X100 on Video at CES

[Chris Dodkin]

Imagine a retro-styled, Micro Four Thirds-sized compact camera with an optical viewfinder. Now, imagine that same camera having a switch that throws all sorts of useful data into your line of sight. That camera is Fujifilm's Finepix X100, and that viewfinder is real. Back at Photokina, the mockup we ran into didn't have a functioning viewfinder, but with just two months until the $1,000 beaut is released into the wilds of America, it's not too shocking that our brethren over at Engadget Spanish managed to come across a (mostly) functional one at CES last week. Eager to show the world exactly what a hybrid viewfinder looks like when being flipped on and off, they shoved a camera up against the OVF and toggled the new mechanism -- it's downright luscious.

[video=youtube;TOhR2O4C054]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOhR2O4C054[/video]

[video=youtube;Az6dt1InIg4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az6dt1InIg4[/video]

 

[Hamish Gill]

the question is chris ... now we are all really exited about this camera... just how many exactly are you going to be willing to post out to the uk when they come out ... im not saying you wont be able to get it over here ... but the price difference if it is $1000 dollars over there and £1000 over here at todays rate is £370!!

you dont need to answer that

 

[Chris Dodkin]

I'm registering x100-uk-imports.com as we speak!

 

[Pete Askew]

+ 20% VAT don't forget! So, it might not be as big a saving as you imagine (unless the state tax is high).

 

[Chris Dodkin]

If you buy via the Web out of state here, you don't pay any VAT - so if I order from say B&H in NY, I get a tax free purchase, and just have to pay for the UPS/Fedex...

Sending stuff to Blighty, which I have done, is hit and miss - UK customs and excise can and do look at stuff, and then levy you some duty before you get to collect your item

 

[Hamish Gill]

my mate in denver owes me a birthday present ... ill ask him to get me one ... the cant tax birthday presents!

 

[Pete Askew]

Bit too early for a Christening present I guess! You can but try though!

 

[Hamish Gill]

It's my birthday tomorrow ... I have no issue with belated presents

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Hippo Bird Day for tomorrow Hamish!