Gariz Fujifilm X-Pro3 Leather Half Case and More Affordable Options

The Gariz leather half case for Fujifilm X-Pro3 is available at AmazonUS here and at ebay here.

You can get the Gariz in black here, in brown here and in camel here.

  • Gariz leather half case for Fuji X-Pro3. Made from high quality genuine leather
  • Allow access to battery compartment and ports
  • Unique attachment system, Separate tripod mount
  • Soft inner lining printed with Gariz logo, Supplied in soft carrying bag and presentation box
  • Allows full access to all the Camera functions

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Photokina 2020 Canceled due to Coronavirus Outbreak and Postponed to May 2022

Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, Photokina 2020 has been canceled and postponed to May 2022. Down below you can read the press release.

You might remember, how back in December, FujiRumors told you that Fujifilm will not be at Photokina in May 2020. A few weeks later, Fujifilm confirmed our rumor. So, the news today won’t be relevant for Fujifilm shooters, but it is for the photography industry as a whole.

Interesting to note, that unlike announced earlier, Photokina will skip again a year, and we will have to wait 2 years for the next event.

Photokina Press Release

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China Says FUJIFILM Drug Avigan Works Against Coronavirus COVID-19 and Shares Jump up 15%

Fujifilm shares jumped up 15% in a single day, after the Chinese government has officially recommended the use of Fujifilm’s drug AVIGAN to fight the coronavirus.

Zhang Xinmin, director of the science ministry’s China National Center for Biotechnology Development, says:

“It has a high degree of safety and is clearly effective in treatment”

According to TheGuardian, the medicine was test on 340 patients.

Patients who were given the medicine in Shenzhen turned negative for the virus after a median of four days after becoming positive, compared with a median of 11 days for those who were not treated with the drug, public broadcaster NHK said.

In addition, X-rays confirmed improvements in lung condition in about 91% of the patients who were treated with favipiravir [another name for Avigan], compared to 62% or those without the drug.

Just a few weeks ago, the Japanese Health Minister Katsunobu Kato recommended Fujifilm’s Avigan drug to treat the Coronavirus. But the health ministry now specified:

But a Japanese health ministry source suggested the drug was not as effective in people with more severe symptoms. “We’ve given Avigan to 70 to 80 people, but it doesn’t seem to work that well when the virus has already multiplied,” the source told the Mainichi Shimbun.

As you know, FujiRumors lives in North Italy, currently the COVID-19 hot spot. An efficient cure would be the fastest way out of this. Let’s hope Fujifilm or somebody else will deliver that quickly.

via theguardian via asia.nikkei via via reuters via japantoday via bioworld via bloomberg

Five Reasons Fujifilm Won’t Make a Full Frame Fujifilm X100

DPReview published a list of 5 reason, why Fujifilm won’t make a full frame X100 camera.

  1. A larger sensor would add size and weight, mitigating a major X100 selling point
  2. Such a product would cost a lot to develop and manufacture
  3. The result would be a very expensive camera – reducing its potential audience
  4. A move to full-frame would annoy and worry existing loyal Fujifilm APS-C customers. Also, if Fujifilm announces any full frame camera, could look like a massive vote of no confidence in APS-C
  5. The risk of cannibalization within existing lineups is too great

And what about a medium format X100 then? DPR writes:

So might Fujifilm build a medium-format X100? There’s an argument to be made that it makes sense in a way that full-frame just doesn’t. Medium format would offer an increase in potential image quality over full-frame (albeit relatively modest – about 2/3EV), a significant leap in image quality over APS-C, it’s a major part of Fujifilm’s brand identity, and the larger format is a key differentiator for Fujifilm compared to competitive manufacturers.

Well, I won’t enter the argument about the “relatively modest” advantage of the Fujifilm GFX over full frame. This is a thesis DPR started pushing back in 2017, and FujiRumors comprehensively answered it in the article “DPReview Recommends 3 Full Frame Cameras Combined over 1 Fujifilm GFX“. Also, in the meantime something called Fujifilm GFX100 hit the market, with the newest sensor technology.

For the rest, the whole 5 reason list makes sense. Check out the full in-depth article at dpreview.

And one could also add one more ;)

  • full frame offers a “relatively modest” advantage over APS-C, and also has a couple of disadvantages over APS-C, that you can read here

Popular photography industry insiders, claimed that APS-C is the actual sensor size sweet spot. Keep in mind, they said “sweet spot“, not “automatically the best tool for everybody“.

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Let’s Unveil the Big Mystery… FujiRumors lives in Locked Down Italy! And Precisely in…

Fellow FR-readers,

These are surreal days, for many of us.

Personally I live under lockdown since a couple of days.

I don’t have to go school anymore, but we teachers tried to organize with online lessons. So I am busy the same as before, if not more, to try to organize skype lessons, send material online, correct and so forth.

I only leave my little rented apartment to bring out my dog or buy food. For the rest, I never leave my apartment.

This is a sacrifice so many are doing these days, here in Italy, which is now the epicenter of the Cornavirus outbreak, especially North Italy, which is where I live.

And more precisely, I live in some of the most beautiful and photogenic mountains of the the world, the Dolomites.

I’ll be honest…

It’s not easy to focus on FujiRumors these days. I mean, I haven’t seen nor hugged my mother since 1 week now, as she is older, and so in high risk, when it comes to the virus. I haven’t met any friend. Then there is the teaching, which I am not prepared for to do online, and I now study how to manage it best.

But I am optimistic from nature, and I believe we will all come out of this soon.

In the meantime, here are some of the good things that happen in these days living locked at home:

  • I cleaned all my camera gear perfectly, read to go out and shoot again when all this over
  • I finally cached up with some of the photo editing work
  • I have a lot of time with my wife
  • I really have a lot of quality time with my wife ;)

So, the mystery is unveiled. Now Fujifilm knows, where to find me ;).

Wherever you live, I wish you to stay strong, healthy and happy, even during this complicated times.

We will come out of it… and we will finally be able to get out with our Fuji gear again, and capture all the beauty, that we miss so much in these days locked at home.

love you guys,
Patrick

P.S.: when all this is over, come and visit Italy. It will be the trip of your lifetime. And if you are in Dolomites area, drop me an email ;).