New Black Friday Deals from BHphoto, Sigma, Tamron, Godox, Peak Design and Much More

BHphoto has now published their own Black Friday deals which you can all find listed at this page here.

If you just want to take a look at what they have to offer in terms of Fujifilm related deals, check out this page here. There are lots of third party (AF and non) in offer as well as accessories.

  • BHphoto here – Full List of Fujifilm related Black Friday Deals

Also joined today in terms of Black Friday Deals:

  • Capture One: save 50% (ends Nov. 27)
  • Godox (via Amazon): save 40% with Promo Code 4041Y41F
  • DxO: save up to 50% on all of their software (ends Nov. 27)
  • Peak Design: up to 40% discount sidewide at Peak Design store (ends Nov. 27)
  • FieldMade lens indicators now 30% off (ends Nov. 27)
  • Think Tank: 25% off on some of Think Tank’s best-selling products (ends Nov. 27)

In terms of third party AF lenses, these are the most interesting deals (but there are more, all listed further down below):

Black Friday Pages by Country

Third Party Lens Savings

Selected Products

Filtered by Brand

  • Capture One: save 50% (ends Nov. 27)
  • Godox (via Amazon): save 40% with Promo Code 4041Y41F
  • DxO: save up to 50% on all of their software (ends Nov. 27)
  • Viltrox up to 35% discount sidewide at the Viltrox Store here. On many products use coupon code “FUJIRUMORS” gives additional 8% discount (ends Nov. 27)
  • Luminar: Biggest sale of the year: up to -83% discount on Luminar Neo! Use our coupon code “FUJI” to get an extra 10% saving (ends Nov. 27)
  • Peak Design: up to 40% discount sidewide at Peak Design store (ends Nov. 27)
  • Think Tank: 25% off on some of Think Tank’s best-selling products (ends Nov. 27)
  • Pergear: 20% off on all lenses at Pergear store (use checkout code “BFCM2023PERGEAR”) (ends Dec. 1)
  • Topaz has just launched their best deals of the year for Black Friday with up to 60% savings (ends Nov. 27)
  • KEH: save 10% sidewide (ends Nov. 27)
  • Sirui: up to 20% off sidewide
  • X-T5 Tips & Tricks Book: Save 50% on Rico Pfirstinger’s Fujifilm X-T5 X Pert Tips book at RockyNook using code “Fuji50” (ends Nov. 30)
  • Adobe: Big Black Friday Savings (ends Nov. 24)
  • SmallRig (Bhphoto – Amazon): Substantial rebates on lots of products also for Fujifilm (ends Nov. 27)
  • FieldMade lens indicators now 30% off (ends Nov. 27)
  • Workshops in Italy: Fujifilm shooter Luigi is offering workshops all over Italy. Now you can get them with $200 discount with code FUJIRUMORS

The Best Fujifilm Deals (end Nov. 27)

All Fujifilm USA Deals

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DxO Black Friday Deals with up to 50% Discount

DxO launched their huge Black Friday offers with up to 50% discount. The rebate starts today and ends November 27.

Personally I have started using DxO PhotoLab 7 due to the excellent DeepPrime XD technology, which DPReview (and many more) strongly recommended to use as default option for high-ISO X-Trans files.

If you get DxO PhotoLab 7, then add also DxO FilmPack 7 to your order, so you get access to Fujifilm Film Simulation Profiles.

DxO PhotoLab 7

  • New customers save $60
    £159, $169, €169 (reg. £209, $229 €229)
  • Owners of DxO PhotoLab 5 and 6 save $20 when they upgrade
    £79, $89, €89 (reg. £99, $109, €109)

DxO PureRAW 3

  • New customers save $40
    £79, $89, €89 (reg. £115, $129, €129)
  • Owners of DxO PureRAW 1 and 2 save $14 when they upgrade
    £59, $65, €65 (reg. £69, $79, €79)

Nik Collection 6

  • New customers save $50
    £99, $99 €99 (reg. £135, $149, €149)
  • Owners of Nik Collection 4 or 5 save $14 when they upgrade
    £59, $65 €65 (reg. £69, $79, €79)

DxO FilmPack 7

  • New customers save $50
    £85, $89, €89 (reg. £129, $139, €139)
  • Owners of DxO FilmPack 5 and 6 get $20 off when they upgrade
    £55, $59, €59 (reg. £69, $79, €79)

DxO ViewPoint 4

  • New customers save 50%
    £45, $49 €49 (reg. £89, $99, €99)
  • Owners of DxO ViewPoint 2 and 3 get save $20 when they upgrade
    £39, $39, €39 (reg. £55, $59, €69)

Get the deals at DxO here.

Black Friday Deals by Brand

New Deals added Today

  • Peak Design: up to 40% discount sidewide at Peak Design store (ends Nov. 27)
  • DxO: save up to 50% on all of their software (ends Nov. 27)

Deals Selected by Product

Full List

  • DxO: save up to 50% on all of their software (ends Nov. 27)
  • Viltrox up to 35% discount sidewide at the Viltrox Store here. On many products use coupon code “FUJIRUMORS” gives additional 8% discount (ends Nov. 27)
  • Luminar: Biggest sale of the year: up to -83% discount on Luminar Neo! Use our coupon code “FUJI” to get an extra 10% saving (ends Nov. 27)
  • Peak Design: up to 40% discount sidewide at Peak Design store (ends Nov. 27)
  • Pergear: 20% off on all lenses at Pergear store (use checkout code “BFCM2023PERGEAR”) (ends Dec. 1)
  • Topaz has just launched their best deals of the year for Black Friday with up to 60% savings (ends Nov. 27)
  • Sirui: up to 20% off sidewide
  • X-T5 Tips & Tricks Book: Save 50% on Rico Pfirstinger’s Fujifilm X-T5 X Pert Tips book at RockyNook using code “Fuji50” (ends Nov. 30)
  • Adobe: Big Black Friday Savings (ends Nov. 24)
  • SmallRig: Substantial rebates on lots of products also on cages and grips for Fujifilm cameras (ends Nov. 27)
  • Workshops in Italy: Fujifilm shooter Luigi is offering workshops all over Italy. Now you can get them with $200 discount with code FUJIRUMORS

Best Fujifilm Deals of the Year and Lots of Other Rebates for Black Friday

Black Friday Deal Pages

Here are the dedicated Black Friday Deal Pages:

Best Fujifilm Deals of the Year

These deals end November 27

Selected Black Friday Deals

Fujifilm Deals

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BLACK FRIDAY UNLEASHED: Terrific Fujifilm Deals and Discounts on Amazon, Viltrox, Luminar, Pergear Adorama & More

Black Friday Unleashed

Most companies have unleashed their Black Friday Deals. Here are the dedicated Black Friday Deal Pages:

Fujifilm Goes Crazy

These deals end November 27

Selected Deals

La Dolce Vita Workshops

Do you ever dream to visit Italy and experience La Dolce Vita?

With La Dolce Vita Workshops you will have a real Italian experience and learn how to bring La Dolce Vita in your photographs and everyday life.

La Dolce Vita Workshops are leaded by Luigi Barbano, an Italian photographer and author with plenty of experience in the U.S.A. He will be able to let you live the real Italy with all the comfort you need as international traveler.  Luigi will guide you, with a small group, to the hidden treasures of Italy where he will help you to create unique fine-art photographs.  We will experience the pleasure of a life surrounded by beauty, great food and friendship during a week that will make us grow professionally and personally.

Check out the available workshops on www.ladolcevitaworkshops.com and get $200 extra discount with the coupon code FUJIRUMORS.  The rooms are limited, hurry up and get the extra early birds discount.

Luminar Neo

Skylum has just launched their Luminar Black Friday deal. This is by far the biggest sale of the year, with discounts of up to -83% on Luminar Neo! Use our coupon code “FUJI” to get an extra 10% saving.

Offer:

  • Luminar Neo 1 year subscription: 49€ instead of 99€
  • 2 year subscription: 79€ instead of 119€
  • Luminar Neo lifetime + Extensions + Creative Journey Pass 23/24 : 99€ instead of 399€

For existing users – owners of Luminar Neo lifetime license.

  • Subscription 2 years: 69€ instead of 119€
  • Creative Journey Pass 23/24 (for Generative AI): 29€ instead of 59€
  • X – membership for creative assets: 29€ instead of 59€
  • Extensions per unit: 14,50€ instead of 29€

Creative Pack of Presets included.

Fujifilm Deals
USA + EUROPE

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Price Increase on Fujifilm X/GFX Gear Starting November 10 in Japan

Fujifilm has announced price increases for lots of Fujifilm X and GFX gear starting November 10 in Japan.

The increases for X and GFX lenses vary between 8% to 30%, whereas there is still no clear indication on how much the price increase for X-T5, X-S20, X-H2 and X-H2S will be (currently marked as “open”).

I have not yet heard of any price increase coming outside of Japan, and I hope there won’t be any.

Down below you can find the press release as well as the full list of gear affected by the price increase.

Press Release

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Fujifilm Q2 FY2023 Financial Results: Significantly Increased Revenue from Digital Cameras Sales

Fujifilm has announced the financial results for the second quarter of the fiscal year 2023 (July to September).

Needless to say that Instax is the goldmine. But there was also a “significantly increased revenue from digital cameras“.

Revenue from digital cameras increased significantly, mainly due to solid sales of X-H2, X-H2S and X-T5 released in the previous fiscal year. Sales of X-S20, which was released in June 2023, also fared well. […] We will continue to offer attractive products by achieving overwhelmingly high image quality with the large format in the GFX Series and the best balance between image quality and size in the X Series.

Instax and Digital Cameras together did give the imaging business a significant boost.

Revenue and operating income increased by 19.5% and 85.5% year-over-year, respectively, due to brisk sales of instant photo systems and digital cameras.

And all this has been achieved despite Fujifilm being incapable of delivering all the cameras mentioned in the report for many months in certain countries (mainly Asia), and some experienced worldwide delivery problems (X100V).

Fujifilm cameras mentioned in the Financial Report:

via Fujifilm

Sony A9III: The Revival of Global Shutter and a Glimpse into the Fujifilm X-H3s?

The “Old” Global Shutter is Back

The Sony A9III has hit the market.

In the headline I wrote that this is the revival of the global shutter, simply because global shutter cameras are nothing new. In fact, cameras with older CCD sensors already featured a global shutter.

But as back in the days of CCD sensor cameras, the global shutter is not the answer to all problems, and as just everything in life it comes with its Pros and Cons. Let’s talk about it.

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A Look at Fujifilm 2024 :: It’s Over in 2023 :: Managers Talk Kaizen and X-E Line Future :: Gear Shipping Struggles and More :: Top 10 October Articles

Here are the top 10 articles for October.

  1. Fujifilm 2024: A Look Ahead Between Rumors and Speculations (X-Pro4, X100R, X-E5, X-T40, New XF Lenses, GFX Future)
  2. Fujifilm Manager: The End of Entry Level (X-E line?), X100V Successor, APS-C and GFX Full Frame Alternative, Market Share and More
  3. Fujifilm Manager Talk Kaizen, Telephoto Lenses, Why not Full Frame, X-E series Future, X100 Line and More
  4. RUMOR: Fujifilm X100V Successor Coming with a “New” Lens in Early 2024
  5. It’s Over my Friends: No More X or GFX Related Announcements This Year
  6. Fujifilm Digital Camera Sales Suspension Notice and Fujifilm Japan Apology
  7. SIGMA 10-18mm F2.8 DC DN Contemporary: Ultra Compact Wide Angle Zoom for Fujifilm X
  8. Fujifilm X-E4 Second Hand Price Higher than Original Launch Price
  9. The Latest X Series Reviews: Sigma 10-18mmF2.8, Fujinon XF8mmF3.5, Fujifilm X-S20, X-H2, X-H2S, X-T5
  10. EXCLUSIVE: This is Fujifilm’s Next XF Lens!

For personal reasons I was not able to make videos this month, nor to really work full power on the rumors and the blog in general. Sometimes life has other plans and sets other priorities.

Good news: an important medical check just a few days ago went well, so now it’s time for me to crawl out of my hole and gain back the energy to give you guys what you deserve: rumors!

So stay tuned… I am back ;).

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Viltrox TNP-W235 Battery for Fujifilm Coming Soon (and About the Advantage of Using Original Fujifilm Batteries)

Viltrox is going to launch its own NP-W235 third party alternative battery for the Fujifilm X and GFX system, called TNP-W235, as reported at the Chinese Weibo account 独立摄影师联合会.

So far this year the best selling gear on FujiRumors was the new SmallRig NP-W235 (which I own too).

The Viltrox TNP-W235 seems to use the same interface with a built-in USB-C port for direct charging and also the same power (2400 mAh).

The options in terms of third party batteries are substantial and often also of respectable quality.

The two brands I personally use as NP-W235 replacement:

However (and that’s valid also for other companies as far as I know), if you use third party batteries in your Fujifilm cameras, and that third party battery is cause of a problem (for example it swells up and gets stuck in the camera), then, even if your camera is under warranty, you won’t get the problem fixed free of charge. On the other hand, if you use the original battery, for as long your battery is under warranty, every problem caused by the battery itself to the camera will give you access to free warranty repair.

That’s why, if you want to go the 100% safe route during the time you camera is under warranty, you might want to stick with original batteries, so if any problem happens caused by the battery, it will be fixed under warranty.

In all my years using third party batteries, I had my first third party battery fail last year, where my Patona swelled up in my X-E3 and I had to fiddle around to get it out,

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