The Revival of Film Breathes New Life into Kodak, CineStill, FuguFilm & Co (but not into FujiFilm)

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We recently reported about the price increase on Fujifilm film.

While I can understand the price increase (due to the circumstances of these days), I do not fully understand why Fujifilm is discontinuing film after film, when other companies (Kodak) seem at the same time to have a huge comeback and actually revive old film stock.

In fact, in a very interesting video published by NBC Left Field a while back (video linked below), a Kodak manager said that over the last few years the demand for film increased by 15% to 30% and the growth seems to continue to accelerate.

So much so, that Kodak is thinking not at which films they should discontinue, but which ones they should bring back.

Recently Kodak announced Kodak the return of Kodak Gold 200 in 120 format (and it will cost 25% less than the Kodak Portra and Kodak Ektar film)

And not only Kodak. CineStill joins the positive trend by releasing CineStill 400Dynamic and also new actors join like Japanese Camera Hunter with the new Fugufilm 400 reversal film (follow them on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for latest news).

So, lots of nice news coming from the film side of life.

And what about Fujifilm?

Well, Fujifilm goes the opposite way and keeps up dropping its legendary film stock (with this honorable exception).

I hope Fujifilm will revise the trend and bring back some of the films we so much loved.

Film is Not Dead – A Revival Story

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DPRTV: Five Best Handling Digital Cameras of All Time

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Outside of technical stuff like image quality and autofocus, there are some cameras that just make you happy when you hold them. To celebrate great ergonomics, Chris Niccolls runs down his top five handling digital cameras of all time.

DPRTV ranking:

  1. Canon EOS R5
  2. Nikon D750
  3. Fujifilm X100V
    Many people love the analogue control experience of the X-T line. Chris prefers the ergonomics of the Fujifilm X-S10 and Fujifilm GFX100S. But at the end Chris picks the Fujifilm X100V because it is a refined and pocketable camera. Hybrid Viewfinder is nice to use. Flip out LCD is so thin that it does not make the camera bulkier. Compact 23mmF2 lens. Fits in pocket and very nice to use.
  4. Leica Q2
  5. Pentax K1

Of course these kind of rankings are extremely subjective. Let us know in the comments what your favorite Fujifilm camera is in terms of ergonomics.

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FUJIFILM Photo-related Products Notice of Partial Price Revision

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We recently reported about the upcoming price increase on Fujifilm film.

Now Fujifilm has made it official and published a press release you can read down below.

Down below the currently available Fujifilm film stock and the press release.

Press Release

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Best Solutions for Processing Fujifilm RAW Files in 2022 :: DxO PhotoLab for Fuji Shooters :: ApolloOne Photo Viewer and More

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A few exciting things happened on the X Trans demosaicing front recently.

The arguably most exciting event was DxO finally supporting Fujifilm X-Trans files with DxO PhotoLab 5. And from all I could see so far, the results are absolutely fantastic. So much so, that, even though I am a hardcore CaptureOne user and lover, I think DxO PhotoLab 5 will be the one software I will check out in depth in 2022 as it seems to perform better than anything else.

Thomas Fitzgerald, my go-to source for all things X-Trans files editing (links below) says that DxO is the best X-Trans converter for “Pure Image Quality” in combination with DxO’s DeepPrime noise reduction technology. A downside: in order to use Fujifilm’s film simulation, you have to purchase also the “DXO Film Pack” as an extra.

If you are using DxO PhotoLab 5 already, feel free to let me (and us all) know in the comments what you think about it. Are you happy with it?

Speaking of DxO, recently they also added X-Trans support to DxO PureRAW 2.

And since we talk editing, I thought to make a mini-roundup with some of the editing related articles, including the ones of Thomas mentioned above in this article.

X-Trans Roundup

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