Fujifilm X-T20 with XC 15-45mm Pre-order Available and Shipping June 18

New Kit on the Shop

It had to happen sooner or later, and now it did: Fujifilm is offering the new XC 15-45mm PZ OIS zoom as a kit lens not only for its entry level Fujifilm X-A5 and Fujifilm X-T100, but starting from today also for the Fujifilm X-T20.

You can pre-order your kit today and it will ship on June 18.

We already reported that Fujifilm removed the XC 16-50mm MKII from their complete X series guide, which is very likely an indication that it is (or will be soon) discontinued. However, there is still the X-T20 with XC16-50 in stock and even up to $430 off (depending on the bundle) at the time of this post.

Fujifilm X-Trans Editing: This Cheat Sheet Tells You How to Choose the Best RAW Converter… and Using X-Transformer with C1 and LR

Fujifilm RAW Converters flowchart by thomasfitzgeraldphotography
Fujifilm RAW Converters flowchart by thomasfitzgeraldphotography

Fujifilm X-Trans RAW Conversion Cheat Sheet

Thomas just created a cheat sheet, that aims to help you in your choice of the best X-Trans RAW converter for your needs.

This might be useful also for all those people, who complaint about Lightroom not supporting X-Trans files as good as other converters: do you really just want only Lightroom? Then just use the Irdient X-Transformer plug-in for Lightroom for best default demosaicing by keeping your editing workflow with Lightroom… best of both worlds :). More about using X-Transformer down below.

Let us know where you end up in this flowchart and make sure to check out the full article at thomasfitzgeraldphotography here.

& More from Thomas

Thomas is one of my go-to sources for X-Trans editing. So as a little thank you for years of consistent contributions for us Fujifilm shooters, I decided to dedicate this article to his work… and send him some traffic… so go guys and let’s make a stress test to his server :)

Editing Software Deals

You can get Capture One 11 with 10% discount at Capture One here, by using coupon code “AMBFR”.

You can get Luminar 2018 and Aurora HDR 2018 with $10 discount by using coupon code “FUJI

Laowa 9mm F2.8 for Fujifilm X in Stock at AmazonUS. New Pre-orders to Ship in July

 

Laowa 9mm F2.8

Good luck in grabbing this one guys! :)

Authorized Fujifilm retailer Camera Wholesalers is selling one (1) Laowa 9mm F2.8 via AmazonUS here.

This lens is a best seller, and the manufacturer, Venus Optics, is still busy with shipping all pre-orders.

Venus Optics also says here, that if you pre-order now, you can expect shipping in July.

We are currently shipping early Pre-Orders. Place an order now and expect a delivery in early July. Orders with order# earlier than below mentioned have been shipped. Fuji X: #17884 Sony E: #18301 EOS-M: #18305

We recommend you to pre-order your Laowa 9mm F2.8 directly at Venus Optics here, since they will ship their pre-orders before all other retailers. However, there is one at AmazonUS right now… so act fast if you want it.

Laowa 9mm F2.8: Venus Optics (recommended option for fastest shipping), BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS

Fujifilm X-T3: New Larger Battery or Current Battery Design with Improved Performance? VOTE NOW

Fujifilm X-T3 Battery

We have just shared the rumor about the Fujifilm X-T3 having a “better performing battery” over the X-T2 (as well as touch screen)

At the same time, Nokishita spotted that Fujifilm registered a new battery charger, the BC-W126S.

Now the question is:

will the Fujifilm X-T3 be compatible with the current NP-W126S batteries, but also take the new and improved W126S batteries, or will the new W126S battery be bigger, hence making it incompatible with all other Fujifilm X series models (but fit for Fujifilm X-Pro3, X-H2, X-T30 and so forth)?

Tamas Varga (vatart.photo facebook) suggested to launch an updated battery poll… so here it is:

Make sure to follow us on Facebook, RSS-feed and Twitter to stay up to date with the latest rumors :)

stay tuned,

Fujifilm X-T3 Battery

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Steelsring EF/GFX Bug Fix Firmware 2.03 Released

Steelsring just released a firmware version 2.03 for its EF/GFX smart adapter (wrong lens info setting for zoom lenses bug fix)

We remind you that last week Steelsring said that the EF/GFX type II smart adapter will be available in early June, with builtin tripod collar and that Nikon/GFX and Nikon/FX adapters are in prototyping now.

Check out steelsring.com.

Here is the full list of available or soon to come smart adapter for Fujifilm X and GFX.