In the video above I share what I think about the four “disruptive” Fujifilm cameras coming in 2023 according to Fujifilm Spain.
Time for a reality check!
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Fellow Fujifilm Film Simulation member Cris created his own film simulation recipe using ChatGPT.
Today I asked ChatGPT to create a Fuji Film Recipe for the GFX50R that mimic’d Kodak Tri-X Pushed One Stop and it created me a pretty respectable emulation.
If you want to check out the results, go to the dedicated post in the film simulation group.
SonyAlphaRumors guy Andrea found this so cool that he used the ChatGPT to create his own recipe on his personal Fujifilm GFX100S. He shared the results in the video you can see above.
Good that Fujifilm cameras have so many aspects you can fine-tune directly in camera (Clarity, Grain, etc). ;)
Interestingly it works also if you ask to emulate the film on a Sony cameras. I hope Andrea will compare the results between Sony and Fuji and tell us which ones are closer to the real film.
As far as I can see from the few samples visible on the film simulation group and at Andrea’s YouTube channel, the recipe they got are different to the ones of well known Fuji X Weekly.
Since there are many people and websites offering film simulations recipes (for example OneCameraOneLens), maybe the software looks at all film simulations recipes with the same name and makes a mix out of them, or maybe it really just guesses the best settings based on the characteristics of the film.
I don’t know how it works, but it’s curious you can create such simulations also via ChatGPT.
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Quick update regarding the Fujifilm X-S20.
We know the Fujifilm X Summit in April has been canceled and the next X Summit will take place in May.
But this hasn’t changed what we told you already a long time ago: the next Fujifilm X series camera to come will be the Fujifilm X-S20. Sure, this means that in theory it is still possible we will get a new GFX camera before the X-S20 or along with it. But as for X series, the X-S20 is next.
So when will it come? Could Fujifilm announce the X-S20 in April, just don’t make an X Summit about it?
Well, yes they definitely could. Not all Fujifilm cameras get their X summit. But since the X-S20 is a very important camera for Fujifilm, I believe they’ll honor it with an X-Summit. It’s not a rumor, but a speculation. And I’d be very surprised if I was wrong.
The second rumor instead is a trusted rumor: the Fujifilm X-S20 will use the newer NP-W235 battery. I hope Fujifilm will be able to keep the camera body super small like on the current X-S10 body despite the new larger battery.
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Thanks to our sources, we can now inform you when the next Fujifilm X Summit will take place.
The next Fujifilm X Summit will take place in the month of May.
I am working on all the details and will share updates in the next days and weeks. So make sure to stay tuned on FujiRumors.
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Meike has announced the Meike 85mm f/1.8 Autofocus STM lens for Fujifilm X mount.
The lens was already lens for other mounts for example the Sony FE mount version here, which costs $199.
Meike lenses for Fujifilm can be found at Amazon here and BHphoto here.
More details about this lens at Meike here.
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Many fellow FujiRumors readers were also active members of the DPReview Fujifilm X and Medium Format forum. But sadly DPR is going to shut down completely.
If you are looking for a new home, I can recommend you to join the fuji-x-forum.com, which I run together with my friend Andreas Jürgensen, who manages Forums for a living, hence you are in good hands.
Over 30,000 fellow Fujifilm X and GFX shooters are already part of this community. Feel free to join here.
We also have dedicated Fujifilm facebook groups you can join.
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Back in January Fujifilm officially announced the next Fujifilm X Summit for April.
But today a trusted source reached out to us and told us that Fujifilm has now decided to cancel the April X summit event.
I have no idea if Fujifilm will make an official announcement about the event being deleted, or if they’ll just let April pass and hope we simply forgot about it.
But what I am sure is this: there is no X summit in April. That’s Trusted Stuff.
Evidently something did not go according to plan.
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It’s time to share a huge roundup covering all possible third party lenses for the Fujifilm X mount.
The lenses we are going to cover are Fujinon lenses as well as third party lenses.
Down below is the list of covered lenses. If there is any that interests you, check out the full article below.
Fujinon Lenses:
Third Party Lenses:
Something amazing is going to happen in April.
I hear you say: “easy, it’s the huge Fujifilm X Summit with exciting new gear announcements!”
Well yeah, I know Fujifilm officially announced the X Summit for April… but I don’t mean that. It’s something even better than rumors or new gear (at least for me). ;)
In April I will fly together with my wife and 2 year old son to Paris for a couple of days! It’s my wife’s birthday present to me.
No X Summit on earth can stop me to finally visiting Paris for the first time in my life.
And since I guess many of you have already been to Paris (or live in Paris), I thought I could make shameless use of this blog to ask for some advice.
I am aware that we are all in the grips of our busy daily lives. So huge thanks to anybody who can carve out some time from your day to give me some advice.
Gear Questions:
GFX gear size and weight is not an issue for me. I do multi-day hikes in the Dolomites with it, and I was never bothered by the weight. Trust me, the real problem when hiking is to carry around a toddler in the backpack.
It all comes down to lenses. As I own more X series lenses, I have lots of flexibility there compared to my not yet so extensive GFX collection. But maybe the GFX gear I currently own is enough.
Decisions…. ;)
Tripod:
Photo Tips:
Food:
Kids:
X Meeting:
A new third party 33mm f/1.4 autofocus lens for Fujifilm X mount has now appeared on the Chinese social media platform Weibo (via Camerabeta).
I just got a new domestic automatic lens, 33mm F1.4, and the Fuji X mount version will be launched. At present, the price and release time are still uncertain. It is said that the price is very good. You can look forward to it.
The only thing we got is the image above.
The brand is still unkown, but some point out the similarity to some of the Yongnuo AF lenses available for other mounts.
Until now, besides the Fujinon XF 33mm f/1.4, we have the following third party 33mm f/1.4 autofocus lenses already: