So I wanted to write really quickly about an experience I recently had with my Fujifilm Instax SP-1. I’d like to preface with saying that my experience is not necessarily a unique one, but one that I’d like to share regardless.
TheCameraStore already gave us some X-E3 tidbits in their recent Fuji Live talk with Fuji Guy Jerry. I warmly invite you to check it out here. They also cover topics like:
XF33mmF1.0
Fujifilm X-T2S with IBIS
+ some other rumors shared here on FR in the past.
… how a Fuji Guys reacts, when he discovers FujiRumors is listening, then check out min 13:23 of the video ;)
Fujifilm X-E3 TCSTV review
TheCameraStoreTV just uploaded their Fujifilm X-E3 Review. Check it out and enjoy it. One of the most interesting aspects, is how the new AF tracking algorithm works… and it seems to be great.
AF tracking: Jordan played with it in low light and was impressed. Excellent focussing camera. Definitely a step up over X-T20.
great walk-around camera
when moving eye to EVF the X-E3 has a delay switching from LCD to EVF. Could be faster
from Ron Howard’s Instagram: “That’s a wrap on principle photography for #Solo Many thanks to an extraordinary cast and crew for a tremendous creative experience“
Ron Howard is currently working on the new Star Wars Movie “Solo: a Star Wars Story“, and he just posted am image on Instagram, where you can see how he rocks the Fujifilm X100F. Feel free to give him a warm welcome to the X side of life the Force over at his instagram here.
Now, I can get it that many people are annoyed by the fact that, unlike rumored elsewhere, Lightroom 7 will never come, and that now you have to pay a monthly subscription to get Lightroom Classic CC instead.
I’m with you: I don’t like monthly subscriptions, and I join the criticism.
But now I see websites claiming, that Adobe “promised” us to offer forever a Lightroom standalone version and these claims bring the hate and shitstorms against Adobe to a level where it should not be, since Adobe never promised such a thing.
In fact, here is their full official quote from blogs.adobe back in 2013:
“Future versions of Lightroom will be made available via traditional perpetual licenses indefinitely.”
I’m not a native English speaker (it’s actually my 4th language), but to my knowledge “indefinitely” does not mean “forever“, but more “for an unspecified period of time“. So let’s critizise Adobe based on what they do and not based on fake clickbait news.
With that said, the new reality is called Lightroom Classic CC… so let’s see how it works.
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC & Lightroom CC Review at ephotozine
Is Adobe Lightroom Classic CC Really Faster? at fstoppers
MacPhun Luminar is coming big in the last few months, with versions for Mac and Windows. Definitely worth to check it out.
Iridient is a much-loved RAW demosaicing software by the Fuji X community.
The “RAW Power” App brings Aperture style interface & functions to MacPhotos. We reported about it here.
Another appreciated alternative is darktable. It’s free and is full of features (now also for windows). Moreover, the sourcecode is opensource and if the development stops, other people can go on with it.
X-Trans Zone
Image Editing Experiments With The Fujifilm X-T2 and Film Simulation JPEGS at thewanderinglensman
Image Editing Experiments With The Fujifilm X-T2 and Film Simulation JPEGS; Part II at thewanderinglensman
There’s a special offer at this moment to get DXO Optics Pro 11 Essential for free! Check it out at: dxo.com/us/practicalphotography. Keep in mind that DxO does not support Fuji RAW files, so you have to convert your files to TIFF to be able to use them. Offer expires November 30. Thanks to Arnoud for the link: www.arnoudlievense.nl
ApolloOne, a very popular photo viewer for Mac just got an update to version 2.0.0. Version 2 adds a number of new features. The most notable ones are: fast image tagging/culling with Auto Advance mode, new built-in RAW decoder (based on LibRAW, same as the one used by FastRawViewer), and the association of XMP sidecar files for RAW images (change rating, delete, rename). In addition, you can now view HEIC image files (and HEVC videos) on macOS High Sierra with complete EXIF info. The best part is that it is now free to download at the App Store here, so you can try before you buy. Check it out!