Fujifilm has come up with a brand new rangefinder-style digital camera that they’ve just announced at Photokina 2010. The camera, though it appears like ‘yet another interchangeable lens camera’, is in fact a niche product with a fixed 23 mm lens and large image sensor behind it. There aren’t many details about the camera so far, but here’s what Fujifilm has revealed about the FinePix X100 so far:
Fujifilm FinePix X100
(Rangefinder camera)
- 12.3 effective megapixels (APS-C CMOS sensor, 1.5X crop)
Imaging sensor is optimized specially for the camera
EXR processor promises high definition, sensitivity and dynamic range - Fixed 23 mm f2.0 Fujinon lens (35 mm equivalent)
9 blade aperture diaphragm, 10 cm (4 inch) minimum focusing distance, built-in ND filter - 2.8 inch LCD; Hybrid Viewfinder (combines an optical viewfinder with a built-in LCD that displays an overlay of shooting information and can also double as a dedicated EVF)
- Magnesium alloy body
- Full manual controls with RAW mode and live view
- Manual aperture ring and exposure compensation/shutter speed dials
- HD movie mode
- SD/SDHC/SDXC memory card slot
- Uses a lithium-ion battery
- Will be available in 2011; price to be announced
