I am Sorry for the Rumors I’ve missed to Share with You – Technical Issues Update (and Fix)

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I owe you an update.

A few weeks ago I told you that the anonymous contact for was broken form a few months, which means I have not received any of the rumors and news you sent me (even though you got the notification that the message has been sent).

And while the fix worked for a few days, the contact form broke again.

So we started to work on it again, and initially we were able to restore text messages and later today you should also be able to send attachments anonymously again.

Right now we have a downtime where it does not work at all (no text, no attachments), but it should all be working in a couple of hours again.

So… if you wonder why ahead of the last X summit in May we did not get any low resolution leaked images of the upcoming products, that’s very likely the reason, as usually I get those leaks via anonymous  sources via rumor box.

Again… everything should fully work again later today. And that’s good so, as we are approaching another hot rumor seasons given the Fujifilm X summit taking place on September 12.

And to be clear: this has nothing to do with safety or security issues on FujiRumors. It’s really just a matter of coding, plug-ins and server updates that kind of don’t play nice together and mess up things, which is why I now added a few paid services and new plug-ins to sort it out one by one.

Costs time, costs money, but I am confident that all will be fixed forever in the next few hours.

Sorry again for the inconvenience and for all the nice rumors and news I missed to share in these weeks and months.

Again the invitation: if you have used the rumor box between late April and now, I did not get your message, so if possible, it would be great if you could share them again

 

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Mitakon 200mm f/4 1x APO Macro Lens Announced

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ZY Optics has announced the Mitakon 200mm f/4 1x APO macro lenses for several mounts including Fujifilm GFX mount.

It should be available soon at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and it is available for order at ZYOptics.

Main Specs

  • 200mm focal length
  • Exceptional working distance
  • Aperture Range: F/4 to F/32
  • Manual Focus Design
  • Smooth bokeh
  • No chromatic aberration
  • 1x magnification

Press Release & Product Images

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Skylum Launches Panorama Stitching for Luminar NEO

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Skylum has lauched their new Panorama Stitching feature for Luminar NEO.

  1. Pano stitching: Effortlessly stitch RAW or JPEG files to create seamless panoramic photos that convey the grandeur of vast landscape and cityscape scenes.
  2. HDR Panorama: Easily overcome the challenges of creating panoramic photos under dynamic lighting conditions with HDR Panorama. Combine multiple exposure and pano brackets into a single HDR panorama that preserves every detail, from the brightest highlights to the darkest shadows, as you showcase these vast expanses.
  3. Panorama from Video: Leverage the power of motion to create immersive panoramas from your videos. The Panorama Stitching extension allows you to add your video footage and seamlessly extract frames to stitch together into panoramic images. Re-imagine action sequences in a whole new way as your videos are transformed into stunning, wide-spanning photographs.
  4. Object/Subject Composition Panorama: Elevate your creative vision by selecting specific subjects within a video and converting them into captivating panoramic images. The Panorama Stitching Extension intelligently isolates and combines frames centered around your chosen element, resulting in visually striking panoramas that emphasize and highlight your subject in fascinating ways and creating new ways to convey motion from a video in a single frame.
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ArtraLab Lenses for Fujifilm X: 7.5mmF2, 10mmF5.6, 12mmF2, 24mmF1.7 and 60mmF2.8 2X

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I have never heard nor reported about anything related to the Hong Kong based company ArtraLab.

But now it’s time to mention them, as they have now announced the following lenses for Fujifilm X mount

  • ArtraLab OCULILUMEN 7.5mm f/2 – see here
  • ArtraLab OCULILUMEN 10mm f/5.6 – see here
  • ArtraLab LATALUMEN 12mm f/2 – see here
  • ArtraLab NONIKKOR 24mm f/1.7 – coming soon
  • ArtraLab ARTOLUMEN  60mm f2.8 2X – see here

Oh well, the more the merrier I guess :).

Images of ArtraLab X Mount Lenses

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Oppenheimer Movie Photos Taken with Fujifilm X-H1 and These XF Lenses

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Oppenheimer

Here is a little story for all those, who keep repeating the mantra that you need Full Frame cameras to get professional work done.

The official images of the blockbuster movie Oppenheimer have been taken with the following Fujifilm X series gear by the photographer Melinda Sue Gordon.

That’s according to Fujifilm Ukraine’s post on Instagram, which you can see down below.

And that’s not a surprise, as Melinda also took the backstage images of another Nolan blockbuster, Dunkirk, with Fujifilm X gear. In that case the camera used was the Fujifilm X-Pro2.

And keep in mind Melinda is doing this professional work with a camera, the X-H1, which according to the competent testing of photography master Jared Polin does not even allow you to move the focus point with the joystick. Yep, the same camera that snapped the top winning award at the World Press Photo.

So will this finally end the debate if you need Full Frame for professional work?

Certainly not. The internet world lives in a bubble created by influencers that not even reality is capable of bringing to reason.

And yet, the reality looks like this:

Not enough?

  • won the world wildlife photography award (story here)
  • made the cover of the TIME magazine (story here)
  • won the World Photography Arts&Culture Award 2015 (story here)
  • won the First Prize of the World Press Photo Category “Stories (stroy here)
  • made the front page of the Wall Street Journal (story here)
  • were good enough for God’s work (story here)
  • captured America’s most hated man (story here)
  • distracted a French presidential candidate during his interview (story here)

 

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Ein Beitrag geteilt von FUJIFILM Ukraine (@fujifilm_ukraine)

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