Category Archives: Fuji

Winner of the “Photographer’s Guide to the Fujifilm X10” book announced

By PR admin | Published: May 19, 2012

The winner of the “Photographer’s Guide to the Fujifilm X10” book giveaway is Alejandro Valderrama. Congratulations! If you did not win, the book can be purchased from Amazon US and Amazon UK.

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Fujifilm wide angle conversion lens WCL-X100 samples and pre-order options

By PR admin | Published: May 16, 2012

Fujifilm published several sample images taken with the new wide angle conversion lens WCL-X100 for X100 camera. Adorama is currently taking pre-orders for the silver and black WCL-X100 versions.

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Fujifilm announced a wide angle conversion lens WCL-X100 for the X100 camera

By PR admin | Published: May 15, 2012

Today Fujifilm announced a new 0.8x wide angle conversion lens WCL-X100 for the X100 camera which will transform the focal length to 28mm equivalent. The lens is available in silver and black (to match the black X100 limited edition): The price is $350 – very high considering that the Fuji X-Pro1 28mm equivalent lens cost $600. Update: Fujifilm […]

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: May 13, 2012

Adobe Creative Cloud is now live, here are the different pricing options: Canon filed a patent application in Japan for automatic tracking of celestial objects by shifting the sensor. Canon recently announced the EOS 60Da DSLR camera tailored for astronomy photography. Canon also filed a patent that will allow photographers to obscure some of the embedded EXIF data for privacy.

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Fujifilm’s 20% price increase on films now official in the USA

By PR admin | Published: May 1, 2012

The details about Fujifilm’s price increase on black and white, color negative, and color reversal films in the US are now official: 20% across the line starting from August 1st, 2012. If you still shoot film, stack up now from B&H or Adorama!

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New 35mm f/0.95 lens for Micro Fourth Thirds and Fuji X mounts

By PR admin | Published: May 1, 2012

There are several samples on xitek.com taken with a new 35mm f/0.925 lens from the Chinese manufacturer Shenyang Zhongyi. The lens is expected to be released with Micro Fourth Thirds and Fuji X mounts.

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“Photographer’s Guide to the Fujifilm X10” book giveaway

By PR admin | Published: April 26, 2012

It seems that Fujifilm has fixed the “sensor blooming” issue in the X10 camera – dpreview received a new X10 version that did not show any of the previously reported problems. Last month Fujifilm promised new sensors for current X10 owners. If you care about DxOMark scores, the Finepix X10 got one of the highest scores […]

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Fuji X-Pro1 firmware update v1.01 released for camera and lenses

By PR admin | Published: April 24, 2012

As previously reported, Fujifilm released firmware update v1.01 for the X-Pro1 mirrorless camera and lenses. Here is the list of changes:

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Fuji to increase the price of film on May 20th

By PR admin | Published: April 24, 2012

Starting May 2012 Fuji will raise the price of film. The price increase will be “substantial” and in some cases would be in the double digits. The impacted films are: color negative films, color reversal films, black and white films, and quick snap. Read the entire statement on fujifilm.com. You you are using Fuji film, you better stack […]

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Fuji to release a new firmware for the aperture chatter/clacking issue in the X-Pro1

By PR admin | Published: April 19, 2012

The Fuji Guys hinted on Twitter that a new firmware update for the X-Pro1 that will address the aperture chatter/clacking will be released soon. Now if only Adobe can add RAW support for the camera… Here is a video demonstrating the X-Pro1 aperture chatter/clacking issue:

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