     

     
    Now let's get the basic specs out of the way and then I'll write some details about each one:
     
    - WR
    - No integrated space-wasting midget-flash
    - 24 MP X-Trans III sensor
    - Tilting touch screen
    - Large EVF from the X-T1 but with higher resolution and that nice refresh rate from the X-Pro2
    - Front and rear dial as well as a combined SS / ISO dial
    - Focus-recompose and touch screen to select focus points (omitting the need for joystick or 4-way controller)
     
     
    WR
     
    I'd really like that but I can live without it. My lenses aren't WR anyway.
     
     
    No Integrated Flash
     
    Leave that thing out. It's so useless. Literally the only thing I do with it is popping it up and pressing it back in when I'm bored. I'm serious.
    Integrated flashes are weak, very limited, add potential weaknesses, cast ugly shadows and make WR more difficult. For triggering remote flashes (the only real use this thing has) rather find a way to brightly flash the focus assist lamp if that is possible.
    The money you save with this can go into adding a tilt and touch screen (see below).
     
     
    24 MP X-Trans III Sensor
     
    Pretty obvious, right? It would be even better if you added PDAF points on the whole sensor but I guess that won't happen.
     
     
    Screen
     
    Tilt screens are so useful. I want one. I know some self-proclaimed purists don't want one but that's nonsense. They can simply not use it. And no, it doesn't break easily. Especially not if you don't use it.
    To accommodate the larger EVF (see below) you will need to make it more compact. I think you could keep it at 3" but all those huge borders around the actual screen area (like on the X-T1 / X-T10) need to go. Not a problem, others manage that as well.
     
    Touch screens are so useful. I want one. I know some self-proclaimed purists don't want one but that's nonsense. They can simply turn it off. And no, it doesn't cost much and it also doesn't drain the battery when it's turned off.
    It's embarrassing that so many cameras still lack one when we're in the age of the smartphone. The potential is huge but (like with the tilt screen) many fail to see that until they use a well implemented one. The main functions will be focus point selection (when shooting on a tripod) and menu navigation.
     
     
    EVF
     
    Yes, I want that huge X-T1 EVF. It's lovely and I want you to somehow squeeze it into the X-E3. To do that we'll need to move the screen and give up that 4-way controller which isn't needed (if you implement my suggestions for focus point selection). Add a higher resolution panel and give us that 85 fps refresh rate and we'll be extremely pleased.
    Please give us a diopter correction that doesn't constantly move by accident. And mark the freaking neutral position! This is UI-101!
     
     
    Dials
     
    Give us a combined SS & ISO dial. Not quite like in the X-Pro2 but similar. Lift-and-turn is too difficult to perform since it needs a significant change in the right hand position. Instead make it so that the button on top toggles between ISO and SS. Almost always I'll keep either SS or ISO fixed and adjust exposure with the other. So toggling the two would be perfect. The outer design (SS outside, ISO in the little window) is great.
    It would be even better if a deep press of the top button locked both settings so they can't accidentally be changed.
     
    I'd love front and rear control dials. Make them like the rear dial on the X-E2. Not that mushy thing you put in the X-T10. And then give us the option to change ISO and SS with them by adding a "D" (for dial) setting on the SS/ISO dial. Simple concept:
    - You like those labeled dials and only need full stops for ISO and SS: use the top dial.
    - You prefer DSLR-style dials or need 1/2 or 1/3 stops: use the front and rear dial.
    That way you can make all of us happy: everyone gets to use the dial they want and that ridiculous two-dials-are-needed-for-one-setting-thing has an end.
     
    When I use the front and rear dials for ISO and SS I want a press of the dial to switch between manual and auto mode. When the auto mode is selected, turning the SS dial changes the minimum shutter speed and turning the ISO dial changes the maximum ISO. Simple as that.
     
    Not a dial, but an important button: I want an AF button that works like the AF-ON buttons we are used to from DSLRs: press once for AF-S, hold for AF-C, half-pressing the shutter doesn't activate AF.
     
     
    Focus-point Selection
     
    We have two ways to select the focus point. Both are faster than joysticks or 4-way controllers and therefore (and since we have no space for it) we don't need either of those.
     
    Handheld shooting: focus on your subject, half-press the shutter button (extra step when using AF-button to focus) and recompose. The camera automatically selects the new AF point closest to the subject that was initially focussed on.
     
    Tripod shooting: use the touch screen to simply tap the desired focus point.
     
    In handheld shooting using the LCD you can use either method.
     
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    So, Fuji, these are my suggestions. I'm sure there might be some problems with this concept I haven't thought about but the general idea seems like a lovely camera to me. Here are a few additional (random) points:
     
    - Yes, it would be a step up and probably cause this camera to be priced the same or closer to the X-T2. I wouldn't care.
     
    - If the camera needs to become a few mm taller or wider to fit the large EVF that would be okay.
     
    - The exact button placement would of course need to be tested on actual prototypes, this is just guesswork.
     
    - Centered tripod mount please!
     
    - Dual card slot would be awesome. And please let us insert the cards from the side.
     
    - Adding Bluetooth for a stable remote connection with low power consumption would be great.
     
    - I'd like to have the ability to use the EC dial as a WB compensation dial when shooting in manual mode with AWB.
     
    - I forgot a Drive button in my mockup.
     
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    What do you think of this camera? Would you buy it? Would you rather buy this or the X-T2 with the same specs? What would you do differently? Feel free to drop a comment. If someone with more PS knowledge than me (not difficult) wants to do a proper rendering feel free to do that. Just want to tell Fuji that they should release an X-E3? Here's your chance!
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    gjolden@gmail.com reacted to Tommyboy in Ken Rockwell is unimpressed   
    Meh.
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    gjolden@gmail.com reacted to Stealthy Ninja in Ken Rockwell is unimpressed   
    That's highly debatable   
     
    KR isn't to be taken seriously, that's for sure.  He's a bit of a troll.
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    gjolden@gmail.com reacted to CRAusmus in XF23mm F2 rumors   
    I will pre-order this the day it is announced.  I really hope Fuji makes it.
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    gjolden@gmail.com reacted to drsnake in XF23mm F2 rumors   
    I was waiting for this one !!!!
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    gjolden@gmail.com reacted to MSW in Am I the only one who likes the XC 16-50?   
    I have 12x18 prints on my wall, one taken by an E-X1 + XC 16-50mm and one by a Nikon D7100 + Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 DX.  Both on a tripod with good lighting.  The subject is different but still with your nose close to the glass studying at the details the Nikon shows no advantage.   The XC series is highly under rated in my opinion.  I have a fantasy that Fuji will make a XC 16-105 someday.
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