You can purchase gear, but you have to study in order to get most out of it!

Lucky German residents can go to one of Rico’s workshops (but he probably will offer some in California later this year, too). Also, do not forget the latest 30% price drop on all his books at Rocky Nook here.

And now it’s time for Italians to study a bit and improve their skills… with talented photographes such as Max Angeloni & Donato Chirulli. Part of the event will be dedicated also to the Fuji eXperience. Maybe this time you won’t be so lucky to stumble also on Al Pacino, as on the last event (see here), but you could nevertheless have a really profitable time at the workshop, with portait, flash, street, landscape photography and a Photo Jam Session.

Italians FR-reader can check out the details of the upcoming workshop (SEP27 / SEP28) at riflessifotografici here. Along with the Workshop, they also launched a new Facebook-Group called “Semplicemente Fotografare“, where you can talk about photographry, share tips & images, and learn from each other. Check it out here.

image courtesy: quesabesde

Fujirumors’ window to Photokina: DAY 6

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Not only X-series at Photokina. Fujifilm unveiled a prototype of a little camera: the SWING CAM. A mechanism moves this camera vertically & horizontally and allows it to track people.

There are no plans to produce it for the mass market for now. But, in a promotional video, Fuji shows its potential as a sort of “action cam”. Quesabesde compares is with the curious “party-shot” device of Sony.

via quesabesde

Fujirumors’ window to Photokina: DAY 5

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Here is a short video showing what you can do thanks to the electronic shutter (which allows you shutter speeds of 1/32,000). A Fuji Rep takes a Fujifilm X100T and shoots wide open right into the lamp. Watch the video from 0:35 to 1:05.

X100T: USA: BHphoto  / AmazonUS / Adorama / EUROPE: WexUK / WexDE / PCHstore / AUSTRALIA: CameraPro

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Fuji’s latest product presentation with a German Fuji Manager

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Matt Granger’s X100T  hands-on video at photokina on youtube (website)

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More X100T photokina hands-on posts at: dslrmagazine (translation) / Japanese site dc-watch (translation) /  fujivsfuji / reviewed.com /
Graphite Silver X-T1 hands-on at reviewed.com  /

Thoughts on the Photokina 2014 announcements at mingthein

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Nothing Fujfilm specific… but if you want to see what Kai of digitalrev thinks about this year’s photokina, see the video below

X100T: USA: BHphoto  / AmazonUS / Adorama / EUROPE: WexUK / WexDE / PCHstore / AUSTRALIA: CameraPro
Graphite Silver X-T1: USA: BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / EUROPE: WexUK / WexDE / PCHstore / AUSTRALIA: CameraPro
XF 56mm f/1.2 APD: USA: BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / EUROPE: WexUK / WexDE / PCHstore / AUSTRALIA: CameraPro
XF 50-140 f/2.8 WR: USA: BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / EUROPE: WexUK / WexDE / PCHstore /  AUSTRALIA: CameraPro

Fujirumors’ window to Photokina: DAY 4

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Mitakon recently announced two more X-mount lenses: after the Mitakon 35mm f/0.95 (the fastest lens for Fuji X-cameras after the Ibelux 0.85 (read my humble Ibelux review here), they now offer also the 42.5mm f/1.2 (price $359), the 24mm f/1.7 (price $289) and 50mm f/0.95 (price $899)… and updated the 35mm as well!

Now photozine published the first hands-on photos.

24mmF1.7 / image courtesy photozine

42.5mmF1.2 / image courtesy photozine

50mm f/0.95 / image courtesy photozine

Updated 35mmF0.95 / image courtesy photozine