New X-mount lenses: The Mitakon 42.5mm f/1.2 & 24mm f/1.7!

Press Release

Press Release
Fujifilm X30
USA:  BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / BestBuy / EUROPE: wexUK / wexDE / PCHstore
If you pre-ordered a Fujifilm X30, then you can already start to study and read the manual. Download it here.
For Rico’s Fujifilm X30 first look click here (German). Check out also his updated flick X30 images here (over 200 shots now).
Who said that film is dead?
Who said that instax cameras are dead?
And tell me, who said that Fujifilm makes beautiful cameras ;-)?
The demand for instax film is very high, especially in Asia. In fact it is so high that there is not much instax Film left for N.America and if it runs out of stock it could need a couple of moths before stores will be ready to ship the next batch of film.
Instax are winners! That’s why Fujifilm continues to develop new models. The latest one is the new INSTAX WIDE 300 camera, launched along with the X100T and graphite Fujifilm X-T1. My personal favorite is still the Instax Mini Neoclassic 90, launched about a year ago.
The success of the Instax cameras pushes, at the same time, the sales of Instax Film. And the earnings are used for developing the X-line, at least according FR-reader “rf”, who said in the comments: “I was talking with one of the Fuji Guys at an event a while back and he confirmed that Instax is where Fuji is making all their money in photography and it is in fact fueling the development cost of the X cameras.”
But also X-shooters could have a good reason to buy Instax Film. In fact, you can connect the latest Fuji X cameras directly to the Instax SHARE Smartphone Printer SP-1 and print your shots just a few seconds after you’ve pressed the shutter button… btw, Fujifilm, direct Instax Printer support would be a nice feature to have also on my “old” X-E2. Time for a little bit of Kaizen.
So, APS-C? Full Frame? Medium Format?… no, it’s Instax that spanks them all, Zack ;-)!
cheers,

WORLD RECORD
CRAZY: SanDisk just announced worlds highest capacity SD-card with up to 512GB storage! Check them out:
– SanDisk Extreme PRO 512 GB: BHphoto / Adorama
– SanDisk Extreme PRO 256 GB: BHphoto / Adorama
– SanDisk Extreme PRO 128 GB: BHphoto / Adorama
X100S DEAL
Now that the Fujifilm X100T has been announced, we have the first, really hot, price drop on the Fujifilm X100S! And it’s (again!) authorized Fujifilm dealer [shoplink 28048 ebay]cameraland (99,8% postive feedback)[/shoplink], that offers a GREAT deal on Fuji gear. This time it’s the Fujifilm X100S. Instead of $1,299, you can [shoplink 28048 ebay]get it for $1,049[/shoplink].
X100T: USA: BHphoto / AmazonUS  / Adorama  / EUROPE: WexUK / WexDE / AUSTRALIA: CameraPro
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Pre-order
(& support FR. No extra cost for you, but a small comission is valued back to FR. Thanks to those who decide to support FR this way)
Graphite Silver X-T1: USA: BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / EUROPE: WexUK / WexDE / AUSTRALIA: CameraPro
XF 56mm f/1.2 APD: USA: BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / EUROPE: WexUK / WexDE / AUSTRALIA: CameraPro
XF 50-140 f/2.8 WR: USA: BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / EUROPE: WexUK / WexDE / AUSTRALIA: CameraPro
As you might know, I consider the first day ranking on AmazonUS like the first polls on election days… for sure not the final result, but a pretty reliable indication about how people react to a new product.
And it seems that the Graphite X-T1 and X100T are the next big hit of Fujifilm.
Pre-order
(& support FR. No extra cost for you, but a small comission is valued back to FR. Thanks to those who decide to support FR this way)
X100T: USA: BHphoto  / AmazonUS / Adorama  / EUROPE: WexUK / WexDE /  AUSTRALIA: CameraPro
Graphite Silver X-T1: USA: BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / EUROPE: WexUK / WexDE /  AUSTRALIA: CameraPro
XF 56mm f/1.2 APD: USA: BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / EUROPE: WexUK / WexDE /  AUSTRALIA: CameraPro
XF 50-140 f/2.8 WR: USA: BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / EUROPE: WexUK / WexDE /  AUSTRALIA: CameraPro
X-T1 + XF 18-135 WR: USA: BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / EUROPE: