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Hello fellow Fuji shooters, my name is Sergio and I’ve been honored a great opportunity to write a guest article here, for which I can’t be thankful enough!
Recently I made a project camera, so I decided to share my work with the community and hopefully inspire others!
So what’s the deal?
As we reported already back in back in March here that Laowa will launch a new Laowa 15mm f/4.5 Zero-D shift lens.
Now the lens has been officially announced. It works also on Fujfilm GFX with the ability to shift ± 8mm with no vignetting. Keep in mind you’ll need an adapter to make it work on the GFX.
You can access the official product page here, where you can check price, specs see sample images and more.
Some key features:
Pre-order options:
Down below a few more details:
Back in July, Fujifilm announced significant changes in their Fujifilm X Photographers program, including an explanation on the 3 step on how you can become an official Fujifilm X photographer. If you want to know all the details, check out this article.
Now Fujifilm USA just announced 16 new Fujifilm X Photographers.
I already follow the wonderful work of some of the new official Fujifilm X photographers whereas I am not so familiar with the creative work of others, but I’ll catch up now and make sure to check them out.
You’ll find all the details down below in the press release.
Well done guys, and looking forward to be stunned by your photography.
As you know, the Fujifilm X100V features a redesigned 23mmF2 lens, by adding a second aspherical element in oder to increase corner sharpness and image quality at close focusing distances at wide apertures.
Now the patent for this new lens has been spotted.
But interestingly, that same patent also includes examples of a “20mm F2” and “21mm F2” lens.
Here are the variations of this lens as found in the patent as spotted by the Japanese site asobinet.
I find the 23mm focal length perfect for the X100 line, but if Fujifilm is really looking into slightly wider options, then I’d go with an 18mm lens, like the Ricoh GR cameras or the Fujifilm X70 and XF10.
| Example 1 | Example 2 | Example 3 | |
| Focal length | 23.689 | 23.553 | 23.670 |
| F value | 2.06 | 2.20 | 2.06 |
| Angle of view | 62.0 | 61.6 | 61.2 |
| Image height | 14.20 | 14.20 | 14.20 |
| full length | 38.35 | 37.85 | 37.57 |
| BF | 4.861 | 3.869 | 4.560 |
| Example 4 | Example 5 | ||
| Focal length | 20.875 | 21.727 | |
| F value | 2.06 | 2.06 | |
| Angle of view | 67.8 | 68.2 | |
| Image height | 14.20 | 14.20 | |
| full length | 34.39 | 36.10 | |
| BF | 2.905 | 5.404 |
The Lensbaby Spark 2.0 with Sweet 50 Optic has been announced. It’s available also for Fujifilm X mount.
