Product ReviewsFujifilm X Series X-Pro1 16.3MP Digital Camera - Black (Body Only)

An odd mixture of wonderful...and

If you have used a rangefinder in the past then this might be for you. If you have a good understanding of the fundamentals of photography, again it might be a camera for you. If your more interested in image quality than ease of use, then this camera is truly amazing....

In my opinion it's not a camera for a newbie or those who shoot fast moving subjects. What it excels at is street and landscape shooting as well as general snapshots.

I love my Xpro1...but would lend a friend a different camera if they forgot their's.

I give the X-pro1 four stars for Image quality and build. It looses a star for auto focus and battery life. Although the auto focus has improved greatly with firmware updates over time....battery life is still poor.

Recently I picked up an Fuji XE1 and if I had to do it all over again I'd buy the XE1 over the Xpro1. The same guts in a smaller more efficient package...with better focusing and the same image quality.

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Beautiful, capable, quiet.

This is a great camera now at a very good price. This example arrived in very good condition and quickly. I'm a Canon man, so I now need to learn and use the fuji x system, but my first examples are good, and image quality is super. This is a poor man's Lieca rangefinder, and in many ways a better camera, i.e. fuji tenges are superb, I recommend tha f2.0 50mm for starters on this body. It focuses very quickly. I love the silence of this camera, the size in my hands, and the feel of a rangefinder with modern digital capacity. Now, all I need to do is learn it and us it. It's a great value for someone wanting to get into the rangefinder either for street shooting or quiet portraiture.Read full review...

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The X-pro 1 is such an amazing camera!

Take this with a grain of salt of you want being that I'm kinda a "noob" photographer only been doing it for a year and a half or so but the X-pro 1 is my third camera and I fell so much in love with it. Super easy to pick up and use and learn. The menus are set up to flow so well! Plus not only does Fujifilm have some really amazing glass but you can use virtually any lens on this thing. Plus I fell in love with the perfect combination of old school and new. I love all the old film cameras and rangefinders but I'm just not a huge fan of film. One thing I can think of that does kinda suck about the X-pro 1 is if you're looking to do something like long exposure shots it's gonna be a lot harder. You can't get a remote shutter control for it. You have to buy an old school cable release that screws into the shutter button hole. I haven't acquired one yet but I'd like to. But the ergos of the X-pro 1 are just amazing specially combined with the Fuji 27mm f/2.8 its almost pocketable depending how big your pockets are. Example I wear sweatpants a lot(I'm lazy and like being comfortable) and it'll fit right in there. Once I bought the 27mm I pretty much don't leave my house without the X-pro 1 just in case. Hope this helps someone out there!Read full review...

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Great camera

I bought an X-Pro1 because I wanted to have a lighter camera bag than my current collection of Nikon iron. The camera gives remarkable photos used with either Leica M lenses (with an adapter) or native Fuji autofocus lenses. The colors are saturated and sharp, and to my eyes are superior to those I get with a Nikon D7000, which has a comparably sized sensor. Highly recommended!Read full review...

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Best Camera I Have Ever Owned - (Thanks Brother for Suggesting)

I am a Leica user most of my entire photographic life. Also Hasselblad, Rolleiflex, and Canon user. However the M2 Leica was my main weapon of choice for capturing photos. Of course, film was no longer an ideal medium for me and I toyed with the next best format, the M4/3 Lumix series of GX and GF cameras. My brother bought a "walk around camera", the Fujifilm X-Pro1 and he let me use it one night and I was blown away. This camera came so close to my expectations of an M series camera but better! This camera permits me to use my legacy lenses such as my 28mm Elmarit, 50mm Summicron, etc. I was also intrigued with Minolta Rokkor lenses, Fujinar lenses, Takumar lenses, etc. I shoot mostly legacy lenses and am quite happy with the results. I recommend if you have never shot with an optical viewfinder and you plan on using native lenses that you buy a companion book on the full utilization of the Fuji X-Pro1. If you have shot with an OVF system in the past, you will migrate nicely and quite intuitively to using the X-Pro1 camera and be quite happy with legacy lenses you may now own! Fuji supports this camera with firmware updates and are quite responsive on their customer support and website. Do it!Read full review...

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Professional photographer finds old-school digital gem

I first shot the X-Pro1 in 2012 when Fujifilm sent me one with the original lenses to play with. Even then I had a love/hate relationship with this camera. As someone who grew up with film and whose first camera was an Yashica GSN 35mm rangefinder the X-Pro1 was a joy to get in my hands.

This is NOT a beginner's camera by any means. The focus is a bit slow - though the firmware update helps. The menus and combinations of functions can be confusing - until you get a grasp of creating your preferred set-up on controls and menus. From that point forward it is a joy to use!

I run my fairly stripped down on controls and functions and options...I don't use the film simulation modes nor the auto-focus assist and/or the parallax correction features relying on my skill with rangefinders instead.

Image quality is fantastic and the high-ISO files are superb - one of the main reasons I wanted this.

Prices on this camera can't be beat either. I'll have the X-Pro1, 18mm and 18-55mm for under a grand.

If you are a former rangefinder and film shooter and want that feel again in a digital format this is a great start!

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Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: michaelc6819

Excellent small camera

Great image quality, more flexibility than most cameras, and a nice compact package. The ability to use a wide variety of adapters opens up the possibility of using many excellent legacy lenses.
My only quibble is its ergonomics. It is a bit of a learning curve if you have large hands- the controls are convenient and familiar to someone who has uses film cameras, but a bit cramped. An after market thumb grip is a great addition that eases usage.Read full review...

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Back to the Future!

The Fuji X-Pro 1 will bring on a feeling of nostalgia for those fortunate enough to remember the ease with which we used our Leica M models, and how beautifully they responded optically to the use of different film emulsions.
This little camera just begs to be used on Manual setting but it will do the thinking for you better than most (I think "all") of its rivals.

For one thing, one shouldn't be put off by its 16mp score in the pixel race. It will produce file sizes comparable to what my FX nikon will, and do it with better clarity and character (as a leica M would, incidentally.

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend (but only on the condition that he/she use it properly!)Read full review...

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Great compact camera that produces amazing images!

If you are new to the mirrorless market or to photography in general, this is a camera you want to look at. If you aren't new to photography and want the absolute best image quality in a compact/lightweight body, this is the camera you want to buy.
The camera body is lightweight. It is a little larger than most mirrorless systems but for that added size you get a lot of camera. Go look at dpreviews for an entire breakdown of the camera. But the xtrans sensor, with its new pixel layout reduces background noise so dramatically that I felt like I was shooting full frame all over again. I came from a Canon 5d MkII and those canon FF sensors are legendary at reducing background noise. I will tell you that this APS-C sensor does a dam good job at it too. The image quality is fantastic. This camera captures natural colors very well. I am still learning to shoot with it but even my beginner shots are great! So lets be honest. The main reasons you want this camera:
1) It's image quality is great.
2) It has a hybrid optical viewfinder
3) It is smaller and lighter than most DSLR systems

I do not have many gripes about this camera body. Perhaps the price. But now you can find X-Pro1 bodies going for about $700-800. My second fault would be the lacking of an inbody flash. However I have not had an inbody flash for a while using my 5dII so I am used to not having one.
Other than that this camera is great. If you want the best images n a small body you can tote round, this is the camera that does it. It may not match your price point but it is worth the money.Read full review...

Needs some serious improvements, but great travel camera.

Image quality is amazing. The camera is very light, and very rigid great for vacation and hiking. I took the camara to Moab, Utah and felt terrible for all of the guys packing the old DSLR's in that heat. If you are traveling and want a light weight system and gorgeous photos, then I can't recommend this camera enough. If you are photographing an adult or older child, with patience this camera will yield beautiful portraits. But if your subject is young or moving....you need to practice zone focusing. Fortunately unlike most other cameras the view finder gives you a distance scale, which makes zone focusing a snap, especially if you are a "street" style photographer. The Auto Focus on this camera has been SIGNIFICANTLY improved through firmware updates as well as the write speed to your SD card. The 35mm lens is outstanding, one of the best "normal" lenses I have ever shot with. The 60mm macro is also great, but the newer lenses like the 14mm, 23mm, and 56mm focus EXTREMELY FAST without loosing accuracy.Read full review...