HOT: Lowest Price Ever on Anker PowerCore+ 26800 PD Battery Bank – Fujifilm Recommended

 

Anker PowerCore+ 26800 PD

The Anker PowerCore+ 26800 PD is now selling for the lowest price ever at AmazonUS (regular price $129 – currently $67).

The same battery pack is sold still for €119 at Amazon Germany.

Note that it says “with deal“, probably because it is no longer in production (it is marked discontinued here at BH), so these might be the last samples available.

Hence, if interested, you better grab it now.

I own the Anker PowerCore+ 26800 PD myself, and I am very happy with it.

 

Fujifilm officially recommends the Anker PowerCore+ 26800 PD (and the Anker PowerCore Speed 20000 PD) battery packs for charging the following Fujifilm cameras via USB: Fujifilm X-T3*, X-T30*, X-T2*, X-H1*, X-E3*, X-T20*, X100F* and X100T*, X-T100**, X-A5**, X-A3**, XF10**.

*charging batteries while camera is ON or OFF
**charging batteries only while camera is OFF

Fuji Guy Billy & Jonas Rask FujiLove Podcast: About Global Shutter GFX Revolution, Dropping Full Frame, XF 16-80mm and More

The fifth episode of the Fujilove podcast with Fuji Guy Billy and Jonas Rask just went online. For your convenience, here are the previous 4 episodes:

  • episode 1 – XF33mm development challenges and X-H1 market misunderstanding
  • episode 2 – autofocus motors of lenses compared and no more Kaizen love for Fujifilm X-T20
  • episode 3 – digital image stabilization via firmware update and GFX100 talk
  • episode 4 – APS-C crop factor cheating and fast GF lenses potentially coming

It’s a 1 hour podcast, and in case you are in a hurry and don’t have time yet, I cover the whole podcast below. You can listed to it all at sticher and Fujilove.

↓ FUJILOVE PODCAST ↓

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Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4: Pros and Cons, First Looks and Thougths

Let’s try to kill the endless waiting time with a little Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 roundup.

Rico’s Coverage

Rico’s full XF16-80 coverage is online, and it has been tested also on the brand new Fujifilm X-A7.

Rico’s Conclusions (from Part 8 of his coverage)

Pros

  • Ideal focal length range for an “always on” and travel zoom lens
  • Excellent image quality over the entire focal length range
  • Low minimum focus distance (MFD)
  • Appealing Bokeh (my subjective opinion)
  • Solid build and weather-resistant
  • Constant aperture and marked aperture ring
  • Fast and silent autofocus
  • 6-stop-OIS with automatic tripod and panning detection
  • No hotspots with infrared photography (R72, X-T3)

Cons

  • Slightly larger and heavier than the XF18-55mm kit zoom: ideal for cameras like the X-T3 and X-H1, but maybe a little too bulky for the X-T30, X-T100 or X-A7
  • The pronounced digital barrel distortion correction at 16mm results in a minor but visible sharpness reduction at the edges and in the corners

Additional XF16-80mm f/4 coverage

  • bjornmoerman – Fujifilm XF 16-80mm f4 REVIEW – Comparison with XF18-135
  • ivanjoshualoh – XF16-80mm
  • billfortney – The New Mid-Range King
  • myfujifilm – Thoughts on the Fujinon 16-80mm f/4 by Anton Bosman
  • fujifilm-x – A Quick Look at XF16-80mmF4 R OIS WR by Huseyin Aldirmaz

The lens itself will ship soon:

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Viltrox EF-FX Adapters Firmware Updates Relased

Viltrox has published two firmware updates for their EF-FX1 and EF-FX2 adapters

Thanks Mistral75

Top 3 Selling Cameras, Lenses, Software and Accessories for August on FujiRumors

August saw a clear winner when it comes to best selling camera. And I sure you already guessed it.

More interesting are other top sellers, like in the software and lens department.

TOP 3 SELLING…

Top Accessories

The Textured Rubber Non Slip Grip Tape, a useful (and cheap) accessory to add more grip to your smartphone, laptop and camera (especially the GFX100, as you can see here).

The Chinese company JJC has just released the Arca-Swiss compatible JJC FUJIFILM X-T3 / X-T2 hand grip as well as the JJC FUJIFILM X-T30 / X-T20 / X-T10 hand grip. These grips are even cheaper than the Chinese Meike grip for X-T3 and for X-T30, not to talk of the rather pricey original Fujifilm grip.

Top X Series Cameras

It could not be different, Fujifilm X-H1, win by a large margin, thanks to the crazy rebate.

The X-T3 keeps up being a stable good seller.

The X-Pro2 is third, but I wonder if after all the recent leaks regarding the X-Pro3, the X-Pro2 will sell even better. In fact, I hear that many, waiting for the X-Pro3, are disappointed by the leaks. They might well just grab a currently discounted X-Pro2 instead.

Top XF Lenses

The massive X-H1 rebates gets even better, if you bundle it with XF16-55mm f/2.8 or XF 8-16mm f/2.8.

That’s why those two lenses jumped up at the top of the lens sales ranking.

The Fujinon XF16-80 is third, and I predict it has all the potential to become a long time best seller in the Fujinon world.

Top X Mount Third Party Lenses

The Pinhole Pro X 18-36mm has raised over $300,000 already on kickstarter and people seem to be very interested in this lens. The current kickstarter campaign also pushed sales of the already available pinhole lenses for Fujifilm X

Top GFX Gear

Top Software

  1. Luminar 4
  2. Capture One Pro 12
  3. Adobe Creative Cloud

Fake sky replacement and automatic intelligent selective clarity seem to be features people love, since they catapulted Luminar 4 at the top selling position, dethroning Capture One Pro 12.

Fujinon XF16-80mm f/4 to be Sold as Fujifilm X-T3 Kit Lens towards End of 2019

When the Fujinon XF16-80mm f/4 was launched back in July, I wondered why Fujifilm didn’t give us the option to buy it bundled with any Fuji X series camera.

Some FR-readers said it’s because the lens is not yet available, but IMHO, this does not make sense, since Fujifilm could simply take pre-orders on a camera/lens bundle, just as they take pre-orders on the lens only.

So I hit up a couple of sources, and I got the following answer.

The Fujinon XF16-80mm f/4 will be initially sold only separately (it will ship September), but towards the end of the year, Fujifilm will offer it as a bundle with the Fujifilm X-T3.

So, if you plan to purchase both, the Fujifilm X-T3 and the XF16-80mm f/4, then I strongly recommend you not to purchase both items separately in September, but wait a few weeks until the bundle X-T3/16-80 bundle is out, since you might save a few bucks.

The sources specifically mentioned the bundle with Fujifilm X-T3 and did not mention other cameras. Which does not mean other bundles can’t be included.

Summer is almost over, and the time for rumors is coming!

So do you want to have fun?

Then make sure to follow FujiRumors on Facebook, Instagram, RSS-feed, Youtube, Flipboard and Twitter.

Rumors and Discussions

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Leaving Fujifilm for Sony A7III and Back to Fuji X-T3, Fuji Camera Release Timeline, X100V Delay – Top August Articles

As you can see, FujiRumors did not take a second of rest, not even during my “holiday” in August.

I wrote 71 articles in August, sometimes while I was drinking fresh beer, while hiking my stunning mountains or being out picking strawberries with my wife.

FujiRumors runs non stop for you guys :).

But maybe some of you might have missed something, so here are the top 10 articles for August.

  1. Release Timeline for Fujifilm X-T4, X-H2, X-T40, X-Pro3, X100V, X-E4, X-T200 and X-A6 Based on Fuji’s Previous Camera Releases
  2. This Guy left Fujifilm for Sony A7III and then Switched Back to Fujifilm X – Read Why Here
  3. Fujifilm & Adobe: New Way to Edit Fuji RAW files, How to Sharpen X-Trans files, Wormy Artifacts Evergreen and More
  4. 3½ Reasons Why Fujifilm is Waiting so Long to Release the Fujifilm X100V
  5. Fujifilm X-T3 vs Sony a7III, Buying Fujifilm on a Budget, Lenstip XF16mm f/2.8 review and Much More
  6. Guys, Photography Gear is Not Real Estate, or Why We Should not Complain that Fujifilm X-H1 costs $299
  7. Not Only Fujifilm X-Pro3: One more Fujifilm Camera Coming in 2019? FF190001 Registered
  8. Fujifilm X Mount Viltrox 23mm f/1.4, 33mm f/1.4 and 56mm f/1.4 Autofocus Lenses – First Specs and Images
  9. The Complete Fujifilm X Series Guide Updated: Now with Fujinon XF16-80mm f/4 and More
  10. NEW Images of Viltrox 23mm f/1.4, 33mm f/1.4 and 56mm f/1.4 Autofocus Lenses for Fujifilm X

And don’t forget to:

Vote Your Top Value for Money Fujifilm X MILC Cameras

Top Value for Money Fuji X?

I get lots, really lots of emails every month, from people asking me which Fujifilm camera they should buy.

This is a hard question for me to answer, since it is such a very subjective matter.

It’s not only a matter of price and specs, but, especially in the Fujifilm world, also of ergonomics, since Fuji offers so many different styled cameras, that from one side we are blessed with ergonomic choices, but on the other side it makes the choice more difficult as for example in the Sony world, where you get one camera body, that’s it, take it or leave it.

So what I do, is that I can give a general answer on what I consider the best value for money option in the Fujifilm world.

At the time of this post, I usually recommend the Fujifilm X-H1, especially now, where it can be purchased for $999 only with vertical grip and two spare batteries, and you even save more if bundled with the lenses below:

But I wanted to hear what you guys think is the best value for money camera.

In future, when somebody asks me about, I will just link to this article, and say “this is what thousands of Fujifilm shooters think is the best value for money Fuji camera“.

I will keep the fixed lens cameras out of the competition, and I will only list the most modern camera of each camera line.

REMEMBER: it’s NOT a survey about your favorite camera, but a survey about the best value for money camera.

Ready?

Then vote down below.

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Fujifilm X-Pro3 has No In Body Image Stabilization (IBIS)

Fujifilm X-Pro3

The Fujifilm X-Pro3 has no IBIS.

The super-discounted Fujifilm X-H1 will remain the only Fujifilm X series camera with IBIS also after the X-Pro3 launch in the second half of October.

Want more rumors?

Then I have good news, because this is just the start!

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