Fuji interview at Dpreview: “Maybe we should think about interchangeable lens Instax”

Dpreview interviewed MR. Toshihisa Iida from Fuji. Some key highlights:

Fuji will not got Full Frame: “We don’t see any point in Fujifilm entering that market, particularly since we have good APS-C and medium format systems. If we entered full-frame [our systems] would just start cannibalizing each other. We’re happy to stay with two completely independent systems.”

Why the GFX100S has an integrated grip: “The sensor and the image stabilization system need more power.”

GFX100S sensor stabilization: “it’s more challenging with the larger sensor size.”

GFX100S viewfinder: “It should be a lot better, yes, because the readout speed of the new sensor is a lot quicker. The sensor and the processor itself are both upgraded. The processor is much more powerful.”

GF lenses:  “in the future we’d like to expand our lineup of compact lenses for GF”

About competition: “Our biggest potential challenge is from smartphones, not competitor cameras.”

Instax: “Maybe we should think about interchangeable lens Instax“

Damn I would love to get a Instax system camera and you?

Dpreview talk with Canon engineers: “expect big things”


Canon EOS-R at BHphoto, Adorama and Amazon.

Dpreview published their interview with Canon. Some highlights:

  1. About designing R lenses: “people who’ve been working on lenses for a really long time have, with this new system, been able to make lenses like the 28-70mm F2 comparably easily, compared to how they had so many challenges in the past.”
  2. About the closed shutter when the camera is off: “we wanted to protect the sensor as much as possible from dust and light hitting the sensor,” explains Oshima: “The light coming through the lens affects the sensor in the long term. The color filter array and microlenses and also the photodiodes can all be damaged by light [if the sensor is always exposed].”
  3. About making an APS-C R camera: “we’re thinking about it, but we can’t answer in detail“
  4. About the future R cameras and lenses: “We want to surprise and astonish you, so please expect big things.“

Maybe a big thing would be to give us 4K in Full Frame with no crop??? :) Sorry, couldn’t resist some trolling. Truth is at least with their R lenses they have really achieved to surprise us. I hope they are working hard to improve their sensor and processing technology too!