Venus Optics announced the development of these four new lenses:

Anhui China, Apr 20, 2018 – Venus Optics, the camera lenses manufacturer who had previously launched a number of unique Laowa camera lenses, is proud to announce 4 new and unique lenses.

– Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 FE Zoom
– Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2X Ultra Macro APO
– Laowa 17mm f/4 GFX Zero-D
– Laowa 4mm f/2.8 Fisheye MFT

Laowa 17mm f/4 GFX Zero-D
This is currently the widest available native lens option for Fujifilm G-mount cameras. The new Laowa 17mm f/4 GFX has a field of view equivalent to 13mm in 35mm format (113°). Featuring a close-to-zero distortion and 86mm filter thread, this lens is ideally suited for landscape, architecture & interior photography. The 21 elements in 14 groups design with 2pcs of aspherical & 3pcs of Extra-low dispersion elements successfully help to control the distortion & chromatic aberrations to the minimal.

Many Fujifilm X and GFX shooters earn their bread and butter with Fujifilm cameras, and many of those are also extremely successful in their specific genre.

For example, there are Fujifilm shooters, who won prestigeous awards, such as…

• some won the world wildlife photography award (story here)
• some made the cover of the TIME magazine (story here)
• some won the World Photography Arts&Culture Award 2015 (story here)
• some won the First Prize of the World Press Photo Category “Stories (stroy here)
• some made the front page of the Wall Street Journal (story here)
• Fuji X was good enough for God’s work (story here)
• some captured America’s most hated man (story here)
• some distracted a French presidential candidate during his interview (story here)
• and more…

You also probably know Kevin Mullins, one of the top wedding photographers globally speaking, who shoots exclusively with Fujifilm X series camera.

The list could go on and on (and I apologize for all those I didn’t mention here), but today it’s about Markus Klinko, a photographer, who saw his work displayed at Times Square in New York, who photographed top celebrities like Beyoncé (btw, Beyoncé shoots Fujifilm X100s, as you can see her here) and David Bowie.

Markus is also a good friend of FujiRumors, and he has also contributed with several articles on Fujirumors.com.

Today we have the pleasure to dedicate our “Behind the X gear” episode to our friend Markus Klinko. Enjoy :)

Meet Markus Klinko

Finally also AmazonUS is taking pre-orders on the Fujinon GF 250mm F4.

The GF 250mmF4 has been announced along with the 18mm and 45mm Macro extension tubes and the 1.4x Teleconverter.

Make sure to check out Rico’s First Look Review about all these new Fujinon goodness and to check back our Fujinon GF 250mm Live Blog

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NEW FUJI GEAR
Fujinon GF 250mm F4: BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS
Fujinon GF 1.4x Teleconverter: BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS
18mm Macro Extension Tube: BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS
45mm Macro Extension Tube: BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS

JB Camera Designs just announced their wooden grip-base for Fujifilm X-H1 cameras. It will be available soon at their AmazonUS store here.

This is one of my personal favorite grips to date…I love the look and feel of our Wood Grip-Base on my new Fujifilm X-H1! Available in three different materials: Bamboo, Padauk, and Walnut. Each unique grip is handmade and finished here in Oklahoma. I think Fujifilm X-H1 is just about the perfect ergonomic mirrorless camera, but the Grip-Base adds that little extra room for your pinky finger – while giving your camera a unique look and solid extra protection.

via JBcameradesigns