Fujifilm GFX Technologies #3: Through the Glass of GF Lenses & More

Through the Glass of GF Lenses

Fujifilm published episode 3 of their GFX technologies series, and this time it’s about the Lenses (epsiode 1 – Sensor / episode 2 – G-mount). Some excerpts:

  • The reason why we are introducing the new GF Lenses with the new GFX camera system is that the image quality of digital medium format can truly shine if the lenses are optimized for the latest (and future) technologies.
  • G Mount incorporates mirrorless technology and high-pixel-count CMOS sensor so that an ideal lens design could be realized.
  • The G Mount sensor has resolving power of that 4×5 large format with the mere size of 43.8×32.9mm. Rather than cropping the center of large format lenses, better images are delivered by optimal lens design for the image circle.
  • We put much higher cost and labor for GF Lenses than for that of a typical lens.
  • The GF Lenses can cope with a resolution up to 100MP. It means that the lens has a resolving power an image circle that is 4x larger than that of an APS lens. The MTF chart of GF Lenses comes with 40 lines per mm, which is higher frequency than 35mm format lenses, exactly our vision and goal for GF Lens performance.

Read the whole article at fujifilm-x – found via Fujifilm GFX facebook group here

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Fujifilm GFX: USA BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS EU: AmazonDE, AmazonUK, WexUK, ParkCamerasUK, PCHstore AUS: CameraPro

Fujifilm GFX mixed links

My first impressions of the Fujifilm GFX 50s at huseyintaskin

GFX + 32-64 100% crop shared here at the Fujifilm GFX facebook group

Fujifilm GFX 50s AF-C Performance at Hüseyin TAŞKIN youtube

Lightroom CC 2015.9 / 6.9 Now Available with Fujifilm GFX, X100F, X-T20 and X-A10 Support and X-T2/X-Pro2 Bug Fix

After the release earlier today of Adobe Camera Raw 9.9 it was just a matter of time for Lightroom to be come out with GFX, X-T20, X100F and X-A10 Support. And it just happened!

You can update to Lightroom CC 2015.9 (the creative cloud version) or to Lightroom 6.9 (standalone version).

In addition to the camera support, it also fixes the following bug that occured with X-T2 and X-Pro2 cameras:

  • Unable to import compressed raw files from Fujifilm X-T2 and X-Pro2

Read all the details of the update here!

Adobe Camera RAW 9.9 is Out with Support for Fujifilm GFX, X100F, X-T20 and X-A10

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Adobe just released Camera Raw 9.9 with support for Fujifilm GFX, X100F and X-T20. Full release details at lightroomjournal. And the GFX group is right now processing images and sharing the results :).

So Chris from out Fujifilm GFX facebook group was right… well done… and just in case you hear again from someone, who knows someone, who knows someone, any rumor, feel free to share :-)

Installation Instructions

Camera Raw 9.9 – Please select Help>Updates to use the update mechanism in the Creative Cloud app.

Please note – If you have trouble updating to the latest Camera Raw update via the Creative Cloud application, please refer to the following plugin installation:

http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/multi/camera-raw-plug-in-installer.html

DNG Converter 9.9 download links:  Win | macOS

Adobe Adds Tethering Support for Fujifilm GFX50s :: Fujifilm GFX HSS Video Demo :: And GFX Shutter Lag Video Corrected!

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Yesterday Adobe updated the Fujifilm Cameras Tether Shooting Plug-in PRO for Adobe Exchange. If you have Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and a X-T1, X-T2 or GFX 50S, the Pro plug-in lets you import captured images directly to a computer and you can control shooting on camera or from a computer. https://creative.adobe.com/addons/producers/121682

HSS

Shared by GFX facebook member Robert here:

“Great news! GFX High Speed Sync with Strobes

I’ve conducted successful HSS tests on the GFX. I’m beta testing the triggers that made this possible and the company has asked me not to disclose the model, which is why they are obscured in gaffer tape.

Behind the lamp is mid-day sun, HSS allowed the background and foreground to be properly exposed. Video features 1/2500th and 1/4000th shutter speeds but I’ve tested all speeds over the GFX’s native 1/125.

Flash power on the Broncolor Siros S 800 was set to 4.2 and strobe was in HS mode. (Flash was active in second half of video but Beep sound was turned off.)

Lens was Fuji 63mm wide open at 2.8.

Rarely the flash didn’t fire but it’s still beta. Every time it did fire exposure and timing was perfect, no banding, no color temperature shifts.”

Shutter Lag (corrected)

I didn’t share the previous video, because it was evident that the shutter lag of the GFX couldn’t be so bad. I didn’t want to create useless alarms. But I’m happy to see that J I M I Z E L L  now shared an updated video with the accurate demostration of the shutter lag. So no panic, it’s a lot faster than the previous one ;) Check it out here.

Fujifilm X-A3 Firmware Ver. 2.00 Available for Download

The Fujifilm X-A3 Firmware 2.00 is now available for download.

The firmware update Ver.2.00 from Ver.1.00 -Ver.1.10 incorporates the following issues:

1. Image quality of Portrait Enhancer is improved by smooth processing.
2. Improvement of AF performance
3. Night (Tripod) function is added in Advanced SR Auto mode. (introduced from firmware ver.1.10)

Also the Fujifilm X-A10 should get the very same Firmware update in March.

Fujifilm X-A3: USA: BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS

Make Your Kaizen Firmware Request To Fujifilm Here!