Category Archives: Fuji

Fuji X100: new firmware and second shipment coming soon

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

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?

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

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

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

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?

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

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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First FujiFilm X100 shipment arrives in the US, Canada and Australia

Fujiguys tweeted today that the first Fuji X100 shipment has landed in the US, Canada and Australia: The timing makes sense because B&H started taking X100 pre-orders three days ago and they usually  don’t release an item for sale unless there is a shipment on the way. B&H is currently sold out and are no longer taking pre-orders. Amazon is […]

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Update on the disaster in Japan

A week after the disaster in Japan, the situation does not look very good. Companies continue to issue warnings about halted production and damaged plants. Fortunately there has not been any life loss reported from the major photo equipment manufacturers. Those are the latest updates: B&H sent out the following email today to all Fujifilm FinePix X100 pre-orders: B&H […]

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