FUJIFILM Postpones Announcement of Financial Results for the Fiscal Year 2020 due to COVID-19

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Fujifilm just announced the postponement of the release of the financial results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020*. They need more time to make the report due to COVID-19.

They anticipate the inevitable: COVID-19 had a big impact on “some products“, and you can be sure cameras are one of those products.

The impact of COVID-19 is also seen on sales of some products and services. The effect on the performance for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020 is currently under review and shall be notified as soon as we identified matters requiring disclosure

Overall, though, Fujifilm is in a better position than Nikon for example, as Fujifilm is a very diversified company. Down below you can see the yearly stock performance of Fujifilm, Nikon, Canon and Sony.

Also Nikon and other companies have postponed the fiscal year results announcement.

* the Japanese fiscal year 2020 started on the 1st of April 2019 and ended on the 31th of March 2020.

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VOTE NOW the SIGMA Lens You Want for Fujifilm X

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In a recent interview, Top Fujifilm manager Toshihisa Iida said that Fujifilm is opening X mount to third parties, and that Tokina will be the first company to offer autofocus lenses for the Fujifilm X system.

To be fair, Fujifilm had an exclusive agreement with Zeiss back in the days, when the Fuji X system was at the beginning (and almost nobody bought it). Fujifilm needed to extend their lens offering and they did it with the help of Zeiss, who released Zeiss Touit X mount trinity (with the first 1:1 macro lens for the X system among them).

But that cooperation failed, and Fujifilm went on making lenses for the X system all alone, never sharing protocols with anybody else again.

Fast forward March 2019, when pressed by questions, Top Manager Toshi Iida confirmed that Fujifilm does not need to share their protocols, as they offer lots of lenses already.

This statement raised strong reaction in the FujiRumors community, with hundreds of comments disagreeing with Fuji’s decision.

Shortly after that, Sigma CEO Kazuto Yamaki literally said in this interview: “Fujifilm customers would be our ideal customer, but Fujifilm does not disclose their protocols”.

And so, another wave of critics reached Fujifilm.

It seems Fujifilm listened, as just recently Fujifilm completely changed position, saying they will open X mount to third parties.

We like to believe, that all our critics helped Fujifilm to change their mind about this subject ;).

Now, it remains to see, what “opening X mount” means for Fujiiflm. In fact, I agree with Trenton, when he wrote in the comments to our previous post:

Only time could tell what that “open to third parties” means in reality. It could come loaded with prohibitive licensing costs. It could come with a non-compete clause.

For todays’ article, we will just assume, that Fujifilm will open for everybody, who wants to join, for a reasonable price. And that Sigma, who said that Fuji’s protectionism was the reason they can’t make X mount lenses, will now be on board and start releasing lenses for Fujifilm X.

Now the question is: which lenses should Sigma make first?

Of course Sigma has currently a massive lens selection.

I decided to check out the current Sigma mirrorless lenses offering that are listed at BHphoto here as well as all current Sigma lenses for DSLR cameras listed at BH.

Of course some lenses are for APS-C and others for full frame. I will list them all down below.

Now, the FujiRumors community is always extremely happy to help out managers to make decisions. So, in case Sigma is right now thinking at which lenses they should offer first for the Fujifilm X system, we launch a survey, so that you guys can tell them what you want, and Sigma can make their decision.

And if you think I am crazy… remember those times, when Fujifilm had no roadmap, and we launched a mega-survey with lens suggestions, and Fujifilm took 1:1 our top recommendations and put those into the roadmap?

Sometimes, those guys in Japan do listen ;).

Now, back to the survey.

We remind you that at Sigma, DG lenses are full frame lenses, and DC lenses are APS-C lenses.

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Fujifilm Glossary Series: The Rule of Thirds, Middle Grey, 180 Degree Rule, Inverse Square Law and More

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Back in October 2019, Fujifilm released the first 8 videos of their mini tutorial Glossary Series on their youtube channel. You can see them all here.

Now Fujifilm released 10 more videos, that you can see down below.

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Download for Free: 10 Fujifilm X Passion Magazines and Fujifilm X Tips and Tricks

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Need something to read?

You get 10 editions of the Fujifilm X Magazine for free. Check out all details here. [UPDATE: I just noticed that the link leads to an empty page now. I contacted the guys at the Fuji X Passion magazine and asked if they can put the offer up again. I hope to get reply soon and will let you know UPDATE 2: Deal activated again for a limited time]

Also, Ken has published his 3rd edition of the Fujifilm Tips and Tricks ebook, which you can download for free here.

Pre-order Rico’s book The Fujifilm X-T4: 150 X-Pert Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Camera.

 

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Fujifilm X-T4 LUT Now Available with Bleach Bypass Film Simulation LUT

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A few days ago, Fujifilm has released the Fujifilm LUT v.1.30 for F-Log. Now also the Fujifilm X-T4 is listed.

Fujifilm added F-log to Bleach Bypass film simulation LUT and it can be used on F-log footage from all other Fujifilm cameras.

Overview

This LUT file is to edit the movie data below when the data is edited by a movie editor on your PC or Mac.

*4K movie data of X-T2 recorded in external HDMI devices with the mode of the “HDMI F-Log” under the “4K MOVIE OUTPUT” in the “MOVIE SETTING”
*4K and Full HD movie data of GFX100, X-T30, X-T3 , X-T4 ,X-Pro3, X-H1 and X100V recorded on SD cards or in external HDMI devices with the mode of the “F-Log RECORDING” in the “MOVIE SETTING”

F-Log 3D-LUT file (Last updated: 4.23.2020)

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