Next week the book should also be available at Amazon here.
However, we recommend to get it at Rocky Nook, as you will get it in multiple formats (PDF, ePub, Kindle) and also with a discount.
My past experience with Rico’s books was excellent and I found them very useful. So I have no problems to warmly recommend it to you too and I will grab a copy for myself.
And yet, there is an even more affordable option (from another brand) out there, and it’s this one.
And given that also Kaza recently launched their new leather case for X-T5, I thought I give you an overview of available leather half cases for the Fujifilm X-T5.
YouTube does not like it that I post so few videos, and hence does not give my channel proper visibility. But I don’t want to spam you with random videos just to please the algorithm. I want to bring you relevant Fujifilm news and rumors only. Less videos, but with content that matters. And if I can, also from stunning locations you’ll enjoy to see.
Fujifilm has updated its list of recommended UHS-II SD-Cards and CFexpress Type B cards for Fujifilm GFX100 II, Fujifilm X-H2S and Fujifilm X-H2. You’ll find the detailed list in printed format below as well as in downloadable jpeg format also for Fujifilm X-T5 and X-T4.
But beware!
Not all CFexpress Type B cards are made equal.
Out of all the CFexpress Type B cards listed by Fujifilm, only the ones we highlight now give you access to the best performance without any limitations (longest bursts, access to all video codec, etc).
Overall Best CFexpress Type B Cards according to Fujifilm (no performance limitations)
As far as SD-Card goes, depending on the camera you own, the recommended cards are slightly different.
For example, some SD-Cards recommended for the Fujifilm X-T4 (for example the Toshiba Exceria Pro) are now no longer recommended for the 40 megapixel Fujifilm X-T5. The updated list for X-T5 contains:
Back in November Fujifilm annonuced shortages on Fujifilm X-T5 cameras.
The shortage affected mostly Asian countries and the X-T5 stock in North America and Europe has been pretty stable until now, where you can easily find the X-T5 in stock.
Fujifilm has announced the financial results for the first quarter of the fiscal year 2023 (April to June).
Good news for Instax (as to expect) and for the 5th generation X series gear.
Revenue from digital cameras increased significantly, mainly due to solid sales of X-H2, X-H2S and X-T5, which were released in FY2022.
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
David Etchells, formerly at Imaging Resource, and always highly respected for his deep technical knowledge, has now shared his talk with Fujifilm managers at the CP+ earlier this year.
As usual, David knows how to dig deep into technical details and make the right questions.
Here on FujiRumors we will provide just a short summary in bullet points for those of you who are in a hurry and want to give it a quick glance. But for the full talk you have to check out the very interesting article at petapixel.
Deep-learning based AF tracking system
it’s an enormous task to develop it. Tens of thousands of photos of an intended subject must be manually processed by humans
Fujifilm has to constantly add new elements to the training database to improve AF tracking
X-H2S firmware 3.0 improved mainly
– AF tracking with fast moving subjects
– increased the AF frequency during continuous shooting by making the algorithm more efficient and processing faster (double the AF processing speed of previous firmware)
they talk how certain AF improvements might come to X-T5 and X-H2 at some point – which then happened on May 24
Fujifilm might be the first manufacturer, who, with their latest firmware, now tightly couples AI subject recognition with conventional phase-detect-based AF tracking. David says that this is significant because AI subject recognition and conventional AF tracking are two fundamentally different processes. Getting the two to work together in close coordination is a big breakthrough.
I have received a message via the revived anonymous contact form by FujiRumors Boris, pointing me out towards an issue with the focus peaking on the Fujifilm X-T5.
Here is the issue:
When you use manual focus and a manual lens on other Fuji cameras and have some kind of focus help like peaking activated, it will show you the highlighted areas but once you half press the shutter, the focus help goes away and you see the pure image, which is very helpful for composition.
On the X-T5 that sadly doesn’t happen anymore and focus peaking stays on screen all the time and you can’t view your actual image. In some situations that doesn’t make a big difference, but when you for example take a photo in the forest or in busy environments, the entire screen is yellow, or red etc. and you basically have no idea what you are shooting.
And you also can‘t put focus peaking on a function button to quickly turn it off. In other words, manual focusing on the XT-5 became very unpractical for no reason.
I don’t know if that’s like this for all 5th generation Fujifilm cameras (X-H2, X-H2S, X-S20 and X-T5). Please let us know in the comments.
My take?
Well, having focus peaking ON all the time, even when the shutter button is half pressed, could actually make sense for example in macro when an insect for example is slightly moving and you want to make a quick adjustment before fully pressing the button. Or when you shoot handheld macro and you want to have the possibility to make quick micro-adjustment at any time, even with the shutter button half pressed.
However, I can also understand if you want to get the focus assistance out of the way once you half press the button to have a clean view over your composition (for example in landscape photography on a tripod).
The solution is simple: Fujifilm should give us the option to pick whatever solution we prefer.
And just for curiosity, a little survey where you can tell us which solution you prefer.