Our favorite wished-for items, though, were those that were imaginative, useful and a good distance beyond the state of current technology--but with that ring of plausibility that characterizes the best science fiction.

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Specifically designed to take advantage of the camera's mirrorless design, the X-Mount has a short flange back distance of just 17.7mm made possible by designing the mount ring as thin as 2.5mm.

ENGADGET: Fujifilm grows X-series mirrorless lineup with 16.3-megapixel X-E1

Additionally, it features a macro switching ring on the lens barrel which instantly shortens the minimum focusing distance to approximately 20cm (from image plane), allowing the camera to capture small, close-up subjects with exquisite detail.

ENGADGET: Sony's Cyber-shot RX1 compact camera packs a full-frame sensor, 'fits in your palm' (hands-on)