BHphoto also offers additional savings on top of the current GF lens deals. You can save up to $2,800 if you purchase the Fujifilm GFX 50R along with the GF63mmF2.8 (save $1,000), GF32-64mmF4 (save $800) and GF45mmF2.8 (save $1,000).
Amazon sellls the GFX 50R with the following bundles
The Owner’s Manuals for the Fujinon XF 80mmF2.8 and GF 45mmF2.8 are now available for download. The Owner’s Manual for the Fujifilm X-E3 is still not available.
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Last Update 05:01 PM EST – Added a very brief video that shows the new bluetooth synching. Go to Video section below
03:33 PM EST: Added Fujikina Live Report at the Japanese site dc.watch in “Fujikina Live Reports” Section (images of GF 250mmF4)
12:29 PM EST: Added – New AF system explained by Rico
Fujikina Live Report at the Japanese site dc.watch (translation), also with hands on images on the latest Fuji gear, for example the GF250/4 here
VIDEOS
Fujifilm is uploading MASSIVE promo videos! I will share only a selection here. The focus in the video section is on third party first looks and reviews. Go to Fujifilm Global Youtube, fujifilm-xand Fuji Guys Youtube to see all promo videos.
Fujifilm X E3 Synchronisation de l’appareil at FUJIFILM France Youtube.
This very brief video ad shows the new bluetooth synching, with brief shots of the phone app (0:04), let’s hope it improves usability! (thanks John)
Now also the rest of the Fujifilm products, that will be announced tomorrow, September 7, have been leaked at the Japanese site nokishita.
Of course there will be a great, fast, and non stop LIVE BLOGGING here on Fujirumors :)
You get a better view of the X-E3 (higher resolution as well as X-E2 size comparison) at the X-E3 images we leaked some time ago.
Also, as rumored here on Fujirumors, the XF80mm will hit the market in October.
Here are more details:
NOTE: prices converted from Yen… but prices are usually (a bit) higher in Yen then in Dollar.
X-E3
Color: Black / Silver
Kit: Body · XF 18-55 mm lens kit
Expected release date: September 28, 2017
Mass store sales price (tax included): Body 123,660 yen ($1,137), lens kit 166,860 yen ($1,535)
Metal hand grip MHG-XE 3 and bottom leather case BLC-XE 3 will also be released on September 28
XF 80 mm F 2.8 R LM OIS WR Macro
Scheduled release date: October? (Possibility of November)
Mass store sales price (tax included): 145,260 yen ($ 1,336)
GF 45 mm F 2.8 R WR
Scheduled Release Date: Mid November
Mass store sales price (tax included): 220,860 yen ($ 2,032)
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Your support will allow me to cover the costs of this site as well as my growing need for coffee to continue to deliver you 24X7 non stop Fuji content 365 days a year. :)
As you read here, Zack Arias is considering to sell all his X-gear to get the GFX.
In his recent GPP talk, he introduces the GFX in an interesting one hour video. Here some excerpts:
He will start telling you why he chose Medium Format and his first steps in with Medium Market.
He goes through his personal issues that, amongst the others, also influenced his work…. and shares his way out of that.
At minute 31:00 he starts sharing his recent work with the GFX
32:25: He shares pictures that his 18 years old son took with the GFX.
35:00: “I’ve shot every format, but Medium Format has this look. It’s how the highlights and shadows are retained, the soft transitions between those two, how the focus falls off. I can’t describe steroscopic bokeh at all, but I can see it. […] I want that different look.”
39:00. Pixel Peeping Time… and you will hear the people just say “WOW!!” when they see the amazing sharpness and details.
42:30: The MF Phase One is amazing. Has 1 AF point, though. He goes at 1,600 ISO at max with his Phase One now.
43:55: Zack shows an image taken at ISO 12,800 (JPEG)… and again another WOW goes through the audience.
48:00: A Fuji Representative says that Capture One will support the GFX
Check out the video at Fujifilm Middle East facebook here. For more GFX videos at the GPP by Fujifilm Middle East click here.
Dale Sood & Gary Goldberg from Vistek had 24 hours with the Fujifilm GFX. Not much time, but they tested it as long as they could, even deep in the night out in the streets at -10 degrees. It appears to me that they are trying to give their honest feedback, showing samples and crops, and also pointing out some Cons.
Here are some excerpts… and please pardon me, but the GFX is such a new and exciting piece of gear to the photography industry, that I will cover it properly here on FR.
You can be sure: good or bad feedback, I will share it all.
AF in studio: AF was perfect for Gary when shooting with the model. He focusses on the model’s eye, and the camera did a great job with nailing it.
AF in Low Light Night Street: Dale used it in low light on the street, and his experience was, as expected, different. In low light it struggled certainly more, but he says it’s always harder for every camera to focus in low light. (NOTE: remember it’s an early beta firmware)
Focus peaking: Dale switched to Focus Peaking. But he complains that there is a lot of spinning on the lens to get the focus. (NOTE: also here consider it’s an early beta firmware)
Sharpness: Just watch the video, guys :)
ISO Performance (min 6:42): The reviewer has experience with other leading Medium Format brands, and he says he rarely pushed ISO over 3,200, because he wasn’t happy with the results. He assumed it would be the same with GFX. He shot on the street at night, and had to push at ISO at 3,200 and for one shot even at 12,800. On the back of the camera 12,800 looked great. But he thought “there is no way this going to look good on the computer“. So he brought the file into the computer and said “I should have shot at ISO 12,800 more often. How clean it is at 12,800 is remarkable” :) . At 6400 the images are very usable right out of the box, without having to apply any grain reduction in post.
Battery Live: at -10 degrees, he shot the entire night, without even draining one battery.
Conclusions: It can keep up to the hype. It’s going to be a game changer
A Video, where you can hear the shutter sound of the GFX as well as a quicky & dirty 2 shots AF test has been shared on the 5,000 members strong Fujifilm GFX Facebook Group here and can be seen also on youtube here.
