Fuji is listening: button upgrade ready for X-T1 (new source)

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Fuji X-T1 in stock check: [shopcountry 21553]

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Times for home-made solutions and fixes for the D-pad buttons could soon be over.

In fact, according to a new source, Fuji has prepared a “button upgrade” option that will be available to buy for any existing X-T1 owner. Pricing should be available and finalized in no more than 2 weeks.

The new source wasn’t able to tell me if this would require the camera to be sent to service.

NOTE: just some of the very early first production X-T1 are affected by the “mushy” buttons. If you are not one of those who grabbed one of the very first cameras, then this rumor is of no interest for you.

stay tuned for more and follow Fujirumors on Facebook, google+, RSS-feed and Twitter

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X-E2 deal extended + new lens deals coming soon, this time including the XF18-55! (trusted source)

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confidential Fuji document shows the upcoming deals. Thanks again to the source, who shared it with us

Extended X-E2 deal

No stress. You have a bit more time to think about whether to grab or not the X-E2 kit for $1199 ($200 off) and the body for $849 ($150 off). The deal was extended and will expire in June 28th.

X-E2 body: AmazonUS,  BHphoto (with freebies and 4%reward), Adorama (with freebies), Pictureline and DigitalRev.

X-E2 kit DigitalRev (they sell it for $1,119) AmazonUS, BHphoto (with freebies and 4%reward), Adorama (with freebies) and Pictureline.

EU–citizens can grab the offer at DigitalRev, as the discount there is valid worldwide. So you can buy the body for €820 in Germany / £ 579 in UK, while the kit costs €1.000 in Germany / £739 in UK. You can also check out all the Fuji deals at PCHstore right now. The X-E2 body for example comes for €810.

Upcoming XF18-55 and XF55-200 deals

The last big XF lens deals ended April 8th. Fuji must have sold tons of lenses, especially the [shoplink 12889]XF 35mm[/shoplink] and [shoplink 13829]XF 27mm[/shoplink], which are still out of stock in many stores.

But the next deals are coming very soon according to a source, which has now been upgraded to “trusted”, as it was always right.

And this time the deal will include the [shoplink 12887]XF 18-55mm[/shoplink], which was, toghether with the brand new [shoplink 21554]XF 56mm[/shoplink] and [shoplink 20414]XF 10-24[/shoplink], the only XF lens not included in the last big lens deals, which ended April 8th. It will be $100 off starting from June 8th.

Also $100 off starting from June 8th, the [shoplink 12892]XF 55-200[/shoplink].

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more US-X-deals

X-PRO1 body (save $200): AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline /
X-M1 (body OR super combo kit) (save up to $300): AmazonUS (Superkit: silver – black – brown)/ BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline /
X20 (save $50): AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline
XF 18mm (save $100): AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline
XC 50-230 (save $50): AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama /
X-A1 (save $100): AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline
X-E1 body ($499): AmazonUS black –silver / BHphoto sliver–black (+4%reward)

 

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Big Fuji Show: X200 and X-PRO2 to be announced at photokina? (source – mirrorlessrumors)

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At BHphoto you can get the X-PRO2 screen protector now and the camera in about 6 months (according to mirrorlessrumors) ;-)

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Big Fuji show at the photokina, at least according to mirrorlessrumors here: They say that Fuji will announce both, the X-PRO2 and X200 (both, according to mirrorlessrumors, with non organic new ASP-C X-Trans sensor) at the photokina (September).

They also say, that the X30 will feature a 1” sensor (while xjrumo said here the sensor will be bigger than 1”) and come earlier (dpr rumored here July 3rd).

Well, despite my pretty tough stress period at my day job, I’ll try to dig up something for you as soon as I can… and of course, any sincere help is warmly welcome.

You can contact me at fujirumor [at] gmail.com or 100% anonymously via rumor box (if you use it, feel free to create a nick name, so that I can eventually recognize you in future.)

In the meantime you can already purchase the Expert Shield Screen Protector for the X-PRO2 at BHphoto.

stay tuned and follow the rumors 24X7 at Facebook, google+, RSS-feed and Twitter

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The elusive (and “phenomenal”) XF56mm f/1.2 in stock at BestBuy!

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Today Andrew Warren Wilson contacted me on my facebook page and said: “Hey Patrick, I recently acquired a 56mm and have done a few commercial shoots as of late. It’s a phenomenal lens. Probably the sharpest I’ve ever owned. The sharpness at 1.2 is stellar. This goes for any opening (that I tried)! The Bokeh is dreamy. I can’t get enough of its build and clarity and sharpness. My only grip is blemishes. I have to do a ton of post processing to clean up the detail that this lens picks up. Included are a few images. Feel free to include a link to my site for more examples! (the site does include some NSFW images)”

The XF56mm f/1.2 is very hard to find in stock at the moment. But BestBuy has a limited number available here.

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Two ways to fix the d-pad buttons on your Fujifilm X-T1

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When the Fujifilm X-T1 hit the market, back in February, the first batch of cameras had two problems: the light leak and the fiddly d-pad buttons. Fuji rapidly fixed the light leak, but not the buttons. To be clear: Fujifilm improved the buttons later on and now you have that nice “click” when you press them. But those who grabbed one of the first cameras on the market, are still struggling with the fiddly buttons.

Some of them looked for a home-made fix. Here are two fixes:

1) solte-uk2014: “Originally it was made for my first camera with really bad buttons on it, but that camera was replaced due to light leak and the 2nd camera has definitely better buttons, but I still decided to put this little thing on, and man it makes a different. I used double sided tape, I’ve been using it a quite a few weeks now and it stays in place.” See the product [shoplink 24836ebay]here on ebay[/shoplink]

2) Matt Brandon: “I was really tired of the back buttons on the X-T1. I was, but not anymore! After reading a tweet from a friend that used a self-setting rubber (Surgu) to mod his back buttons I thought I would give it a try.” Read “How I modified my X-T1 with Sugru here.

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