Today we are going to tell you the story of Paul, who sold all his Canon R gear for Fujifilm X.
So what motivated him to switch? You can see his videos and read a summary down below.
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Steelsring is launching the Steelsring EF/GFX PRO Edition smart autofocus adapter. In addition to the multifunctional button there is also an aperture ring with A/C switch like we find it on Fujinon GF lenses.
FUJI Lens Mode Switch Simulation
FUJIFILM GF lens support mode C (Aperture priority by camera command dial) , mode A (Programming auto mode by camera) and Aperture dial mode.
For Steelsring EF/GF I/II/III adapters, with the help of short click of adapter’s MFB (multi-function button), it is able to simulate the mode switch simulation between C and A modes. initial mode simulation is mode C.
For PRO edition, with the add-on control ring in aperture body, it is possible to simulate an aperture dial too, the mode will cycle in C->A->Aperture Dial for PRO edition via short click of MFB, initial mode simulation for PRO edition is aperture dial instead of C for I/II/III adapters.
Lens mode switch simulation works always, is not relevant to adapter’s working mode as Adapter or GF lens simulation.
About MFB（multi-function button)
About Manual Focus Ring (PRO edition only, not available for I/II/III adapters)
When lens mode switch simulation is in C or A mode, aperture control is done via camera body dial, then we use the control ring to simulate a manual focus ring, it is more like power focusing of curtain EF lenses. To be effective, lens body AF/MF mode switch must be set to AF, and camera body focus mode dial set to MF. Turning control ring, it will activate camera’s MF assistant automatically.
About Automatic Focus Bracketing (PRO edition only, not available for I/II/III adapters)
When PRO adapter’s control ring can function as manual focus ring, it is able to set the begin and end positions of auto focusing bracketing depth now. So before entering Auto Focusing bracketing setting in camera body menus, please make sure adapter’s lens mode switch simulation is in C or A mode, and set Lens body AF/MF mode to AF, then turn the adapter’s control ring to set the position accordingly. Please do not turn lens body’s manual focus ring, it is useless because lens won’t report any distance change after focusing position changed, but FUJI’s algorithm need that value.
After finishing automatic focus bracketing positioning setting, control ring can be set to aperture dial simulation again.
You can read more at the Steelsring page here.
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Fringer has released firmware 2.10 for the Fringer EF-FX Pro II and Fringer EF-FX II smart autofocus adapters.
Main improvements include:
Version 2.10
Please download firmware file and release notes from official website and update your adapter according to the instructions in the release notes or user’s manual.
Meanwhile, Fringer also released a new firmware (v3.50) for the old generation of EF-FX Pro and EF-FX. Duo to the resource limitations, new lens data are not added. But those bug fixes are included. Please refer to the descriptions on the official website for more details.
A couple of days ago we have share the market share for the entire digital camera market and we saw that Fujifilm is 4th. We also saw that only Fujifilm, Sony and Canon where able to gain some market share.
Now SonyAlphaRumors spotted a Financial Times article, where we can see the data for mirrorless cameras market share in 2020.
As usual, the data is provided by Techno System Research, a major marketing research company located in Japan.
We can see that, just as in 2019, Fujifilm is third in the mirrorless camera market share, followed by Olympus, Nikon and Panasonic.
Compared to 2019:
Fujifilm is substantially stable with about the same market share of 2019 and still 5% ahead of Nikon.
Sony lost most in terms of market share (-7%). The big winner is Canon, who gained about 6%.
Nikon is on the 4th position.
The dead Olympus has still more market share than Panasonic, who went all-in with full frame mirrorless.
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Fringer has released firmware 2.00 for the Fringer EF-FX Pro II and Fringer EF-FX II smart autofocus adapters, which fixes some issues that have been bothering the Fringer adapters for a long time.
Full details below:
