A few months ago, there was an anonymous source with nick name, who shared a correct rumor about the X-T1 with us (SRP = source right in the past). This source just wrote me for the second time and told us that Fuji will launch a new Film Simulation called „Classic Chrome“.
That’s all the source said. So for now… take it with… a grain of salt.
If true, I think we will see this film simulation coming with the X30 and X100T… and maybe it could also be one of the features introduced in the rumored upcoming X-T1 firmware update. But that’s just my personal guess for now, so DO NOT take it as a rumor from a FR-source.
Oh, and feel free to share this rumor whereever you want, just make the courtesy to quote the source and to put a link back to FR. I have nothing against it to be quoted 😉
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P.S.: And in case you just came back from holidays and didn’t read FR in the last weeks, then here is a little rumor roundup and reliability rating for you. Also a rumor check-up of 2014, which will have a big update after photokina I suppose.
HIGH RATING
– X-T1 new firmware update is coming (posted August 15)
– X30 with 2/3 sensor
– X30 with EVF
– X30 EVF specs: same magnification of X-E2, same resolution of X-T1/X-E2
– X100T successor of X100S
– XF 120-400
– X-PRO2 with APS-C sensor
– No more X-PRO1S, all R&D placed into the X-PRO2
– X30 coming in summer (so there is time until September 20)
MEDIUM RATING
– “Classic Chrome“: Fuji’s new film simulation
– X30 lens: 28-112mm f/2-2.8 (same as X20)… but with dual ring!
– Nissin i40: first lot of flashes available early September (the actual availability date will be various between countries, so in some countries it could come a little later)
– XF 35mm MKII (As Fuji has first to complete its lens lineup, it could take a while before the 35 MKII hits the market… and Fuji can change plans in any moment regarding this lens.) PLEASE NOTE: This rumor was not reported accurately by other sites (as petapixel and mirrorlessrumors). They quote FR, but say that the lens is “coming soon”. Which I never said. None of my sources ever told me a release date. In fact I said on May 5th: “I do not know when it will be launched nor which improvements we can expect, but, as you may guess, I’m restlessly working on it.”
– Faster AF for the 35mm MKII (This rumor is separated from the first 35MKII rumor, as it comes from another source and was posted in another article)
– X200 with 24MP, tilt screen, improved AF and wider detection area (Medium rating as I think that some, but not all the specs will be correct. The name has changed almost for sure to X100T).
– Button Upgrade for the early produced X-T1′s with mushy buttons.
– X-PRO2 available in 2015
LOW RATING
– X30 Battery: more than 400 shots with one battery and USB-charging (AS)
– Fujifilm will launch three non-interchangeable lens X-cameras within this winter (winter 2014/2015)
– Sigma X-mount coming at photokina
– Medium Format Fuji (there are several anonymous sources telling me that this rumor is wrong. But I will post an update only when a trusted source speaks. And if they say, as to expect, that it is not correct, I’ll move it into the “wrong rumors” list)
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2014 rumor check
NOTE: You will see for example some X-T1 rumors (and others) listed sepratately. This is due the fact that there was, for example, a source telling me of a tilt screen, while another told me at a different time about the price and so on.
It’s fair towards my sources not to put everything together in the same pot and simply say “X-T1″, as every rumor listed here comes from a different source and was posted in different articles and could have been right or wrong.
Obviously the same goes for the wrong rumors. I don’t simply say “18-135 announcement”, but shared all 3 wrong release dates separately, so that they result as 3 errors and not as one (although Fuji originally really planed to release it togther with the X-T1 in February… but what was correct at the time of sharing, is wrong because Fuji changed plans afterwards).
CORRECT RUMORS IN 2014
– XF lens deals coming tomorrow (August 10): discount on some XF lenses : : XF 27mm will drop from $449 to $299!
– X-T1 bundle deal starting 3rd of August (with free vertical grip and spare battery)
– XF 90mm f/2
– XF16mm f/1.4
– XF 18-135 coming June 16th
– X-E2 deal
– X-E2 firmware update with X-T1 EVF refresh rate coming soon (correct, it came a few days later)
– TCL-X100 will be out end of May (correct. It’s available since then in Japan, now also in Europe. Still out of stock in USA)
– TCL-X100 will cost €250 and be a bit cheaper than the WCL (correct. AmazonDE sells the silver version for €249, while the discounted WCL still costs €269)
– TCL-X100 will cost $350/400 (correct, it costs $350 at Bhphot & Co)
– TCL-X100 coming second half of April (correct, announced April 22)
– Lightroom 5.4 coming next week
– February/March lens deals with confidential Fuji document
– With the next update, Adobe will support X-Trans film simulation
– X30 won’t come in February/March as rumored by digicame-info
– Image and size comparison of the 10-24 with a protype 18-135 (real image)
– XF 16-55 and 50-140 will be weather sealed
– X-T1 announcement in January 28th at 4:30 AM London Time
– Improved WiFi for the X-T1
– UHS-II SD card slot, but no double SD-card slot + 8fps with AF tracking (Fuji originally planed a dual SD-card slot. When the first X-T1 image leaked here on FR, it even looked like a dual SD-card slot, but the Japanese source said it has just a single SD-card slot)
– X-T1 will cost $1300 / €1200
– First images of a prototype X-T1
– Firmware update for Zeiss will add PDAF support
– Tilt screen for the X-T1
– The name of the weather sealed X will be X-T1
– X-T1 will have the best EVF on the market
– black X100S will have a retail price of about £1000, about the same as silver version (the final retail price in UK is RRP £1099.99 for the black and £1049 for the silver version, according to wexUK. But now both are sold cheaper).
– XF56mm announcement at January 6th
– black X100S will be the only “new” X-camera presented at CES
WRONG RUMORS IN 2014
– X-T1P release with 4K viewfinder in July [An upgrade (or special/limited edition) is possible, but not in July.]
– XF 18-135 announcement on Memorial Day. NOTE: I excluded the rumor of an 18-135 f/3.5-4.8, as this was a typo by Fujifilm at the CP+ (see this image), and I just reported about it.
– XF 18-135 will come in May
– XF 18-135 in stores in February
– X-PRO2 with FF sensor (wrong, and corrected a few weeks later by a trusted source… and who knows if Fuji will change plans again)
28 Responses
Sounds a lot like Kodachrome.
Yeah but what one K2 was nice as was K200 then K25 then K64. But this isn’t film so it can be tweaked! Loving my FUJI.
How do you know that it resembles Kodachrome?
I hope Adobe adds the new one to LR as well. The profiles there are quite nice.
Except the ProNeg profiles are unfortunately still not available for the X100. I’d love to see Adobe offer all profiles for all X series models. Technically, there shouldn’t be any issues preventing that.
Older Fuji digital cameras had “Standard” and “Chrome” settings.
I had an F20 back in the day. There is a mention here: http://www.digicamhelp.com/camera-logs/fujifilm-f20/fujifilm-standard-or-chrome/
With this, Fuji needs to add the ability to convert the files to 16-bit TIFF in-camera. So, we can get the most out of the files using the film simulations.
I am sorry, but Adobe doesn’t cut it – it has always done a poor job with converting files, and that is not just Fuji files. If we could use Adobe’s film simulations with already converted TIFF files, that would be useful – could use Capture One, iridient, or Photo Ninja (whichever is the best for converting the files) to still make use of colours similar to Fuji’s film simulations…still not as good as Fuji’s, in my opinion.
I sent a few month ago a message to Fuji with wish of upgrade to convert files to 16-bit TIFF in-camera RAW converter to have original Fuji colours and film simulations. It would be a big and great supprice If Fuji would add this ability.
Totally agree…I don’t understand why they continue to sleep on this.
I wonder if is memory buffer constraint issue, or processing speed issue. I shoot TIFF for years in Nikon, but write time for TIFF was always long.
16-bit TIFF file would probably be 95MB, so slow speed witting file for sure. But I will exept it, TIFF conversion in-camera would let many users to omite any outer RAW converter and get perfect coulurs of Fuji film simulations on large files where big prints are needed. Little touch in Photo Shop and you get TIFF image that has Fuji colours that I like much more than these made by other cameras and RAW converters.
Has anyone any examples or ideas of what a Classic Chrome film simulation could possibly look like? Thanks!
Velvia simulation shows up as “Fujichrome” in EXIF. Any relationship?
Fujichrome has been a long time nomination for this film type. See http://www.fujifilm.com/products/professional_films/color_reversalfilms/velvia_50/
Classic Chrome could be anything and everything. It could be a harder B&W version like the Neopan Film, another Color option (but which this could be I don’t know because I see all variations largely covered). I don’t know if they are going to make some kind of cross process simulation to screw the color a little bit… Personally I’d wish for a harder B&W preset that handles like a Neopan as even the standard B&W preset with hard highlights and shadows doesn’t give me the same feel. It is somewhere near and maybe Fuji will get this sorted.
Neopan isn’t a chrome film, it’s a negative film. Why does anyone case about film simulation modes anyway, that’s what photoshop is for if you want that look. Neopan is easy enough to recreate, or at least neopan in d76 is. try Exposure by AlienSkin if you want to copy film.
I really don’t care about new film simulations…
No need to be innovative with film simulations, there is so much to improve/innovate elsewhere.
To be hnoest, I shoot raw and use LR, but most of the time I do not even use Fuji film simulation. The adobe default one is often better for me (at least for my taste).
+1. F.i. – why don’t collaborate with all major RAW-developpers to achieve at last a 100% perfect demosaïcing of the X-trans CFA, after +2 years nothing less than a obligation to the market? And on FW update-less concepts – cameras that work first time right?
+1!!! Fix bugs and limitations first, like real/correct adobe support for X-Transv (compare details against photoninja for example), change focus area size on manual focus mode, fix continuous focus on manual mode (using AF-L set to continuous akas back button focus), allow >30 sec on fuji mobile app, etc… before adding “instagram filters, facebook tagging, cat stickers on pics, or other cheap gimmicks”
I always find my choices in the US famous company
i would think a big part of that is on adobe’s side.
Well, I suppose that’s now the problem, not only for Adobe, for all RAW conversion software. If Fuji & the according developers stay in their own little corner stating it’s the other one’s problem, nothing will change. And it will eventually keep (professional) people away from buying Fuji, of course, they’re 100% right, if I had well understood this technical issue well in advance, I’d never gone Fuji. Every manufacturer can deploy CFAs that are impossible to support without the original ‘geniuses’ around the table. Precisely that might be a major differentiator with Nikon and Canon – the fact they only go for proven solutions that won’t ever harm the workflow (In theory 😉 ) .
Film simulation is not applied to shooting in RAF. Film simulation is JPG only.
Fuji won’t fake Kodak’s colors (sadly) ’cause they produce their own films. Better AF in low light, that’s all I want.
Fuji used to release a special chrome film for the cherry blossom season called fortis sp which was japan only and very saturated.
That would be nice, but it is unlikely. I imagine it would be the pre-astia Fujichrome, but it would be nice if fortia.
Fortia sp = the film name . Autocorrect changed it to fortis . Sorry.
I’m so happy that Fuji continues developing new film simulations! Personally I hate PP. I try to keep it minimal, and Film Simulations are very helpful! I’m so exited about this new one… I wish it has very, very real film feel in it. Bold colors, I hope so!
If it’s something like Fortia SP, I’ll be VERY happy…