{"id":11824,"date":"2012-09-06T05:51:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T04:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/uncategorized\/fujifilm-x-e1-set-to-expand-csc-market-11824"},"modified":"2014-09-02T14:08:38","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T13:08:38","slug":"fujifilm-x-e1-set-to-expand-csc-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/fujifilm-x-e1-set-to-expand-csc-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Fujifilm X-E1 set to ‘expand’ CSC market"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an interview with Amateur Photographer <\/em>(AP), Katsuya Makioka, operations manager at Fujifilm Japan, said the company’s first CSC, the X-Pro1, was aimed at \u2018very high-end photo enthusiasts and professional users’.<\/p>\n

He said Fuji wants the new X-E1 to \u2018expand the market’.<\/p>\n

\u2018We think this camera is for some medium-level photo enthusiasts and some professional users,’ he told AP.<\/p>\n

Housing the same 16.3-million-pixel, APS-C-sized imaging sensor as the existing X-Pro1, key differences include the addition of an OLED colour electronic viewfinder (EVF).<\/p>\n

The 2.36-million-dot EVF is higher in resolution than the 1.44-million-dot-resolution viewfinder on board the X-Pro1, which also features an optical viewfinder that is lacking in the X-E1.<\/p>\n

The EVF is made using two glass elements, plus a double aspherical element that aims to boost image quality by removing distortion and aberration.<\/p>\n

The X-E1’s eyepiece includes a soft resin material designed to make the camera more comfortable to use for people who wear glasses.<\/p>\n

Fuji claims that the X-E1’s battery can deliver 350 frames when using the EVF, an improvement over the 300 frames possible when using the EVF on the X-Pro1.<\/p>\n

The X-E1 also boasts an AF speed of 0.1secs.<\/p>\n

The new camera is 100g lighter than the X-Pro1 and slightly smaller at 129×74.9×38.3mm.<\/p>\n

Borrowed from Fuji’s X100 high-end compact, the LCD screen is smaller than that on the X-Pro1: 2.8in (460,000 dots) compared to the XPro-1’s 3in, 1.23-million-dot display.<\/p>\n

A pop-up flash has a guide number of 7m @ ISO 200, according to the firm. A hotshoe will allow external flash attachment.<\/p>\n

While the front, top cover and back of the X-Pro1 are made of magnesium, this material has only been used for the top and front of the X-E1.<\/p>\n

Due out in November priced at an expected E800 (around \u00a3635), the X-E1 also includes a built-in microphone.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, due for release this autumn are two new Fujinon lenses: the XF 18-55mm f\/2.8-4 R LM OIS, and the XF 14mm f\/2.8 R.<\/p>\n

The 18-55mm optic is constructed from 14 elements in 10 groups, including three aspherical lenses, plus an extra-low dispersion element. It features a seven-blade rounded diaphragm.<\/p>\n

As with other XF lenses, the 18-55mm features an aperture ring. Fuji claims that the lens’s Optical Image Stabilizer (OIS) delivers the equivalent of up to 4 stops.<\/p>\n

Fuji plans to release five further lenses in \u2018early 2013′. These are a 56mm f\/1.4, 27mm f\/2.8 \u2018pancake’, 23mm f\/1.4, 55-200mm f\/3.5-4.8 OIS telephoto, and 10-24mm f\/4 OIS super-wide zoom.<\/p>\n

The X-E1 will be available in silver or black coloured versions. <\/p>\n

A UK price has yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n


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