Zone Numérique (Click here) got the final X PRO 1 price info via Fujifilm France:
– body only: €1,590
– 18mm and 35mm lenses: €579
– 60mm macro lens: €629
First kit (body + 35mm f/1.4) available in 2 months.

The only thing we miss now is more preorder options! Right now I only found Expansys USA (Click here), Expansys Canada (Click here), Henrys Canda (Click here) and Expansys UK (Click here). You can get notification at Amazon US (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).

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(Thanks Mistral)

There is a new interview at Imaging Resource (Click here) with Kazuto Yamaki, Chief Operating Officer of Sigma Corp. The few interesting points are:

1) People are interested in high quality lenses, so primes are becoming more popular everywhere in the world.
2) for compact system cameras, we think the Sony system and Micro Four Thirds are the categories that we should support.

The most important point is that it looks like Sigma wants to develop lenses that will work on booths systems, NEX and m43. This will save them some money but in my opinion that is not the right approach. For three reasons:

1) Lenses designed for m43 could be considerable smaller.
2) Focal lengths are different. If you design a 16mm lens, this will become a 24mm on the NEX and a 32mm on the m43.
3) Every systems needs different lenses. There is a different need for lenses for m43 than for NEX.

Don’t know what you think guys :)

Image courtesy: Quesabesde

Focus Numerique (Click here) just posted the Canon G1 X ISO test and it looks like a real top performer! The Canon G1 X is Canons (first) counterattack against the current mirrorless systems. It provides a unique solution, top image quality (with big sensors) in a compact body with retractable zoom lens. I am really curious to see if the camera will sell well. Preorders are already up at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). The only way to measure the popularity right now is the Amazon Ranking (Click here). It’s on position 31 in the compact camera category. Probably not a good result for now!

More info about the G1 X:
ePhotozine,
Techradar,
ThePhoBlographer,
Quesabesde first impression (in spanish).
Hands-on by DC.watch (japanese).

Video on top: Just watch what the Lady says at minute 3:45 :) You can bet this is a mistake! (via Fujirumors).

Fujifilm announced a “real” X Pro 1 lens roadmap (via Techradar). There will be 28mm f/2.8 and 23mm f/2 will prime lenses and 70-200mm f/4.0 Image + 12-20mm f/4.0 IS lenses. The maximum aperture hasn’t been 100% chosen yet. But as you know we alreayd posted the possible final specs. These are the lenses coming in 2012:
-14mm f/2.8
– 18-72mm f/4.0 with IS (Image stabilization).
These are the lenses coming in 2013
– 28mm f/2.8 pancake
– 23mm f/2.0
– 72-200mm f/4.0 IS
– 12-24mm f/4.0 IS
And there are still two more unkown lenses to come within 2013.

More Fuji news:
Now that we all know theat the X PRO 1 exists (LOL) stores are lowering the rice of the Fuji X100. It sells for $1,117 only at Amazon (Click here). At the moment of writing there are only eleven cameras left in store!
First look at Trustedreviews.
All Black X100 pics at Photographyblog.

Let’s make a short break from the usual big companies news coverage. Here is a video showing the WVIL concept camera made by artefactgroup. I guess we will never see that camera in a production version.

New day and new confusion about the Fuji X PRO 1 REAL price. First Fuji Uk (see video on top /via Fujirumors) officially said the price of the body will be 1.000 punds which is less than the expected 1.200-1400 pounds (Source: AP). And than Expansys (Click here) officially wrote their excuse for the wrong Fuji X PRO 1 price. Here is the message:

“To everyone who has pre-registered the X-Pro 1,
Thank you very much for your interest. Unfortunately when this product went live on Expansys.com it had an expected price, which many of you will have noticed seemed much lower than expected.
This price was incorrect, and was the estimated price for the X-Pro 1 body alone, and not the complete kit with 35mm f1/4 lens. The price should not have been set at this stage as we haven’t had confirmation from the supplier on an idea of the cost price. Our expectations are that the actual price will be at least circa 25-30% higher.
We apologise for any misunderstanding and incovenience our mistake may have caused; it’s important to us not to mislead our customers. This was due to a genuine error, and we removed the price from our site as soon as we realised the mistake in order to prevent further confusion.
As always with pre-registation and pre-orders, no money was taken from anyone who placed an order, and we will write to everyone with the launch price and when stock will arrive. Only once a pre-order has been confirmed at this point and the goods are ready to be dispatched will anyone’s cards be charged.
Once again our apologies for any annoyance or frustration this may have caused, we will share further details on the X-Pro 1 when we have them.
Rob
Posted 09:29 11 Jan 12 by Rob – Expansys (Marlow, UK)“