Sony A7rIII Vs. Fujifilm GFX 50s: “GFX Best IQ of Any Mirrorless. Speaking from the Heart, there is Something Special About the GFX”

Sony A7r III vs Fujifilm GFX 50s

Mirrorlessons shared their Sony A7rIII Vs. Fujifilm GFX 50S image quality comparison.

As usual, it is a very comprehenisve and well done test, so make sure to check it out here. From the conclusions:

“Certainly the Fujifilm GFX 50s delivers the best image quality I’ve seen from a mirrorless camera to date. Landscape, portrait, architecture or still life photographers who seek the ultimate sharpness, dynamic range and colours can find in the GFX the perfect companion.

However it is also true that the A7r mark III’s performance comes close and retains a few advantages such as the better high ISO output. So if you add in the additional versatility (fast AF, 4K video, etc.) as well as the lens choice and price, it is hard not to see the A7r III as the best option on the table.

But speaking purely from the heart, I admit that there is something rather special about the GFX. The distinctive look produced by the sensor, lenses and colour profiles working together is second to none in the mirrorless category. Yes, it is niche product and I would probably never buy one, but I can understand why some photographers wouldn’t hesitate to do so.”

Again, don’t miss the whole thing, and jump over to mirrorlesscomparisons.

And if the price point of the GFX 50S scares you, just wait a bit, and get the Fujifilm GFX 50R, which will be annonced very likely within 2018, but might hit the market only in 2019.

On the other hand, if what you need an overall snappier camera, wait for the GFX 100S in 2019, but that one will cost you quite a bit.

And make sure to join our terrific GFX facebook group as well follow our GFX facebook page.

Fujifilm GFX 50S + Any GF lens* (save $1,000): BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS
* GF63mmF2.8 / GF45mmF2.8 / GF32-64mmF4 / GF120mmF4 / GF110mmF2 / GF 23mmF4

Fujifilm XC 15-45mm F3.5-5.6 OIS PZ Press Release

“FUJINON XC15-45mmF3.5-5.6 OIS PZ”

Fujinon XC 15-45: BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS

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Smallest and lightest (135g) zoom lens for “X series”
high image quality is compatible with compact body by advanced optical design

Smooth electric zoom, wide angle of view, close-up performance up to 5 cm away from subject, enables comfortable shooting with excellent portability in a variety of situations

January 31, 2018

FUJIFILM Corporation (President: Kenji Sukeno) has announced that it will release the new “FUJINON XC15-45mmF3.5-5.6 OIS PZ”, on March 2018. This new lens will complement the existing lineup of interchangeable lenses for Fujifilm’s “X Series”, which provides outstanding photographic image quality with its own color reproduction technology. This new lens covers the frequently used focal length from a wide angle 23mm to a medium telephoto 69mm on a 35mm format, and is the smallest and most lightweight interchangeable zoom lens compatible with the X series. By combining this lens with a Fujifilm compact and lightweight mirrorless digital camera, you can enjoy excellent portability and comfortable shooting.

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Fujifilm GFX 50S with Mitakon 85mm f/1.2, Fotodiox GFX L-Bracket, Cambo Actus Fuji GFX50s Panorama, Extended GFX Deals & More

Fujifilm GFX Deals Extended

Fujifilm extended the GFX deals until March 31, 2018. The GF lens only deals are gone, though, as well as the deals on X-series cameras and XF lenses.

The GFX deals have been extended also in most EU countries (thanks akkual)

Fujifilm GFX 50S + Any GF lens* (save $1,000): BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS
* GF63mmF2.8 / GF45mmF2.8 / GF32-64mmF4 / GF120mmF4 / GF110mmF2 / GF 23mmF4

Fujifilm GFX Roundup

I know, here on FujiRumors we were the first to report about potential quality issues on the Fujifilm GFX lenses, also thanks to the feedback from out Fujifilm GFX facebook community.

However, while the reports are out there, and we reported about them, there are also many, who do not have any kind of issue, and they keep up sharing fantastic work every minute at our GFX group… non stop!

It is my pleasure to invest a few hours today, to go through the latest images, pick out the most liked ones for you and make a blog post out of them. All this beauty has to be shared :)

But before we share the images, here are a few links, reviews and more, that you might be interested to check out.

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Fujifilm/Fujinon’s MK Zoom Lens Series Honored in Several Best-Of Lists… Meant for Fujifilm X-H1 :)

The Fujinon MK zoom lenses (MK18-55mm F2.9 + MK50-130mm T2.9) will soon be available also for Fujifilm X mount.

As we reported already back in July 2017, they were designed without OIS (optical image stabilization), because Fujifilm considers them the perfect companion to the upcoming Fujifilm X-H1, which will feature IBIS (in body image stabilization).

Regarding the Fujifilm X-H1, we have leaked a vast number of specs already, and the latest overview can be found here.

Back to the MK lenses… we have reported over the last months about the several recognitions the MK lenses got, and Fujifilm USA now made a nice summary about all of them, which you can read in the press release below:

PRESS RELEASE

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Merry X-Mas to All Fujifilm Lovers, 5 Thank You Messages… and a Camera Bag to Support Homeless People

Thanks to www.tomgrill.com for the image
Thanks to www.tomgrill.com for the image

Merry X mas

First and foremost, merry Christmas to the entire Fujifilm family out there and to every single one of you reading this blog. Make the best out of your holidays and enjoy every moment.

And now the part almost nobody will read, but for me personally it’s very important…

THANK YOU TO….

  • ALL SOURCES who helped me also this year with the rumors. Your support was once again incredible. You help us to make being part of the Fuji X community so much more fun :). I hope to hear very often from you again also in 2018.
  • ALL READERS who decided to support FujiRumors by commenting the articles, by dropping me a link to interesting content, news, deals and by sharing our content on social media and forums. You allow this blog to be always the very first to break the news and also to be the by far most active Fujifilm community on the web.
  • ALL SUPPORTERS who decided to purchase products using our affiliate links, who donated a few bucks and who clicked on the banners on our website. I do put heart and soul into this blog, but without your support to cover the costs of this site, I could close FujiRumors tomorrow morning.
  • ALL CONTRIBUTORS who decided to write a guest post for FujiRumors. You do enrich the FR-experience with your great content
  • ALL PEOPLE AT FUJIFILM who worked hard to keep up designing, developing and crafting wonderful cameras and lenses and for covering us also in 2017 with Kaizen love

have great holidays… all of you,
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Support for Homeless People

As you might have noticed, here on FujiRumors we are convinced supporters of charity initiatives. In fact, over the last two years, thanks to your support, we collected $5,000 for free education to Cambodian kids, and as you can see above, the kids wanted to say “Thank you” to all of you guys :)

This time, I’d like to bring to your attention a charity initiative launched by our friends at Cosyspeed camera bags.

They have launched a special edition bag, the CAMSLINGER Streetomatic Valerie Jardin bag (Valerie shoots Fuji ;) ), and $25 of each sold bag go to the project #dosomethingfornothing, a project of London based stylist Joshua Coombes who gives free haircuts to homeless people.

Joshs project has grown quickly to 180 thousand followers on Instagram and he was featured in Morgan Freemans show on National Geographic and The Washington Post.

Full details after the video.

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Fujifilm X-T20 Will Get Extensive Firmware Update Early 2018 – Fujifilm Germany

There Will Be Kaizen… for X-T20

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for X-T1, X100F and X-T20.
All details here

Fujifilm just ended 2017 with a bunch of firmware updates, some definitely worth to be called Kaizen, like the one for the X-T2 last month and the upcoming X-Pro2 firmware.

However, X-T20 owners were not so lucky, and basically could enjoy just the new EVF/Touch screen feature. Hence, all X-T20 were disappointed not to get the faster AF-tracking, the highlight blinkies, the RGB histogram and more.

But there is hope :)

Fujifilm Germany said in the comments (back on December 1) to one of their facebook posts (google translated):

“The x-T20 will get this feature [X RAW Studio support] with an extensive firmware update. The update is expected to be available early / spring 2018. Unfortunately, implementation is not possible for all models at the same time.”

If Fujifilm Germany has correct information, then it is just a matter of time, and also Fujifilm X-T20 owners will get their Kaizen Love. And considering how successful the X-T20 line is, the “extensive X-T20 firmware update” in early 2018 will make many photographers happy.

Thanks to the FR-reader, who just dropped me this link. As you can see, it seems a news only exists once it is on FujiRumors. So even though the comment is old, there were no reports about it on the web.

However, what I don’t see, you see it. Thanks a TON for your support. It means everything to me. Feel free to keep up sharing :)

DPReview Top Gear 2017 Awards: Sony Wins Big. Fujifilm X-E3 and X100F Runner-Up

via camerasize

DPReview Awards 2017

DPReview just declared their favorite gear of 2017.

The big winner is Sony, with the best product of the year, the Sony A7rIII and more awards. Fujifilm does not win anything, but is Runner-Up in the Midrange ILC (X-E3) and Compact Camera (X100F) category.

If I should highlight just one thing that I (respectfully) do not agree with DPReview: I think the Fujifilm X100F would have made a much better “compact camera” award winner than the rather huge Sony RX10 IV.

Here are the winners:

And the rest of the awards go to…

ON1 Photo RAW 2018 Available… Review with Special Fujifilm Section

ON1 Photo RAW 2018 is now officially available. Full press release below.

Joel Wolfson Photography published a review of ON1 2018 with a special Fuji section. It is a real world look at the 2018 version compared with Lightroom and his reasons for transitioning to it after 10 years of daily use with Lightroom. Check it out here at joelwolfson.com.

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Recently also Luminar received a major update, and is now a hot candidate to replace Lightroom. Check out Luminar 2018 Supernova (and get it with pre-order discount now).

PRESS RELEASE

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Fujifilm X and GFX Deals Now in Even More EU Countries

I have received really a lot of emails, with questions regarding the Fuji EU deals that should have started on October 12. Fact is, they indeed started on October 12, but only in some EU countries.

I’m glad to inform you, that other EU countries just started the deals on November 1, such as Netherlands, Belgium and more. So you will find the deals also in stores like PCHstore now.

Fujifilm is rather slow with updating their dedicated Fuji X EU Promotion page (although, as spotted by VatArt Photo, some countries have now been updated), so it might be best practice to contact your local dealer and ask them directly. The rebates will be in line with what we see all over the world already.

You can support FujiRumors by purchasing any of the discounted X-gear using the affiliate links below.

EU: AmazonDE, Calumentphoto DE, WexUK, ParkCaemerasUK, AmazonUK, PCHstore, AmazonITA, AmazonFR, AmazonESP
USA: BHphoto, FocusCamera, Adorama, AmazonUS
CAN: AmazonCA

Fujifilm USA has also huge deals on GFX and X gear, and BHphoto even offers a secret extra discount (up to $1,550) on the Fujifilm GFX. All details here.

Reminder: Fujifilm Europe also offers huge rebates on Fujifilm GFX gear. Check them out below.

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Fujinon Lens Rentals Skyrocketed Showing 96% Increase in 2017

Things seem to go quite well for Fujifilm.

Their imaging division is healthy and registers “substantial increase in income“, some managers dream of 50% market share, and Fujifilm’s declared goal is to become Nr.1 mirrorless premium camera manufacturer within 2019.

Considering that from 2011 to 2013 Fujifilm sold overall only 700,000 X-series cameras, I’d say the company has made quite some significant step forwards from 2014 to 2017. The camera that changed everything, was the Fujifilm X-T1, which is now discontinued, and I dedicated an emotial farewell in this article.

And now we have some more significant data, that show that more and more people are looking at the Fuji X system.

According to data send out by lensrentals from the their press contact and reported by fstoppers, the Fujifilm X-system has seen huge rental increase in 2017. Fstoppers writes:

“Fuji lenses skyrocketed, showing 96 percent more rentals. Sony lenses also increased 22 percent, while Canon and Nikon decreased 8 and 10 percent, respectively.”

Some more significant data:

Thanks to FR reader VatArt Photo for spotting the news and sharing with us :)

A lot of the Fujinon glass (and cameras) is right now in offer, as well as Fujifilm GFX gear. Check it out below.

FUJIFILM X and GFX DEALS

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