In Focus
NEW COMPACT SYST EM CAMERA
X-TRA SPECIAL?
Fujifilm’s new flagship X-T2 brings a number of firsts to the popular ‘X’ range of CSCs
YOU won’t have to wait long for the successor to one of the best compact system cameras around: Fujfilm has confirmed that it’ll be available from 8 September. The Fujfilm X-T2 takes the successful premium analogue camera feel of the X-T1 and sharpens it up in all the right places.
Some of the improvements are to be expected. For instance, video gets a boost in the shape of the soon-to-be standard 4K recording, a first for an X Series model. The X-T2 supports Clean HDMI output and a bitrate of 100Mbps, with frame rates of up to 30fps at the highest resolution – Full HD can go to 60fps. You’ll only be able to record 4K footage for up to ten minutes continuously though.
The sensor resolution has been noticeably beefed up too – from 16MP in the X-T1 to 24.3MP in the X-T2 – and the new camera uses the same combination of
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