Swedish Ski Star Wants to Buy a Skateboard, but Ends up Purchasing a Fujifilm GFX and Selling his Canon 5D MK 4 :-)

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Happens to all of us, right? I mean, you just go out for an icecream, and you come back home with new gear :)

No? Well, then let me tell you this little weekend story…

Jon Olsson is a former Swedish ski athlete (and camera nerd :) ), who is now making a respectable career as a Vlogger (700k subscribers).

In his latest video, he takes you with him during a day in Stockholm. His plans for the day?

  • modelling for a photo shoot
  • meeting some Dell guys and comparing Mac Vs. PC
  • buy a skateboard

On the photo shoot, the photographer used a Hasselblad (H6D?) MF camera…. and it seems that seeing that Medium Format beast at work, triggered Jon’s desire for a MF camera.

In fact, his original day-plan then changed to:

  • modelling for a photo shoot
  • meeting some Dell guys and comparing Mac Vs. PC
  • buy a skateboard Check out some “seriously unnecessary” stuff (min.8:45)

So, in the afternoon, Jon leaves his hotel room to buy a skateboard, but once near to a photography store, he stops there to test for 3 hours the Fujifilm GFX 50s and the Hasselblad X1D.

Finally, since the Hasselblad was “really slow and weird“, he ends up buying the Fujifilm GFX (min. 12:35).

He decided to get the Fujinon GF 63mmF2.8 lens, because, after checking the files on a computer in the camera store and seeing how much detail they have, he concludes that “you just need one lens, then you can zoom in 4,000%“.

True, the GFX is not as cheap as the skateboard he planed to buy, but he says “what’s the point in working hard and making money if you don’t use the money. Now, you have to be a little smart, but you also have to enjoy“.

Don’t expect a professional in-depth review. Jon says “I don’t know the technical details. I just shoot stuff, and when I like it, I like it.“

At min. 14:10 he offers his Canon 5D MK 4 for sale, and after charging the batteries, they start playing around with their new camera (min. 14:51). I guess there will be more coming about the GFX on his channel, but he seems to be very happy with it, since he says:

“Life goal checked: I own a Medium Format camera” :)

You can check out the whole video at Jon Olsson youtube channel

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Fujifilm X-T2 Image by Simone Raso Gets “Honorary Mention” at Oasis Photocontest & More Photo Contests Roundup

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Simone Raso, Fujifilm X-T2, XF 100-400
Simone Raso, Fujifilm X-T2, XF 100-400

Oasis Photocontest

It is a rainy Sunday here (of course, always at weekend!), and since I stuck at home, what better thing to do, then to check out winners at this years’ “Oasis Photocontest“, which some consider the “Oscar” for nature and wildlife photography?

So, while enjoying hundreds of images, I noticed this image taken by Simone Raso.

The name, Simone Raso, sounded familiar to me. I checked FujiRumors and saw I featured his video, where he photographed Cristiano Ronaldo & Co during a Champions League soccer game standing on the sideline with his X-Pro2 and XF100-400.

So I checked the EXIF data of this image, and well, it’s an X-shot, Fujifilm X-T2 with Fujinon XF100-400 to be more precise.

This image got the “honorary mention” at the Oasis Photocontest. Congratulations, Simone. Keep up delighting us with you X-shots :)

It’s definitely worth to head over at oasisphotocontest website and check out all the images. There is so much truly inspiring work over there. Don’t miss it.

Sony World Photography Award 2017

Another fellow X-shooter, Andy Gawlowski, made it into the Top 50 of the Travel category of the Sony World Photography Award 2017. It is one of the images he also shared in his guest post “Fujifilm X-Pro2 Vs. Canon 5D MKIII for Travel Photography“. Andy Gawlowski – worldwidewax.ch – facebook – instagram

You can check out more at worldphoto.org.

2017 National Geographic & PDN Photo Annual Contests

Also National Geographic has its “Travel Photographer of the Year (2017)” running now. Entries are open. So feel free to join with your X-shot :). Check out travel.nationalgeographic.com

2017 PDN Photo Annual have been assigned too. Check out the winners at shutterloveonline.

Fujifilm Awards & Curiosity Recap

Fujifilm cameras aren’t new to important recognitions, such as photography awards or cover images for important newspapers.

Sure, it’s the photographer and his vision that creates the image. But hey, at least we can say that Fujifilm cameras are no limitation for real PRO work. Here is a short overview:

  • Fujifilm X-T2 distracted a French presidential candidate during his interview (story here)
  • Only the Fujifilm X-System Breaks the DSLR Hegemony World Press Photo Awards (story here)
  • Fujifilm cameras already made the cover of the TIME magazine (story here)
  • Fujifilm cameras snapped the image that won the World Photography Arts&Culture Award 2015 (story here)
  • Fujifilm cameras are good enough for God’s work (story here)
  • Fujifilm cameras captured America’s most hated man (story here)
  • Fujifilm cameras made the front page of the Wall Street Journal (story here)
  • The X-VIRUS is spreading: Rock Star Brandon Boyd (Incubus) takes Selfie with his X-PRO1! – (storyl here)
  • … and more
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Sony A7sII Vs. Fujifilm X-T2 for Video ** Lens Stars: Fujinon XF 16-55 beats G-Master Lens ** Freemod X-Cap2 Review (miXed zone)

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Sony Vs. Fuji

  • Sony A7sii vs Fujifilm X-T2 for video review at Maru Films youtube. Yep, the Sony has IBIS, but the reviewer is considering to go for Fuji anyway. The colors, the overall size and more convince him that Fujifilm X-T2 is the better choice.
  • Lens Stars are “Weaksouce” on Sony f/2.8 90 Macro and G Master f/2.8 24-70 compared to the beautiful lens stars on the Fujinon XF16-55. Check out min. 1:00 of The Hunter Report youtube video.

Fujifilm X-T2, X-T20 & More

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Fujifilm GFX: Motorsports, Weddings, GF110 + GF23 Images, GFX Vs. Hasselblad X1D… and Do I Really Need the GFX? (GFX Roundup)

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Allan Higa
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Shot with the GF 63mm

Fujifilm GFX 50s Roundup

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Fujifilm GFX 50s: BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS
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Fujinon GF 23mm F4: USA BHphoto, AmazonUS, Adorama Europe: WexUK, PCHstore

Masami Tanaka
shared at the GFX group here
GFX50S Samyang 12mm F2.8 ED AS NCS Fish-Eye

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Thorsten Rother
shared at the GFX group here
“Headshot”
Fujifilm GFX 50s / GF 110mm f2 / ISO 500 / ☀️ Daylight
www.instagram.com/thorstenrother

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Idea Pix
shared at the GFX group here
My first wedding shooting with Fuji GFX.

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Oliver Wehrli
shared at the GFX group here
Isle of Skye Rainbows

In the intense and extremely exciting movie project with the new GF 23mm F4 lens for the Fujifilm GFX on the Isle of Skye, I was able to make this picture. If you are interested on the movie, then follow this youtube link.

Many thanks to FUJIFILM, 10ft TallTall for the great movie and professional work and Fjällräven for support with outdoor equipment.

… and by the way the 23mm lens is the madness!

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Fujifilm GFX 50S Studio Fashion Shoot

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Zack Arias and Billy Luong - CES 2014
Zack Arias and Billy Luong – CES 2014

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I first heard about the GFX on 8th January, 2014, when I met these two gentlemen at CES in Las Vegas [see image on top].

Zack is an editorial music photographer based in Atlanta, GA, and a Fuji X System Photographer, and Billy is a Manager for the Product and Marketing Specialist Group – ‎FUJIFILM CANADA INC., and one of the ‘Fuji Guys’ on YouTube.

We met at the Fujifilm stand at the Consumer Electronics Show, with Zack and I both pestering Billy to get a sneak peak of the new, unannounced, Fuji X-T1 camera.

With our sneak-peeks arranged, the conversation turned to ‘what’s next’, and Zack expressed a strong desire for Fuji to look at jumping the legacy 35mm format completely, and for them to take a look at producing a Medium Format mirrorless camera.

Billy was excited by the idea, and we began to discuss the features that the new camera should have.

Zack was all about a MF sensor as the starting point, and Billy suggested that this could then be used to shoot multiple aspect ratios, native in camera.

The camera needed to be mirrorless, to keep size, weight, and cost down, and should undercut the established MF market leaders by a significant margin.

We discussed super-sizing the successful Fuji X-Pro1, to make a digital version of the Fuji 6×9 120 ‘Texas Leica’ Film cameras, and building a more conventionally styled model, with the same accessible controls and styling, to make the camera easy and fun to use.

The Fuji engineers on the stand were excited. I left the show with a strong impression that this was something they wanted to make happen.

I posted about Fuji’s logic of jumping to MF a few times on DPR, with mixed reactions. Most people didn’t believe it would ever happen. Many 35mm format users did’t get it, and still don’t. Fuji see it makes the best economic sense, and takes them past the limitations of the 35mm format market place.

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