Meike just launched a new metal hand grip for Fujifilm X-T10 and X-T20 cameras.

• Fits Fuji mirrorless camera X-T20 X-T10
• Light to carry,comfortable to hold
• Standard 1/4 tripod screw:you can mount it to tripod staightly
• SD cards and rechargeable battery can still be easily opened
• It expands the body with an Arca-Swiss compatible track,makes it much easier to hold and operate the camera

You can buy it at AmazonUS, AmazonDE, AmazonUK

I know, we got the first hint already back in September 2016 here, when Fujifilm wrote on the official X-T1 page “production ended“. However, after the FujiRumors post, Fujifilm quickly removed the “production ended” note (as they also did with the X-T10 here). But now it’s 100% official, as the X-T1 (and also the X-T10) is listed at Fujifilm’s Japanese discontinued model page here.

So we have to say goodbye, to one of Fujifilm’s most legendary and important digital cameras, the Fujifilm X-T1…. and I warn you, I tend to get rather emotional in these things, so prepare the tissues :)

In the first two years of blogging here on FujiRumors, I had to report many times how bad X-series camera sales were (only 700,000 cameras sold in the first 2 years, as The New York Times reported here), and how much money Fuji’s imaging solution was losing.

I admit: I was afraid Fujifilm could step out of the high end digital camera market anytime (just as it happened to Samsung a few years later).

But I wanted so badly Fujifilm to be successful, because from the very first moment I saw and used an X-series camera, I felt like they had something special and unique over all other digital cameras I’ve ever used…. and judging from the emails I was receiving at that time from fellow Fuji shooters out there (and I still receive today), I was not alone.

For many of us Fujifilm X-gear was not only a tool that gets the job done. Nope, it was also passion, freedom, fun, inspiration, lightness. It was technology designed around our passion. Many of us re-discovered the fun in photography thanks to the X-series.

But despite Fujifilm was doing so much to revive our passion for photography, the risk that Fujifilm would shut down their X-series camera business was realistic…

… until …

… the Fujifilm X-T1 came along in January 2014, which was the first big success for Fujifilm.

The X-T1 success was so big, that Top Fujifilm Manager Toshihisa Iida (who is also a Fujirumors reader and “lover”) said in September 2014 about the future of the X-series: “Over the past few months I’ve been getting more confident“

It was the Fujifilm X-T1, that finally changed the fate of the X-series for the better and kept Fujifilm hoping that they can go mainstream with their cameras.

And now that the Fujifilm X-T1 is officially discontinued, I just wanted to give it a worthy farewell by dedicating this post to the “legendary” Fujifilm X-T1.

• Fujifilm X-T1 black body for $649 – save $650 – at BHphoto here
• Fujifilm X-T1 black body + Free Accessories for $649 – save $650 + free accessories – at BHphoto here
• Fujifilm X-T1 graphite body for $749 – save $750 – at BHphoto here
• Fujifilm X-T1 graphite body for $749 – save $750 – at AmazonUS here
• Fujifilm X-T1 + 18-55 + Battery Grip for $1,099 – save $800 – at BHphoto here
• Fujifilm X-T1 Graphite + 35mmF2 for $1,148 – save $750 – at BHphoto here
• Fujifilm X-T1 Graphite + 35mmF2 for $1,148 – save $750 – at AmazonUS here

Full list of discontinued Fujifilm cameras and lenses

• Fujifilm X-Pro 1
• Fujifilm X-T1
• Fujifilm X-T10
• Fujifilm X-E1
• Fujifilm X-M1
• Fujifilm X-A2
• Fujifilm X-A1
• Fujifilm X100T
• Fujifilm X100S
• Fujifilm X100
• Fujifilm X70
• Fujifilm X30
• Fujifilm X20
• Fujifilm X10
• Fujifilm XQ2
• Fujifilm XQ1
• Fujifilm XF1
• Fujifilm X-S1
• Fujinon lens XC 16 – 50 mm F 3.5 – 6 OIS
• Fujinon lens XC 50-230 mm F 4.5 – 6.7 OIS

Back in September, I reported here how Fujifilm itself, over at their official Japanese Fujifilm X-T10 and X-E2 pages, wrote a note that “this product [X-T10 and X-E2] has ended production” – google translated

None of my sources could ever confirm this, but since it has been officially shared by Fujifilm, I had no reason to doubt that. I mean… Fujifilm Japan must be considered a trusted source, right?

But you know, not even Fujifilm itself has a 100% hit rate. In fact, it seems they were a bit to overhasty to mark it as discontinued and after the FujiRumors articles, they removed the note, that the production ended – see the Japanese X-T10 product page here and X-E2 page here. So Fujifilm is still manufacturing them (if we can trust Fujifilm ;) ) .

thanks to the FR-reader for the link :)

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