Fujifilm USA Celebrates World Photography Day with Meetups in New York, Los Angeles and Austin on August 19 – JOIN for FREE NOW!

To celebrate World Photography Day, Fujifilm will be hosting meetups in New York City, Los Angeles and Austin on August 19 from 1 to 5PM. You’ll meet up in a bar and then go for photo walks, shootings with models, there will be snacks and more.

The event is hosted by official Fujifilm Creators* and local retailers (for example BHphoto for the New York City event).

The event is free and you can book your spot now here.

I wish to every FR-reader who joins any of the events a super-fun and nice day!

*Note: Fujifilm Creators are on “Stage 2” of the new Fujifilm USA X Photographer program. How you can become a creator and an X photographer in USA is explained in detail here.

New York
Vig Bar, 1-5PM EST
12 Spring St,
New York, NY 10012
vigbar.com

Los Angeles
All Seasons Brewing, 1-5PM PST
800 S. La Brea
Los Angeles, CA
www.allseasonbrewing.com

Austin
Lustre Pearl, 1-5PM CST
114 Linden St.
Austin, TX 78702
www.dunlapatx.com/lustre-pearl-east

Japanese Fujifilm Manager: “Long Debate if to go Full Frame or Medium Format and Fujifilm X-T1 Saved the X Series”

Japanese Fujifilm Mr. Takashi Ueno released an interview to Map Camera on youtube.

It’s all in Japanese, but the guys over at dclife provided a summary of it, which I will share down below.

  • Fujifilm X-T1 was the first camera to put Fujifilm’s future stake, and luckily it sold very strong
  • without Fujifilm X-T1 the manager would not make this interview today [meaning Fujifilm would not have continued the X series if the X-T1 would have failed]
  • Fujifilm deliberately chose not to go full frame
  • it’s not that by doubling the mounts Fujifilm would have also doubled their R&D resources. The resources remain the same
  • for those who wanted larger sensors, it was not good for Fujifilm to tell those customers to look for other brands. Customers who liked the Fujifilm colors and concept. So Fujifilm decided to add the GFX system for them
  • there was a long internal discussion if they should go full frame or medium format [admin note: FujiRumors has the true internal story on the moment that convinced Fujifilm to go Medium Format]
  • The X series will continue to evolve
  • “All camera products are the same, but the functions of cameras today are completely different from what they were 10 years ago, and I think the expectations people have for cameras are changing rapidly. On the other hand, I don’t think it’s a good thing to stay the same without changing, and I want to keep the basics in mind, but I want to evolve by properly grasping the needs of users.“.

The X-T series is the one camera that more than any other camera combined determinates Fujifilm success and future. This is why the Fujifilm X-T5 will be crucial.

This were just the bullet points. I will also share the full Google translated part for you:

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24h Left to Save $125 on the entire Topaz Image Software Collection. And surprise…you get the BETA Photo AI for free too!

 

Until August 12 you save 125 Dollar/Euro on the entire Topaz image collection. And this is a new surprising addition: If you get the software you will also be able to download the BETA version of the upcoming new app named “Photo AI”.

Photo AI will be officially released in September.

Fujinon XF27mm f/2.8 R WR in Stock (19 Months After Announcement)

It is with great joy that I report to you that after only 19 months of waiting, the Fujinon XF27mm f/2.8 R WR is marked as in stock at BHphoto. It’s still out of stock at all the other stores we link down below.

You can grab your copy at BHphoto here.

The new 27mm enjoyed high demand and I remember that the very same day the lockdown ended and I could leave my little 1 thousands soul village, I jumped into my car and drove to the a local store to buy the last sample they had left.

It lives its life glued on my Fujifilm X-E3 and serves me very well to document my family life.

The aperture ring just made it the perfect lens for smaller X series camera bodies.