This is How Your Camera Lens is Made from Start to Finish – Most Detailed (and Best) Video

Over the years, we have seen lots of videos showing us the process of manufacturing cameras and lenses.

And while they all gave an interesting insight in the manufacturing process, they all just gave us a nice, but short look into it.

The video today is different.

In this video shared on the Japanese channel Process X, we enter inside one of the best lens manufacturing companies, Sigma, and we get an almost 25 minutes non stop and uninterrupted look into the art of crafting lenses.

We can see parts and details of the manufacturing process that we have never seen in other videos before.

The video comes with English subtitles. But there is no talk, just 100% video from inside the factory with short descriptions about what they are showing to give the images a proper context.

It really gives us an idea on how much work and care for the details goes into the manufacturing of a every single lens.

This is the factory where also the following Fujifilm X mount AF lenses are made:

Price Increase on Fujifilm X/GFX Gear Starting November 10 in Japan

Fujifilm has announced price increases for lots of Fujifilm X and GFX gear starting November 10 in Japan.

The increases for X and GFX lenses vary between 8% to 30%, whereas there is still no clear indication on how much the price increase for X-T5, X-S20, X-H2 and X-H2S will be (currently marked as “open”).

I have not yet heard of any price increase coming outside of Japan, and I hope there won’t be any.

Down below you can find the press release as well as the full list of gear affected by the price increase.

Press Release

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Fujifilm Q2 FY2023 Financial Results: Significantly Increased Revenue from Digital Cameras Sales

Fujifilm has announced the financial results for the second quarter of the fiscal year 2023 (July to September).

Needless to say that Instax is the goldmine. But there was also a “significantly increased revenue from digital cameras“.

Revenue from digital cameras increased significantly, mainly due to solid sales of X-H2, X-H2S and X-T5 released in the previous fiscal year. Sales of X-S20, which was released in June 2023, also fared well. […] We will continue to offer attractive products by achieving overwhelmingly high image quality with the large format in the GFX Series and the best balance between image quality and size in the X Series.

Instax and Digital Cameras together did give the imaging business a significant boost.

Revenue and operating income increased by 19.5% and 85.5% year-over-year, respectively, due to brisk sales of instant photo systems and digital cameras.

And all this has been achieved despite Fujifilm being incapable of delivering all the cameras mentioned in the report for many months in certain countries (mainly Asia), and some experienced worldwide delivery problems (X100V).

Fujifilm cameras mentioned in the Financial Report:

via Fujifilm

Sony A9III: The Revival of Global Shutter and a Glimpse into the Fujifilm X-H3s?

The “Old” Global Shutter is Back

The Sony A9III has hit the market.

In the headline I wrote that this is the revival of the global shutter, simply because global shutter cameras are nothing new. In fact, cameras with older CCD sensors already featured a global shutter.

But as back in the days of CCD sensor cameras, the global shutter is not the answer to all problems, and as just everything in life it comes with its Pros and Cons. Let’s talk about it.

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