Neewer NP-W235 Limited Time Deal

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NP-W235 Battery

There is limited time deal on the Neewer NP-W235 battery at Amazon US here.

It comes with integrated UBS-C charging port just as the Wasabi NP-W235, the Viltrox NP-W235 and the SmallRig NP-W235. But at the time of this post the Neewer version is the most affordable one.

Amazon Spring Deals

The Amazon Spring deals are now running at Amazon US, Amazon CA, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES, Amazon NL and Your Local Amazon.

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Viltrox 56mm f/1.7 and 40mm f/2.5 Images (and Samples) Leaked

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New images of the Viltrox 56mm f/1.7 and Viltrox 40mm f/2.5 are now appearing on Chinese social media Weibo. They include some sample images, but they are low resolution.

You can see them all in this article.

Both lenses should be announced in April as we reported here.

Viltrox X mount lenses are sold at BHphoto here, Amazon here and Adorama here.

via 独立摄影师联合会

All Viltrox X mount AF lenses currently available:

 

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Fujifilm Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Kodak

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Fujifilm Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Eastman Kodak Company

Hanover Park, Ill. – FUJIFILM North America Corporation, Graphic Communication Division today announced that FUJIFILM Corporation filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: KODK) in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Fujifilm has asserted four patents (U.S. Patent Nos. 10,427,443, 10,525,696, 10,875,346, and 11,294,279) pertaining to various aspects of processless lithographic printing plate technologies, including method and apparatus claims.

Fujifilm is seeking remedies including damages and injunctive relief related to Eastman Kodak’s unauthorized commercial manufacture, use, offer to sell, or sale within the United States, and/or importation of its processless lithographic printing plate products that infringe the four asserted patents, including those sold under the product name “SONORA X” and the brand umbrella name “SONORA XTRA”.

“Fujifilm is committed to protecting its significant research and development investments, and in bringing innovative printing plate technologies to customers around the world,” commented Toyoyuki “Tommy” Katagiri, division president, FUJIFILM North America Corporation, Graphic Communication Division. “We will enforce and protect our innovation and intellectual property rights in the United States and around the world when we believe others infringe unfairly.”

Separately in October 2023 and December 2023 respectively, Eastman Kodak’s European subsidiaries, Kodak GmbH, Kodak Graphic Communications GmbH, and Kodak Holding GmbH, were sued by FUJIFILM Corporation for infringement of the related European counterparts of the US patents-in-suit in the Unified Patent Court and in Germany.

“We will continue to protect our intellectual property in processless lithographic printing plates, to the benefit of our customers, including small, family-owned printing businesses, as well as medium- and large-sized printing businesses,” added Katagiri.

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Updated Notice of Applications Software Used with “macOS 14 Sonoma”

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Updated Notice of Applications Software Used with “macOS 14 Sonoma” (previous notice here)

<Update details>
March 22, 2024 addition
We are planning to release the software compatible with “macOS14 (Sonoma)” as the following timeframe.
FUJIFILM X Webcam (Mac): scheduled for April
FUJIFILM PC AutoSave (Mac): scheduled for the end of March

<Original Notice>

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Fujifilm USA Verifies X100VI Limited Edition Orders for Fraud as Overpriced X100VI Limited Editions Flood eBay

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It could not work. And it didn’t.

Fujifilm USA and Europe opened the door to scalpers by deciding to sell the limited edition Fujifilm X100VI on a first-come-first-served basis.

Well, today was D-Day, and of course all units available today sold out within minutes.

The demand was so high, that the Fujifilm USA website even crashed as we can see also from reports over at our massive X100 user group.

And then the inevitable happened: within minutes, lots of overpriced Fujifilm X100VI limited edition cameras started to show up on eBay (usually sold for around 5K).

So far all as we expected.

But now Fujifilm USA has issued a statement (see above), that they are “manually verifying orders for fraud and suspicious activity“.

So not only the server crashed due to the traffic overload, but it seems also other problems might have occured.

We can only speculate on the nature of the potential fraud Fujifilm is investigating. Maybe some people found ways to grab several units using different accounts?

We do not know, but at least it’s good to know that Fujifilm USA is aware of it and looking into it.

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