Category Archives: Fuji

New patents from Fuji, Canon and Hoya

By PR admin | Published: April 20, 2011

FujiFilm filed a patent in Japan for a three layer image sensor with improved color reproduction and high sensitivity. In a recent Q&A session FujiFilm acknowledged that the sensor in the X100 is their own creation. The latest DxOMark test showed that the Fuji X100 sensor outperforms most of the DSLR cameras on the market today: Pentax K7, K-x […]

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Fuji X100 firmware v1.01 to be released on Thursday

By PR admin | Published: April 19, 2011

According to Brandon Remler, Fuji will release a new firmware v1.01 for the Fuji X100 camera on Thursday, April 21st, 2011. Few days ago, FujiFilm UK also hinted that a new firmware will be released this week. The second news is that FujiFilm USA will start shipping the X100 to dealers in the US next […]

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Fuji X100: new firmware and second shipment coming soon

By PR admin | Published: April 15, 2011

According to this email from Fujifilm UK, there should be a new X100 firmware released by the end of next week: “Sorry for the delay. We have just had confirmation that our office in Japan have been made aware of this as an issue and are looking into it as a matter of urgency. The […]

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DxOMark: Fuji X100 outperforms 4/3 sensors

By PR admin | Published: April 14, 2011

DxOMark published new test data today for the Fuji X100 camera (see review). Here is the comparison with the Olympus PEN EP2 and Panasonic GH2: See some more new DxOMark test data on NikonRumors.com.

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Fuji USA, where is the X100?

By PR admin | Published: April 14, 2011

Other countries have received and already sold out their first Fuji X100 shipment weeks ago. There is still no word on the availability in the US. What’s going Fuji USA? Where is the X100? An update would be nice. Thank you. Adorama and B&H will be closed for almost 10 days starting on April 18th, […]

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Rumors of Fuji X200 and X300 are already floating around

By PR admin | Published: April 6, 2011

Taken from this dpreview thread: “Have had my X100 for a week now … puts any of the 4/3 compacts out their to shame. Pretty sure they have a winner here…and Fuji has confirmed an X300 next year that will have interchangeable lenses.” “I’m in the pro photo supply biz…this is from Fuji. They have […]

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Todays news: Sigma DP2x, Fuji X100 and other updates

By PR admin | Published: March 28, 2011

No SD1 yet: today Sigma announced pricing and availability of the DP2x camera: the MSRP will be $800 and it should be available in stores in late April. The DP2x was was announced in February, 2011.  There is still no word on the 46MP Sigma SD1 DSLR camera. Back on track: FujiFilm Japan announced today that the production […]

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Fuji X100 camera review

By PR admin | Published: March 26, 2011

Dan is one of the lucky PhotoRumors readers who was able to purchase the Fuji X100 camera in Hong Kong. Since I have not received mine yet, I asked Dan to share his first impression of what appears to be the most anticipated camera of the year. You can follow Dan on twitter @ZDP189. Here […]

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How much does a FujiFilm X100 cost to a dealer?

By PR admin | Published: March 25, 2011

I received some information about the FujiFilm Finepix X100 cost to dealers in France where the selling price is 999€ ($1200 in the US). If you add the VAT (almost 20%) on top of 771€ for three X100 cameras, you will see that there is only 75€ profit left for the dealer:

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Prices of photo equipment go up, limited supply in upcoming months

By PR admin | Published: March 24, 2011

The price of some cameras and lenses produced in Japan has gone up since the earthquake in Japan (see Nikon for example). At the same time, supply is limited and will probably stay this way in the foreseeable future. Most of the factories are open in Japan, but things are still far from being normal. MSRP price and shortages are […]

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