New Meyer-Optik Görlitz MK II Lenses for Fujifilm X

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The previously announced Meyer Optik Görlitz lenses have now been released also for Fujifilm X and are available for pre-order at BHphoto.

These add up to the other MK II lenses, launched on indiegogo a few years ago and other X mount lenses.

Down below the main specs for each lens.

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Iridient X-Transformer and Iridient Developer Updates Include Bug Fix for some Fujifilm Cameras

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Iridient X-Transformer 1.6.6 and Iridient Developer 3.3.13 updates have  been released a few days ago.

X-Transformer 1.6.6, for Windows and macOS, includes a bug fix for some Fujifilm cameras that may show a black border pixel or two along the left edge with some lenses, particularly adapted ones. This version also includes an update to the latest Adobe DNG SDK libraries (v1.5.1). The X-Transformer 1.6.6 update can be downloaded here.

Iridient Developer 3.3.13, macOS only, includes additional workarounds for issues introduced by recent macOS Catalina (10.15.4+) updates along with new RAW camera support (non-Fuji), other bug fixes and improvements. The Iridient Developer 3.3.13 update can be downloaded here.

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Tokina ATX-M (and not ATX-I) Coming for Fujifilm… and are they Just Rebranded Viltrox Lenses?

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Recently Tokina announced the launch of three Fujifilm X mount lenses:

  • Tokina atx-m 23mm f/1.4
  • Tokina atx-m 33mm f/1.4
  • Tokina atx-m 56mm f/1.4

There was some confusion also today, because Tokina just launched the Tokina 11-20mm f/2.8 ATX-I, but the site, reporting about it, says that the ATX-I is for Canon and Nikon only, and the ATX-M (the three above) are for Fujifilm.

So, no Tokina 11-20 for Fujifilm for now.

Now, let’s talk about the ATX-M lenses.

As many of you noticed, they looked like rebranded Viltrox lenses. The optical constructions seems identical, but the body seems build slightly different.

Ben Sullivan investigated this topic, comparing the Tokina 85mm f1.8 & Viltrox STM 85mm f1.8. Here is what says:

  • Upon comparing the optical design, Ben saw that the two lenses share a nearly identical composition.
  • The MTF results looks pretty similar too. Tokina says that they’ve used a “proprietary coating” on the 85mm ATX-M, which could account for the moderate resolution difference, along with normal deviation between each individual lens tested.
  • pretty noticeable physical similarities as well
  • Feature wise, there are also quite a few similarities between the two lenses. In fact, the only non-identical spec I found was Tokina’s 0.125x magnification versus the 0.12x magnification listed for the Viltrox. […] It may be that they are indeed identical and that one company simply rounded down from x0.125 and the other rounded up.
  • both Tokina and the Viltrox 85mm lenses currently display as the Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 in CaptureOne Pro
  • Ben reached out to Tokina Japan for an official response
  • Tokina answered “Tokina lenses does not have a relationship with Viltrox
  • Tokina and Viltrox apparently have no business relationship whatsoever.
  • Ben’s best guess would be that Tokina and Viltrox are both working with a well established 3rd party Chinese lens manufacturer that creates prototypes and allows other companies to customize and sell their lenses under their own brand names.
  • This makes oodles of sense if you think about how fantastically well Viltrox did with releasing their first ever lenses for Sony and Fujifilm last year.

You can read the full article at ayrn.io.

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FUNLEADER 18mm f/8 Cap Lens for Fujifilm X

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As long time FR-readers will know, Fujifilm offers the Fujifilm XM-FL 24mm f/8 body cap lens with built-in photo filters. We reported here.

Now another options is about to join, with the FUNLEADER 18mm f/8 Cap Lens for Fujifilm X, which was launched as a kickstarter project for other mounts last year here by the company Artboard in Honk Kong, and they promised an X mount version for January.

You can order the FUNLEADER 18mm f/8 Cap Lens at the artboard website here.

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