Meike 7.5mm f/2.8 for Fujifilm X Announced

Meike has just announced the Meike 7.5mm f/2.8 lens for Fujifilm X mount as reported first at PetaPixel.

  • weight: 260 gram (about 0.57 pounds)
  • 11 elements in 9 groups
  • “multi-coated”
  • minimum focusing distance: 0.15 meters (about 5.9-inches)
  • $149

That’s not the widest lens for the X system by Meike. In fact, they also offer the Meike 6.5mm F2.0.

Then there is also the Meike 8mm F3.5.

Other sub-10mm wide third party lenses are:

More Comprehensive List of Third Party X Mount Options

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KIPON Officially Released IBELUX 40mm f0.85 Mark III Lens

Kipon has now released the Ibelux 40mm f/0.85 Mark III lens.

BHphoto has the dedicated product page up and running here.

The improvements over the MKII version are:

  • Mark Ill has solved the irregular light reflection/diffusion problem and greatly improved the purple fringe when aperture is fully opened directly to the strong light. The optical quality has been enhanced for much higher resolution to let the photographers create their perfect works
  • Version III has totally new coatings both inside and out. What this now means is the lens is much more versatile than it once was, and you can take it anywhere and shoot pretty much anything without any serious flaring or loss of details that comes from that
  • owners of the original version or the mark ii can now trade-in their lens towards the purchase of the new mark iii lens. the original lens can be traded in for a $500 value and the mark ii version can be traded in for a $800 value when ordering direct from official webshop.

Just a fun fact: Kipon once said here, that the Ibelux 40mmF0.85 performs better on Fujifilm than on Sony cameras. They don’t know why. It’s the same lens. Maybe it’s because of X-Trans? ;)

Is Fujifilm Losing Its Soul? Let’s Talk PSAM Dials! An Error or a Necessity?

When I posted my article about the top 10 failed Fujifilm cameras (and errors Fujifilm should avoid in future), of course some of you had a legit and often also well argued opinion on which cameras I should have included.

And one particular comment encapsulated nicely a fear that is spreading among the Fujifilm community.

The biggest error ! Loosing who you are! Creating PSAM cameras!

And the disappointment for PSAM dials arose again just recently, when we informed you that the Fujifilm X-H2S will have a PSAM dial too.

So what, is Fujifilm spamming us with PSAM dials?

And looking at it more broadly, is Fujifilm losing its retro soul?

Well, I think there is way too much drama around this topic. Even the most hardcore retro lover (like me) should enjoy the fact that Fujifilm is releasing cameras with PSAM dials.

Here is why.

  • Fujifilm has sold its soul to the mainstream market. They are ditching their lovely vintage style and operation to spam the market with more PSAM dial cameras.
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Is Fujifilm Losing Its Soul? IBIS is EVIL and Destroys the Pure Photographic Experience (Say Some)

In the second episode of our mini-series about the fear of Fujifilm losing its soul, we will talk about IBIS.

Because, incredible but true, some people actually moan about Fujifilm cameras having IBIS. So let’s talk about it.

CLAIM: IBIS should be removed from Fujifilm cameras. Fujifilm should be about pure photography and testing our handheld shooting capabilities without any support of IBIS

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Topaz Gigapixel AI v6.1 Released (save $20 for a limited time) and What Gigapixel Does with the Leaked X-H2S Images ;)

Topaz just announced the new Gigapixel AI 6.1. You can find the long detailed list of improvement on this blog post.The new key feature  is the new face recovery mode!

Major Changes

  • New Face Recovery model – see post for details
  • Significantly faster processing on GTX 10, RTX 20, and RTX 30 series GPUs

Changes

  • Fixed black crop preview in large images
  • Improved wording of various tooltips/dialogs
  • Added slider to control face recovery strength
  • Improved blending around faces

And til June 2 you save 20 Dollars/Euro.

Just a curiosity: down below you can see the leaked images of the Fujifilm X-H2S go through Gigapixel.

No Gigapixel

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