Fujifilm UK manger Andreas Georghiades returns to the Fujicast postcast.
It’s an almost 1 hour podcast, and if you are in a hurry and can’t listen it all, I provide a summary of everything the manager says, so you can get it all in under 5 minutes.
Fujifilm has now published its fiscal report for the fiscal year 2020 (1 April 2019 – 31 March 2020).
Fellow FR-reader Mistral has summarized it in French over at the French forum chassimages. In short:
Fujifilm as a whole is still doing well even if it has not reached the expected goals given the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic on its last quarter.
Imaging Solutions is the division with the lowest performance.
Fujifilm records a loss in the last quarter. The decline in sales of digital cameras and their lenses has accelerated throughout the year.
The only positive note: the Fujifilm GFX100 keeps up selling strong, as well as the Fujifilm X100V and Fujifilm X-Pro3 are mentioned positively in the various reports.
The Fujifilm GFX100 won the Camera GP Japan 2020 Editors Award, said to be the most prestigious camera award in Japan.
Now, I don’t know much about this specific award, but overall I wrote an article in the past about the dubious meaningfulness of such awards. But hey, better to win something than not to win.
It is totally subjective, but personally I rejoice much more when other awards are won, for example when photographers using Fujifilm cameras win hands down at the 2020 Word Press Photo awards.
Think at this:
None of the Fujifilm X shooters creaming off all the top awards at the World Press Photo 2020 used the most powerful camera on the market: an X-Pro2, an X100F, an X-H1 and others. But each of these cameras has its character, its peculiar look and feel, build ergonomically around the different needs of different photographers, and hence the tool many chose, to go out and grab award winning images.
Personally I also prefer to use a camera that fits my shooting style, rather than one with the power of a playstation, as I know I will get better results out of the first one.
This is also the reason, why the Fujifilm GFX100 made me salivate on specs level, but personally (as a guy, who does not make a penny out of his photography) I would not buy one, at least not until it looks like this Fujifilm GFX concept.
When I picked up the Fujifilm GFX100 and tested it, it was the first Fujifilm camera I ever hold in my hands, that I had to spend time just to figure out how to operate it.
You know what I mean?
I mean, give me an X-Pro2, X100V or X-T4, and thanks to their intuitive layout and manual controls, I can shoot right away, without any need of a manual or even setting up anything at the menu.
Specs are nice and good. But esthetics, ergonomics, feel and usability are more inspiring for me than mere specs, and therefore help me to keep my passion, fun and inspiration for photography high and fresh.
With that said, here you get it: the list of Camera JP Japan 2020 winners.
The big winner is Sony.
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Yesterday on FujiRumors we reported how all Viltrox autofocus lenses can damage Fujifilm X-Pro3 cameras. To see an image of the damage, check out this article.
Well, now Viltrox is letting customers know, that Fujifilm X-Pro3 users can return their Viltrox lens. They also say that there is no problem with other cameras, such as the Fujifilm X-T4 and Fujifilm X-T3.
The screenshot above is from an email a FR-reader got from Viltrox.
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Viltrox has just issued an official statement, where they say that the Viltrox 23mm f/1.4, Viltrox 33mm f/1.4 and Viltrox 85mm f/1.8 can damage your Fujifilm X-Pro3.
The reason, so I have been told, is that the location of the lens release button on the Fujifilm X-Pro3 is too close to the bayonet.
Here is what Viltrox writes.
1) Kind Reminder for Fujifilm X-Pro3 Users:
For the sake of your camera, it would be better not use Viltrox 23mm, 33mm or 85mm X mount lens onto Fujifilm X-PRO3 model in case it will damage your camera. Due to the structural conflict, they will scratch a little bit against each other. We apologize for any inconvenience caused!
2) Lens Profiles of Viltrox 85mm f/1.8 STM(E) Lens
For your convenience of lens corrections on Photoshop or Lightroom, we have uploaded Lens Profiles of Viltrox 85mm f/1.8 STM(E) Lens on Vitlrox website www.viltrox.com (Home – Download – Firmware – Upgrading
Let’s hope the upcoming Tokina equivalent X mount lenses won’t have this problem.
Down below you can see the original statement document shared by Viltrox.
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After a long wait, the Steelsring Nikon F to Fujifilm GFX Smart Autofocus Adapter started to be available towards the end of 2019.
You can find it here on AmazonUS.
No Dylan published his review, which you can see below. Here are the main points:
This is the summary of the video below. But Dylan posted an article about it also on fstoppers, that you can read here.
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You might remember, how back at the awesome Fujifilm X summit in February, the Japanese Fujifilm manager said there will be 4 new lenses coming within the next 12 months.
One of them is the Fujinon XF50mm f/1.0.
FujiRumors investigated, and told you already a few weeks ago, that another one will be the Fujinon XF70-300mm f/4-5.6.
And now, thanks to a trusted source, we can tell you that the remaining two lenses will be Mark II versions of existing lenses.
So, from now to March 2021 we will get:
Whenever I can, I will let you know, which one will be updated (I honestly do not know at this point in time). But don’t miss it when it happens, and follow FujiRumors.
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Hi, I’m Nathan.
I’ve written here before. I’m a still life advertising and event photographer based in Japan. I do weddings, embassy powwows, corporate events, audiophile meet-ups, and shoot everything from jewellery to headphones. If you want to see, read, or listen to my opinions on lenses, cameras, and audio doo-dads, by all means hit me up at my blog: ohm image, and my YouTube channel: Fauxtaku Lounge.
Disclaimer: TT Artisans sent this lens to me for the purposes of review both here and at YouTube. I paid nothing for it. It goes for 255$ USD and can be found here. Many thanks TT Artisans for the opportunity.
The video portion of this review along with a different selection of photos and short videos can be seen in this video: TTArtisans 11mm f2.8 fisheye on Leica M10 Fujifilm X-T3 and GFX
Let’s clear the air: I’ve never before used a fisheye lens. In fact, so lost and daunted was I by the prospect of using one that time and time again I delayed publishing this review. Prior to it arriving I boned up on how to shoot a fisheye lens. Hints came from the general internet as well as from the comments section of Fauxtaku Lounge. I’m still not confident that the examples I shot really get the picture across, but I hope I’ve learned a thing or two and that this review will help someone. Thanks to everyone for the advice and help.
Whatever the limits of my abilities, the fun-factor of using a fisheye is unlimited. This bad boy covers 180º, with a bright 2,8 maximum aperture. Talk about fun. I’m sure loads of you out there know what it’s like to shoot fisheye lenses. Move a little and the entire frame changes. Sag a shoulder slightly and the horizon bolts down. Because it covers 180º and does the bulbous fisheye thing, you have to remember a few things:
Viltrox has published firmware update 2.28 for their Viltrox EF-FX1 and Viltrox EF-FX2 adapters yesterday.
We remind you that Viltrox also offers the Viltrox EF-GFX adapter.
All details and download links below.
With the Fujifilm X-T4 about to hit the market (and actually already shipping in some), Fujifilm managers all over the globe are giving tons of interviews to make the world ready for the best camera it has ever seen to date: the Fujifilm X-T4 :).
Of course, I pre-ordered it, too :)
Now, for your convenience, I always provide a practical summary of all manager statements in my various article, and yet, with so many interviews, there might be some statements you might have missed anyway.
So I thought I filter out those statements, that I consider most relevant, and put them all into this article.
However, there is so much more interesting stuff to read, and so I strongly recommend you to check out all the original articles. I will provide all links below.
