The Viltrox AF 56mm f/1.7 first showed up on stores at the beginning of April here, but then it was removed from most of them until today, where it shows up again at Amazon here and BHphoto here.
Cinema rental house Old Fast Glass made a custom Fujifilm GFX100 II cinema camera. For now it’s for rental only but there are good chances there will be units for sale in future.
KEY FEATURES:
Nearly 65mm Format Sized Sensor
14+ Stops of Dynamic Range
12-Bit ProRes RAW recording: 8K Up to 30 fps, 4K Up to 60 fps
Dual Stainless Steel LPL / PL Combo Mount
Custom Aluminum Housing & Cage
ARRI BUD-1 Base Plate and Accessories
Gold Mount Battery Plate with Remote RS
3-Pin Fischer, 2-Pin LEMO, D-Tap Power Distro
3 x SDI and 2 x HDMI Outputs
4-Pin XLR AC Power Input
2 Cooling Fans
Down below is the announcement from their IG page as well as a video introduction made by CineD.
ANNOUNCEMENT
NEW GEAR! We are thrilled to announce the latest project from @old_fast_glass and @ofgcustoms – The OFG Customs 65.
With the release of the @fujifilmx_us GFX100 II, we knew we wanted to develop a camera system that would harness the full potential of this camera. It has one of the largest available sensors for cinematography approaching the size of the Alexa 65.
We modified the camera, and designed a new housing that completely integrates the camera, RAW Recorder, video/power distro, cooling system, cage, handle/EVF, and baseplate systems, ready for the demands of professional sets. We wanted to remove the mess of cables, rods, adapters, and messy builds that come with using compact mirrorless cameras. In short, we wanted you to pull the camera out of the case, attached a battery and lens, and you’re ready to shoot.
Why make a GFX100 II bigger? It’s already a capable, compact camera ready to shoot professional video. But we wanted the full size, “studio” version of the camera with more functionality. Now you can go into the field with an OFG Customs 65 as A-Cam, and take a couple standard GFX100 II as your B and C-Cams, and they will all give you the same gorgeous images, but in different form factors for different needs. The 65 is on sticks, dolly, crane, or handheld, while the stripped down GFX100 II can be on a gimbal, car mount, or even crash cam. And they will all be giving post production the same look, and the same codec, making both set and post production easier.
If you are curious to get first looks at the camera, we will be at NAB Sunday and Monday, Central Hall near the Fujililm exhibit. We hope to see you there! The camera is available now for rentals!
CineD is at the NAB show and has the GFX100II cinema camera covered on YouTube (see below)
Old Fast Glass says in the interview they would not have made the effort to make such a camera if it had only a full frame sensor. But when the GFX100II came out the specs where amazing and the sensor is much larger than full frame, so they decided they want to make it. They also love Fujifilm color science.
Old Fast Glass also said that Fujifilm was very excited about this project. It’s a win-win for both, as it validates their GFX camera for cinema use.
You can check out the full interview below as well as see the camera covered on the CineD website.
But a few days are enough for the Fujifilm X100VI to skyrocket instantly at the top best selling spot at Mapcamera in Japan (one of the largest retailers in Japan).
Mapcamera says that they sold all their units “instantly”, suspended orders and still don’t know when they will accept orders again.
Now the first batch of firmware updates has been released for the first cameras, and it includes autofocus improvements, touch to track AF in video, red frame indicator in video and more. All details below.
To see what else will come for which cameras in the near future, check out the dedicated article here.
Fujifilm has released firmware updates for Fujifilm GFX100II, Fujifilm X-H2S and the Fujifilm FT-XH file transmitter grip.
