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So what… when will the Fujifilm X-T2 be announced… in June or July?
It’s not that easy to give a definitive answer… the earthquake in Japan, the strong X-Pro2 sales, last minutes bugs and what not can influence Fuji’s decision about the X-T2 launch anytime.
But, looking at the way things are going at the moment, everything is pointing towards…
According to trusted sources, including the trusted Japanese source, Fujifilm will launch a XF50mmF2 lens.
As always, when it comes to upcoming lenses, take it with a grain of salt. Even officially announced Fuji lenses can change specs later on (see the XF120mm, which will become an XF80mm lens, or the XF56mmF1.2, which originally was planed as F.1.4 lens)
XF 35mmF2 (save $100): BHphoto / AmazonUS / FocusCamera / Adorama – OUT OF STOCK – Order Now and be High On Waiting List
XF 16mm (save $300): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 14mm (save $400): BHphoto / AmazonUS / FocusCamera / Adorama / Pictureline
XF 35mmF2 (save $100): BHphoto / AmazonUS / FocusCamera / Adorama
Lenses
XF 14mm (save $400): BHphoto / AmazonUS / FocusCamera / Adorama / Pictureline
XF 16mm (save $300): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 18mm (save $150): BHphoto / AmazonUS / FocusCamera / Adorama / Pictureline
XF 23mm (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / FocusCamera / Adorama / Pictureline
XF 27mm (save $150): BHphoto / AmazonUS / FocusCamera / Adorama / Pictureline
XF 35mmF1.4 (save $150): BHphoto / AmazonUS / FocusCamera / Adorama / Pictureline
XF 35mmF2 (save $100): BHphoto / AmazonUS / FocusCamera / Adorama
XF 56mmF1.2 APD (save $400): BHphoto / AmazonUS / FocusCamera / Adorama / Pictureline
XF 56mmF1.2 (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / FocusCamera / Adorama / Pictureline
XF 60mm (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / FocusCamera / Adorama / Pictureline
XF 90mm (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / FocusCamera / Adorama
XF 10-24mm (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / FocusCamera / Adorama / Pictureline
XF 16-55mm (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / FocusCamera / Adorama / Pictureline
XF 50-140mm (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / FocusCamera / Adorama
XF 50-140mmm + 1.4xTC (save $349): BHphoto / AmazonUS
XF 18-135mm (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / FocusCamera / Adorama / Pictureline
XF 100-400mm + 1.4xTC (save $349): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 55-200mm (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / FocusCamera / Adorama / Pictureline
XC 50-230mm (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / FocusCamera / Adorama
XC 50-230mm verII (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / FocusCamera / Adorama
Camera
Fuji X-T1 Black or Graphite Silver (save $300) + Free VG-XT1*: BHphoto / AmazonUS / FocusCamera / Adorama
Fuji X-T1 + XF18-55 (save $300) + Free VG-XT1*: BHphoto / AmazonUS / FocusCamera / Adorama
Fuji X-T1 + XF18-135 (save $300) + Free VG-XT1*: BHphoto / AmazonUS / FocusCamera / Adorama
*Free X-T1 Vertical Hand Grip while supplies last
Fuji X-T10 body (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / FocusCamera / Adorama
Fuji X-T10 – XF18-55 (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / FocusCamera / Adorama
Fuji X-T10 – XC16-50 (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / FocusCamera / Adorama
Fuji X-T10 + double kit (save $200): BHphoto / Adorama
Fuji X100T (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / FocusCamera / Pictureline
Fujifilm X-Pro2
USA: BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / CANADA: AmazonCA / EUROPE: AmazonDE / AmazonUK / WexUK / PCHstore / AmazonITA / AmazonFR / AmazonESP / AUSTRALIA: CameraPro
Kai (digitalrev) shared his X-Pro2 hands on review here. “Vastly Improved over X-Pro1. Still so cool. Glorious Hybrid Viewfinder. Images do look gorgeous in color and black & white. Better AF than X-T1 [but the Pro photographer, whom Kai talks with says it’s still no DSLR killer]. ISO dial is rubbish. There is a lot to like about the X-Pro2. This is the X-camera to go for.”
First Impressions in Italian at juzaphoto (translation) / X-rated photography – and the X-Pro2 wrap-up at dearsusan / Fujifilm X-Pro2 Review – Real-World Video Samples & First Impressions at cinema5d + Fujifilm X-Pro2 – Photo Functions – Quick Look at cinema5d / X-Pro1 to X-Pro2 at fujifilm-x / Alicia Endemann in Paris ~ X-Pro2 prophotonut / Fujifilm X-Pro2 and XF 16mm f1.4 R WR – Great Combination at Ted Vieira youtube / Is the Fujifilm X-Pro2 suitable for stock photography? at metrophotographytraining /
Roy Cruz: “Farmland Sunset”. Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. Fujifilm X100S, handheld grid panorama. By Roy Cruz Photo
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Here are the most liked images of the Fujirumors facebook photostream… and keep it up, share and vote your absolute favorite X-shot… and here is how to do it:
1) SHARE & DESCRIBE: go to the Fujirumors facebook timeline and submit your favorite X-shot (and a short description) in the timeline by selecting “Photo/Video” .
2) VOTE & COMMENT: All the images will be displayed at the Fujirumors facebook photostream. You can vote & comment the images there.
NOTE: The next selection will start from those images shared starting from March 23!
Enjoy the X-shots 
Push the READ MORE Button to see More Top Liked Images
You can now pre-order the Nissin i60A at BHphoto here and Adorama here. It will be available in mid-June.
Reading the specs at BHphoto and Adorama, it seems that Nissin’s Radio TTL System will work also with Fuji X Cameras.
Last month, in their Nissin i60A overview, the site flashhavoc didn’t clearly mention the Fuji X compatibility with Nissin’s radio function, so that many X-shooters thought there will be no radio function support for X-cameras. But they maybe might have made an error, since BH and Adorama clearly mention the Nissin Air 2.4 Radio TTL System. But make up your own mind and check out Nissin’s official (google-translated) i60A press release here.
Nissin i60A product highlights (via BHphoto):
iFixit posted its Fujifilm X100T iFixit disassembly guide here (PDF version). They rate the dissambling as “difficult” and say it will take you “2 to 4 hours”. Other Teardowns: X-M1 here and X30 here.
Recently lensrentals dissambled the XF55-200 (see it here).
X100T (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / FocusCamera / Adorama / Pictureline
Adobe just released Camera Raw 9.5 & Lightroom CC 2015.5. No mention about improved X-Trans decoding (as Adobe promised back in June here).
This version fixes several bugs and adds support for the following X-mount lenses:
Fujifilm Bower 16mm f2 ED AS UMC CS
Fujifilm Rokinon 16mm f2 ED AS UMC CS
Fujifilm Rokinon 21mm f/1.4 ED AS UMC CS
Fujifilm Rokinon 85mm f1.4 AS IF UMC
Fujifilm Rokinon 300mm f/6.3 ED UMC CS
Fujifilm Samyang 16mm f2 ED AS UMC CS
Fujifilm Samyang 21mm f/1.4 ED AS UMC CS
Fujifilm Samyang 24mm f1.4 ED AS IF UMC
Fujifilm Samyang 85mm f1.4 AS IF UMC
Fujifilm Samyang 300mm f/6.3 ED UMC CS
Fujifilm X-Pro2
USA: BHphoto / AmazonUS (IN STOCK) / Adorama / CANADA: AmazonCA / EUROPE: AmazonDE / AmazonUK / WexUK / PCHstore / AmazonITA / AmazonFR / AmazonESP / AUSTRALIA: CameraPro
Save $100 on X-Pro2 + 35mmF2 at: AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama
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Thanks to reliable FujiRumors sources we already know since months that the Fujifilm X-T2 will come this summer.
It’s hard to say the exact month (at the moment the announcement is rumored to be in June), because Fujifilm might decide to push it back a little bit to favor the (currently very strong) X-Pro2 sales. However, Fujifilm feels the pressure of the X-Shooter community to release the X-T2 (as you could read on this interview with Fuji Managers)… they can’t wait too long to release it… Summer release sounds just right for me.
That said, if what I share today with you isn’t a typo, the first Fujifilm X-T2 Pre-Production samples have already been shipped to Beta Testers. In fact there is an image, that Fashion Photographer Felicia Van Ham tagged on Instagram with #XT2 and #Fujifilm (thanks to the FR-reader for the link).
Typo or not? I don’t know.
But what we know thanks to the “X-Pro2 boxes leak” in late October 2015, is that Fujifilm can send pre-production cameras to Beta-Testers at least 2½ or 3 months ahead of the announcement of a new product… and if the June Announcement Rumor is correct, there could be already Beta-Testers out there with an X-T2.
The wait for the X-T2 is not that long anymore… but it seems that this does not influence negatively the X-Pro2 sales, which are currently very strong (“more pre-orders than expected“, as Fujifilm announced here).
Best X-E2 Deal Ever – exp. March 8
X-E2 body + hand grip for $499 – Silver / Black
X-E2 kit + hand grip for $699 – Silver / Black
OFFICIAL US-X DEALS – exp. April 2
X-SERIES CAMERAS
Fujifilm X-Pro2 + 35mmF2 WR (save $100): BHphoto / AmazonUS /Adorama /
X-T1 + 18-135 (save $300): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
X-T1 + 18-55 (save $300) BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
X-T1 Black Body (save $300): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
X-T1 Graphite (save $300): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
X-T10 body (save $150): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
X-T10 + XF 18-55 (save $150): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
X-T10 + XC 16-50 (save $150): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
X-T10 + XC16-50 + XC50-230 (save $350): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
X-T10 + 18-55 + 35mmF2 (save $350): BHphoto (silver bundle / black bundle)
X-T10 + 35mmF2 (save $250): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
X-T10 + 35mmF2 + 18-55 (save $250): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
X-T10 + 35mmF2 + 16-50 (save $250): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
X100T (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / Pictureline
X30 (save $100): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / Pictureline
XF LENSES
XF 56mm APD (save $400): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 90mmF2 WR (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 10-24mm (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 16mmF1.4 WR (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 23mm (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 56mm (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 50-140mmF2.8 WR (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 18-135mm (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 60mm (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 14mm (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 18-55mm (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 16-55mmF2.8 WR (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF55-200 (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS
XF 18mm (save $100): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 27mm (save $100): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 35mmF1.4 (save $100): BHphoto / AmazonUS /Adorama
XF100-400 + 1.4x TC (save $350): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF50-140 + 1.4x TC (save $350): BHphoto / AmazonUS /
New Site Design – New Rumor Box
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Hey all,
First a short Recap:
Our Top Trusted Japanese Source said it here: Fujifilm is already working on a Medium Format Camera. No doubt: it will come. But when? A new source said it could be “presented” at Photokina 2016 (late September). A source, who was right in the past, said here it will be an interchangeable lens camera.
And now the new Rumor:
A New Source (so take it with a grain of salt) said that the Medium Format Fuji…
My thoughts on this (not part of the rumor)
ad 1) Sounds a lot like the Pentax 645Z sensor
ad 2) So if the previous New Source Rumor is also correct (“presented at Photokina“), this means that Fuji could actually display a prototype at Photokina in September, and launch the final version in 2017
stay tuned for more, fellow X-shooters…
Fuji X Forum, Facebook, RSS-feed and Twitter
HUGE US-X DEALS
XF LENSES
XF 56mm APD (save $400): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 90mmF2 WR (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 10-24mm (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 16mmF1.4 WR (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 23mm (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 56mm (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 50-140mmF2.8 WR (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 18-135mm (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 60mm (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 14mm (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 18-55mm (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 16-55mmF2.8 WR (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 55-200 (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS
XF 18mm (save $100): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 27mm (save $100): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF 35mmF1.4 (save $100): BHphoto / AmazonUS /Adorama
XF100-400 + 1.4x TC (save $350): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
XF50-140 + 1.4x TC (save $350): BHphoto / AmazonUS /
X-SERIES CAMERAS
X-T1 + 18-135 (save $300): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
X-T1 + 18-55 (save $300) BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
X-T1 Black Body (save $300): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
X-T1 Graphite (save $300): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
X-T10 body (save $150): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
X-T10 + XF 18-55 (save $150): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
X-T10 + XC 16-50 (save $150): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
X-T10 + XC16-50 + XC50-230 (save $350): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
X-T10 + 18-55 + 35mmF2 (save $350): BHphoto (silver bundle / black bundle)
X-T10 + 35mmF2 (save $250): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
X-T10 + 35mmF2 + 18-55 (save $250): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
X-T10 + 35mmF2 + 16-50 (save $250): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama
X100T (save $200): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / Pictureline
X30 (save $100): BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / Pictureline