Nissin i40 flash for Fuji X coming already in July in Germany and UK?

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Maybe stores are a little bit too optimistic about the shipping of the small and powerful Nissin i40 flash for Fujifilm. But fact is that wexphotographic has marked the TIPA awarded flash available in July/August. The German branch wexcameras instead just says “July”.

As you may remember, I’ve told you it will come in September. In fact, Nissin gave the following answer to a FR-reader, who asked them when the flash will be available for Fuji-X cameras:

“Nissin i40 for Fujifilm system will be available around the early of September. Due to the order and shipment status, the actual available date will be various between countries. You may consider to contact to our local distributor around September, to check for the detail and which authorized dealer will have the 1st lot of stock..”

Is Nissin too careful with the release date (September), or are stores too optimistic (July)? I don’t know, so I’ll follow Aristotle’s theory of the golden mean and expect it to come in August.

More options, like the Nissin i40, are definitely good. But Fuji, on the flash-front, X-shooters need more than the Nissin i40 to achieve eudaimonia.

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Fuji Patents 28mm f/1.4 (equivalent in 35mm format)… but for small 1/3″ sensors (used also in smartphones).

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Egami (click here) spotted  a patent about a 28mm f/1.4 (35mm equivalent).

Well, I do not understand Japanese, so the only way to read this patent for me is to decipher the cryptic version of the google translator. But I think the patent is for 1/3″ sensors (the sensor we find in the iPhone 5S, Nokia Lumia 920 and HTC one). So it won’t be a super-fast Fujinon XF wide angle lens.

Some speculate with a new lens for a 1/3″ sensor compact camera, but honestly I do not think/hope Fuji is still placing R&D into the point&shoot market. It would be a hopeless battle against smartphones. FinePix cameras are dead, and also some X-series cameras like the [shoplink 12885]XF1[/shoplink] and [shoplink 17996]XQ1[/shoplink] do not sell at all well.

It’s better to invest in making good lenses for smartphones rather than new P&S cameras… or make directly an X-Phone!

So here is the google translated version… but if any Japanese FR-reader out there can make a better one, then feel free to drop it in the comments.

“Fujifilm patent application for the conversion of 28mm 4.2 mm F1.4 in, it is, but approximately 1/3 type image pickup device It supports. Of the lens configuration of 7 pieces in 7 groups, everything is double-sided aspherical.

Patent application of large-aperture lens toward cell phones and smartphones is not it? One after another recently. that any manufacturers think What a together. Kondeji is large in the differentiation of the smartphone image pickup device are moving in, but we have already done the performance of the camera also works as a smartphone in the patent application, It is a cat-and-mouse game.”

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GIVEAWAY: Win an amazing Camslinger 160 bag and 2 tickets for the Photokina 2014 with Cosyspeed + Fujirumors

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Dear Patrick,

I’m the founder and CEO of COSYSPEED, a German startup with focus on accessories for mirrorless cameras. I’m really glad about this little cooperation with your great blog and to give your readers the opportunity to win one of our first products, the CAMSLINGER 160 bag (or one of two tickets for PHOTOKINA, where we have a booth). We have many customers who use their FUJI X in a CAMSLINGER. FUJI has a great system with their X cams and if you are going out shooting with little gear (one cam and one, two or three lenses), you’ll like this new concept of carrying your X.

A CAMSLINGER bag gives you fast, one-handed access to your cam, leaves the upper body free from any straps and belts and is very comfortable to wear the whole day long. Furthermore your mirrorless cam is protected in a slim case. The design approach was focused on functionality, practical usability and a sleek design which makes them so unobtrusive. It’s not for storing or transporting large gear, but for daily use of your cam as creative tool when you’re out shooting. They are very well suited for street, travel, outdoor and family photography. On the first look it might not be that spectacular, but almost everyone who tries it likes the concept. Our claim is “The world belongs to Mirrorless Heroes” which means the world belongs to FUJI X shooters (at least a nice part of it :-)

Many thanks and greetings

Thomas

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  1. 1 CAMSLINGER 160 + 1 STUFFBAG 30 + 1 CAMPILLOW 200
  2. 1 free ticket for one day at Photokina
  3. 1 free ticket for one day at Photokina

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by PATRICK: And here is the giveaway. The more you like/share Cosyspeed & Fujirumors on facebook and twitter, the more entires you’ll get and the higher your chances to win are. You can enter by:

– liking Cosyspeed on Facebook
– liking Fujirumors on Facebook
– following Cosyspeed on Twitter
– following Fujirumros on Twitter
– tweeting a message (Entrants can do this option once each day)

The giveaway ends next week, Tuesday 07/22/2014 at 11:59 PM New York Time.

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