Category Archives: Fuji

Fuji’s upcoming mirrorless camera will be all black

Another leaked picture of the upcoming mirrorless interchangeable lens camera from Fuji (see more pictures here).

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What else is new?

Quick update on some interesting links from the last few days of 2012: Kodak agrees to sell its gelatin business to raise cash (source), loses third director in a week (source): “Kodak is selling the Eastman Gelatine business to Rousselot, a division of the Vion Food Group. Terms were not disclosed. Eastman Gelatine produces gelatin […]

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Japan patent update: vari-angle LCD screen from Olympus and organic sensor from Fujifilm

Olympus filed a patent in Japan (2011-259166) for a vari-angle LCD screen that can be flipped to pretty much any camera side/angle: In addition to the US patent for an organic sensor, Fujifilm filed a similar patent in Japan (2011-253861). Here are some more details from the Japanese patent application (Google translation):

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Better translation of the interviews with camera manufacturers about their future products

Here is a better translation of the key points from the interviews with several camera manufacturers about their future plans (thanks Erik): Olympus Working on a new mirrorless camera that is very “Olympus-like”, but not PEN. The viewfinder is the key. E-5 replacement is in the works. Canon Does a mirrorless camera really need exchangeable lenses? Can […]

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Panasonic, Sony and Fujifilm may acquire newly issued Olympus stock

Reuters reported that Olympus is going to issue new shares worth $1.28 billion (100 billion yen) in order to stabilize its finances after the recent reports of massive fraud inside the company. Panasonic, Sony and Fujifilm were listed as the companies interested to acquire portions of the shares:

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Recap of the Impress Japan interview with various camera manufacturers

A Xitek forum member translated he key points from the Impress Japan interviews with various camera manufacturers about their future plans – see previous post about Olympus, Pentax and Nikon (Google translation):

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Will Fuji buy Olympus?

It seems that Bloomberg gave an answer to my question from few weeks ago – apparently Fujifilm is considered as a possible buyer of Olympus: “Fujifilm, which makes equipment for medical scans, has been reported as a possible bidder for Japanese camera maker Olympus Corp. Yamamoto, who also is a board member at Fujifilm, declined to comment on a possible buyout of […]

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Fuji X10 to get a firmware update for “sensor blooming”

In their Fuji X10 test, when shooting at bright lights, Dpreview found “white discs” surrounding the light source that are caused by sensor blooming. Fujifilm promised a firmware update that will “lessen the effects of blooming”:

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You will be able to buy Fujifilm skin care products before their mirrorless camera

No, this is not a joke – Fujifilm just introduced its skin care/beauty product line: Fujifilm introduces Astalift skincare products to the European market — To be launched in France in February 2012 FUJIFILM Corporation (President and CEO: Shigetaka Komori) is introducing skincare products based on its proprietary technologies to the European market with a view […]

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Another Fuji LX10 mockup

This is just another mockup of the Fuji LX10 mirrorless interchangeable lens camera based on the previously leaked pictures. Source: jonkerburger

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