Just Announced - Fujifilm FinePix S1 - The First Weather Resistant SuperZoom

CES 2014 is almost here and today Fujifilm announced a new SuperZoom camera with a few unique capabilities including weather resistant body, WIFI, 50X zoom and a host of other new features.

Above is an official video from Fuji showing some of the new camera capabilities, below is a list of features:

16MP BSI CMOS sensor.
World’s first weather resistant (water / dust resistant) bridge camera.
FUJINON 50x Optical Zoom (24mm – 1200mm) with macro capabilities.
Video: Full HD Movie (1080p / 60 fps).
5-Axis Image Stabilization.
High-res electronic viewfinder (920k dots).
3″ articulated LCD (high-res – 920k dots).
Built in WIFI with app support for remote operation and image sharing.
Advanced Filters for movies and photos.
Price: around $500 (available starting March 2014).

Besides the S1, FujiFilm also announced several other products including a super fast(f/1.2) normal prime lens – XF56mmF1.2 R (which will go for around $1000):

Fuji also announced a black version of the X100S which was announced last year:

Finally Fuji released a 2014-2015 road-map for lenses with some interesting upcoming lenses which you can check out here:

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