When Images Come to Life: Using GIF-Animations Created with Fujifilm Cameras for Wedding Photography

Note: this guest post was submitted to me shortly before the Fujifilm X-H2S announcement. You can contact me at fujirumor@gmail.com if you want to share your own guest post on FujiRumors

Guest Post by Kevin

Hi Patrick,

You have always provided us with all the important news in the last weeks, and probably most Fujifilm users are looking forward to the new camera models. I’m looking forward to the Fujifilm X-H2s with great anticipation myself… At the same time, the current cameras also offer some possibilities that may not be known to everyone.

My name is Kevin Kurek, and I am a wedding photographer from Germany. Some time ago, I started looking for new ways to capture the emotions of a wedding day even better. When I started playing with GIFs, I quickly realized that this is an incredibly great opportunity. Today, I actually get booked for most weddings because of my GIF films.

Today, I would love to show Fujirumor readers the hidden possibilities their cameras can offer them with GIFs.

How can GIFs be used in photography?

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IN STOCK: Fujinon XF150-600mm f/5.6-8 at Amazon US and Adorama (Limited Number)

A limited number of Fujinon XF150-600mm f/5.6-8 lenses is now in stock at Amazon US here and Adorama here.

It is still out of stock at BHphoto, Moment and Focuscamera.

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New Fujifilm Patents: Fujinon GF 20-30mmF4, GF 24-50mmF3.5-5.6 and 50-380mmF3.3, 35-280mmF3.3 (Cine Lenses?)

I was debating with myself if I should stop to report about patents at all.

Why?

Because in 10 years of blogging I have shared hundreds of patents on FR, and none has ever seen the light of the day. What I have seen once or twice, is a patent surface only after the real lens had been already announced (making the patent “leak” useless)

The problem?

I notice that when I report about patents, people think this means the patented item will surely come, it’s just a matter of time.

And that’s a problem, because:

So I don’t want to create false hopes by sharing patents, as those are concepts written on paper, and they remain such in 99% of the cases.

On the other hand, this is a rumor site. Those patents exist, even if the products in those patents will never see the light of the day.

So I decided that I will report about patents, but I will put my disclaimers hoping people will read more than just the mere headline.

And today we talk about a couple of GF and probably Cine lens patents surfaced on the web and brought to us thanks to the Japanese website Asobinet here and here.

So let’s look at them one by one below.

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LAST DAY to Save up to Big on Fujifilm X and GFX Gear

Click the Image to find out which one is the Best Selling Rebated Lens here on FujiRumors
Click the Image to find out which one is the Best Selling Rebated Lens here on FujiRumors

This is the last day to save big on selected Fujifilm X and GFX gear. You’ll see all the available rebates below.

New by Topaz

Top on Kickstarter

X Lenses (Instant Rebate)

GF Lenses (Mail-in Rebate*)

*once you have received your gear, you can submit the form and claim your money back at this page (until August 31 by 5PM ET)

GFX Bundle Deals (Instant Rebate)

The Newest

eBooks

Sigma X Mount Deals

Topaz Deals

You can use our checkout code “FUJIRUMOR” to get an additional 15% discount on all TOPAZ products (Click here) :

Deals by Category

Brand Related Deals

Coupon Code Deal

All DxO Software

All Fujifilm Deals

Used Fujifilm Gear at B&H Photo

Used Fujifilm Gear at Other Stores

Officially Recommended Accessories by Fujifilm

CFexpress Cards

UHS-II SD Cards

Power Banks

LAST WEEK to Save up to Big on Fujifilm X and GFX Gear

Click the Image to find out which one is the Best Selling Rebated Lens here on FujiRumors
Click the Image to find out which one is the Best Selling Rebated Lens here on FujiRumors

This is the last week to save big on selected Fujifilm X and GFX gear.

You’ll see all the available rebates below.

eBooks

Top on Kickstarter

Sigma X Mount Deals

X Lenses (Instant Rebate)

GF Lenses (Mail-in Rebate*)

*once you have received your gear, you can submit the form and claim your money back at this page (until August 31 by 5PM ET)

GFX Bundle Deals (Instant Rebate)

The Newest

The Rest

Topaz Deals

You can use our checkout code “FUJIRUMOR” to get an additional 15% discount on all TOPAZ products (Click here) :

Deals by Category

Brand Related Deals

Coupon Code Deal

All DxO Software

All Fujifilm Deals

Used Fujifilm Gear at B&H Photo

Used Fujifilm Gear at Other Stores

Officially Recommended Accessories by Fujifilm

CFexpress Cards

UHS-II SD Cards

Power Banks

POLL: Which Fujifilm System Do You Own?

In my multimillion dollar deal with Fujifilm Japan*, FujiRumors has, per contract, to at least once a year conduct a marketing research to see which systems the FujiRumors fellowship owns.

You can see the results of last year here in case you are curious to know how things have evolved over the last year.

  • IMPORTANT NOTE: Any X or GFX gear you have on pre-order qualifies you as an “owner”. So for example if your first Fujifilm camera ever is the Fujifilm X-H2S but you are still waiting to get it shipped, you qualify as an X series owner.

* I’ve never received nor will ever receive a single penny from Fujifilm (nor free or discounted gear), so rest assured that FujiRumors is and will remain a space 100% independent from Fujifilm

I currently own the following systems.... (NOTE: pre-ordered gear qualifies you as "Owner")

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RUMOR: Fujifilm X-T5 will Not Have Battery Grip Option – New Source

When Fujifilm launched the Fujifilm X-H2S, it also launched not one, but two battery grip options for it: the regular Fujifilm VG-XH and the file transmitting Fujifilm FT-XH.

So will this be the case also for the Fujifilm X-T5? Will it also get both options?

Well, apparently not.

A new source reached out to us and told us that there won’t be any battery grip for the Fujifilm X-T5.

This would mean that if you love to shoot with a battery grip, your only options will be the Fujifilm X-H2S and the upcoming Fujifilm X-H2. Or you can go with older models like the Fujifilm X-T4 with the VG-XT4 grip.

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AFTER PRIME: Fujifilm X/GFX Deals Still Running, Sigma Deals Join, Kickstarter Top and What Sold Best at Amazon Prime

Amazon Prime is over, but there are still quite some deals out there that might interest Fujifilm X and GFX shooters. Check out the full list below.

Also, just for curiosity, here are the Amazon Prime deals that run best here on FujiRumors.

  1. Custom Fujifilm X Hot Shoe Cover
  2. $50 Amazon Gift Card
  3. SanDisk 2TB Extreme Portable SSD – still 49% Savings

eBooks

Top on Kickstarter

Sigma X Mount Deals

X Lenses (Instant Rebate)

GF Lenses (Mail-in Rebate*)

*once you have received your gear, you can submit the form and claim your money back at this page (until August 31 by 5PM ET)

GFX Bundle Deals (Instant Rebate)

The Newest

The Rest

Topaz Deals

You can use our checkout code “FUJIRUMOR” to get an additional 15% discount on all TOPAZ products (Click here) :

Deals by Category

Brand Related Deals

Coupon Code Deal

All DxO Software

All Fujifilm Deals

Used Fujifilm Gear at B&H Photo

Used Fujifilm Gear at Other Stores

Officially Recommended Accessories by Fujifilm

CFexpress Cards

UHS-II SD Cards

Power Banks

What’s Next for GFX? The Rise of Speculations (and My Take on Them)

There is pattern in the Fujifilm world.

And the pattern is, that the sensor used on the X series, later on finds its way also on the GFX series.

The only difference? The sensor used in the GFX series comes from the same silicon wafer of the one used for the X series, it is just cut out 4 times bigger (and of course with different CFA array on top, meaning a Bayer vs an X-Trans one).

That’s a well known fact for FR-readers, but in case you are still hesitant about it, just read what Fujifilm Nordic told in March 2022, confirming that X and GFX share the same technology also in terms of sensor and processor. Hence, looking at the X series will give indications also on the future of the GFX series.

Well, so let’s look at it.

In terms of 5th generation sensors we have:

Assuming that Fujifilm will continue to share the same sensor platform on the X and GFX system, and considering the statements made by Fujifilm Nordic, people believe that Fujifilm will soon launch new GFX cameras using the sensor technology of the X-H2 cameras.

And if I’d sum up the most “rumored” options for the future of GFX, I’d nail it down to three cameras that people think could come in a not so distant future::

  1. Fujifilm GFX100S with 102 MP stacked BSI sensor
  2. Fujifilm GFX150S (or GFX160S) with 158 MP non-stacked BSI sensor
  3. Fujifilm GFX100S MKII (same sensor of current GFX100S but with new processor)

So is this really the case? Let’s talk about it.

FujiRumors – My Take on It

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