miXed zone: CP+ Fuji Booth Report, Best Lightroom X-Trans workflow, XF 16-55 vs XF 18-55, Nissin i40 … and more!

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At the moment, one of the most liked images at the X-shooter facebook zone
shot taken by Stéphane Ginefuji X-T1 1/180 f5.6 200iso
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Keep up voting and sharing your absolute favorite X-shot… and here is how to do it:

1) SHARE & DESCRIBE: go to the Fujirumors facebook timeline and submit your favorite X-shot (and a short description) in the timeline by selecting “Photo/Video” .
2) VOTE & COMMENT: All the images will be displayed at the Fujirumors facebook photostream. You can vote & comment the images there.

Upcoming Lenses / CP+ report

Complete report from the Fujifilm booth at CP+ 2015 at grittymonkey / Upcoming Fuji Lenses – “Old School’ and very tempting at soundimageplus /

Tethering

MUST READ: X-T1: Tethering with Adobe Lightroom and Fujifilm HS-V5 / Hands-on: X-T1 and Lightroom Tethered Plugin. Yessss.at laroquephoto /

Fujifilm X-A2

The Fujifilm X-A2 at high-ISO at Rico’s fujixsecrets (in German) – translated version /

PRE-ORDER XF 16-55mmF2.8 WR
USA: BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / EUROPE: wexUK / PCHstore /

MUST READ: First Look at the XF 16-55mmF2.8 WR / Fuji 16-55mm f/2.8 vs 18-55mm f/2.8-4 at admiringlight / Another Afternoon with Rachel Bowler & the XF 16-55mm at ideasandimages / Fuji XF 16-55mm f/2.8 R LM WR Lens Review at planopora / Review at wimarys / Spanish Review at dslrmagazine (translation) / Fujinon XF 16-55mm F/2.8 | Initial Thoughts at slrlounge / The Fuji XF 16-55 LM WR (Part 1) at adamkingphoto / Fuji XF16-55mm 1:2.8 R LM WR Part 1 at leighmiller / Real World Samples at dpreview / Samples at photographyblog / Atmospheric photography at Witley Court in Worcestershire (shot with 16-55) at dcphotographic /

XF 50-140
USA: BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / EUROPE:WexUK / PCHstore /

Review at 1000wordpics /

Gilles Baribeau: “I just wanted to share the result I got with my X-T1 and XF50-140mmm combo at sports and action photography… The engineering department at Laval University was hosting one of the SAE Baja competition this weekend. It was a great! The full set: https://flic.kr/s/aHsk8gaj3W, Gilles Baribeau“

XF 56mm f/1.2 APD
USA: BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / DigitalRev EUROPE: AmazonUK / PCHstore / WexUK / DigitalRev AUSTRALIA: CameraPro / DigitalRev

MUST READ: Rico’s X-pert corner comparison XF 56 vs XF 56 APD / Review at photographyblog / Fujifilm’s Fifty-Sixes Compared! The APD Effect… at mikemander / 56 APD Review at bigheadtaco / Samples (56 APD vs 56) at dcdv.zol / Side by Side Comparison: XF56mm F1.2 R Lens vs XF56mm F1.2 R APD Lens at Fuji Australia / Fujifilm Completes the F2.8 Lineup! 16-55mm F2.8 WR Lens Review at bokeh-monster /

X100/S/T + TCL/WCL

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USA: BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / EUROPE: WexUK / PCHstore / AUSTRALIA: CameraPro

23, the T and me, part 3 – A challenging day with the x100T at photogenykstudios / Fuji Colors with the Fuji X100T at alessandromichelazzi / Why I Chose Small Compact Camera Like Fujifilm X100T at wazariwazir / Less is often MORE at hendriximages / Test at the German site pctipp / review at newcamera /

X100/S

Leica T (Typ 701) And Fuji X100s Comparisons at soundimageplus / Florida with the X100S at mjrussellphotography / Business Trip to Dubai at simonburgessphotography / MY 2014 Review | London Documentary Wedding Photographer at vopoku / Playing with a Fuji X100s at Eatology at rkhmn / Swiss Travels with the X100 at thebigpicturegallery / London – Columbia Road Market at simonburgessphotography / The Poor Mans Leica, FUJI X100S at getprismatic /

TCL/WCL

Photographing London with a X100s and a TCL-x100 at Henrysmithscottage / 87 Pitti Uomo Firenze / Photos, life and people. Fuji X100T and TCL-X100 teleconverter test at alessandromichelazzi /

Fujifilm X-T1 + Graphite X-T1
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Vienna on the street with Sony A7R and Fuji X-T1 at glyons / X-T1 goes medieval at johncaz / Macro product photography with the Fujifilm X-T1 at dan-taylor / Photographing Pope Francis with the Fujifilm X series at mirrorlessons / Back Out With the Fuji at mattwilkinsonphotography / Short review at mkaz / Fuji X-T1 video mode settings, test and overview at Lukas Gisbert-mora youtube / Fujifilm X-T1 – Mini Review at photofocus / Indianapolis Children’s Museum at feddestudios / The Digital Contact Sheet :: Episode 6 at derekclarkphotography / The Fujifilm X-T1; My Likes and Dislikes After a Couple of Months of Heavy Use at thewanderinglensman / Fujifilm One Year On… at gnasherseye / To Africa with the Fuji X-T1 at davidduchemin /

other X-series cameras

Fuji Guys – Fujifilm XQ2 – Top Features at youtube / Faces of India at exposure / A walk around my hometown with the Fuji X-Pro1 at tcrphotography / X-E2 + 27mm: Athens: a week after the elections at robertlorenzmeyer / X-E1, 2 years of mirrorless shooting at lichtscheu / X-E2: South Pacific Sojourn – To Zoom or Not To Zoom at findingrange / X-E2+X-PRO1 cocktail session at wilsonchiew.exposure /

lenses

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XF 35mm review at fuji-Xperience (translation)

X-mount lenses

XF 35mm review in Spanish at fuji-Xperience (translation) / XF 23mmF1.4 at 1000wordpics / Fujifilm Fujinon 27mm f2.8 Review at peeceestudio / Zeiss Touit 32mm f1.8 T* Review at peeceestudio / 55-200 review at slrgear / What Fujinon XF Lens Should I Buy? 2nd Edition part 2 at youtube / Fujinon 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 OIS Review at peeceestudio / Fuji 18mm f2 review – A little piece of magic at photogenykstudios / Fujinon 10-24mm f/4 OIS Review at peeceestudio / The Fuji X-T1 with Fujinon lenses at ianmacdonaldphotography / 1.2 Point of View: Fuji XF 56mm First Impression at rivalsvs / FUJIFILM FUJINON XF 27 Mm F/2.8 Pancake Lens + LEICA T And Some Amazing Bokeh at soundimageplus / 14mm review at camerastuffreview / French XF 18mm review at k-pture / Fujinon 60mm f/2.4 Macro Review at peeceestudio / German Testbericht: Fuji X-T1 mit Fujinon XF 23 mm at kwerfeldein /

other lenses

Das Carl Zeiss Distagon 35mm f1.4 zm at qimago (translation) / Mitakon 35mm F0.95 Review at fujixman / Rikenon 55mm f/1.2 review at jonasraskphotography /

RAW-conversion / processing / Jpeg

The Very Best X-Trans Lightroom Workflow at hendriximages / Does Lightroom now do a better job converting X-Trans files? at thewanderinglensman / Fujifilm X-T1 Raw Files edited in Lightroom 5.7.1, Photo Ninja and Topaz Detail 3; What Is The Visual Difference? at thewanderinglensman / Fuji X Raw editing – How to get the jpeg look at finn-b / Supplement to the X-trans RAW conversion article at eyesuncloudedphoto /

Switch to the X

What Makes Someone Jump Ship? at mirrorlessminutes /

Acessories / Flash / Extension Tubes

5 Tricks to improve the battery life of your X-series camera at the Spanish site fuji-xperience (translation) / Fuji X-E1 and X-E2 L Bracket Grip with Leather at andrewnewson / Nissin i40 flash for Fuji at johncaz / Gariz Leather Half-Case for Fujifilm X-E1/X-E2 Review at photographylife / Fujifilm Macro Tubes MCEX-11 & MCEX-16 at derekclarkphotography / Fujifilm MCEX-11 review at the French site k-pture / Fuji’s new extension tubes: To infinity and beyond at macfilos /

CP+ German XF Hands-On video: “XF 100-400 probable aperture range from f/5 to f/5.6 to make it more compact”

PART 1

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Fujirumors’ window to CP+: DAY 4
non-stop CP+ news coverage on Fujirumors
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ValueTechTV shared 2 short video presentations of some unreleased lenses at (Part1 –  Part2).

For non-German speaking FR-readers, here are what I consider the most interesting things they say:

Part 1: The XF35mmF2 will come end of 2015. It’s smaller than the 35mmF1.4, which is very good if you look through the OVF, so the lens protrudes less into the viewfinder. [admin: the journalist probably just forgot to add: “ if you look through the OVF… of the X-PRO2” ;) ]

Part 2: ValueTechTV says that the XF 100-400 was delayed, because Fuji decided to change the aperture range at the wide end [mock-ups at photokina showed an aperture range from F4 to F5.6]. Always according to ValueTechTV, Fuji is still “experimenting”, but it will have more or less a range that goes from F5 to F5.6 in order to make it more compact.

PART 2

X-Mount Filter Lens video  mounted on a X-A2

DPR Hands-On Photos with all lens prototypes + XF 120mmF2.8: “You can expect a lot from this lens!”

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Fujirumors’ window to CP+: DAY 3
non-stop CP+ news coverage on Fujirumors
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Dpreview posted some hands on photos will all the unreleased lenses in the roadmap… and some information:

– XF 35mmF2: faster AF than the 35mmF1.4 – weather sealing not confirmed – available last quarter of 2015
– XF 120mmF2.8: will have OIS – WR still unconfirmed –  focus limiter – available 2016… and I can’t see any tripod mount in the pictures
– XF 16mmF1.4: coming soon – AF speed similar to 23mmF1.4
– XF 100-400: not the final design

I repost also an updated version of the new roadmap. In the previous versions there was a bit of confusion, because Fujifilm ordered the lenses from left to right according to their focal length, and not their estimated release time… making the time indication much more vague. Well, now in this roadmap, you can see the lenses ordered more clearly, this means with the horizontal position showing the release time.

So we can see that:

– XF 16mmF1.4 & XF 90mmF2 should come in the first half of 2015
– XF 35mmF2 somewhere around next fall (right in time for the X-PRO2??)
– XF 100-400 early 2016
– XF 120mmF2.8 1:1 Macro around spring 2016

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FujifilmXworld published another teaser of the unreleased lenses. This time it’s about the big brother of the XF 60mmF2.4.

“XF Lens has the half macro lens XF60mmF2.4 R and recently added macro extension tube in the lineup. And we will soon have the 1:1 Macro lens XF120mmF2.8 R Macro as the latest addition.
This lens will be like a big brother of XF60mm, and XF60mm has the highest resolution capability among any XF lenses, so you can expect a lot from this lens. Start counting days for the release in 2016.”

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Sweet Fuji ;) –  via fujixseries Japan

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FIRST SAMPLES taken with the Fujifilm XM-FL Filter Lens Cap + More images of the New Lenses

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image taken with the XM-FL filter lens cap. Courtesy of dslrmagazine (translation)

Fujirumors’ window to CP+: DAY 2
non-stop CP+ news coverage on Fujirumors: facebook, google+, RSS-feed and twitter

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The Spanish site dslrmagazine (translation) had the opportunity to take some shots with the Fujifilm XM-FL Filter Lens Cap (officilly announced here, price around $90). It includes full size JPEGs.

Over at the Japanese site dc.watch you can find some more images of the new lenses. You want see nothing really new compared to the set of images shared yesterday. But it’s funny to see the big 16-55 mounted on the selfie X-A2… and the a cut of the 16-55 and 50-140.

There is also another high-res image of the upcoming lenses, spotted by FR-reader DIS. You can clearly see that the 90mmF2 is not marked as “Weather Resistant”, although Fuji Guy Greg said that it would be weather resistant. To know more about, check out this post.

XF 16-55 courtesy of dc.watch

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High Res Image at cdn3.vox-cdn

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RELEASED: Iridient Developer 3.0 BETA 5

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Brian just released Iridient Developer 3.0 beta 5. Here are the improvements described by Brian himself:

“Iridient Developer 3 beta 5 is now available and includes support for the X-A2 and XQ2 plus a fix for the previous Fill Light bug and numerous other refinements and changes (preset file support and streamlined color management setup, etc). Plus some nice improvements to the monochrome mixer conversions, particularly the new v3 RAW variants that really advances the monochrome conversions both in terms of lower noise and better apparent detail. Ive been working closely with a few pro photographers on this new monochrome conversion processing and I think it is really showing some amazing results!

The Clarity adjustment plus some of the other processing on the Detail pane is now previewed at all scale (zoom) sizes and no longer cuts out at 50%. I have been able to make some major improvements to both memory usage and performance plus have refined the preview approximation at small scale sizes so this should result in an overall better small preview while not being too much of a performance hit now.

The Help documentation should now be all updated for new version 3 functionality and changes too.”

This new release can now be downloaded here:
http://iridientdigital.com/products/iridientdeveloper_download_v3beta.html