AstrHori 75mm f/4 for Fujifilm GFX Announced and More to Come

The AstrHori 75mm f/4 for Fujifilm GFX has now been officially announced and is available at AmazonUS here.

Interesting to note that despite being an f/4 lens, the unmarked point on the aperture actually indicates an f/2.8 maximum aperture. I don’t know the reason why it’s not marked f/2.8.

You can read more in the specs below (from the dedicated product page).

  • Excellent Optical Structure: The lens structure is 11 elements in 8 groups, which can satisfy the 100 million pixel body, and can cover 33*44 sensors, with excellent center image quality.
  • Unique Aperture Design: The aperture range is F4-16, and there is an unmarked reserved yellow point F2.8 large aperture,which can be adjusted by yourself to create more shooting possibilities. It not only has high optical quality and good depth of field control, but also has a certain blurring ability, which can better highlight the subject.
  • Excellent in-focus High Resolution Performance: This lens with 9 aperture blades and good build quality,and its minimum focusing distance is 0.82m,which provides sharp images at 0.82m and infinity with a natural center-to-edge transition.And this lens has an optical and two high-refractive glass quality,and ED lenses suppress chromatic dispersion for a high level of image clarity across the entire frame.
  • Exquisite Workmanship and Compact: It has a special appearance design,the details such as paint filling process, yellow paint characters, focus ring hob pattern, etc. make the lens look exquisite, the overall coordination with the Fuji GFX body and the focusing process also more comfortable.
  • High Quality Manual Lens: Its size is about Φ75mm*L76mm, the filter size is 67mm, and the weight is about 634.5g. It is very suitable for portrait street shooting, and compatible with FUJIFILM GFX50SII, GFX100, GFX100 IR ver,GFX50S, GFX50R, GFX100S,etc. Note:Due to the special design, the lens hood must be installed before the filter is installed, and an additional lens hood is shipped with each lens (Not in the same package as the lens & No additional order is required).

A first review is out:

Also, more lenses are teased to come, as you can see below

via asobinet via camerabeta

Product and Sample Images

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“Cr@p Light, Cr@p Backlight and Everything is just There on GFX Medium Format Files” – GFX Roundup

2022 has been an X series year so far, and therefore we haven’t covered the GFX system as much as for example last year, when the stellar Fujifilm GFX100S and the affordable Fujifilm GFX50SII hit the market.

And let me say this: Fujifilm has no hurry at all to release new GFX cameras, as the Fujifilm GFX100S is a crazy seller, which is still more often out of stock rather than in stock.

So time for FujiRumors to remind us all that there is also the GFX system out there thanks to a dedicated roundup.

Blog Posts

Videos

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New Firmware for Fringer EF-GFX, EF-FX and NF-FX Smart AF Adapters Released

Fringer has released firmware updates for several of their Fringer AF adapters.

Down below you can find the full details and download links.

Fringer adapters can be ordered at B&H Photo, AmazonUS and Adorama.

Fringer Adapter Firmware

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Fujifilm X/GFX New Firmware Updates Released and How to Update (Panic-Free) via Camera Remote App

Earlier today Fujifilm has released firmware updates for six Fujifilm X and GFX cameras. You can read all details and access the download links here.

According to a survey we have launched recently, most of you guys prefer to use the good old-fashioned SD-Card way to update your gear.

Personally I’ve switched to updating via camera remote App. The reason is simple: it’s much faster, easier and convenient than updating via SD-Card.

So I definitely recommend to give it a try.

But how does it work?

Well, Fujifilm has given precise instruction on how to do it, but there is one thing that should be mentioned in addition to Fuji’s instruction to avoid updating via App becomes a frustrating experience.

Don’t make the error to connect your phone to the camera the same way you do it when you want to transfer images from your camera to your phone (hence connect via Wifi and fiddle around with the App and Camera to establish a connection).

Nothing of all that is needed.

You can simply leave your camera in live view. Just make sure that it has Bluetooth enabled. Everything will happen automatically and needs just few clicks once you have downloaded the firmware file on your phone.

So the process looks like this:

  1. make sure Bluetooth is enabled on your camera and on your smartphone
  2. download the firmware for your camera on your smartphone
  3. once downloaded, click “update” on your phone first and then “OK” on your camera
  4. you camera will ask you to connect via WiFi to your phone. Click “Connect” on your phone [in my video below you read “verbinden”, which is the German word for “connect”]
  5. once connected via Wifi, your phone will start to transfer the firmware file to your camera
  6. as soon as your camera has received the full file, it will automatically start with the firmware update [you don’t need your phone anymore once the firmware upgrade started on your camera]
  7. switch off the camera when the camera tells you to do so

It’s very easy, and for your convenience I have made a short video that shows the process down below.

Many are afraid that there could be issues due to network instability or what not. But don’t worry about that. You only need Wifi connection to quickly transfer the firmware file from your phone to the camera. The firmware update itself is performed by your camera independently only once it has received and saved the full firmware file from your smartphone to its own memory. So don’t be afraid of losing connection with the phone during the firmware update itself. Your camera is doing its stuff by its own at that point and the smartphone is not needed anymore.

Remember:

  • use a fully charged battery on your camera
  • updates are cumulative, so no matter what firmware update you currently have on your camera, you can right away update to the latest version (hence skip intermediate firmware updates)

Important Notice: Firmware Bug on Fujifilm X/GFX Cameras can Block Access to Files Saved on SD Cards (Fix Coming Shortly)

Press Release

Feb.2.2022 
FUJIFILM Corporation

FUJIFILM Corporation has identified a firmware incompatibility between specific X and GFX series cameras listed below. This incompatibility can result in macOS users being unable to directly access files if they were initially saved to SDXC memory cards in-camera.

To address this anomaly, Fujifilm is creating a firmware patch, which is expected to be available for free download by X Series and GFX System users soon.

In the interim, please review the following information carefully for further information and recommended next steps.

I. Firmware Incompatibility Overview

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Fujifilm GFX: One of 2021 Most Praised Systems Gets a Roundup – GFX100S Adventure Film, GF110/2 vs GF80/1.7, GFX50SII and More

The year is ending, the internet is flooded by “best and worst” articles and videos, and at some point of the ranking the Fujifilm GFX system always comes out on the very top positions.

It happened for example with DPRTV here (who gave tremendous praise to the Fujifilm GFX100S) and with BH Explora here, who ranked both, the GFX100S and the new GFX50SII in the top 10 mirrorless cameras list for 2021.

Now, nobody can predict the future in the long term. So if the GFX system will keep up rising or not remains an open question whose outcome will depend on many things.

But if we look back on how it all started with the GFX system and where the system is now, then we can surely say that Fujifilm has set some solid fundaments on which they could potentially build up something very special.

So, in order to honor the big GFX year that we just had, we celebrate today with a dedicated GFX roundup that you can find below.

GFX Gear Launched in 2021

GFX Roundup

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Black Friday is Over, but the Massive Fujifilm X/GFX Rebates Continue and New Topaz Deals

Black Friday is over, but not for us Fujifilm X and GFX shooters.

The deals are not many, but they are good, some of them really good.

The top 3 deals in my eyes are these ones:

The deals end on December 26, but note that the deal is not available for back orders. So it’s better to get yours as long as the gear is in stock.

Full List of Deals

Also, there is a new 25% discount on all TOPAZ products (Click here).

Fujifilm GFX100S and GFX100 Get Blackmagic RAW and New Features Guide for Firmware 1.20/4.10

Earlier today Fujifilm dropped a bunch of firmware updates, some more substantial, some just bug fixes. You can see the full list here.

The biggest changes come for the Fujifilm GFX100S and Fujifilm GFX100, which get Blackmagic RAW support.

This required Fujifilm to update the Owner’s manuals for those two cameras.

But there are firmware updates also for Fujifilm X-T4, X-T3, X-H1, X-T30, X-E4, X-Pro3, X100V, Fujifilm GFX50S and Fujifilm GFX50R. Make sure to check out all the details and download the latest firmware at our dedicated article here.

And even though I am not into video with my Fujifilm GFX100S, I will update my camera anyway, because who knows what Fujifilm fixed with that “fix of minor bugs” phrase. Sometimes they fix major bugs actually.

Don’t ask me why they do it. It’s a great news if Fujifilm fixes a major bug. No need to hide it behind a generic “minor bug fix” phrase.

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