Fujifilm Price increase is coming

The company will increase the prices on plenty of X-gear starting from the 1st September 2016 in Europe.

There will not be a price increase on the Fujifilm X-T2, because Fuji raised the original price just shorty before it’s announcement.

Brexit, Currency fluctiations and also the Kumamoto earthquake could be some of the reasons for this price increase. Thanks a lot to the FR-reader, who passed me the link to the top-foto page.

PRICE IN €
Fujifilm 14 from 899 to 949
Fujifilm 18 from 549 to 599
Fujifilm 23 from 899 to 949
Fujifilm 35/1,4 from 579 to 599
Fujifilm 35/2,0 from 399 to 449
Fujifilm 60 from 629 to 699
Fujifilm 90 from 899 to 999
Fujifilm 16-55 from 1099 to 1149
Fujifilm 18-55 from 699 to 749
Fujifilm 50-140 from 1499 to 1599
Fujifilm 50-140 + 1,4x Fujinon XF TC from 1699 to 1799
Fujifilm 55-200 from 699 to 749

Which RAW converter is the best for X-Trans Files? Well, this is a questions that needs to be investigated continuously, since every update can introduce improvements or new features. There will never be a final answer, but what is the state of art?

Adrian Evans (aka Stealthy Ninja – Interview here) wrote a comprehensive XF23mmF2 WR Review investigated this question and compared the following RAW converters: Lightroom CC 2015.6 Vs. Photo Ninja 64 1.3.4 Vs. Iridient Developer 3.1 Vs. RAW Therapee 4.2.1148 Vs. Capture One Pro 9.2 Vs. Silkypix Developer Studio Pro 7.0.6.0 VS. Jpeg from the camera

I invite you to go through the test (with lots of comparison samples) here at aevansphoto.

Here on FujiRumors I’ll just share Adrian’s final raking:

1. Iridient (21 points)
2. Lightroom (16 points)
3. Photo Ninja (13 points)
4. RAW Therapee (12 points)
5. Jpeg (10 points)
6. Silky Pix and Capture One (both 6 points)

FUJIFILM Annual Fiscal Report 2016

The Fujifilm Annual Fiscal Report 2016 is now online.

In the Report you can see, that 14% of FUJIFILM’s entire earnings come from the “Imaging Solution“. And only 4% of these 14% is revenue generated by the “optical device and electronic imaging solution“, which includes prodcuts “such as the X Series of digital cameras, interchangeable lenses, and TV lenses“. The latter went down 14,2% compared to the previous fiscal year.

However, “profitability improved in the electronic imaging field, reflecting the further shift to such high-end digital camera models as the X Series“. The “Sales of the X Series were strong due to sales expansion in the Asian region“.

As to expect, the report says that Instax is growing (more than 5 million units sold in 1 year). Just take a look at the AmazonUS OVERALL Camera & Photo ranking, and you get an idea why Fujifilm is pushing Instax (latest addition the Selfie Mirror Instax Mini 70).

Full Fujifilm Fiscal Report 2016 Here

After Camera Raw, now Adobe udpated also Lightroom.

Lightroom CC 2015.6.1 brings Fuji X-T2 and fixes some bugs, like “Uncompressed DNGs files converted from Fuji X-E2 RAF source images were unreadable”

New Camera Support in Lightroom CC 2015.6.1 / 6.6.1

• Fujifilm X-T2

More at lightroomjournal.