Pixel Village, who recently gave us some insights from the Fujifilm factory in Japan, now published their interview with Fujifilm manager Toshihisa Iida, Jun Watanabe and Keitaro So.
It’s a 33 minutes long video that I have summed up below for those of you, who are in a hurry right now.
Russian wedding photographer and official Fujifilm X photographer Alexey Malyshev (instagram – fujifilm profile) just shared this instagram story, where he publicy asks people to guess which lens is mounted on his Fujifilm X-T3 (or maybe X-T2).
I am not sure, but Alexey posts could indicate that the beta testing program just started, but it could also be just a dummy*. In any case I will follow his instagram now, and in case I see images with razor thing DOF, I will let you know ;).
*UPDATE: Jonas Rask said in the comments to this post it is just a dummy, since it does not mount properly
Would be great if any Russian FR-reader could entirely translate what Alexey wrote in his instagram story [UPDATE: translation came in, thanks. Read below].
“Who can guess what lens it is? If lens will be guessed, I gonna show some new super gun. Hint: It’s not even for sale yet.“
Here on FujiRumors we have discussed the Fujinon XF33mm f/1.0 R WR extensively, for example:
read here: Czech store lists Fujifilm Fujinon XF33mm f/1.0 for $3,100
read here: Fujinon XF33mm F1.0 R WR: Clutch Focus? Price? AF-speed? and More – Multiple POLLS
read here: Fujifilm X-H1 with XF 33mm f/1.0 vs Panasonic S1 with Lumix S PRO 50mm f/1.4 size comparison
read here: Fuji Guy Billy explains the Fujinon XF 33mm f/1.0 development challenge
read here: Fujinon XF 33mm F1.0 vs XF 35mm F1.4 vs XF 35mm F2 size comparison
read here: Is the Fujinon XF 33mmF1.0 too Big? POLL
read here: Side by side – Fujinon XF33mm F1.0 vs Fujinon XF16-80mm F4 vs Fujinon XF16mmF2.8
read here: tell us why we should buy the Fujinon XF 33mmf1.0
That lens can’t come soon enough!!!
stay tuned on FujiRumors… hot rumors are coming soon ;)
Now the Thai youtube channel กล้องกล้วยกล้วย interviewed Fujifilm manager Mr. Makoto Oishi.
It’s a 49 minutes interview in Thai and constantly translated into English. Too cumbersome and no time? Don’t worry, it’s all summed up down below for you :)
Chris and Jordan from DPReviewTV published their quick review about the Fujifilm Fujinon XF 16mm f/2.8 WR (video above – entirely shot on Fujifilm X-T3).
Here are their findings:
perfect lens for street photography
compact and affordable
XF 16mm f/1.4 is sharper, but way bigger and heavier
XF 16mm f/2.8 pretty decent at f/2.8 and sharper in corners at f/4
very quick AF and also smooth for video
beautiful bokeh throughout the aperture range
at the price point, as to expect, a bit of chromatic aberration and distortion
Portable zoom lens for broadcasting FUJINON UA46x9.5BERD
Portable zoom lens for broadcasting FUJINON LA16x8
Focus demand FUJINON EPD-41A-D01
Surveillance camera FUJIFILM SX800
X-ray diagnostic imaging system FUJIFILM DR CALNEO Dual
LED Endoscopy system “EP-6000 / EG-6400N”
Duodenoscope “ED-580T”
Inkjet Digital Press “Jet Press 750S”
Ultra-short throw projector and portable X-ray unit wins the highest ranked “Best of the Best Award” In recognition of beautiful appearance and design to achieve outstanding functionality and performance in products of various business fields
In times, where we are bombarded with marketing material about Full Frame mirrorless cameras, Jason wonders if he should switch to FF from his Fujifilm X-T2.
But instead of just following the hype (and the GAS), he decided to applied a methodology that helps him to decide more objectively if such a switch would make sense.
First he list the 5 most important characteristics he looks for in a camera according to importance:
The results showed him that he can save himself the $6,000+ he’d need to switch to the Sony A7III (+ lenses he needs), since it ranks even below the camera he already uses, the Fujifilm X-T2.
He concludes that he better spends that money for nice trip with his X-T2.
Of course everybody will get different results, depending on which top 5 features you select and which importance you assign to them.
So which one is the right call for you?
Use Jason’s methodology, download and edit his “Cure Your GAS Excel Spreadsheet” on dropbox here, and let’s see if Fujifilm is still the right call also for you.
Altough I find this a cool methodology, I personally won’t make this test, since I already know that what need to reach ultimate photographic happiness is an X-E4 with tilt screen and this XF 27mmF2.8 with aperture ring.
This is why we meticlously filter anonymous rumors, and you guys will read only those, that I feel confident to share (the tons of fakes I get every year will never go online).
But, even though today I feel confident to share, I invite you to take every anonymous rumor with a grain of salt.
An anonymous source (who used a nick-name, thanks!) contacted me via rumor box and told me the next Fujifilm X-Pro3 will still be made in Japan.
Fujifilm moved the Fujifilm X-T3 production to China in order to be able to sell it sensibly cheaper to customers. This is why, at launch, the brand new Fujifilm X-T3 cost less than the Fuji X-T2.
By keeping the X-Pro3 production in Japan, we can expect the X-Pro3 to match the current Fujifilm X-Pro2 price or be even higher.
That’s it… for now, but I have lots (!!!) of rumors I am working on. Follow FujiRumors on Facebook, RSS-feed, Twitter, Youtube and Instagramto read them all soon.
Also, if anyone out there is willing to help me out in the thick rumor jungle, feel free to contact me also anonymously via rumor box.
MESSAGE TO THIS ANONYMOUS SOURCE: Thank you very much!!! I have read also the other rumors you shared, and since they are pretty long-term, I will give it a quick double-check with sources and share them hopefully very soon. Thanks again for the help, and feel free to contact me again whenever you want using the nickname.
As you might know DaVinci Resolve can’t read the metadata of many DSLRs and Mirrorless cameras. A solution to this problem is now offered by Exif Video Resolved DR.
Exif Video Resolved DR is a plugin for ExifTool, that allows you to import camera EXIF metadata such as ISO, Aperture, Shutter, Lens Type, Gamma, Color Space, Focal Point, etc. to Davinci Resolve, giving you the ability to see a lot more metadata info in your Media Pool with just a few click.
Exif Video Resolved DR is not free, but very affordable. You can get the Fujifilm version for €5 and the version with all cameras supported for €14 (or €20 if you buy Windows and Mac version together). Future updates should be free.
It’s my pleasure to break again the news here on FujiRumors, and if you want to be always and consistently the first to get the news and rumors around the Fujifilm world, here is what you have to do:
News is news, so I share it. But I wrote a very informative piece about these awards last year. So, if you want to read how the business around (some of these) awards goes, check out this article.
Now, I do not know if the iF design award works the same like TIPA, EISA and others, but I would not be surprised if it would.
With that said, the iF Design Awards have been assigned, and Fujifilm wins with 20 products:
Portable X-ray unit “CALNEO Xair” [iF Gold Award 2019]
Fujifilm wins the internationally prestigious “iF Design Award” with 20 products
-Recognized for design excellence, advanced performance and superior operability in products of various business fields -Portable X-ray unit “CALNEO Xair” wins the highest ranked “iF Gold Award”