In short, you submit your project to Fujifilm, and Fujifilm will give selected projects up to 10,000 USD to support them.
The Global Grant Award recipients will receive:
– Complimentary use of a GFX System camera body and two GF lenses for the duration of their project
– Mentoring and technical assistance from Fujifilm technicians / product experts
– $10,000 USD grant
The Regional Grant Award recipients will receive:
– Complimentary use of a GFX System camera body and two GF lenses for the duration of their project
– Mentoring and technical assistance from Fujifilm product experts
– $5,000 USD grant
Since then, Sigma confirmed the speculations by sharing several additional hints about such lenses.
And speculations basically became facts when the Sigma CEO himself said here that they are now looking on how to satisfy Fujifilm customers.
So while at this point we can be sure that something is coming, we are not so sure on when it will come.
Sigma’s own hinted timeline of “within 2021” seems to be no longer an option as I doubt any company plans major announcements during the holiday season.
In fact, in the latest hints Sigma offered on their social media, they say:
It’s only a matter of indeterminate time. Fuji X Owners patience will eventually be rewarded
and…
We are hoping for some X mount glass in the near future
I don’t blame Sigma, as in times of parts shortage it must be complicated for companies to plan rocksolid release dates, hence I accept them being vague. I just wish at this point they’d stop teasing and just knock at our computers when they have something more solid to announce.
Lensrentals has listed their top rented gear for 2021.
There is only one Fujifilm gear in the list, and it’s the Fujifilm GFX100S, which Lensrentals calls their “personal favorite“.
Worth to note is that there are only 4 still (or hybrid) oriented cameras in the list, and the Fujifilm GFX100S is among them. The rest are mostly video cameras and lenses.
A pity only that those, who rented the GFX100S and then maybe wanted to buy it, very likely could not find any sample available, as that beast is mostly unavailable even 11 months after its announcement.
Bug fixed for EF85/1.4L IS: In some circumstances AF search may be very slow.
Software switch functions added. When connected to a computer through a USB cable, there is a file named SETTINGS.INI in the root folder of the adapter. It’s in format of ordinary INI files. Don’t modify it unless you know how to do that. If you want to restore it to default, just remove it. The adapter will re-generate it when the next time it works on a camera body.
Focus bracketing support added. By default, it isn’t turned on. To turn it on, edit SETTINGS.INI and change the value of “FocusBracketing=” from 0 to 1.
Be noted:
When setting focus range and begin position, don’t manually turn focus ring! Always use AF to drive focus point to the position you want. Or the focus bracketing function may not work properly.
When “FocusBracketing=” is set to 1 in the SETTINGS.INI, the adapter is set to native mode and some functions of the camera may change, such as the 35mm auto mode will not crop automatically, IBIS may not work properly any more, etc.
User option for power-off behavior added. On one hand, some lenses with external focus design such as some STM lenses may not be convenient to be stored in a bag when its AF isn’t on infinity. Moving AF to infinity automatically when powering off (or switching to playback mode) is preferred. On the other, some of them, e.g. EF85/1.2L II, may have very heavy front elements so that the experience of moving it to/from infinity every time switching the camera to/from playback mode is really bad. Thus, it’s better to let the user decide. We have added an option item named “PowerOffInfinity” to SETTINGS.INI. Default value (0): only some STM lenses, EF50/1.4, Sigma 70/2.8 ART, etc. will be moved to infinity when powering off/switching to playback mode. Value 1: all lenses will be moved to infinity.
Please download the firmware file and its release notes from the Fringer website here. Follow the instructions in the release notes or users manual to update your adapter. To understand the new features better, you may also refer to the new version of users manual.
In their usual very entertaining way, Chris and Jordan from DPRTV share their best and worst camera gear episode for 2021.
Instead of the best stills and hybrid camera categories (as they did last year), this year they axed the hybrid category and replaced it with the best video camera, which has been won by the DJI Ronin 4D. I wish they would have kept the hybrid category.
Also, there is not one overall best lens, but best lens for M4/3, APS-C and Full Frame. Medium Format is not contemplated in the lens options, so the stellar Fujinon GF80mm f/1.7 (which I use every now and then with very gratifying results) had no chance to participate to this years’ DPRTV selection.
Fujifilm GFX100S: they love image and build quality. Really premium medium format sensor with more approachable price point. Makes high end medium format accessible to a lot more people. You can’t find the camera anywhere, as everybody wants one.
Look, I own the Fujifilm GFX100S and I admire it. It stunns me over and over again. And if you want the best image quality, more then you could ever desire, then go for it. But as much as I admire it, I can’t fall in love with it as I do with my Fujifilm X gear, since it lacks of manual controls. To be clear, it is fast and stupidly easy to operate. But just not as fun. So Fuji, take the X-T form and function, and make a GFX out of it, pretty much like this prototype you’ve showen to us in the past.
And yet, it has captured some precious family memories at a quality I do not deserve :).
What I can tell you today, this are the best build lenses I ever had in my hands. No focus breathing and the run of the focus and aperture ring is a dream…
Down below you can see some images he shared as well as the lens specs:
Fujifilm has published the financial results for the second quarter (ending September 30). A special mention goes to the Fujifilm GFX100S and Instax products.
