In these days I get several emails from FR-readers, asking me if it’s worth to sell their (currently discounted) XF56mmF1.2 to get the brand new XF50mmF1.0.
As usual such a question is not easy to answer.
The best I can do, is to share you my own struggles and thoughts, and hope that there is something among it, that you might find useful for your own decision.
So, here is the thing.
Fujinon XF 80 Macro tripod mount support 3D printed
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Recently I bought the XF 80 Macro after I got rid of the extension tubes which not as comfortable as a dedicated macro lens. After the first use with the X-T3 and a tripod I understood, why so many users claim a ring bracket for tripod mount.
Well, one of my several other hobbies is 3D printing and I was looking for a new printing project. So I had a new one: a stable and comfortable tripod mount for the combination of the XF80 and the X-T3.
I quickly came to the point, that there’s not enough space for a ring bracket close to the center of gravity. Then I had the idea for a support mount that’s fixed via the tripod thread mount of the camera and a support ring at the front of the lens. Well, the 3D CAD design for the first prototype took about 2 hours and the print was done in 8 hours over night on two printers with different material types: ASA (ABS) and a carbon fibre added co polymer, I didn’t use before.
The result with the new co polymer was really good! And the part was very stiff. It just worked from the beginning. The tripod mount is realized by the Arca Swiss compatible contour of the base. So the project was done. No! I forgot the combination of XF80 with the XF1.4 TC! Okay, new base 15 mm longer plus 2 second screw hole. And what if I want to mount it on a macro skid? So there hat to be a 1/4“ screw mount as well.
After all these iterations I don’t have many more ideas for improvements. It’s quite comfortable in the usage as you can keep it in the center of gravity, it supports the lens in portrait mode as well, it can be secured with a releasable zip tie if necessary, the only thing it can not is rotating around the lens axis.
Fujinon XF 80mmF2.8 Macro: BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS, FocusCamera
I blog on FujiRumors since almost a decade now, and over all these years, I have heard many times announcements of the death of the Fujifilm X series since the launch of the original Sony A7. And the same “Fujifilm APS-C is dead” voices continue to come back, may it be the announcement fo the Nikon Z5 or the imminent announcement of the Sony A7c.
Now, I already showed which compromises “cheap” full frame cameras have to do, in order to compete with high end APS-C cameras. You can check it out in this article.
But today we talk about the Sony A7c, a camera that will be priced above $2k according to SonyAlphaRumors (hence more than twice the price of the Fujifilm X-E3).
Above you can see a size comparison between Sony A7c and Fujifilm X-E3 and X-T30.
And yet, it’s not only about price. Let’s check out 7 key differences between APS-C and Full Frame.
Disclaimer (read to avoid anger :) )
No matter if full frame, APS-C or medium format. There is not the perfect sensor size, and each system has its Pros and Cons.
However, this article is just an attempt to try to understand, why DPReview and Petapixel think that APS-C is the sweet spot. So I listed a few reasons, where APS-C could be considered better than full frame.
By no means I want to say that full frame or medium format is worse. All I want to say is that also APS-C has it’s strong cards to play in the current mirrorless war.
The Viltrox 56mm f/1.4 is available for pre-order now, and one of the big questions is: how does it compare to the good old Fujinon XF56mmf/1.2?
Well, down below you can see the first size and image quality comparison that surfaced on the web and a FR-reader sent me.
Please note: Fujifilm (富士) is on the left and Viltrox (唯卓仕) on the right.
Also, the image slide down below consists of resized .jpeg files, so you can give a quick and easy glance at the comparison.
If you want the bigger files, you can download the .png files at my dropbox.
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We talk cameras, we talk lenses, but maybe sometimes we miss it to talk about flashes, a tool, that can help you to improve your photography way more than a camera with 0.04s faster autofocus.
So today we dedicate a roundup to flashes.
