Fujifilm Drug Avigan (Favipiravir) For COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Treatment Tested Worldwide (USA included) and Offered for Free to 20 Countries

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Last month we reported how Zhang Xinmin, director of the science ministry’s China National Center for Biotechnology Development, said that the Fujifilm produced drug Avigan “has a high degree of safety and is clearly effective in treatment” and how a Japanese health ministry source suggested the drug was not as effective in people with more severe symptom.

A few days later, Fujifilm published another official statement, where they announce the start of phase III clinical trial of “Avigan” on COVID-19 Coronavirus and the commitment to increase production.

Avigan is currently tested all over the world, including here in Italy, where I live. But also in USA and many other countries.

Moreover, Japan plans to provide the anti-flu drug Avigan for free to 20 countries hoping to use it to treat coronavirus patients, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Tuesday.

As a consequence, Fujifilm ramped up production of flu drug Avigan as possible COVID-19 treatment.

Fujifilm or not, let’s hope some cure comes up soon, or this unreal situation will keep up for a long time.

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CamFi Adds Wireless Tethering Support for Fujifilm Cameras

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A few days ago, CamFi has just released a new version of their wireless tethering app that adds support for the following Fujifilm cameras.

  • Fujifilm X-T2
  • Fujifilm X-T3
  • Fujifilm X-H1
  • Fujifilm GFX 50R
  • Fujifilm GFX 50S
  • Fujifilm GFX 100

CamFi products can be found at BHphoto and AmazonUS.

You can download the CamFi App at the Apple Store here and at Google Play Store.

What’s New
Apr 3, 2020

Version 3.7.1

  • Support Fujinon Camera X-T2, X-T3, X-H1, GFX 50S, GFX 50R, GFX 100
  • Support Sony a6100, a6600
  • Support Canon 90D
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Iridient Developer 3.3.11 with Fujifilm X-T4 Support Released and Topaz Gigapixel AI

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Iridient Developer 3.3.11 for macOS has been released released with support for the Fujifilm X-T4!

Notable changes include:

  • Fujifilm X-T4 RAF support (including lossy compressed RAF)
  • workaround implemented for crashing issues introduced with the macOS
    10.15.4 update.
  • bug fix for sporadic crashes on macOS 10.7.x.
  • The Lightroom plug-in now supports selection by non-RAW (JPEG, etc) images in LR making image selection easier for users shooting RAW+JPEG and using old versions of Lightroom that no longer support their camera(s) natively.

Iridient Developer 3.3.11 can now be downloaded here Full release notes here.

Speaking of software:

Today Topaz launched the new Gigapixel AI (Click here to check out all features).

The new versions has two new features:

  • new Face Refinement tool to enhance facial features
  • Updated user interface with batch workflow
  • a ton of general improvements in all areas

Here you can see how it works:

 

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Fujifilm X100V vs X100F Lens Comparison

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For the first time since the launch of the original Fujifilm X100, Fujifilm has re-designed the 23mm f/2 lens on the camera with the launch of the Fujifilm X100V.

Now DPReview made a comparison between the Fujifilm X100F and X100V lens performance. They write:

Probably the most important change is the addition of a second aspherical element, which Fujifilm claims increases corner sharpness, and greatly improves image quality at close focusing distances at wide apertures.

INFINITY: The X100V’s new lens delivers comparable peak sharpness to that of the X100F, but superior sharpness and contrast towards the edges of the frame. Even at F5.6 and F8 the new lens out-resolves the old design across most of the frame, making the X100V more useful than the X100F for landscapes and cityscapes. For optimal cross-frame sharpness at wide apertures though, both cameras (but especially the X100F) reward some experimentation with exact focus position.
MEDIUM FOCUS: At a medium focus distance of the sort you might be working at for a typical portrait, the X100V’s lens is a close match to the X100F in terms of resolution at equivalent apertures, but offers higher contrast and slightly smoother out of focus areas. This results in the impression of fractionally less depth of field from the newer lens. In practical use, the biggest challenge to successful wide-aperture portraits on both cameras is focus accuracy.

CLOSE FOCUS: Again, the higher contrast and better edge-to-edge consistency of the X100V’s files makes them more attractive than equivalent images shot on the X100F. While neither camera delivers bitingly sharp images when shot wide open, files from the X100V are more consistent, with little of the ‘haze’ at wide apertures which is characteristic of the original 23mm F2 found in the X100F.

MINIMUM FOCUS: Ultimately, we wouldn’t recommend either camera for extreme closeup photography, (neither is really ‘sharp’ anywhere until F4-5.6) but for practical purposes, despite its slightly lower peak resolution, the new lens in the X100V is clearly more capable. There’s little of the haziness which X100-series users have come to expect, which makes images much more usable for everything barring critical applications.

You can read the full article and see the sample images at dpreview.

Fujifilm X100V: BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / Focuscamera

→ Top X100 Community: Fujifilm X100 facebook group

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