Lensmate Thumbrest for Fujifilm X-T4

A few days ago, Lensmate has released the Lensmate Thumbrest for Fujifilm X-T4 cameras.

It will be available in black only, because “the X-T4 is the darker Silver (graphite) which is very difficult to match using our Anodizing process. So rather than have a Silver thumbrest that was a mis-match we thought it best to offer the X-T4 Thumbrest in Black only.”

FR-reader Peter already got his copy, and here is what he thinks about it:

I have the silver x-T4, and the black thumb grip fits perfectly and looks good. The thumb grip raises my hand position on the camera body, lets me rotate my wrist slightly back, opens my hand, and better positions my finger on the shutter button. I also added a soft-release button, which matches the new position of my finger. Overall, an excellent addition to a great camera.

You can find the new X-T4 lensmate thumbrest here.

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Focus On Glass: Fujinon XF 8-16mm F2.8 (no Cheating) and GF 30mm F3.5 Quick Development Insights

Fujifilm Spain has published very short videos about the Fujinon XF8-16mm F2.8 and the Fujinon GF30mm F3.5, that include some tidbits about its development, that I have extracted for you.

Both videos can be found below, along with a written summary.

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Meike Cinema Lenses for Fujifilm X: 25mm T2.2, 35mm T2.2, 50mm T2.2, 65mm T2.2, 85mm T2.2

You might remember the Duclos Veydra Mini Cinema Primes for Fujifilm X-Mount, launched back in 2017.

Well, Veydra went out of business in 2019, but out of that came the birth of the Meike cinema lenses. The Meike cinema primes have:

  • improved coating
  • improved optical and mechanical quality
  • significant increase in production quantity which lowered the cost of the lenses over the Veydra version
  • all cinema primes have a 77mm front thread and 80mm front diameter
  • they all have the same size and aproximately the same weight
  • these are dedicated true cinema lenses

The Meike cinema lenses are available for Fujifilm X mount a in:

They all cover Fujifilm X series cameras in super35 2K and 4K video recording modes.

Some of the Meike Cinema lenses can be found at AmazonUS here, BHphoto here and Adorama here and all of them at revarcine.com, official US distributor for Meike Cinema Primes.

IBIS Showdown 2020: Fujifilm X-T4 vs Panasonic GH5 vs Olympus E-M1 III vs Sony A6600

IMPORTANT UPDATE: X-T4 is with older firmware and not with firmware 1.02, as imaging resource told me.

Imaging Resource has compared the IBIS performance of the following 4 cameras:

It is unclear if the Fujifilm X-T4 was used with the very recent firmware 1.02, which hugely improved IBIS performance.

Down below you can find the video and a summary of the results.

In short: while MFT cameras still are the top, the Fujifilm X-T4 holds up surprisingly well, whereas the Sony falls clearly behind all of them.

IBIS Showdown (Video + Summary)

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