Yet another level up in terms of innovation for tripods.
Ultimate Lightroom Masking Course
Official Fujifilm X Photographer Piet Van den Eynde has launched his new “Ultimate Lightroom Masking” Online Course. All details (with early bird discount) can be found at this page here. Piet has also shared 5 free video masking tips, which you can find in this article.
Official Fujifilm X Photographer Piet Van den Eynde has launched his new “Ultimate Lightroom Masking” Online Course. All details (with early bird discount) can be found at this page here.
Piet has also shared 5 free video masking tips, which you can find in this article.
USA DEALS
This is the last day for the deals on the Fujifilm X-T4 and the XF56mmF1.2 R. The rest of the deals expires March 26.
Also in Europe there are lots of deals. I took advantage of them myself and bought this lens.
Official Fujifilm X Photographer Piet Van den Eynde has launched his new “Ultimate Lightroom Masking” Online Course. All details (with early bird discount) can be found at this page here.
Piet has also shared 5 free video masking tips, which you can find in this article.
USA DEALS
This is the last week for the deals on the Fujifilm X-T4 and the XF56mmF1.2 R. The rest of the deals expires March 26.
Also in Europe there are lots of deals. I took advantage of them myself and bought this lens.
Clever Supply Co., already known for its camera straps, has now launched their first camera bag on kickstarter. As usual, it comes with a kickstarter backers discount.
You can read all the details and see a short video introduction to the Camera Sling at this kickstarter page here.
Power Junkie V2
Blind Spot Gear has launched Power Junkie V2 on Kickstarter, which allows you to power also your Fujifilm cameras using the Sony NP-F batteries. This is definitely something interesting for filmmakers.
The new Spinn CP is now available on Kickstarter (Click here). It’s a different way to carry your camera and an update to their previous CP version. It now comes with two different base plates and a adjustable comfort strap made in five colours. From recycled raw materials.
Heipi Tripod
Praised by many, including huge vloggers, as the best travel tripod ever made, you can still get the Heipo Travel Tripod at Indiegogo with launch discount.
Europe Deals
Down below are all the deals listed by country. I will include GER, UK and ITA, but it runs also in many other European countries.
At the bottom you’ll also find the links to the pages where you can submit your cashback claim.
Clever Supply Co., already known for its camera straps, has now launched their first camera bag on kickstarter. As usual, it comes with a kickstarter backers discount.
You can read all the details and see a short video introduction to the Camera Sling at this kickstarter page here.
Power Junkie V2
Blind Spot Gear has launched Power Junkie V2 on Kickstarter, which allows you to power also your Fujifilm cameras using the Sony NP-F batteries. This is definitely something interesting for filmmakers.
The new Spinn CP is now available on Kickstarter (Click here). It’s a different way to carry your camera and an update to their previous CP version. It now comes with two different base plates and a adjustable comfort strap made in five colours. From recycled raw materials.
Europe Deals
Down below are all the deals listed by country. I will include GER, UK and ITA, but it runs also in many other European countries.
At the bottom you’ll also find the links to the pages where you can submit your cashback claim.
by buying the new XF23mmF1.4 I can get rid of the old XF23mm and make even more money
I’ve booked a table for 2 for dinner at a fancy restaurant tomorrow. Yes, only for 2! It will be our first dinner without our son after 2+ years. Grandma is informed, she will watch after our son
This tells us one thing: photography is definitely an expensive hobby when you build up your system, but it gets much cheaper once you can fund new gear by selling old one.
Remember the Good
But I don’t let go my good old Fujinon XF23mm f/1.4 with a light heart, as I had many great moments with it. Let me name a few “episodes”.
You can purchase APS-C X gear also at Amazon ITA (if you are from Italy of course), but make sure it is shipped and sold directly from Amazon to qualify for the cashback. GFX gear instead can’t be purchased at Amazon ITA if you want the cashback.
THE DEALS and HOW TO CLAIM YOUR MONEY BACK
Down below are all the deals listed by country. I will include GER, UK and ITA, but it runs also in many other European countries.
At the bottom you’ll also find the links to the pages where you can submit your cashback claim.
The data is based on affiliate sales made via Amazon and BHphoto.
Sadly I don’t use the data of Adorama, as I have not found an easy way to display and rank the products. All I get is a list of numbers like “1236.5478.701164” and then I have to click on each number to see which product it is.
For the sake of my mental health, I can’t do that.
Finally the custom X hot shoe covers are widely available on Amazon, and it seems people love them (I own them too).
As for Nr.2 and Nr.5 on the list, these items definitely profited from the launch of the Fujifilm X-T5 and X-H2/s as for many of you, those cameras were also their first X series using the newer battery.
Interesting:
Most people went for the original battery as opposed to the third party options (just as I recommended in my article). I’ve even made the sum of the best selling third party NP-W235 battery options (Smallrig, Poweextra and Wasabi), but even in that case, the original battery has a distinct and safe advantage.
I make a prediction: the Fujifilm X-T5 will be matched in terms of sales only by the Fujifilm X-T6. The only camera that has a chance to even come close to it, would be an eventual Fujifilm X100V successor (the Fujifilm X200, or X100Vs, or X100VI or however they are going to call it).
In a normal year, the X-H2 and X-H2s would have been celebrated as top sellers with respectable sales number.
But 2022 was not a normal year: it was the year of the Fujifilm X-T5!
The X-T5 came here to do what it has to do: demolish the internal competiton and establish itself one more time as the top tier in the Fujifilm lineup. In fact, it was responsible for 65.5% of total camera sales via FujiRumors.
A pity for the Fujifilm X100V, which is basically out of the ranking just because it hasn’t been available most of the time. If supply would have been normal, I think it would have made it into the top 4 positions.
Well, it has been beaten by the Fujifilm GFX50SII, but only by 1 camera. So it’s basically a head-to-head. That’s astonishing, considering that the GFX50SII was in offer basically for the entire year with several more or less massive rebates, whereas the Fujifilm GFX100S saw it’s first time ever rebate only very recently.
So, despite Fujifilm being much more agressive with the GFX50SII, the GFX100S stands its ground and is actually about to pass the GFX50SII thanks to this sweet deal.
The explaination is simple: the XF16-80mmF4 (as well as the XF18-55mmF2.8-4) enjoyed a substantial sales push because it was offered in bundle with Fujifilm X-T5.
But this alone would not be enough.
Fujifilm also initally shipped out way more X-T5 kits than body only, so if we wanted to wait less for our new camera, we had to grab the X-T5 kit. And this makes Fujifilm more money.
Cynical?
Probably, but Fujifilm is just a business as many others, and other companies are no different. And yet, I wish Fujifilm would have done differently.
Anyway, the good thing is that if you bought it with a bundle, you got the lens for a discounted price. That’s already nice. And you always have the option to sell it “like new” so you should get back most if not all of the money you’ve invested in the lens. Or simply use it and enjoy the lens :).
We have a rocksolid performance for the XF56mm f/1.2 MKII. No need for deals or bundles to push that one.
Excellent sales (and very close to grab the second spot) is the Fujinon XF150-600mm f/5.6-8. Looks like a wise decision by Fujifilm to make it smaller, lighter and more affordable thanks to its f/8 on the long end.
Oh… and I made the mistake to enter a photography store with my wife… here is what happened.
So, the lovely new 30mm Macro enjoyed great sales, too. I handled one in store myself, and if my wasn’t for my wife being in the store with me, I probably would have left the shop with one for myself. But my wife just asked “don’t you already own a Macro lens“? And since I had no brilliant answer to give, I passed. Please guys, advice me on what to say next time ;).
On Nr.7, an all time favorite for many of us, the lovely Fujinon XF27mm f/2.8 R WR.
In the GF world, the new GF 20-35mmF4 is selling strong.
A crazy good deal is also pushing the GF35-70mm to great sales. For 500 bucks you get a compact allrounder zoom lens capable of resolving 100+ megapixel. It would be too good to pass also for me, if I’d not already own the GF32-64mmF4.
And yes, I know there is an unwritten rule that every list should end with the Nr.10, but the sales of the lenses on the 11th position were so close to the XF16-55mmF2.8, that I felt I need to include them.
For Fujifilm, I guess the biggest disappointment are the sales of the video-centric Fujinon XF 18-120mm f/4 PZ. I guess it’s a niche lens within a niche brand, so one can not expect all too stellar sales.
There was a time, when the third party ranking was dominated by manual focus lenses. But those times are gone.
Since Fujifilm took the (long delayed) decision to open their mount, other companies like Sigma, Tamron, Tokina, Viltrox, TTArtisan and Samyang started to offer X mount AF lenses. A decision rewarded by Fujifilm X shooters, who now prefer to grab third party autofocus lenses over the manual versions.
