First organic sensor to be used in cameras from late 2014 early 2015.

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Fujifilm press release

Fuji innovated the camera industry by developing the X-Trans Sensor. But the future seems to be a based on the “organic sensors”. The new technology promises among the others “Industry’s highest dynamic range of 88dB”, “higher sensitivity than conventional sensors” and “ range of incident angle expanded to 60 degrees for faithful color reproduction“.

One source told us that this is still far away from being implemented in X cameras. If all works fine we can expect the first camera to feature that sensor in late 2014 early 2015 only.

Last year in a Lenstip (Click here) interview Fuji said that the super high quality organic sensor (that we hoped to be inside the X PRO 1) will not be find any use in the short term. It’s still too early for a real use on cameras.

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APS-C battle: X100S vs RicohGR vs Leica X2 vs Nikon A vs Sigma DP1

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This one is a tough battle: [shoplink 12883]X100S[/shoplink] vs [shoplink 13349]Ricoh GR[/shoplink] vs [shoplink 13071]NikonA[/shoplink] vs [shoplink 14323]Leica X2[/shoplink] vs [shoplink 14387 ebay]Sigma DP1 Merril[/shoplink]!

It’s a comprehensive comparison with a lot of sample images: portrait, ISO, sharpness, moiree, bokeh and much more. Take your time to compare all the sample images and decipher the google translated text version.. Check it out here (translation) and then vote your overall favorite camera in the poll.

cheers
Patrick

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More to come and nothing to miss! Follow Fujirumors on facebook and twitter

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New cameras, new lenses and new firmware updates! Fuji is not resting on its laurels and is working tirelessly… and so does Fujirumors. We’ll continue to provide you with fresh news and rumors so that you don’t miss anything!

But this blog is just one of the tools you can use to follow us, stay up to date and continue to be the first to know things before they even happen ;). You can follow us also on facebook, twitter and subscribe the RSS feed.

I know, Fujirumors is one of the smallest and youngest of all rumor-websites out there, the “underdog“. At the moment we have 2,550 likes on facebook and 1,380 loyal followers on twitter. That’s great… but you can help us growing!

All you have to do, if you want, is to join our facebook page, follow us twitter and subscribe the RSS feed. This would be a great support for this little site. So, feel free to like us on facebook and spread the word!

Thanks for your time
Patrick

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Iridient Developer 2.2 update released

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Version 2.2 of Iridient Developer is now available for download! This release features a number of new features and improvements, particularly for the Fuji X-Trans models! I’ve already posted several articles about this software, which some consider the best for X-Trans RAF’s until now. But check it out by yourself in the following posts: thevisualexperience / thevisualexperience and dpreview / soundimageplus

New Fujifilm specific features include:
1) New support for X-M1 RAW images!
2) automatic lens distortion correction based on camera RAW metadata
3) automatic vignetting corrections based on RAW file metadata
4) a new smoother, “Soft Look” demosaic option which also fixes a bug with previous 2.1 version where enabling “Soft Look” option would result in ugly color cast issue
5) updated camera tone curve and baseline exposure to better match the camera JPEGs and other software
6) support for detailed lens model name metadata
7) support for several RAW white balance presets (tungsten, daylight and cloudy)
8) fixes for ISO gains at 3200 and 6400 (perviously images would be very dark by default at these high ISO settings)

The new Iridient Developer 2.2 release can now be downloaded here:
http://www.iridientdigital.com/products/rawdeveloper_download.html

Full release notes for this version can be viewed here:
http://www.iridientdigital.com/products/rawdeveloper_history.html

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XF 27mm: technical test at dslrmagazine and some impressions at sgoldswoblog

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1) dslrmagazin tested the XF 27mm lens here (tranlsation). The lens is not cheap, but has the right “balance between size, weight, performance… and it’s an XF“

2) Some impressions and images can be checked out here at sgoldswoblog: “In the final analysis: the 35mm will give you sharper pictures and a wider aperture, but is larger and slower to focus; whereas the 18-55mm is sharper in the centre, but is larger and has a narrower maximum aperture at 27mm. However, I think there is a good place for this lens, even if you don’t plan to use it all the time. It’s sharp enough, small enough and fast enough to AF that I plan to have it with me when I’m carrying my X-Pro1. The only real downside for me is the price, which was £379 at launch. I don’t feel cheated but I think £300-350 would be fairer, given the limitations of the lens. Other than that, I’m very happy with the 27mm.”

Fuji X-M1: [shopcountry 13828] Fuji XF 27mm: [shopcountry 13829]

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