Fujinon XF18-135mm on the field in Brazil (Fifa World Cup 2014) + Full Size Samples at Fujifilm’s website

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Pre-orders: USA: BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / – EUROPE: wexUKwexDE / PCHstore

– The next set of images taken with a pre-production XF18-135 comes from the Brasilian photographer Arlindo Namour Filho. He enjoyed the great Fifa World Cup event in São Paulo (Netherlands vs Argentina) and took his X-T1 and the new XF18-135mm Fujinon to the rain to photograph the supporters of both teams. Read his first impressions and see the samples at ehnamour.

For still situations, the new Optical Image Stabilizer is superb, I could shoot very low speed on my hand. I liked the quality of the lens wide opened, didn´t see noticeable aberrations or vigneting. […] This lens is the perfect match of versatility and quality. I am still ansious for a Fujinon prime tele for my portrait sessions, I will still keep using my 55-200 for it. But it good to see how Fujifilm is developing this standard of good glass and an advanced optical stabilizer.”

–  Fujifilm’s official full size samples can be checked out at Fuji’s global site here.

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The Fujirumors-Travel Trinity: FR will travel with the 18-55, 35 and 55-200… and two good friends too

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image taken with iPhone 5 and quickly processed with SnapSeed (great App!)

X-E2 price drop in USA expires tomorrow: save up to $200 at BHphoto, AmazonUS, Adorama and Pictureline

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Finally, it’s done, the dice have been cast! It’s time to be on the road for Fujirumors, along with 2 good friends, a Nikon and an Olympus shooter. Two weeks of holidays (starting from tomorrow) with Fujirumors should be enough to convert them to the X-world. ;-)

Now, I’ve listened to your feedback, and the travel-lens poll (see bottom of this post) was pretty clear. The first three positions went to the 18-55mm (1st), the 35mm (2nd) and the 23mm (3rd). Thanks to all for your suggestions and your help. If I get some decent shots, I’ll share them at the  FR-facebook photostream.

I therefore opted for the flexibility of the 18-55 as you recommended (and as Trenton said, if drinking is involved, better to take the 18-55, as it has OIS :-D ), and for the 35mm. And, as I already have the fast 35 prime in my camslinger, I will not take also the 23 as my third lens.

So the decision was between the XF 10-24 and the XF 55-200 (4th and 5th in the ranking). I decided to take the 55-200 because: 1) I still don’t own the 10-24 – 2) I need the 55-200 to photograph wildlife. But it hurts a bit to leave the 14mm at home for that extra wide dramatic landscape photography. However, the 18-55, 35, and 55-200 trinity covers pretty much everything.

And do not worry. I have all I need to run Fujirumors also during this trip. I have the 11″ MacBook Air with (claimed) 9 hours of battery and my iPhone5 is equipped with the Mophie Juice 100% Battery-Cover. That should give me enough battery power to keep you posted in any moment of the day (I’ve just to find a WiFi somewhere).

Therefore, stay tuned on Fujirumors

Oh, and I’ll store my X-E2 (which is $200 off until tomorrow in USA) with the 35 and 18-55 in my Camslinger bag. It’s an amazing bag, and I can’t think of any other bag that gives me faster access to my safely stored camera than this one. I adjusted a bit the size of the bag, and, as you can see, the X-E2 with 35mm and 18-55 fits perfectly in the Camslinger 160 (sorry, I noticed that in the first image I didn’t push the X-E2 all the way down into the camslinger 160, therefore it looks a bit out of the bag… just my fault. So I shared another image at the bottom where you can see that it really fits perfectly). The 55-200 will remain in my rucksack.

I wish you all a great weekend,
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Cosyspeed’s camslinger at BHphoto / Cosyspeed website

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xjrumo confirms: X100S successor announcement at photokina, better AF and EVF + 24MP

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Let’s start with little rumor summary about the X100S successor.

February: Back in February (click here) I’ve spread the first rumors (of a new source) about the X100S successor giving the following specs: 24MP X-Trans sensor, faster AF than X100S, tilt screen, new fixed lens, new EVF, better than X100S, but not as much as X-T1, wider detection area.

May: Then, in May, mirrorlessrumors confirmed that the camera will feature an APS-C X-TRANS sensor and also said that it will be announced at photokina (September).

July: Now, also the usually well informed xjurmo confirms the specs: 24MP ASP-C sensor, better EVF and faster AF.

The Name: If you remember, I told you here that a new source shared a rumor with FR that I couldn’t publish because it said: “Please confirm it with your other sources first as marketing department might change the plans“. I did my homework and had a talk with our top trusted Japanese source. And it confirms: Fuji has plans to call the X100S successor X100T. So I shared the rumor. Now xjurmo’s source said that the name could be X100T or X200. So maybe the final word has not yet been spoken? However, he confirms that both option are/were on Fuji’s table.

The rumored specs list so far is the following:

(TS= trusted source / NeS =New Source / ASwN = Anonymous source with nick-name / AS = Anonymous Source / SRP = source who was right in the past, but not yet trusted / ORS = other rumor sites)

  • X100T (TS + NeS)
  • 24MP (NeS + ORS)
  • X-Trans Sensor (NeS + ORS)
  • faster AF than X100S (NeS + ORS)
  • tilt screen (NeS)
  • new fixed lens (NeS)
  • new and better EVF (NeS + ORS)
  • wider phase detection area (NeS)
  • announcement at photokina (ORS)

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Iridient Developer 2.4.3 update released

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The Iridient Developer 2.4.3 update has just been released and makes some improvements to the camera black level handling for the Fujifilm X100, X-A1 and other Bayer sensor based Fujifilm models. This should help with some cases of “crushed” blacks particularly from the X100. A few other bug fixes and improvements in this release for Fuji users as well. The new version can be downloaded here:
http://iridientdigital.com/products/rawdeveloper_download.html

Full release notes on this update:
http://iridientdigital.com/products/rawdeveloper_history.html

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Recommended: XF 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR review at photographyblog

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PRE-ORDER

Feel free to support my daily work here on Fujirumors. If you choose to pre-order this lens using one of the shoplinks in this post, FR will get a small commission on it. It won’t cost you a single penny extra on your gear. Thanks in advance to those who decide to support this blog and allow me to keep it running.

Pre-orders: USA: BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / – EUROPE: wexUKwexDE / PCHstore

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REVIEW

Photographyblog tested the brand new XF 18-135 WR lens. They recommend this lens and conclude that:

Centre sharpness is very good throughout the zoom range, only requiring the user to stop down by one f-stop the lens to get the best results. Edge sharpness proved to be a little disappointing at the 18mm setting, although it thankfully improves at the other focal lengths.

The maximum apertures of f/3.5-5.6 are on the slow side, although the seven-blade iris diaphragm achieves some appealing bokeh effects none-the-less. Vignetting is practically a non-issue, and chromatic aberrations are only noticeable by their almost complete absence. There is some slight barreling at the 18mm wide-angle focal length, but very little pincushion distortion of note at the 135mm setting.

The Fujifilm XF 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR benefits from a fairly fast and pleasingly quiet auto-focus mechanism, generously wide zoom ring and a welcome aperture ring which makes it quick, easy and precise to set this key element of exposure. The lens mount is, thankfully, made of metal and, thanks to an internal focusing (IF) system, the front element and filter thread does not rotate on focus, which is very good news for those using polarisers and ND grads on a regular basis.”

More samples and first impressions at photoxels and danbaileyphoto… and in case you incredibly missed it, make sure to check out also Rico’s first look here.

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