Focus On Glass: Talking Fujinon XF80mmF2.8 1:1 Macro and About the APS-C Macro Advantage over FULL FRAME

If you are one of those, who defines how good a lens is mainly on how sharp it is, then you’ll consider the XF80mmF2.8 1:1 Macro lens a fantastic lens.

It is clinically sharp and one of the best, if not the best lens in the Fujinon X system.

So let’s talk about this lens, starting from a recent “focus on glass” episodes, where Fujfilm talks about the XF80mmF2.8 Macro. They say:

  • Fuji’s APS-C sensor allows to shoot 1.5 times larger macro photography than a full frame sensor
  • Fujifilm is strongly committed to APS-C
  • the 80mm maximizes the APS-C value proposition and allows user to experience macro photography without sacrifice
  • the synergy between Fujifilm color reproduction and lens technology offers a unique and unrivaled product on the market
  • uses floating focus system to obtain high image quality. New autofocus system was developed for this lens
  • fast and accurate focus
  • Since this is a marco lens, Fujifilm opted for an optical image stabilization system that suppresses shift shake
  • uses many ED lenses to minimize chromatic aberration at wide apertures
  • creates beautiful bokeh at 1:1 magnification ratio

Quite frankly, though, I think the main advantage of APS-C lenses is that you can make them smaller (and consequently cheaper) than full frame lenses. If then in certain areas they have other advantages, that’s a welcome, but minor advantage.

FYI, I’ll add also the video about the glorious XF16mm f/1.4.

  • thanks to floating focus system the XF16mmF1.4 can achieve minimum focus distance of 15cm
  • NanGI coating to reduce flare

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Focus on Glass – XF80mmF2.8 Macro and XF16mm F1.4

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LEAKED: First Image of NiSi Wide Angle lens for Fujifilm X

NiSi is going to launch its first camera lens. It will be a wide angle lens and it will be availbale also for Fujifilm X.

From the higher resolution version image below, it looks like an f/4 lens

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Good Bye 2020, We Won’t Miss You! And Best Wishes for 2021 to ALL of You!

a special year needed a special logo
a special year needed a special logo

Good bye 2020.

And to everybody reading these lines, happy new year 2021.

May it be a good one, where you do all those simple things again we loved to do in 2019.

From my side, I’ll try my best to keep FujiRumors interesting, fun and entertaining for you. And I tell you this: with all the goodness Fujifilm has in the pipeline, that will be an easy job :).

Down below I’ll share just a few impressions of my lockdown life in 2020.

But I was lucky, since here in Italy the infection numbers in summer where extremely low, so I could travel 2 weeks to South Italy and a weekend to Tuscany.

Plus, I have the Dolomites just around the corner, so I could get views like this one, or this one and this one as well as eat sandwiches surrounded by wonderful landscape (VIDEO) whenever I wanted.

Take care
Patrick

5 FujiRumors Lockdown Impressions on Instagram

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Nitecore FX3 Dual Battery Fast Charger for Fujifilm X-T4

As the Fujifilm X-T4 comes without a charger, the first investment I did along with my X-T4, was to get the Fujifilm BC-W235 Dual Battery Charger.

Since a few weeks now, also Nitecore offers it’s own dual charger for Fujifilm X-T4 batteries, the Nitecore FX3 dual battery charger for Fujifilm X-T4. It costs you about half the price of the original charger.

As of now you can get it in various combinations:

The Nitecore FX1 dual charger for NP-W262S batteries was one of the top 5 sellers on FujiRumors in 2018.

It will soon be available also at other stores:

But as said, it’s not the only option out there. There is for example: