If you follow our Fujifilm X100F or GFX 50S facebook groups, then you will already know it since a few days: Angelo Pelle released his (highly appreciated) leather half cases for Fujifilm X100F and Fujifilm GFX 50S. They also have very good looking straps.
Since high request delivery time is around 2 weeks for this case.
Yes I know, it might seem strange to write a pro-Kaizen article right after Fujifilm pulled off the massive X-T2 firmware because it was faulty. Fujifilm did earn quite some attacks becasue of this, and some are making fun out of this situation.
So maybe Fujifilm should do it like any other brand: do not offer any major firmware update at all, only mini bug-fix updates, so they will avoid attacks.
Or maybe not… maybe Fujifilm should continue to deliver huge firmware updates for older cameras like they did over the last 6+ years. And in all these years I remember I think 2 or 3 rollback firmware updates overall.
Well, I gladly accept the remote possibility of a buggy firmware, if what I get is years of excellent support for my cameras via firmware update.
And I know that overall, Fuji’s Kaizen approach is applauded by many, and today we would like to feature a video JCristina. He says about Kaizen:
Kaizen Firmware updates makes them stand out from Sony, Canon and Nikon. They don’t just fix things, but they give you more that extend the life of their cameras
Most camera manufacturers want their cameras to be like toilet paper. They want you to use it for a set period of time, throw them in the garbage and they buy another roll
JCristina continues by discussing Fuji’s decision to skip full frame and go directly medium format. Especially the Fujifilm GFX 50R will be a smart move to make Medium Format go mainstream.
They don’t play the full frame war. They have one of the best APS-C cameras on the market, and they went directly Medium Format
The Fujifilm GFX 50R will soon give you a medium format mirrorless option at the price of the Sony A9
Watch Fujifilm, and what happens after photokina, if they rise up to the top with that medium format GFX 50R
The Fujifilm GFX 50R will be announced at photokina at the end September (or shortly before).
The price for the Fujifilm GFX 50R has not yet been set, simply because this is about the last thing Fujifilm decides. Only one thing is sure: it will be significantly more affordable than the Fujifilm GFX 50S.
In the Imaging Solutions segment, consolidated revenue amounted to ¥383.0 billion (up 12.1% from the previous fiscal year), due to the significant sales increase in the electronic imaging field of the optical device and electronic imaging business. Consolidated operating income amounted to ¥56.0 billion (up 52.0% from the previous fiscal year), due to the improvement of profitability in each business.
In the Earning Presentation Transcipt Fujifilm writes:
