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Can't find a Fujifilm X100VI? What are the alternatives?

Sidste nyt fra dpreview - 4 mar 2024 - 15:00
The Fujifilm X100V has become something of a star on TikTok, which has contributed to it becoming hard to find.

Editor's note: The Fujifilm X100VI has been announced. Read our initial review here.

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The Fujifilm X100V is a lovely camera: the fifth in a series we've always liked and recipient of our Gold award, for the net effect of the improvements that have been made to the latest version.

The original X100 launched Fujifilm's premium 'X' series of cameras and prefigured the company's move to mirrorless with the X-mount. It was one of the first large sensor fixed lens cameras, and boosted its desirability with a combination of classic rangefinder styling, a Electro/Optical hybrid viewfinder and traditional controls.

In fact the series has become so desirable that it's almost impossible to actually buy an X100V (without paying a substantial premium over the list price). This may be a knock-on effect of the chip shortages and supply chain problems, post lockdown, an intentional restriction in supply to keep prices strong or the winding-down of production in anticipation of a new model, we can't be sure. But what we do know is that, if you want a small, hands-on street/travel camera with a 35mm equiv lens, you might have to look for a plan B.

The list price of the X100V is $1399, so that's the approximate budget I've imagined.

Mirrorless options

I've looked at X100 substitutes before, trying to see whether there were any substitutes you could cobble together using a small prime lens on a mirrorless camera. At the time Canon's 22mm F2 lens and the Olympus 17mm F1.8 offered the best ways to gain the 35mm equivalent range. The Olympus is the nicer of the two lenses: faster to focus and with a snap-back focus clutch and styling that's more in keeping with the Fujifilm.

These remain the best choices if compactness and matching the X100 field-of-view are your priorities. However, both present a challenge in terms of what you can match them with. OM Digital Solutions appears to have trimmed back the PEN range, with only the 'Lite' E-PL10 model available in North America. European customers have the option of the E-P7, which offers a more hands-on interface and classic styling, so is perhaps worth a look.

The Canon EF-M 22mm F2 is an even more tricky prospect. It's hard to believe Canon will provide much more for the system (Sigma appears to have already moved on), so while the pairing of a Canon EOS M6 II and 22mm makes an excellent combination, it might be best to assume that the EF-M lenses that now exist are all there ever will be. If your choice of other lenses is limited, then the benefit of choosing a mirrorless camera over a fixed-lens one is significantly diminished.

Ricoh's GR IIIx is one possible alternative. It has an APS-C sensor, but a slightly tighter 40mm-equiv. F2.8 lens. It's much smaller than the Fujifilm and lacks anything approaching its hybrid viewfinder.

If you're less size conscious, there are 23mm F1.4s from Viltrox, Tokina and now Sigma, available variously for E, EF-M, L and X-mounts, or the Fujifilm 23mm F2, which still sticks out a bit if you can still find an X-E4. Personally I think by the time you get to a Sony a6x00 body and a Viltrox 23mm F1.4, you've got so far from the small, enjoyable and desirable ethos of the X100 that you should start looking for landmarks and remind yourself of where you were trying to get to.

Fujifilm's 27mm F2.8 offers a 40mm equiv. option but it's slow (in most senses) and not especially cheap, so I'm not sure I see the appeal, personally. It's a similar story for Nikon's Z-mount 26mm F2.8 for me: it'll look nice on a Z fc, but the tighter view and slower aperture put me off. Panasonic's 20mm F1.7 II has its charms but it's pretty slow to focus and like the Olympus 17mm lens, it's not obvious which body it should be mounted on.

Fixed-lens alternatives

There aren't other current fixed-lens models offering a 35mm equiv. lens in front of a large sensor, but Ricoh's GR IIIx comes close, with its APS-C sensor and 40mm-equiv F2.8 lens. It's much smaller than the Fujifilm and lacks anything approaching its hybrid viewfinder, but it's a lovely camera to shoot with and has its own devout following.

If a wider-angle view of the world is more your thing, the non-X Ricoh GR III comes into play, as does the fabulous (and fabulously expensive) Leica Q2. Both are lovely cameras, though the Leica is pretty substantial and both Ricohs benefit from a pocket of spare batteries.

Second-hand options The X100F offers a lot of what the X100V does, but the second-hand prices of the 'F' have crept up, with the newer model being in short supply.

Widen your net to second-hand options and the choices become significantly broader, albeit with added risk of the product not being as pristine as promised, not necessarily having any sort of warranty and possibly not existing, once your payment has cleared. Caveat emptor, and all that. Large second-hand dealers such as MPB and KEH give some peace of mind, but you're unlikely to find any fortuitous bargains from companies that know what the market rate is.

Obviously the best substitute for a lovely new X100V is a 'previously loved' X100V, but the scarcity of new copies is likely to have inflated second-hand prices. The X100F is the next best thing, frankly. You lose out on the slightly nicer new lens, the adjustable screen and the 26MP sensor, but the 'F's 24MP sensor is a pretty good substitute and if anything the viewfinder is a little better. That said, the shortage of X100Vs has had a knock-on effect on the second-hand prices of older models.

It becomes harder to recommend models much earlier than this. I don't say this to outrage the still happy X100S or X100T owners, but the 16MP sensor shows up the challenges of processing X-Trans in all but the most compliant software, you lose the joystick, revert to a smaller battery and are buying a camera that's got at least five years of unknowable use behind it. As for the original 12MP X100, it was a groundbreaking camera in its day but that day was over a decade ago. As an owner, I love what it allowed me to do, and it holds many happy memories for me, but too much has improved since then to seriously recommend one today: retro styling is much more appealing than dated performance.

The Sony RX1R II uses a full-frame sensor, but otherwise offers a similar configuration to the X100V: a small body with a 35mm F2 lens. However, don't forget to pack along extra batteries.

So what else is out there? You might find a Sony RX1, RX1R or RX1R II. These were full-frame compacts with 35mm F2 lenses and were capable of delivering beautiful images. But the first two models were slow-to-focus, even for 2013, so I'd recommend you steer clear at this point. The RX1R II improved things a little with phase-detection AF and even found room for a pop-up viewfinder. Sadly the battery life was atrocious (I've made the 'delivering a real film-like experience by making you stop every 36 exposures' joke more than once), so it's worth being aware of what you're letting yourself in for.

What would you recommend?

We have distinct reservations about all the available options. An EOS M6 II and 22mm F2 is a great combination to shoot with (I found the original M6 and 22 made for a very agreeable traveling companion on a European trip), but we'd be wary of investing much more than that in EF-M lenses. The Ricoh GR IIIx is probably makes the best understudy for the X100V: its lens is slower but it's also smaller and less expensive, and great fun to shoot with. Beyond that, it depends what you can find, second-hand.

Ultimately, though, while some of the options I've set out can offer the 35mm equiv. coverage of the X100V, and some can match the hands-on, photographer-friendly experience, none have anything to match Fujifilm's unique hybrid viewfinder and none combine all of these factors in such an attractive package. So, sadly, I'd conclude the best alternative to buying an X100V today is to add your name to a list for when one becomes available. Or cross your fingers that the X100 is the next model Fujifilm plans to update...

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10 cameras that weren't announced at CP+ 2024

Sidste nyt fra dpreview - 2 mar 2024 - 15:00
10 cameras that weren't announced at CP+ 2024

Photo: Richard Butler

CP+ 2024 has come and gone, and in terms of camera announcements, it didn't bring much. Yes, there was the Fujifilm X100VI (technically announced before CP+ actually began) and... not much else but a bunch of lenses. It's easy to get your hopes up for that camera you've been waiting for, but historically, CP+ doesn't have that strong a history of camera launches.

However, that got us thinking about what cameras could have been announced but weren't. Here are some (relatively) educated guesses about some replacements and updates we feel are due soon. (To be clear, we don't have any inside knowledge of, nor have we been briefed about, any of these hypothetical products.)

Canon Photo: Dan Bracaglia

Canon had a grand total of zero camera body and lens announcements at this year's CP+, so there's a lot of nothing to choose from. Perhaps the most conspicuous absence, though, was the EOS R5 II.

The original EOS R5 is an excellent all-arounder with its 45-megapixel sensor, impressive in-body stabilization, great autofocus and ergonomics, though it can suffer from overheating concerns when shooting video at its highest resolution settings. Launched in 2020, it increasingly finds itself in competition with newer rivals like the Sony a7RV and, in particular, the Nikon Z8 (both new in 2023). Logic still suggests the EOS R5 II will break cover this year, but evidently not at CP+.

Canon also did not show up with the long-fabled EOS R1, though that was never going to be particularly likely. However, if Canon does have such a hypothetical product in the works with plans to roll it out in time for the 2024 Summer Olympics, time is running short.

Nikon Photo: Dan Bracaglia

Another manufacturer with some still presumably impending announcements is Nikon, and no news at CP+ meant no Z6 III.

The Z6II (2020) is one of the older cameras in Nikon's lineup and was itself a relatively minor refresh of the original Z6, and rumors of a successor have been circulating for months in the runup to CP+ 2024. Obvious upgrades could include an update to the Expeed 7 processor found in the Z8 and Z9 and features cribbed from the Nikon Zf, which may essentially be the Z6 III, just launched in a different body. But it wasn't in the cards for this February.

Sony Photo: Dan Bracaglia

Sony's primary CP+ 2024 announcement was its new compact FE 24-50mm F2.8 lens, but neither a new flagship a1 II nor a ZV-E10 II, updated to sport the 26MP sensor found in the a6700, made an appearance.

Sony's flagship a1, released in early 2021, is coming up on its third birthday next month and is due for an update to keep it in fighting trim against competitors like Nikon's Z9, and rumors have suggested it's due out sometime in 2024. Evidently sometime later than February.

The ZV-E10 is fresher than the a1 by a few months, but a vlogger-targeted ZV-E10 II could get a straightforward sensor update, pulling from 2023's a6700 and, for that matter, from the Cinema line's FX30. The current ZV-E10 shares its sensor with 2016's a6300, which is prone to significant rolling shutter and needs to crop to deliver 4K/30p, neither of which is a concern on the 26MP chip. This, along with Sony's latest AF capabilities, would make a much more capable vlogging tool.

Panasonic Photo: Dan Bracaglia

Panasonic used CP+ 2024 as a launchpad for its new Lumix S 28-200mm F4-7.1 macro travel zoom following its CES 2024 announcement of a compact 100mm F2.8 macro lens. But no new camera bodies are to be found as yet.

Panasonic's five-year-old flagship S1 has been marked as discontinued at some stores in Japan, which would make its successor S1 II a shoo-in for 2024. So far, however, there has not been a whiff of a new model, nor any indication of an S1H II to replace 2020's video-focused Lumix DC-S1H. The smaller, more affordable S5 series has received an update with phase detection AF, but this leaves room for a higher resolution chip for an S1 replacement (and, perhaps, a merging of the S1 and S1R lines), and a better video-optimized sensor, with less rolling shutter, for the S1H.

Fujifilm Photo: Dan Bracaglia

Fujifilm's X100VI, which landed just before CP+ 2024 kicked off, was arguably the belle of the ball, but there are a few other cameras that could have showed up, but didn't.

The X100VI puts the sensor from the 2022 X-T5 into its TikTok-trendy fixed-lens body; there was no indication of an X-E5 that would presumably bring Fujifilm's X-T5 sensor into a more diminutive body that still supports interchangeable lenses of Fujifilm's X-mount variety.

Likewise, an X-T40 has yet to rear its head. Perhaps in the wings, or perhaps preempted by the X-S20, it did not show up at CP+ at least. And, of course, neither of these lines is necessarily guaranteed to continue. So even if the upgrade is logically due, it may never come.

OM System

OM System's biggest release of 2024 so far, the OM-1 Mark II, hit a month before CP+ and had no new bombshells for the show proper. One can imagine a world, though, where we saw a PEN F II.

Since Olympus's camera division fully transformed into OM System in 2022, the company has revisited the OM-1 (twice), the OM-5, and the 'Tough' series with the OM Tough TG-7. What's missing in a world where retro-styled cameras are increasingly the rage? A revisit to the PEN line, which hasn't seen a global release since Olympus PEN F launched in 2016 (but there was the EP-7). Our forthcoming interview with OM System left us feeling this wasn't the end of the line.

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Inventor of the modern CMOS sensor, Eric Fossum on space travel and metaphysical photons

Sidste nyt fra dpreview - 1 mar 2024 - 14:00

Eric Fossum and the team that invented the CMOS image sensor, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Eric Fossum, the celebrated inventor of the modern CMOS sensor and longtime friend of DPReview, recently appeared on the B&H Photography Podcast to reminisce on his work at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) on the invention of the CMOS image sensor in 1993, its surprising origins and his years-long attempts to convince US manufacturing companies to use it for consumer goods.

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It's not an overstatement to say his technology changed the world. We may look at our smartphones, turn on the TV, or use a webcam for virtual meetings. When we leave our homes, we may back a car out of a parking space with a backup camera, be seen by security cameras or be captured in the background of social media videos. A CMOS image sensor makes these devices possible in each of these instances.

The funny thing is, this father of modern photography didn't even care much for the medium growing up.

"I enjoyed it, but I wouldn't say I was fascinated by it," Fossum said about cameras and photography during his youth.

To put it into context, Fosum was born in October 1957 (the same month Sputnik was launched, but more on that later), and picture-taking was an expensive endeavor. He recalled his parents giving him permission to use the family's Kodak Brownie to take a picture on rare occasions and then just one, saying things like, "Okay, today is Wednesday; you can take another picture."

A 1958 TV commercial from 1958 for the Kodak Brownie camera.

Today, he takes pictures more freely. One friend has described him as a postcard photographer, to which Fossum responded that he isn't quite sure if that is an insult or a compliment.

"Not a day goes by where the world doesn't interact with the technology Fosssum created."

Fossum's journey toward reinventing how we think of cameras and imaging began with a fascination with science and space. He was born the same month and year Russia launched Sputnik and grew up with the space race it spawned.

From playing with toy rockets and propulsion techniques as a child, he later went on to play with the real thing with a Howard Hughes Fellowship. The fellowship allowed him to work on missile guidance systems at the Hughes Aircraft Company in California over three summers.

There, he worked on a project that was starting to place cameras into missile heads to help the missile hit its intended target. That set him down a path into electronics, and by the mid-80s he was teaching electrical engineering at Columbia University. Space was still of interest to him, but his work in electronics had taken him down a different path and he had resigned himself to it.

The Sputnik satellite was launched the same month Fossum was born, kicking off the space race that influenced his youth and interest in space and science.

While teaching, he was also researching CCD technology and focal plane image processing. The metaphysical nature of photons as a wave and a particle also made it fun to think about. "I had been thinking about image sensors," he recalled. "But decided who needs it?"

Then NASA came knocking.

The US space agency was aware of his work and wanted to develop cheaper and faster cameras that could survive in space long term. "All of a sudden, when it became clear that what I was working on was of interest to NASA, I was just like, oh yeah, sign me up," Fossum said. "They didn't have to ask twice."

Fossum joined NASA's JPL in 1990, and with their support, he began the development of CMOS image sensors. He showed NASA how the technology was superior to CDD for space travel: CMOS cameras would require less power to operate, they could be smaller in form factor without the additional parts CCD required, and fewer parts mean less weight and fewer things that could break down, and they were better at withstanding the cosmic rays of space than CCD.

A CMOS active pixel image sensor chip fits on a fingertip.

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

It also helped that CMOS was a technology already being used to manufacture integrated circuits for many electronics, and the infrastructure to build a CMOS image sensor was already in place.

"It was really that driver. I was able to argue why we had to ... explore CMOS image sensor technology, and NASA invested in that," Fossum said. "(That's) why you have a camera in your pocket right now."

Fossum is also quick to point out he didn't do it alone. "All engineers stand on the shoulders of the giant engineers that came before us," he remarks several times during the interview. His work was built on the pioneering work of generations before him and the teams that worked with him.

The stacked CMOS sensors of the Nikon Z9 are a descendant of the first CMOS sensors created in the 1990s.

The whole story is worth a listen: Fossum details the science of light, the first products to use CMOS image sensors and some lovely breakdowns of how CCD and CMOS sensors capture images.

Not a day goes by when the world doesn't interact with the technology Fossum created. It's as ubiquitous a part of our modern life as a father talking about the weather or a DPReview editor tinkering with new gear.

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Nikon's Z9 slated to go to the moon in 2026

Sidste nyt fra dpreview - 29 feb 2024 - 21:55

The Nikon Z9 is going to the moon. NASA has selected the high-end Z9, one of the most complete cameras we've ever tested, as the official handheld camera for the Artemis III mission, set to launch in 2026 (give or take), which will put astronauts on the moon for the first time since 1972.

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But it won't be your average Z9 that makes it off-planet. As one might expect, the Z9 will be heavily modified to handle both the rigors of space travel and life on the moon.

Nikon and NASA are redesigning circuitry to prevent cosmic radiation from damaging the camera, and a new grip is being added with special buttons for common controls so astronauts can operate it while wearing gloves. Custom firmware will modify noise reduction, HDR features, menus, file numbering, and more. Several Nikkor Z lenses will also be modified to cope with the surface of the moon.

The end result is a device that NASA calls the HULC (Handheld Universal Lunar Camera). As NASA notes, it's a huge leap forward from when Apollo astronauts used viewfinderless large-format film cameras that were attached to their spacesuits at chest level.

NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Drew Feustel practice using an early design of the Handheld Universal Lunar Camera during the Joint Extravehicular Activity and Human Surface Mobility Test Team (JETT) Field Test 3 in Arizona.

NASA / Bill Stafford

The Z9 will head to space aboard the enormous Space Launch System rocket, which will deploy the Orion spacecraft that will make the trip to the moon and back. The capsule will join the SpaceX-designed Starship, which will perform the moon landing. Six-and-a-half days later, Starship will return to space to meet Orion for the journey back to Earth, where it will splash down in the Pacific Ocean.

More details about the Nikon Z9's trip to space can be found below. Those interested in the mission can visit NASA's Artemis III website.

MIRRORLESS GOES TO THE MOON: NIKON ENTERS INTO SPACE ACT AGREEMENT WITH NASA FOR ARTEMIS MISSION SUPPORT WITH THE NIKON Z 9 CAMERA Nikon and NASA Collaborating on Handheld Camera Development

MELVILLE, NY (February 29, 2024) – Nikon Inc. has entered into a Space Act agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to support the agency’s Artemis campaign with the Handheld Universal Lunar Camera (HULC) development. The Nikon Z 9, Nikon’s mirrorless full-frame flagship, as implemented in the HULC system, will be the handheld camera for the upcoming Artemis III mission which will be used by the crew returning to the surface of the Moon.

The Artemis campaign is an ambitious and important undertaking for humanity. Artemis will return us to the Moon in order to establish a foundation for long-term scientific lunar research and exploration, eventually leading as a passageway for travel to Mars. Since humankind’s first forays into space, handheld cameras have been used to document the journey, sending back iconic imagery and for research. This Space Act Agreement is a collaboration between NASA and Nikon Inc. to ensure the current state-of-the-art full-frame camera can survive lunar environments while developing an efficient and optimal platform for image and video capture for the mission.

“The opportunity to collaborate with NASA on this endeavor is simply exhilarating yet humbling, as we realize the benefits of this mission have the potential to affect all of mankind in the future,” said Naoki Onozato, President and CEO, Nikon Inc. “As one of the many suppliers and manufacturers collaborating with NASA as part of the Space Act, our aim is to best equip the crew as they bravely bring humanity back to the surface of the Moon, and possibly beyond.”

The Artemis III mission is scheduled to launch NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the agency’s Orion spacecraft in September 2026. The crew’s historic expedition will be the first human landing on the lunar surface since 1972, and this mission will also mark the first time a woman will walk on the Moon. During this 30-day mission, the crew will enter lunar orbit, after which two astronauts will land on the lunar surface in the lunar module (SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System). After spending approximately seven days on the lunar surface conducting research and multiple Moonwalks, they will return to the Orion spacecraft to join the other two crew members and return to Earth. To help capture imagery, the mission has the need for a common camera platform to reduce overall mass and development efforts while simplifying training and increasing efficiency.

About the Modified Cameras

The Moon surface and lunar environment is a harsh and unforgiving vacuum, which poses multiple technological and engineering challenges. The surface is subject to massive temperature swings, with constant bombardment of cosmic radiation that can damage electrical components. Nikon’s engineers are working closely with NASA to develop solutions to maximize reliability when operating under this kind of extreme environment, including the redesign of various circuits and control sequences within the camera to withstand the vast amounts of radiation. Support will also be given for thermal vacuum testing, running various tests and simulations to help ensure that the camera maintains operational status when 238,000 miles away from Earth.

Additionally, the camera will need to be used by astronauts during extravehicular activities (EVAs), which are instances when the crew will be in space or on Moonwalks. In order for astronauts to comfortably and easily use the Z 9 when wearing the thick gloves of a spacesuit, a custom grip is being developed by NASA, which includes common controls such as a shutter release, playback, still/video capture switching and more. This grip will connect to the camera via the 10-pin terminal, which will be usable with specialized custom firmware created for the cameras. To protect the camera, lens and housing during EVA, a special “thermal blanket” will be created by NASA, which is similar to those currently used during exterior spacewalks by International Space Station astronauts. A selection of NIKKOR Z lenses will also be used for the mission, and those that will be actively used on the Moon will be modified to withstand the harsh lunar environment.

Like the cameras used by the Space Station crew, the firmware will also be specially modified for this mission. These modifications include accounting for the different circuitry, expanding noise reduction to lower shutter speeds to account for the effects of constant bombardment of cosmic radiation that the crew and gear encounter. Additional changes have been made to the file naming sequence, as well as default settings and controls that are optimized for exterior missions. Changes have also been made to the in-camera communication control to simplify the astronaut’s workflow. Additional modifications include shutter shield optimization, enhanced HDR functionality and modified default settings for menu items.

Chronicling History Together

Nikon cameras have been used by NASA and space agencies extensively, most recently with the arrival of unmodified Z 9 camera to the crew of the International Space Station. Since the Apollo 15 mission more than 50 years ago, Nikon cameras and lenses have been used by NASA for space exploration. Starting in 1999, Nikon cameras (Nikon F5) and NIKKOR lenses have been used aboard the ISS to aid in scientific research, maintenance and aiding astronauts capturing iconic images of the Earth, the heavens and beyond.

For more information about the NASA Space Act agreement, and a list of the current Space Act agreements, please visit the website here.

For more information the Z 9, Nikon’s full-frame mirrorless flagship, please visit Nikonusa.com/z9.

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