AstrHori RockStar Fujifilm X Mount 10mm, 14mm, 27mm, 50mm and Tilt Lenses
The AstrHori Rockstar lenses for Fujfiilm X Mount are now available at AmazonUS.
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Best Solutions for Processing Fujifilm RAW Files in 2022 :: DxO PhotoLab for Fuji Shooters :: ApolloOne Photo Viewer and More
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
Laowa 20mm F4.0 C-Dreamer Shift for Fujifilm GFX Coming March 28th
On March 28, Venus Optics will announce the Laowa 20mm f/4.0 for various mounts including Fujifilm GFX. The first specs leaked by SonyAlphaRumors are:
- Laowa FF S 20mm F4.0 C-Dreamer SHIFT lens
- 82mm circular filter
- hood can rotate 360° to reduce the appearance of flare ghosts
Laowa is already offering the following lenses for the GFX system:
- Laowa 20mm F4.0 C-Dreamer (coming March 28): Venus Optics / BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
- Laowa 17mm f/4 Zero-D: BHphoto, AmazonUS, Adorama
- Laowa 15mm f/4.5 Zero-D Shift*: Venus Optics / BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
*works on Fujiflm GFX with ± 8mm Shift using an adapter (samples and details here)
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Fujifilm to Increase Prices by 20-60% on Film Starting April 1
Fujifilm is going to increase prices by 20-60% on its film products starting April 1 as reported by Printkoubou0209 on Twitter.
The currently available Fujifilm film stock is:
- Fuji Color SUPERIA PREMIUM 400
- FUJICOLOR 100
- PRO400H
- PRO160NS
- Velvia 50
- Provia 100F
- Velvia 100F
- Velvia 100
- Neopan 100 ACROS II
Press Release (google translated)
Fujifilm X-T4 Dynamic Range Data (vs X-T3, X-Pro3)
Photons to Photos has published its Fujifilm X-T4 dynamic range measurement data.
The Fujifilm X-T4 basically performs identical to the X-T3. The Fujifilm X-Pro3 seems to be superior, but as Blill Claff from PTP explained to us:
The X-Pro3 appears to have improved PDR but it is an illusion.
It’s well known that Fuji implements the ISO setting in an unusual way.
In this case they have given ISO 320 to ISO 12800 an addition 1 stop boost.Fuji uses a proprietary Exif tag called “Raw Exposure Bias” to indicate how much they have shifted the raw data from “standard”.
Adjusted in Excel for Raw Exposure Bias we see that the X-Pro3 and X-T3 are essentially identical. (They shift to dual conversion gain at a slightly different point).
You can access the chart here.
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