In the last years, Fujifilm often won quite some of awards at the TIPA awards.

• 2017: Fujifilm wins 5 awards
• 2016: Fujifilm wins 3 awards
• 2015: Fujifilm wins 3 awards
• 2014: Fujifilm wins 2 awards
• 2013: Fujfiilm wins 3 awards

Well, this year is the worst for Fujifilm, since the “X-series era“. They won 1 award only, and it goes to the Instax Square SQ10 for the “Best Design“.

So the Fujfiilm X-H1 and Fujifilm X-E3 were not good enought to make it into the TIPA ranking. Let’s hope the upcoming Fujifilm X-T3 and Fujifilm GFX 50R will change it next year.

I am surprised, though, that not even one of the astonishing Fujinon lenses has made it into the list. For example, while the winner of the best mirrorless prime lens, the Samyang AF 35mm F2.8 FE, is surely a fine lens, I can’t see it being superior to the equivalent Fujinon GF 45mm F2.8.

So despite TIPA creating overall 40 categories, there is not much love for Fujifilm this year.

Here are all the winners:

CAMERAS

• BEST DSLR PROFESSIONAL: Nikon D850
• BEST MIRRORLESS CSC PROFESSIONAL HIGH RES: Sony α7R III
• BEST MIRRORLESS CSC PROFESSIONAL HIGH SPEED: Sony α9
• BEST PROFESSIONAL PHOTO/VIDEO CAMERA: Panasonic LUMIX DC-GH5S
• BEST MIRRORLESS CSC EXPERT FULL FRAME: Sony α7 III
• BEST APS-C DSLR EXPERT: Nikon D7500
• BEST MIRRORLESS CSC EXPERT: Panasonic LUMIX DC-G9
• BEST FULL-FRAME DSLR EXPERT: Canon EOS 6D Mark II
• BEST EXPERT COMPACT CAMERA: Panasonic LUMIX DMC-ZS200/TZ200/TZ220
• BEST MIRRORLESS CSC ENTHUSIAST: Canon EOS M50
• BEST DSLR ENTHUSIAST: Canon EOS 200D
• BEST SUPERZOOM CAMERA: Sony RX10 IV
• BEST PROFESSIONAL COMPACT CAMERA: Canon PowerShot G1X Mark III
• BEST RUGGED CAMERA: Nikon COOLPIX W300

LENSES

• BEST PROFESSIONAL LENS: Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 180-400mm f/4E TC1.4FL ED VR
• BEST DSLR PRIME LENS: Canon EF 85mm f/1.4L IS USM
• BEST CSC PRIME LENS: Samyang AF 35mm F2.8 FE
• BEST CSC STANDARD ZOOM LENS: Sony FE 24–105 mm F4 G OSS
• BEST CSC TELEPHOTO ZOOM LENS: Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• BEST DSLR WIDE ANGLE ZOOM LENS: SIGMA 14-24mm F2.8 DG HSM Art
• BEST DSLR STANDARD ZOOM LENS: SIGMA 24-70mm F2.8 DG OS HSM Art
• BEST DSLR TELEPHOTO ZOOM LENS: Tamron 70-210mm F/4 Di VC USD (Model A034)
• BEST DSLR SUPERZOOM LENS: Tamron 18-400mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC HLD (Model B028)

CAMERA ACCESSORIES (Bags, Tripods, Flash etc.)

• BEST PHOTO BAG: Vanguard Alta Fly 55T
• BEST TRIPOD: Vanguard Alta Pro 2+ 263CGHT
• BEST CAMERA ACCESSORY: Manfrotto Camera Cage
• BEST PROFESSIONAL FLASH SYSTEM: Elinchrom ELB 500 TTL
• BEST TRIPOD HEAD: Manfrotto 494 Center Ball Head
• BEST PORTABLE FLASH: Nissin MG10

& More

• BEST CAMERA DRONE: DJI Mavic Air
• BEST PHOTO SMARTPHONE: Huawei P20 Pro
• BEST DESIGN: Fujifilm instax SQUARE SQ10 System
• BEST 360° CAMERA: Samsung 360 Round
• BEST PHOTO INNOVATION: Canon Speedlite 470EX-AI
• BEST PHOTO PRINTER: Epson Expression Photo HD XP-15000
• BEST INKJET PHOTO PAPER: Hahnemühle Photo Gloss Baryta 320
• BEST IMAGING SOFTWARE: DxO PhotoLab
• BEST IMAGING STORAGE SOLUTION: WD G-DRIVE mobile SSD R-Series
• BEST PHOTO MONITOR: LG 34WK95U-W 34″ 5K UltraWide® Nano IPS LED Monitor
• BEST PHOTO PRINT SERVICE: CEWE PHOTOBOOK Cover with Enhancement

See the full list with awards descriptions at tipa.com here

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While we are waiting for Gariz to release their Fujifilm X-H1 half cases, I have found some others here at AmazonUS. These are the BoliUS leather half cases. You can check out more specs as well see more images here at AmazonUS.

• This camera is made by real top layer oil leather, the design is simple and vintage, use Metal sizing techniques make it very fit with the camera body.
• It has a special design for Fujifilm Fuji X-H1 Camera which makes it easy to turn over the Screen and it will totally not affect screen rotation.You don’t need to take off the half case when you connect data lines.
• Under base screw is made by copper and it can easy take off by coin. You don’t need to take off the half case when you use tripod.
• There is a opening on the bottom for battery, You don’t need to take off the half case when you change battery.
• Internal soft design gives you a soft and comfortable touch

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Venus Optics announced the development of these four new lenses:

Anhui China, Apr 20, 2018 – Venus Optics, the camera lenses manufacturer who had previously launched a number of unique Laowa camera lenses, is proud to announce 4 new and unique lenses.

– Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 FE Zoom
– Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2X Ultra Macro APO
– Laowa 17mm f/4 GFX Zero-D
– Laowa 4mm f/2.8 Fisheye MFT

Laowa 17mm f/4 GFX Zero-D
This is currently the widest available native lens option for Fujifilm G-mount cameras. The new Laowa 17mm f/4 GFX has a field of view equivalent to 13mm in 35mm format (113°). Featuring a close-to-zero distortion and 86mm filter thread, this lens is ideally suited for landscape, architecture & interior photography. The 21 elements in 14 groups design with 2pcs of aspherical & 3pcs of Extra-low dispersion elements successfully help to control the distortion & chromatic aberrations to the minimal.

Many Fujifilm X and GFX shooters earn their bread and butter with Fujifilm cameras, and many of those are also extremely successful in their specific genre.

For example, there are Fujifilm shooters, who won prestigeous awards, such as…

• some won the world wildlife photography award (story here)
• some made the cover of the TIME magazine (story here)
• some won the World Photography Arts&Culture Award 2015 (story here)
• some won the First Prize of the World Press Photo Category “Stories (stroy here)
• some made the front page of the Wall Street Journal (story here)
• Fuji X was good enough for God’s work (story here)
• some captured America’s most hated man (story here)
• some distracted a French presidential candidate during his interview (story here)
• and more…

You also probably know Kevin Mullins, one of the top wedding photographers globally speaking, who shoots exclusively with Fujifilm X series camera.

The list could go on and on (and I apologize for all those I didn’t mention here), but today it’s about Markus Klinko, a photographer, who saw his work displayed at Times Square in New York, who photographed top celebrities like Beyoncé (btw, Beyoncé shoots Fujifilm X100s, as you can see her here) and David Bowie.

Markus is also a good friend of FujiRumors, and he has also contributed with several articles on Fujirumors.com.

Today we have the pleasure to dedicate our “Behind the X gear” episode to our friend Markus Klinko. Enjoy :)

Meet Markus Klinko