Fujifilm Releases Firmware Updates for Seven Fujinon Lenses
Fujifilm has released firmware updates for seven Fujinon lenses.
For all lenses, the only indication given by Fujifilm is “fix of minor bugs“.
You’ll find the full list below.
Fujifilm has released firmware updates for seven Fujinon lenses.
For all lenses, the only indication given by Fujifilm is “fix of minor bugs“.
You’ll find the full list below.
Metabones has released several new Metabones Speed Boosters for Fujifilm X Mount.
They will be available soon at BHphoto and Co.
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The Fujifilm XF27mm f/2.8 silver lens is now listed as “discontinued” and “no longer available” at BHphoto here.
To be clear: the black version is available everywhere, and also the silver version is still available at stores like Adorama.
Now, FujiRumors told you, that the 4 lenses Fujifilm will launch next are:
According to a survey launched here on FujiRumors, the Fujinon XF27mm f/2.8 is low in your wishlist, in the 5th position, beaten by 4 other XF lenses, as you can see here.
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Did you listen to the 1 hour and 36 minutes long Fujifilm India live event with bad audio quality and half of it spoken in Hindi?
Probably not… but I did (you’re welcome) :).
I reported about it here already, when we talked about the Fujinon XF50mm f/1.0.
And trust me, everything else they said, you know already (smaller IBIS, longer shutter life etc).
I don’t want to waste your precious time, so let’s get to the point of the only thing, that was new.
In fact, there was one thing said, 1+ hours into the talk, that I thought deserves a separate article. And it’s the only really new thing of all the event.
When the Fujifilm India product team was asked about the use of Fujifilm cameras as a webcam, one Fuji guy answered (I quote):
Live streaming is getting very popular and of course important during the COVID-19 situation. We all need a camera which you can just plug-and-play.
I can not say about it definitely, but I have heard from the developing team that we are developing something and they are soon going to release a firmware. There will be plug-and-play, and the X series camera will become like a webcam.
Yes, I have heard they are working on it, but I have no confirmation at this moment. But definitely they are doing something. Something is cooking.
Much more vague the answer if there will be Pro Res RAW for video via ATOMOS. Basically a “we know about this demand but we don’t know if it will come“.
Let’s hope that’s correct and more accurate than what another Fuji guy said during the same event, claiming that the X-T4 processor is improved over X-T3, so X-T4 is faster than X-T3.
How to run a Fujifilm camera as a webcam at this point in time?
Well there are two options:
Let’s cross fingers this firmware comes soon!
Oh… and namaste!
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Since Fujifilm officially announced that they opened the Fujifilm X mount for third party lens manufacturers (with Tokina the official partner), many of us started expressing wishes for Tamron and Sigma lenses coming for Fujifilm X mount.
I was curious to see which lenses you’d like, and launched two mega surveys, that included all Sigma and Tamron lenses available on the market.
You can check out the Sigma mega poll here and the Tamron mega poll here.
Now, here are the top 10 results for each brand, but I also was curious to let Sigma and Tamron battle in one and the same survey. So I let the top 10 Sigma and Tamron lenses battle for your love in one single survey ;).
Top Voted Tamron lenses
Top Voted Sigma lenses
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A Fujifilm manager told us back in February, there will be 4 Fujinon X mount lenses coming in the next 12 months (meaning latest within February/March).
FujiRumors already told you that those would be the Fujinon XF 50mm f/1.0, the Fujinon XF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 and two Fujinon X mount MK II Lenses.
And to be more specific, there will be one X mount prime MK II lens and one X mount zoom MK II lens.
So the recap:
Down below you can find two survey, where I include all older lenses. Well, not really all. I decided to focus on those, that are not weather sealed and I only included XF lenses (not XC lenses).
The FujiRumors picks?
In terms of primes, I own 4 or 6 primes listed below. From those four, the one I desire most is an XF27mmF2.8 MK II with aperture ring (weather sealing not so important in my case).
Why not refresh the magical XF35mm f/1.4? Well, first off, already in February 2019, I wrote a post, where I argued why they should not refresh that lens. In addition to the reasons given there, I add that there are lots of 35mm lenses already out there, and now that also the Viltrox 33mm f/1.4 AF lens hit the market, I don’t see any urgency to refresh it.
Also, after Fujifilm axed the Fujinon XF33mm f/1.0 in favor of the Fujinon XF50mm f/1.0, what I really want now is an XF35mm f/1.2.
In terms of zooms, I own all three in the list below. They all are in need of a refresh, and I have a favorite MK II candidate also in this case. But I won’t say anything here and just see what you guys vote down below.
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Now that Fujifilm officially opened their X mount, we recently launched this mega-survey, on which Sigma lenses you would like for Fujifilm X.
If you want to see which are the top Sigma lens wishes of the Fujifilm X mount community, check out this post.
Now it’s time to see which one of all the lenses listed at the Tamron website you’d like also for Fujifilm X mount.
First the full list of lenses you can click to check price and specs, and down below the survey.
Here are the Top 10 most read articles in April, that, in case you missed, you should definitely go back and check out!
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A FR-reader contacted me, informing me that it’s a while now that several stores worldwide list the Fujifilm XF27mm f/2.8 R, where “R” stands for “aperture ring”.
As a happy owner of the Fujinon XF27mm f/2.8, a MK II version of this lens with aperture ring would be a dream come true!
But you know, I run this blog since a long, a very long, time. I shared my Fuji passion on FujiRumors, when probably most of you didn’t even know the X series existed. And I remember everything of this long journey.
I remember also this:
Back in 2013, when the Fujinon XF27mm f/2.8 was not yet officially announced, Fujifilm showed 27mm mock-ups around at various photography fairs. The mock-ups had indeed an aperture ring, as you can see here.
But at the end, the final version came out without an aperture ring.
So what’s going on now?
Well, as much as I’d love to believe that this is some sort of leaked image of an upcoming XF27mm f/2.8 with aperture ring, at this point in time I believe more that this is just an error. Probably a pre-release mock-up rendering by Fujifilm, that found its way in the final specs sheets distributed to retailers and press, and hence kept circulating.
With that said, there will be two Mark II lenses coming in the next 10 months. If one of those would be the Fujinon XF27mm f/2.8 Mark II with aperture ring, that would make me very happy.
But so far, I do not know which are the two lenses… but it’s a work in progress ;).
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In a recent interview, Top Fujifilm manager Toshihisa Iida said that Fujifilm is opening X mount to third parties, and that Tokina will be the first company to offer autofocus lenses for the Fujifilm X system.
To be fair, Fujifilm had an exclusive agreement with Zeiss back in the days, when the Fuji X system was at the beginning (and almost nobody bought it). Fujifilm needed to extend their lens offering and they did it with the help of Zeiss, who released Zeiss Touit X mount trinity (with the first 1:1 macro lens for the X system among them).
But that cooperation failed, and Fujifilm went on making lenses for the X system all alone, never sharing protocols with anybody else again.
Fast forward March 2019, when pressed by questions, Top Manager Toshi Iida confirmed that Fujifilm does not need to share their protocols, as they offer lots of lenses already.
This statement raised strong reaction in the FujiRumors community, with hundreds of comments disagreeing with Fuji’s decision.
Shortly after that, Sigma CEO Kazuto Yamaki literally said in this interview: “Fujifilm customers would be our ideal customer, but Fujifilm does not disclose their protocols”.
And so, another wave of critics reached Fujifilm.
It seems Fujifilm listened, as just recently Fujifilm completely changed position, saying they will open X mount to third parties.
We like to believe, that all our critics helped Fujifilm to change their mind about this subject ;).
Now, it remains to see, what “opening X mount” means for Fujiiflm. In fact, I agree with Trenton, when he wrote in the comments to our previous post:
Only time could tell what that “open to third parties” means in reality. It could come loaded with prohibitive licensing costs. It could come with a non-compete clause.
For todays’ article, we will just assume, that Fujifilm will open for everybody, who wants to join, for a reasonable price. And that Sigma, who said that Fuji’s protectionism was the reason they can’t make X mount lenses, will now be on board and start releasing lenses for Fujifilm X.
Now the question is: which lenses should Sigma make first?
Of course Sigma has currently a massive lens selection.
I decided to check out the current Sigma mirrorless lenses offering that are listed at BHphoto here as well as all current Sigma lenses for DSLR cameras listed at BH.
Of course some lenses are for APS-C and others for full frame. I will list them all down below.
Now, the FujiRumors community is always extremely happy to help out managers to make decisions. So, in case Sigma is right now thinking at which lenses they should offer first for the Fujifilm X system, we launch a survey, so that you guys can tell them what you want, and Sigma can make their decision.
And if you think I am crazy… remember those times, when Fujifilm had no roadmap, and we launched a mega-survey with lens suggestions, and Fujifilm took 1:1 our top recommendations and put those into the roadmap?
Sometimes, those guys in Japan do listen ;).
Now, back to the survey.
We remind you that at Sigma, DG lenses are full frame lenses, and DC lenses are APS-C lenses.
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