by FXF member Harlem: early prototype of the Fuji-X-Loo-Series. More hilarious creations can be seen in this thread of the New Fuji X Forum
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It took me a while to finally publish this miXed zone, but we had a very busy rumor time here on FR. The X-T10, 90mm and a new firmware were announced… and of course the launch of the brand new Fuji X Forum.
So, before sharing the usual buntch of links in this miXed zone, I’ll make short recap of the most important news and rumors you should not have missed… and then, just push the “read more” button and you’ll have a lot to read & see this weekend ;).
X-pert Corner: X-T10 First Look + XF 90mmF2 First Look + Using Firmware 4
Share your eXperience at the FUJI-X-FORUM: The New Official FujiRumors Forum!
Why do (some) People Hate Fuji + X-lens wishlist
New Fuji Roadmap shows Release of Lenses Month By Month
Fujifilm is forging a Medium Format Camera
Dream Deal: Black Fujifilm X100T now $300 off (get it for $999)
Fuji X-T1 Super-Firmware Ver. 4.0 to download on June 18th
– – – X-Fun (It’s NOT what you think) – – –
KAIZEN
Fuji Keeps Giving Me A NEW Camera at luminous-landscape /
PRE-ORDERS
X-T10 (body + kit): USA: AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama EU: AmazonDE / AmazonUK / AmazonFR* / WexUK / Cameraworld / PCHstore / AUS: Camerapro
(*) pre-order available in any moment
XF 90mmF2 WR: USA: AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama EU: AmazonDE / AmazonUK / AmazonFR* / WexUK / Cameraworld / PCHstore* / AUS: Camerapro
(*) pre-order available in any moment
XF 16mm F1.4 WR
BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / EUROPE: WexUK / PCHstore
Real World Samples at dpreview / Review at bokeh-monster / First Impressions at thephoblographer / Review at mapcamera (translation) / First Impressions at bccamera /
X100/S/T + TCL/WCL
Stockografie, the X100T and Marrakesh at stockografie + images on Flickr /
X-PRO1 + X100S Paris Engagement Photographer, Monique and Paul at vopoku / Tokyo Color with the Fuji x100T Part1 at shootlighter and Streets of Okinawa with the Fuji x100T at shootlighter / X100T, X-T1, 35 and 56 – DAY 1 ELIA at k-pture & DAY 2, MELISSA at k-pture / Tokyo Color with the Fuji x100T Part 2 at shootlighter, Part 3 at shootlighter / The Fuji X100S And Other Topics at photo.rwboyer & Fuji X100 series thoughts at photo.rwboyer / Hong Kong Architecture After dark at 3ps.photo / X100s: The DSLR, I’m Never Going Back! at richhelmer and Walking the streets of Florence, Arizona at richhelmer /The Fuji X100T Through My Eyes – Thoughts After Three Months at ingusphotography / Fujifilm X100T Review: Your Best Friend with a Lens at PetaPixel / Fujifilm X100T Review at shukurjahar / X100S: Making the best of what you’ve got at the-edge / Thoughts on portraiture: a morning with Bridget (and the Fuji X100s) at effeleven / An Australian Autumn with the FujiFilm XT-1 and X100S at caveiraphotography / X100S: My Black’n’White settings for FujiFilm Cameras at streetpeople /
Fujifilm X-T1 + Graphite X-T1
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“If no other camera can convince you to sip the Nikon D7200, maybe the X-T1 one can” Nikon D7200 vs Fuji X-T1 at cameradebate / Review: Fujifilm X-T1 and The Street Cat Project at akihabaranews / X-T1 review at Share Inspire Create (SIC) youtube channel / Streets of Nice with X-T1 & X-PRO1 at gaborimages / Time to move on at lichtscheu / Fujifilm X-T1 Astrophotography Review at lonelyspeck / Fuji X-T1 Review, 4 Reason I am not purchasing at alanmatthewsphotography / Finding a Lighter Camera at completedigitalphotography / Fontaines de la Concorde at macleancomms / Modifying an X-T1 at shuttercount / X-T1 review at vladbusuioc / Fuji X-T1 with a handful of Fuji XF lenses — all that’s needed for available light, lifestyle photography at tomgrill / A magazine photoshoot with the Fujifilm X-T1 at ksgphotography / X-T1 at epic traditional Sardinian wedding at weddings.5p2p / X-T1 review at epicmirrorless / Fuji X-Ploits; The X-T1 Will Now Be My Primary Camera at thewanderinglensman / (got the) FUJI X-T1 SG …. 15 months later at hmeye /
other X-series cameras
image courtesy: craiglitten.com
Fuji gear is pro grade and can be used to produce paid work 100%. Craig Litten’s Shot, taken with the X-PRO1 and 35mm, is the main featured photo on British pro golfer Luke Donald’s website. You can read more about it on Craig Litten’s blog craiglitten.com.
Spanish XQ2 test at fuji-xperience (translation) / X-E2 11 Days in Sri Lanka at thomasdlh.exposure / Fujifilm X-A2 Review with XC16-50mm II Kit Lens at photoxels / The Fuji X-E2: Quirky little monster at gallerylefey / Fujifilm X M1 going to Indonesia – Testing the Fuji X M1 during my trip at wagner.photography / Fujifilm X-A2 First Shots at imaging-resource / Fujifilm X-A2: Excellent entry-level mirrorless camera at straitstimes / X-E1 + 18-55 Life another way at flintmag / Adventures in Nice, with the Fuji X-E1 at thomasfitzgeraldphotography / X-A2 review at photolife / XQ2 review at mirrorlessons / Classic Fujifilm for the fledging photographer – The Fujifilm X-A2 Review at mirrorlessons / XQ2 review at ephotozine / The Fujifilm X-Pro1 for Street Photography at streethunters /
Fujifilm X30 does Rock ‘n Roll – a different review at jonasraskphotography
X-mount lenses
16-55mm: Happy times and a teary bride at Wethele Manor in Warwickshire at dcphotographic / Wonderful Model Estelle captured with the 56mm and 23mm at mimsy / Fujinon 27mm, UK Holiday Hero at photo.stjeanm / Testing The Fuji XF 16-55mm in Havana at luminous-landscape / Tested! Fujifilm XF 16-55mm f2.8 at mikemander / 16-55 review at mirrorlessons / 16-55: The devil is in the details at patricemichellon / Sony Zeiss FE 35mm f1.4 vs. Fuji XF 23mm f1.4 at admiringlight / Fuji 56mm F1.2R a perfect lens for portraits and lifestyle at aboutphotography-tomgrill / XF 23mm Review at colinnichollsphotography / Fujinon XF 56mm f1.2 R Lens Review at alikgriffin /
other lenses / Adapter / Extension Tubes
Macro photographs with the Zeiss Touit 50mm f/2.8 lens on a Fuji X-T1 at aboutphotography-tomgrill / Fuji and Sigma 600mm f8 at miksmedia /
Travel X / Switch to the X
Traveling with Fuji at littlebigtravelingcamera / Why I switched from DSLR to Fuji Mirrorless by Kevin Mullins at inmybag/
RAW-converters
Taming the Beast ! X-Trans RAW, Part 2 at hendriximages… and in case you missed it, here is Part 1 / Finding Your Look – Post Processing with Fuji X at petetakespictures /
Acessories / Flash / Adapter / Extension Tubes
Review of the Lensmate Thumb Grip for the X-T1 and Lolumina soft-release kit at mirrorlessminutes / Using the Fujifilm X-T1 with off camera flash at deanmartinphotography /
a bit of everything
Fuji X-E1 Infrared 2 in German at hollys-bilderwelt (translation) / Review: Eyefi Mobi Pro 32 GB wireless SD card at morethanwordsphoto / Fuji gear for rent at Dutch store Cameratools /
FEATURES /FIRMWARE WISHLIST
18 Responses
I am awaiting AF updates to x100T to make it on par with xt1 and x10t. Would love the eye focus thing and better continuos AF.
There’s probably an actual hardware issue there, rather than anything which could be updated with firmware. The focusing of the X100 cameras, both in terms of software and hardware, is fairly different from the way the X-T1 and X-T10 work. Firmware isn’t some magic wand that can retrofit different components into a camera.
Considering the X100T is newer than the X-T1 it would be extremely weird if the former had worse or older AF hardware. What are you referring to, the lens hardware?
Mostly. It’s all focus-by-wire, but the way it’s set up in the X100 bodies is more vague than with the T1; older lens design and the tech of the X100 bodies hasn’t actually changed that much since the original.
If you’ve used both, you’ve probably noticed the sheer lag and noise of the X100’s focusing, whether manual or auto, compared to focusing any of the newer XF lenses on a T1. The design of the X100/S/T’s lens is that bit older, the lens and body don’t communicate with each other quite as well… firmware might be able to improve it a little bit, but it’s not going to suddenly work like the 23mm f/1.4 does on the X-T1 or X-T10. The X100 lens design is five years old. They might be able to get the X100T up to the speed of the 35mm f/1.4 on an X-T1, but the newer lenses on the X-T1 are always going to be that bit faster and more accurate again.
The tracking modes might be able to be wedged into the X100T somehow, but really, I imagine it will be the X100U that actually sees a noticable improvement in AF speed and accuracy, and better support for tracking. That lens design needs an update.
I am awaiting to have the option to convert the files to 16-bit TIFF using the in-camera converter. If they don’t provide that option with the X-Pro 2 (or their own bare-bones raw converter), despite how much I love shooting with my X-Pro 1, it will be a consideration when I make the decision whether to invest further in Fuji gear.
They make very nice cameras (the best designed digital cameras, in my opinion) and lenses. But, they continue to ignore the need for their own raw converter with the ability to convert to a lossless file format. Sadly, I don’t think they are even considering it, which is likely due to poor advise from some of their advisors, who perhaps tell them that even Lightroom/Photoshop (which are very poor) are sufficient.
I do not understand why you would want the camera to provide you with 16-bit TIFF files when it already provides you the RAW files.
Some more device-independent format like DNG would be a nice compromise too.
At least some with proper demosaicing of the xtrans data. This would open up a myriad of possible editing tools.
I shoot in RAW file format, but use the in-camera converter, as I mentioned. The in-camera converter with minor further adjustments in Capture One/Photoshop produce the best results, from my experience. Since Fuji knows the precise algorithm for demosaicing the RAW file, it is better to convert the files to 16-bit TIFF files using Fuji’s raw conversion algorithm. Capture One and Iridient Developer do an alright job, but not as good as Fuji’s converter, which is unfortunately limited to converting the files to lossy Jpegs, which is not optimal.
Basically the same reason why Sigma provided its own raw converter for their unique files.
You’ve got an unbelievable amount of spare time on your hands.
Actually, it takes no longer than 3 – 5 minutes to finish processing a photo in general. It is actually very efficient.
Here are a few shots that I have recently edited using that method of converting my X-Pro 1 files:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/55594432@N03/17030214620/in/dateposted/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/55594432@N03/17106837642/in/dateposted/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/55594432@N03/16512946422/in/dateposted/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/55594432@N03/16351755590/in/dateposted/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/55594432@N03/16319871659/in/photostream/
In my opinion, that is not FUJIFILM’s problem, but rather Adobe’s and other third-parties’ problem. In my opinion, it is unreasonable to expect FUJIFILM to fix third-party software. Canon and Nikon are well supported by third-party software, so maybe that would be a better option for gear in my opinion.
Nice photos (posted below), but in my opinion I cannot see the difference between those (that were RAW processed) and my own in-camera Classic Chrome JPEG’s.
I don’t get the Fuji-X-Loo joke ..
Neither do I. My guess is, perception of such jokes somehow depends on a level of potty training.
As if Fuji would make some crappy lens…
The program of upgrading the firmware is called kaizen became a bluff. It is now clear that fuji use the kaizen only to promote new products. Initially it began as a program of customer loyalty. For me not will invest more money in material fuji until the kaizen again become kaizen! I wait for the new firmware to X100S
X-T10 tops the “most popular” list right now, but that’s pretty typical for any new cool gadget. “Highest rated” is no surprise either, always spec-based. But the “most wanted” list, interestingly, still has the very same king of the hill. Kinda odd for the site that’s totally measurebation-centric.
Come on, guys. Samsung is doing the same with even a faster pace!