I thought we could take a look back at 2019, and see which ones where the top 10 polls you guys voted and commented most.
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As you know, I am a teacher, and usually it’s me, who has to judge and give votes to others.
But not today, as it’s time for our yearly 2019 rumors check, and to see if I did my homework well or not.
Also, there will be an accuracy rating of those rumors, that still could not be verified.
Keep in mind, there could be further rumors before the end of the year, in which case I will update this list!
Ready? Cool, so let’s start,
But be warned: I will be incredible severe to myself, as I will include in the wrong rumor section, rumors that were actually correct at the time of sharing, but just turned out wrong because Fujifilm changed plans.
It’s the case for example of the new lens roadmaps. In fact, just a few days after our rumor, top Fujifilm manager confirmed here, that indeed there would have been new roadmaps in 2019, but 2019 is now ending, and nothing came. So I was wrong, but so was the top Fujifilm manager.
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Recently Viltrox disclosed the official price in Chinese Yuan of the Viltrox 33mm f/1.4… and it’s a very aggressive one!
Now we have new images of the Viltrox 33mmm f/1.4 and Viltrox 56mm f/1.4 mounted on the Fujifilm X-T3. You can see them below.
The lenses were originally scheduled for release in 2019, but as we reported here, there will be a delay surely for the 33 and 56. The only lens that could still make it for 2019, is the Viltrox 23mm f/1.4, but there is a big “maybe” here.
The latest specs and images about all three upcoming Viltrox lenses can be found in this article.
And don’t forget to:
Another Fujifilm year is ending.
With 4 cameras and 4 lenses released in 2019, Fujifilm has a little bit slowed down, if we compare it to the Fujifilm year 2018 (7 new cameras and 6 lenses) and to the Fuji year 2017 (4 cameras and 8 lenses).
But it was definitely quality over quantity.
And then there were these lenses:
Now it’s your time to vote what you consider the overall top Fujifilm gear launched in 2019. Vote down below.
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Loading ...Popular youtube photographer Thomas Heaton is a Canon 5D MK IV shooter and hardcore Lightroom user.
And yet, it happens that he was attracted by the Fujifilm system, because:
I have purchased a new Fujifilm XT3 and I am changing the way I make videos and take photographs when hiking. My camera gear was always too heavy and in this video I test out a lightweight photography set up which should help me when putting in those long miles.
So he got himself a Fujifilm X-T3 and brought it with him on his trip to Nepal. How did it perform?
And now to the post processing part.
Thomas is an Adobe aficionado, and the last thing he wants, is to spend money and time on another software. However, upon recommendation, he downloaded a free Capture One trial.
And just as many of us, he experience his little wtf moment ;).
In fact, his landscape images look so much better in Capture One (he says about 30% better compared to Lightroom), and his Fujifilm APS-C files ended up looking like his Canon full frame files!
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I feel this is a necessary article, as I get tons of emails lately asking me where the new X and GFX lens roadmaps are.
So I want to adress this today.
Back in September we rumored here, that a new roadmap was about to come.
Just a few days later, top manager Toshihisa Iida confirmed it, by literally saying after being asked when a new roadmap will come:
The roadmap is updated once a year
And given that both, the latest Fujifilm X Mount Roadmap and Fujifilm G Mount Roadmap have been updated in 2018, this means we should see one in 2019.
Actually, after letting us vote on the official Fujifilm lens options poll he even said during the first Fujifilm X summit in February:
after seeing the results, maybe next week, you will see a new lens roadmap
But 2019 is ending, and personally I have a hard time to believe Fujifilm will update the roadmap at the end of December, right during the biggest holiday season in many parts of the world.
Sure, I hope they will, but chances are that this time Fujifilm will wait longer than usual.
What we can surely say, is that back in September 2019, Fujifilm did plan to release a new roadmap this year (as the manager confirmed it), but for some reason they might have postponed it.
Sadly I can’t give you more answers and details than what is published here in this article. One lens that will surely come next, is this one rumored here.
That’s currently the most exhaustive answer I can give on this topic, to all of those, writing me emails.
Please just follow FujiRumors, as I will publish more details as soon as I can.
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DPReview just published their best and worst of 2019.
Here is their ranking:
BEST CAMERA 2019
There was a disagreement here, as just when Chris declared the Sony A7rIV best of 2019, you hear Jordan out of the frame saying “GFX !!!”
In my opinion, the Fujifilm GFX100 pushed the boundaries in its class (MF) much more than the Sony A7rIV did in its class (FF), and therefore the Fujifilm GFX100 deserves to be called camera of the year.
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Christmas time is wishlist time.
So write your letter to Santa Claus, and tell him what you would like for next 2020 :)
I’ll skip the lenses, as we had a mega-survey and discussion earlier this year here.
WARNING: the survey below contains a list of cameras, that are born purely out of my fantasy, and will probably never see the light of the day. But I just add them to see if something like that would be of interest for you.
Which Camera Would you Like in 2020 (max. 2 selctions)
Total Voters: 8,154
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Viltrox has now disclosed the official price in Chinese Yuan of the Viltrox 33mm f/1.4.
The lens will cost 1,799 Yuan, which converted means USD 255.
This confirms the price tag of $250 given back in September.
As FujiRumors reported here, the release for the Viltrox 33mm f/1.4 and 56mm f/1.4 has been postponed to next year.
The only lens that could still make it for 2019, is the Viltrox 23mm f/1.4.
The latest specs and images about all three upcoming Viltrox lenses can be found in this article.
And don’t forget
Italian photographer Roberto owned Fujifilm X series gear, but at some point followed the siren songs of full frame Sony.
Now, after using Sony for a while, he switched back to Fujifilm.
In his (Italian) video he explains why.
But don’t worry, you are lucky that FujiRumors is a polyglot (I speak 4 languages), so I am going to translate it for you ;).
