VOTE :: The Ultimate Fujifilm APS-C Lenses Poll ** 30 Lenses, 3 Votes… and Let’s Fuji know What We Want ;)

World Record Comments for FR :)

Now that’s EPIC !!! :)

I’m frankly overwhelmed by the tremendous feedback we got at our “APS-C lenses suggestions to Fujifilm” blog post. Over 900 comments in 4 days.

I’m greatful for your partecipation, and I will honor my part of the job… so here is the Poll. But I wanted to keep the survey contained, so I tried to sum up your suggestions in only 30 lenses. That was my goal… and that’s what I did.

IMPORTANT NOTES

  • I didn’t write “OIS” or “WR” after each lens. So just consider all lenses are weather sealed and most have OIS, except those, where it doesn’t really make sense, such as the 33/1.
  • Mark II (MK II) lenses are upgrades to existing lenses, with same focal length and aperture, but the addition of WR, OIS, faster and less noisy AF and so forth.

How I Selected the Lenses

It was not easy for me to “cut” some lenses, or to “change” them. Many suggestions were similar, but had some slight and yet fundamental changes in speed or focal length. If I would include all suggestions with all its variations, we would have a poll of several hundreds of lenses (if not 1,000+). Not quite handy… so here is how I proceeded.

EXAMPLE:

Suggestions

  • 55-135mm f/2.8-4
  • 50-130mm f2.0
  • 50-100mm f/1.8
  • 50-150 f/1.8
  • 50-100 f1.8
  • 55-135mm f/4

Result:

  • 50-130mm f/2

Sometimes I just took the most voted and suggested version

  • 70mm f/1.4 (Recommended 8 or more times)
  • 70mm f/2 WR
  • 70mm f/2.4

Given that the 70mm/1.4 was the by far most wanted 70mm prime, I decided to give you that one as an option.

Make It Better? Why Not!

The list is obviously far from perfect, but I really put many hours of work into this… and if you would like to make a better one (which is for sure possible), please do not hesitate to go through all the comments and send me your selection. I will appreciate your effort and be happy to share it :-)

I Still Love You, X-Shooters ;)

And to all the people, who wrote me angry emails, because I write “too much” about the GFX… this blog post is a hard work of love of many hours for us APS-C X-series lovers. You see, I didn’t forget you… and with about 900 absolute free (!!!) articles a year here on FujiRumors, I’m quite confident there will be more coming for you ;)

It’s just, the GFX is the camera of the moment.

Hey Fujifilm… Now Please Listen!

So, dear FUJIFILM… the FR-community made its part, and gave you tons of new ideas. You now get quite a nice idea of what we desire. We do not want a single penny for all this, it’s all free work we did for you… just be smart enough not to ignore what your customers want, and give us some of those nice lenses in the Poll as soon as possible.

We Love You Fuji… but we also can get quite angry if you do not listen ;)

POLL – Max. 3 Selections

Did you read the section “How I Selected the Lenses“? Good, then you will understand why your dream lens is not in the poll… but you might find something close enough ;)

Which APS-C Lenses Should Fujifilm Release as Next? - Max. 3 Selections

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2017 X Workshops :: 7 RAW Converters Compared :: Fuji Guys F-Log/X-T20 Videos :: XF50/2 First Look :: From Canon to Fuji (miXed zone)

 

2017 WORKSHOPS

I’d light to highlight a few workshops that could be interesting for you. And just to be clear: I’m not affiliated with any of these workshops. If you join them or not, I won’t make a penny out of it. However, from my own experience, I can tell you that workshops can help way more to improve your photography than purchasing new gear.

Streets of Vancouver Photography Workshop
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Simplicity In Seeing Online Training & Inspiration

It’s a few years now, that I follow Olaf’s work with admiration. Definitely a talented X-shooters. And I’m happy to see he is now willing to share his talent not only through his images, but also to share his knowledge and experience with workshops and online trainings

  1. The Streets of Vancouver Photography Workshop, his first photography workshop ever (3 days in July). For more details, please check out his website here.
  2. Olaf also launched his educational and mentoring platform, Simplicity-In-Seeing. The platform was created to go beyond what is currently available in photography education. His focus is on the craft of seeing, on all the elements that help photographers to develop, maintain and challenge their seeing. Check out his website here.

More Workshops & Trainings

  • There is a Fujifilm “X” Photographers Travel & Nature Summits at fujifilmxphotosummits with 3 ½ days of presentations, talks etc. by 4 Fuji “X” Photographers + technical and corporate from the FUJIFILM headquarters in New York. Jack Graham and Bill Fortney also offer a few workshops over the year in USA. Full details at fujixphotoworkshops.
  • Rico Pfirstinger Workshops: Go To New Zealand (or Guernsey) to Learn How To Master Your Fujifilm Camera at Rico’s Ultimate X-Secrets Workshops 2017. More here.
  • X-Shooter Ian offers workshops and online educational. More at ianmacdonaldphotography. Vancouver Street Photography Workshop here + Toronto Street Photography Workshop here.
  • NEW – UPDATE  (NSFW): X-photographer Jiri is offering Group Nude Art Photo Workshop in Prague (click here) and 1-on-1 Nude Art Photography Courses in Prague (click here)

COVER STORIES

Fujifilm GFX

Fujifilm 100F

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Fujifilm GFX on USA Tour :: Here is Where and When You can Touch & Try it

If you are located in USA and interested to try the FujifilmGFX, then here is a list of GFX Events you can join.

On February 8 you can see if for example at BHphoto. And in case you like it and want to pre-order it, remember to use the BHphoto link on FujiRumors to join the $3,000 sweepstake (expires February 9).

And feel free to share your GFX experience with the other 6400+ GFX Facebook group members

  • Feb. 8 B&H, NY, NY- 10AM-6PM
  • Feb. 9 Adorama, NY, NY – 12PM-6PM
  • Feb. 10 Hunt’s Photo & Video, Melrose, MA- VIP event (check store for details)
  • Feb. 11 Unique Photo, Fairfeild, NJ – 11AM-5PM
  • Feb. 14 Samy’s Santa Barbara, CA- 10AM-4PM
  • Feb. 14 Cameta Camera, Amityville, NY – 9AM-12PM
  • Feb. 15 Samy’s Pasadena, CA- 10AM-4PM
  • Feb. 15 Pro Photo Supply, Portland, OR- 1PM-5PM
  • Feb. 15 FotoCare, NY, NY- 5PM-8PM
  • Feb. 16 Samy’s Culver City, CA 10AM-4PM
  • Feb. 16 Glazers, Seattle, WA- 1PM-5PM
  • Feb. 16 Pictureline, Salt Lake City, UT- 10AM-5PM
  • Feb, 16 K&M Camera, NY, NY- 11AM-5PM
  • Feb. 17-18 Kenmore Camera Anniversary Sale, Seatlle, WA
  • Feb. 22 Samy’s San Francisco, CA 10AM-4PM
  • Feb. 24 Precision Camera, Austin, TX- 10AM-6PM

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

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“RAW Power” App Brings Aperture Style Interface & Functions to Mac Photos… for just $10 (Limited Time Offer)

A fellow FR-reader just dropped me a link to a RAW converter software that might be interesting for some fellow X-shooters out there. It’s called RAW Power.

RAW Power is a Photos extension plug-in (but can be used also as standalone app), that gives you complete access to the macOS RAW engine in an intuitive interface that will feel very familiar to Aperture users largely because of who wrote it, Nik Bhatt, who was the man behind Apples Aperture. Nik Bhatt has left Apple and today creates Apps such as RAW Power.

RAW Power uses the same technology that sits underneath Photos, but this plug-in gives you access to all the controls to devolop the RAW images. You can make fixes and improvements that are simply impossible to make in Photos. It also has some features that were not present even in Aperture.

You can now grab RAW Power for $10 bucks (limited time offer), and use it as standalone App or embedd it into Apples Photos Application.

UPDATE: As Ben noted in the comments:

Uses Apple’s macOS built-in RAW support… so it doesn’t work with compressed RAF

I’ll share 2 videos below, the first one is a short introduction to RAW Power, and the second one is a video 34 minutes chat at TWiP with Nik Bhatt.