Here is a roundup of wishes and concepts I have received via email… so to say a “FR-readers wish corner”.
Maybe some idea among it, you might like.
Also, this is your chance to drop your own wish in the comments… you know Fujifilm reads us :)
WISH 1 – Fujifilm TX-1
Reggie Ballesteros picked the Fujifilm X-T3 for his wedding photography business, and not the Fujifilm X-H1. Why?
You can see it in the video above. Down below a summary for those, who are in a hurry and can’t watch it right now.
Why X-T3 is better for weddings:
Raggie then asked other X shooters, why they think the X-H1 is better for wedding photography, and they said:
Why X-H1 is better for weddings:
Conclusion:
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Despite the second youth the Fujifilm X-H1 is experiencing due to the massive deals, the Fujifilm X-T3 is and remains the king in the Fujifilm line-up.
As such, we keep up dedicating it roundups here on FujiRumors. So check out the latest one down below.
Reggie Ballesteros switched from full frame to Fujiiflm APS-C, and after one year of work, he sums up his experience in a 34 minutes long video (see below).
His camera of choice is the Fujifilm X-T3 (now with big savings)
Down below a summary:
As a free and independent space, here on FujiRumors we report just everything, the good and the not so good, not matter if Fujifilm likes it or not, as my only boss are FR-readers, and I owe you the best service I can deliver.
Hence, today, in this Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 roundup I chose to highlight some aspects of the lens, that are not really that good.
And yet, despite not being a perfect lens, those who review the Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 still end up recommending it, as a great all rounder lens.
At the end, it’s all about finding the right balance, keeping in mind what’s the target group of a certain lens. And I guess in order ot keep size, weight and price down, Fujifilm had to rely more on digital correction in the case of this lens.
Not too far away, Sigma CEO said:
But here on FujiRumors we told you:
Well, it seems there is hope, since at thisistanaka said on twitter here:
16mmF1.4, 30mmF1.4, and 56mmF1.4 have already been released for SONY and OLYMPUS, but they are tailored to EF-S mounts. The rest is Fuji’s XF mount, but this seems to be difficult due to various circumstances. In any case, I was curious that SIGMA started working on Canon’s mirrorless camera lens.
It’s not clear if this really means they will 100% surely release X mount lenses. But surely we hope for it, although Fujifilm clearly said:
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FujiRumors has exposed the naked truth about (some) award business here. I invite you to read this article to be illuminated ;).
A total of 940 companies and 1,420 products won the “Good Design Award” in 2019.
The probably most interesting part of Fujifilm winning 32 design awards this year, is that the list shows only 27 products, and 5 more have yet to be announced.
Will one of them be the mysterious registered X or GFX camera here?
Here is the list of photography related winning products.
Fujifilm Manager Toshihisa Iida has released an interview to the Japanese website newswitch, which you can read summed up and translated in its main points below.
But before we go ahead, I want to highlight one thing Toshihisa Iida said:
The roadmap is updated once a year
Fujifilm sort of changed the roadmap yesterday, at the Fujifilm X Summit, by scraping the Fujinon XF 33mm f/1.0 from the roadmap and replacing it with the Fujinon XF 50mm f/1.0.
But if we look at the official Fujifilm website, we see that the latest uploaded roadmaps are:
This means that Fujifilm plans to release an updated roadmap within this year, which fits with what we rumored a few days ago here.
But how many lenses can we expect to be announced in 2020? Toshihisa Iida said:
To date, we have announced an average of 5 or 6 new products each year. […] We are not going to slow that pace”
Also in this case, this fits with what we already told you back in 2017, when our sources told us that Fuji’s schedule is to release 2/3 GF lenses and 2/3 X lenses a year.
Now let’s just hope Fujifilm will listen and give us what you guys voted the most wanted X and G mount lenses here.
Sometimes I wonder, why do I stick with APS-C and plague myself into a world full of photographic shortcomings?
It’s frustrating, for example recently, when I edited an image of my wife watching a sunset.
I exposed for the highlights, and my wife turned out basically pitch black, you can’t even see her shiny yellow dress.
Now watch the image below (or link to the video) and see how impossible it was to recover her with my APS-C Fujifilm X-E3 file. I needed hours and hours of editing, but it turned out completely unusable anyway. A memory thrown away due to my underperforming APS-C camera.
But my case is just one of many that fall under the section #photosfujicanttake.
So, I will list a few more images exposing the terrible shortcomings of Fujifilm APS-C, all shared at our Fujifilm X-T User group, which is full of depressed photographers dreaming of full frame or even medium format.
Sure, some brave guys try to compensate for the immense APS-C limitations with creativity and skills, but that’s not going to work at the end. We all know true photography is all about specs, 500% magnification and 10+ stops push.
I know it’s hard to digest, but the images below show that APS-C simply can’t deliver. Luckily Apple gave us a Pro photographer iPhone 11 Max. I think I am going to try with that one.
NOTE: I hope your sarcasm detector is ON ;)
Let’s try to kill the endless waiting time with a little Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 roundup.
Rico’s Coverage
Rico’s full XF16-80 coverage is online, and it has been tested also on the brand new Fujifilm X-A7.
Rico’s Conclusions (from Part 8 of his coverage)
Pros
Cons
Additional XF16-80mm f/4 coverage
The lens itself will ship soon:
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