New Fujifilm XApp Update brings Welcome Improvement

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The new Fujifilm XApp just got a software update 1.1.0 and it brings a much welcome improvement: it allows us to use the app with location set to off.

I now have personally set my XApp geolocation tracking permission on the phone to “While Using the App”.

All I have to do now is not to forget to open the App before I starting to shoot ;).

Here are the details of the update:

  • The application is enhanced that the smartphones and cameras are able to communicate via Wi-Fi even if the permission to access “Location” is not set.
  • Application functions that do not require permissions to access can be used even if the permissions to access those functions are not set.
  • The minor bug is fixed that some smartphone models fail to connect to the camera via Wi-Fi in rare cases.

You can download the lastest Fujifilm X App for iOS here and for Android here.

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Viltrox Future Fujifilm X Lenses: Zoom Lenses, 20mmF4.5, 135mmF1.8 Lab Series (better than Pro Series)

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Richard Wong flew to China to meet up with the Viltrox management.

The first question he makes to marketing director Mandy Lee (which I met back in 2018 at photokina) was if they plan to release fast zoom lenses for the Fujifilm X mount.

The answer was:

We will have zoom lenses, but we are not sure about the focal length yet. But we have zoom lenses in our plans.

What we are sure is that we will have Cine zoom lenses, for example 22-220mm, 30-300mm and 42-420 cine zoom [manual focus] coming at the end of this year maybe.

We have plans for zoom lenses for stills, but those still need some time.

Viltrox mentions also a compact lens, but I am not sure if they mean APS-C or FF lenses. From the talk it seems like an APS-C lens, but Richard wrote “FF” in the video.

  • 20mm f/4.5 autofocus lens (small and affordable pancake lens, about $150 but image quality superior to the 23, 33 and 56mm APS-C series)

When asked if Viltrox plans to launch a competitor to the Fujinon XF200mm f/2, hence a longer prime lens, Viltrox gives us this answer:

  • 135mm f/1.8 Lab Series coming by the end of 2023. Lab Series image quality and performance will be higher than the Pro series

Also in this case, the question is clearly about Fujifilm APS-C lenses, and Mandy Lee answers to that, but when asked later on if that’s for Full Frame, Mandy says “yes”. Then she gets asked if it will come also for Fujifilm X mount, and she just says “Yeah”.

So to me this sounds as if both, the 20mm f/4.5 and 135mm f/1.8 will come for several mounts in APS-C and FF format.

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BREAKING: This is the Name of the New Film Simulation Coming September 12

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According to our trusted sources (thanks!) that the new film simulation coming September 12 will be called REALA.

The Reala film stock (sold with the name Reala Ace and Reala Superia and discontinued in 2012), was a aimed at professional and enthusiast photographers and it was Fuji’s first film with 4th layer technology for exceptional color accuracy, especially in fluorescent lighting (no greenish cast). The 4th layer technology would make also the 400H film so popular.

The original film was very loved by wedding photographers and seems to be ready to make its comeback in form of a new film simulation.

Let’s hope it will find its way in as many older Fujifilm cameras as possible. But so far I have no rumors about any firmware updates in this regard.

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Fujifilm GFX100 II Coming with Video Touch-to-Track Autofocus

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image: my wife and my finger ;)
image for demonstration purpose only – in the frame: my wife at the Wuhnleger Weiher, which can be seen in this video here

One of the big mysteries in the Fujifilm world always was: why does Fujifilm offer touch-to-track autofocus in stills, but not in video?

Well, the Fujifilm GFX100 II will finally put an end to this mystery, as I hear from trusted sources that the Fujifilm GFX100 II will offer touch-to-track AF also in video.

And you know exactly what this means.

It means that now we ask for Kaizen Firmware love also for other cameras that are already on the market ;).

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Which Film Simulation Would You Like to Get Next?

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We have shared the rumor that Fujifilm will launch a new film simulation on September 12.

So the question now is: which film would you like to get on Fujifilm cameras in digital format with the next film simulation*?

It does not have to be an original Fujifilm film stock, but it can be inspired by film of any brand.

Just note that if Fujifilm would use a competitors’ film stock as base for the new film simulations, for legal reasons they  would change the name into something else.

For example, Classic Chrome is inspired by Kodak emulsions as Fuji insiders explained us here.

So, feel free to let us know in the comments down below what you’d like to see next.

*usually film simulations are inspired by film emulsions (Velvia & Co), or by certain photographic movements, as it was the case for the “American New Color” inspiration for Nostalgic Negative (full story here).

 

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