Well, that's the end of that dream for me. I was really looking forward to owning one of these lovely little cameras, but Fujifilm (http://techcrunch.com/tag/fujifilm/) has just gone and priced it right out of my range. Amazon has put up its pre-order pages for the camera (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=fujifilm+x-pro1) and its lenses, and the earlier rumors were true: the camera sells for $1700 body-only, and the lenses aren't cheap, either: $600 for the 18mm and 35mm, and $650 for the 60mm macro.
Damn it!
Well, at the very least, I'll get to get my hands on one as soon as they send a few out to review. And the fact is that really, the X10 is probably good enough for someone like me. Someone as poor as me, I mean.
The question will really be whether this price represents a good value for the performance. No one doubts the X-Pro1 is a good camera, and that the lenses will be nice. But Fuji has been moving in a "luxury" direction, and like Apple, they may be able to add a bit of "tax" on there because they know they have a high-end brand. No one questions it when Leica does it, though they do question the quality when they put out something like the X1.
The competition at $1700 (with lens, $2300) is serious. That's pro camera territory, beyond even Sony's futuristic beast, the NEX-7. But Fuji believes their baby has the chops to compete, so we'll just have to see.
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