Episode 2 of “The World of Film Simulation” has been published at FujifilmXworld. An excerpt:

“The saturation is the lowest among all film simulations. The saturation has been minimized to the limit. Photography is often called “Art of omission“. CLASSIC CHROME omits the element of color in order to stand for the story you want to tell to stand out. […] Minimized saturation and one of a kind tonality that make the subject stand out, this is all to tell the story as clear as possible. We would like the photographers that advocate for contents, to also use this film simulation.”

Camera Raw 8.8 is now available as a final release for Photoshop CS6 and Photoshop CC. DNG Converter 8.8 is provided for all Lightroom customers and Photoshop customers using versions of Photoshop older than Photoshop CS6.

It adds support for the Fujifilm X-A2 and XQ2.

Camera Raw 8.8 plug-in installer here.

Download DNG Converter WIN / MAC

At the end of February, dpreview published a very interesting interview with Fuji Manager T. Iida. One of the questions dpreview made to the Manager, was if Fuji plans to release a Monochrome X-series camera, since “the X-Trans sensor should be well-suited to native monochrome capture.”

The Fuji manager answered: “Technically of course it’s possible but it depends on the demand, and such a camera would probably match perfectly to some of our core customers. […] I think a monochrome model might represent a sales opportunity for Fujifilm. […] I am a big fan of monochrome photography.”

Now, a couple of days ago I received this anonymous message

“It might be interesting to see how many folks would spring for a Monochrome only B&W only 24 MP  sensor version of the Fuji X-Pro2. You might be surprised!  Seems like a no-brainer.”

Yep, I think it’s interesting to see what you guys think about it. And apparently I’m not the only one. Also the Spanish site Fujistas investigated the same question. So I decided to launch two polls. Feel free to vote them and drop your considerations in the comments.

And now tell us if you think that Fuji should an alternative to Leica’s Monochrome camera.

Read about the advantages of a monochrome sensor at maxmax (thanks hmmm). “An equivalent monochrome camera will always take a much sharper image than a color camera because resolution is dependent on the color content in the picture.”

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Fujifilm invited the popular French photography site focus-numerique (translation) to visit the Fujifilm factory (1 out of 5 factories in Japan), where the X100T, X-T1 and several XF lenses are assambled.

In this specific case you can see how they assamble the XF 16-55 lens.

As a reminder, at the bottom is the video of the Fujinon Craftsmanship, shared back in October 2014. From the polishing to the mold pressing, from the assembling to the final check (where each lens is carefully checked by skilled technicians) and the packaging… and at the end of the chain, there is somewhere a happy X-shooter enjoying the great quality of the glass.

Also time to update the “favorite Fujinon lens” poll, since we now have some new entires.

NOTE: the ver.2 of the XC lenses is not included, since it’s not really available at the moment.

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Brian from Iridient just posted new Fujifilm X-Trans (APS-C) film style presets for Iridient Developer 3! The download includes a ReadMe file with detailed instructions on installation and use.

All previous styles have been updated and Classic Chrome has now been added. These styles are now saved as Iridient Developer 3 “preset” type files with just the specific adjustments necessary for the color styles so they can be used without altering other adjustments like sharpening or noise reduction. The previous (preset pack #3) styles have also been updated to the new “preset” file type and are included as well for those that want to be able to keep the identical color rendering as the older versions.

The download is a 12MB zip file and is available here:
http://iridientdigital.com/downloads/Iridient_FujiX_Presets4.zip