TOP FUJINON LENSES

Hi all…

Today I need your help :)

Why? Because one of the most asked questions I get via email is more or less like this:

“Hey Patrick, I am switching to Fujifilm. Which lenses do you recommend to start with?”

or

“Hey Patrick, next month I will travel to destination XY. Which lenses should I bring with me?”

I always have a hard time to answer these, because I tend to recommend lenses that I like and prefer for my way of shooting. And of course different lenses are good for different types of photography. And different people prefer different lenses.

So I had an idea.

I can escape the responsibility of making all alone lens recommendation in future, by launching a few polls here on FujiRumors, so that all of you guys can vote your own two favorite lenses.

So, if I get the question again via email in future, I will still be happy to give my humble advice, but I can also link to this post, so that people can have a larger feedback, than just my own.

How It Works

Back in October, we reported how Fujinon lenses saw a 96% increase of rentals at lensrentals.com.

Well, they also published the results for camera rentals.

In their “Most Popular New Photo & Video Gear of 2017” list, we can find the Fujifilm X100F ranked Nr.5 and the Fujifilm GFX 50S ranked Nr.19.

It’s a little step forward compared to 2016, where we had the Fujifilm X-Pro2 ranked Nr.13 and Fujifilm X-T2 Nr.19.

Back to the Fujifilm X100F…

This camera was an unexpected success, and Fujifilm had a hard time to ship all orders, as they admitted here.

Surprisingly, though, there wasn’t much buzz around the Fujifilm X100F this year, overshadowed by the almighty Fujifilm GFX 50S and other popular Fujifilm cameras, like the X-T2.

However, here on FujiRumors, over the entire year 2017, I always dedicated regular and specific roundups to the Fujifilm X100F, because this camera simply deserves it. It’s a compact little powerhouse, and I still have to find the one X-shooters, who regrets to have bought it.

For all the 2017 rankings, you can check out lensrentals.com

via SonyAlphaRumors

Fujifilm GFX facebook group *** Fujifilm X100F facebook group

Fujifilm X100F: BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS, Focuscamera

Fujifilm GFX 50S + Any GF lens* (save $1,000): BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS
* GF63mmF2.8 / GF45mmF2.8 / GF32-64mmF4 / GF120mmF4 / GF110mmF2 / GF 23mmF4

Fujinon GF 45mmF2.8 (save $300): BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS
Fujinon GF 63mmF2.8 (save $300): BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS
Fujinon GF 32-64mmF4 (save $450): BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS
Fujinon GF 120mmF4 Macro (save $550): BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS
Fujinon GF 110mm F2 (save $550): BHphoto, AmazonUS, Adorama
Fujinon GF 23mm F4 (save $550): BHphoto, AmazonUS, Adorama

Cover Stories

• ivanjoshualoh shares his X wishlist for 2018. And what’s on your wishlist?
• Fujifilm X-T2 vs Canon 6D – Should I switch to Fuji? at Mark Duffy Youtube
• Fujifilm X-H1 and do we need it? at Demos Soupashis Youtube
• Fuji Xt 2 3 repairs in 3 months! at Demos Soupashis youtube
• Could’ve Brought the Canon, but Grabbed the Fuji Holiday edition at Omar Gonzalez Photography Youtube

New Firmware Updates

• Fujifilm X-Pro2 4K Video Sample plus Film Simulations – Firmware 4.0 at Simplr Camera Straps Youtube
• Firmware 4.0 – Fuji X-Pro 2 4K Test Footage at thomasfitzgeraldphotography
• 4K Recording with the X-Pro2 at f16.click

Top 2017 Rankings

• The BEST Camera Gear Of 2017 by Philipp Bloom on youtube – Fuji gear included :)
• 2017 Buying Guide: Best cameras for people and events. A7RIII wins and X-T2 Runner up at dpreview
• These are the best cameras you can buy right now (X100F included) at dpreview
• 2017 Buying Guide: Best cameras under $1500 (X-E3 included) at dpreview

Fujifilm X-T2 & More

• Why the Zhiyun Tech Crane 2 is WORTH IT!! Using the Crane 2 with the Fuji X-T2 4k VIDEO at Sierra Creative Youtube
• 20 Best (Fuji) Photos of 2017 at brianedenphotography
• Long Exposure Quick Tip With Fuji X-T2 And Firecrest ND Filter at Finding Middle Earth youtube
• Long Exposure Tip | Exposure Blending & Luminosity Masks (Part 2) at Finding Middle Earth youtube
• Fuji X-T2 Landscape Photography VLOG | Adapt To Your Location at Finding Middle Earth youtube
• Fujifilm XQ2 Review- More Than A Surprise Bargain at photographic-central
• Fujifilm XT2 – From an automotive photographers mind and perspective at fttfloor
• Beyond The Frame | Yi Yi At A Tea House | X-Pro2 at thetravelphotographer
• Iceland with the X-T2 at androloria

Dual Vision -A Tale of 2 Cameras (X-T2 and X-Pro2) and 2 Photographers at Fujifilm Global youtube

Firmware Bug

As we reported here on FujiRumors a few days ago, there is a little bug on the latest X-Pro2 firmware ver.4.00. The camera locks up when you shoot advanced filters at lossless compressed + JPEG.

Well, Fujifilm read about the bug you guys reported here on FujiRumors, checked the firmware, and now confirms here that firmware 4 has indeed this issue.

Notice for customers
We have confirmed that X-Pro2 with the upgraded firmware (ver.4.00) released on Dec 22 2017 stops working in certain settings.
We deeply apologize for your inconvenience this may cause. The symptom will happen only when all three conditions below are set at the same time.

1) IMAGE QUALITY : FINE+RAW or NORMAL + RAW
2) RAW RECORDING : LOSSLESS COMPRESSED
3) DRIVE : any of ADVANCED FILTER
* This is not factory setting. If the symptom happens, please remove the battery once for recovery. We are preparing a revised firmware as a solution and plan to release it as soon as possible.

Fujifilm will soon deliver a fix for the bug.

Thanks to the FR-reader for sharing this news with me via email.

Make sure to join our Fujifilm X-Pro facebook group.

• Fujifilm X-T User Group
• Fujifilm X-Pro User Group
• Fujifilm X-E User Group
• Fujifilm GFX Group
• Fujifilm X100 Cameras Group
• Fujifilm X-H (IBIS camera) Group

Merry X mas

First and foremost, merry Christmas to the entire Fujifilm family out there and to every single one of you reading this blog. Make the best out of your holidays and enjoy every moment.

And now the part almost nobody will read, but for me personally it’s very important…

THANK YOU TO….

• ALL SOURCES who helped me also this year with the rumors. Your support was once again incredible. You help us to make being part of the Fuji X community so much more fun :). I hope to hear very often from you again also in 2018.
• ALL READERS who decided to support FujiRumors by commenting the articles, by dropping me a link to interesting content, news, deals and by sharing our content on social media and forums. You allow this blog to be always the very first to break the news and also to be the by far most active Fujifilm community on the web.
• ALL SUPPORTERS who decided to purchase products using our affiliate links, who donated a few bucks and who clicked on the banners on our website. I do put heart and soul into this blog, but without your support to cover the costs of this site, I could close FujiRumors tomorrow morning.
• ALL CONTRIBUTORS who decided to write a guest post for FujiRumors. You do enrich the FR-experience with your great content
• ALL PEOPLE AT FUJIFILM who worked hard to keep up designing, developing and crafting wonderful cameras and lenses and for covering us also in 2017 with Kaizen love

have great holidays… all of you,
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Support for Homeless People

As you might have noticed, here on FujiRumors we are convinced supporters of charity initiatives. In fact, over the last two years, thanks to your support, we collected $5,000 for free education to Cambodian kids, and as you can see above, the kids wanted to say “Thank you” to all of you guys :)

This time, I’d like to bring to your attention a charity initiative launched by our friends at Cosyspeed camera bags.

They have launched a special edition bag, the CAMSLINGER Streetomatic Valerie Jardin bag (Valerie shoots Fuji ;) ), and $25 of each sold bag go to the project #dosomethingfornothing, a project of London based stylist Joshua Coombes who gives free haircuts to homeless people.

Joshs project has grown quickly to 180 thousand followers on Instagram and he was featured in Morgan Freemans show on National Geographic and The Washington Post.

Full details after the video.