KIPON Announces 3 Canon EF to Fujifilm FX and GFX Autofocus Adapters

KIPON just announced three new autofocus adapters for Canon EF lenses on Fuji FX APS-C and GFX 50S medium format cameras.

  • EF-FX AF – 298USD (optically improved. New production from better optic supplier)
  • Baveyes EF-FX AF 0.7x – 428USD (focal reducer, or “speedbooster”)
  • EF-GFX AF – 298USD

Photographers, who already ordered KIPON EF-GFX E before, can get extra 15% discount on Kipon’s new EF-GFX AF adapter.

Kipon will show these adapters at CP+ 2018 Yokohama Japan. Shipment date would be soon.

via Fujifilm GFX facebook Group – via Kipon Facebook page

List of available or soon to come smart adapters

Fujifilm X-A5 in Stock and X-A5 as well as X-A20 Owner’s Manual Available

Fujifilm X-A5 in Stock

The Fujifilm X-A5 is now in stock at several stores.

Some stores have all 3 colors in stock (pink, black, brown), others only a few. Check out the X-A5 at BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS and FocusCamera for the updated stock list.

While the Fujifilm X-A20 is just as exciting as the car hood of a Ford Escort, the X-A5 instead is a quite interesting little camera, especially given that it now features phase detection pixels on the 24MP Bayer sensor.

And most of all, the Fujinon XC15-45 muffin zoom is tempting me quite a bit, because especially in combination with my small Fujifilm X-E3, it could become a great solution for travels.

Owner’s Manual

Fujifilm just released the Owner’s Manual for the Fujifilm X-A5 and Fujifilm X-A20. Thanks to the FR-reader for the links :)

Fujinon XC 15-45: BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS, FocusCamera
Fujifilm X-A5: BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS, FocusCamera
Fujifilm X-A20: BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS

Fujifilm’s Imaging Solutions Booms: Operating Income up 76.1% in Fiscal Year 2018/3 2nd Quarter

And yet again, Fujifilm’s imaging solution booms.

I’ll skip the Instax part, which keeps up making record profits. Just look at the AmazonUS Overall Photo Ranking, and you will find tons of Instax products at the very top… since years now! Of course we have to see how the patent battle about the square Instax film with Polaroid ends.

Overall, the numbers for the imaging solution are excellent:

Our Imaging Solutions segment recorded revenue of 297.7 billion yen, up 15.6% year-on-year. Operating income totaled 50.0 billion yen, up 76.1% over the same period during the previous year.

About their digital camera business they write:

In the electronic imaging business, revenue increased on strong sales of mirrorless digital camera X Series, including the FUJIFILM X-E3 which was launched in September 2017, the FUJIFILM X-T20 and FUJIFILM X100F, which were launched in February 2017, and the FUJIFILM GFX 50S, a medium format mirrorless digital camera equipped with a large sized sensor, as well as their accompanying interchangeable lenses.

Professional photographers and camera enthusiasts have given high praise to our proprietary technology, which produces impressive depictions reproducing brilliant colors that remain vivid in people’s memories, and the extensive line-up of 31 lenses. In the optical device business, sales increased, reflecting the strong performance of various industrial-use lenses such as thos e for vehicle cameras and projectors.

The MK lens series was also launched, offering a new series of ci nema camera lenses designed for the expanding market of online and related types of video recording.

Their reports also enter in merit of the recent deal they made with Xerox.

You can find all the reports at Fujifilm Holdings here. Here they are one by one:

EARNING RELEASE

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FUJIFILM Factory Visit – How Lenses & Cameras Are Made

Fujifilm Factory Visit

Cinema5d had the opportunity to visit Fujifilm’s Japanese Sendai factory, where the Fujinon MK lenses, the Fujifilm X-T2, Fujifilm GFX and more Fujifilm gear is made.

They do not give us information about Fujifilm’s quality check list, how many lenses or cameras are made each day and other things. It is however always nice to take a look inside the factory, and Cinema5D definitely made a nice video out of their factory visit. Really astonishing to see that every lens is “hand made”, screw after screw.

So video-walk through the Sendai factory and see the video here on cinema5D youtube and at their website cinema5d.

Also, check out Fujifilm latest blog post “How Fujifilm Builds Strong, Quality Cameras“. They confirm that “10 percent of all packaged lenses are randomly selected, unpackaged and loaded onto a camera to ensure they’ll operate properly for customers.”

And btw… I looked closely to every detail, but I don’t think I have seen a Fujifilm X-H1 in the video ;) .

We have more “factory tours” shared here on FujiRumors. Here is a list of them.