miXed zone: Fujifilm X30, XF18-135… and the “mirrorless revolution” (luminous-landscape)!

Fujifilm X30
USA:  BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / BestBuy / EUROPE: wexUK / wexDE / PCHstore 

-MUST READ: Rico Pfirstinger’s Fujifilm X30 FIRST LOOK here /  Small review of the Fujifilm X30 at neillsoden /

Switch to the X

 – From Fujifilm to Nikon: The $10,000 Question at danielkcheung. / the mirrorless revolution at luminous-landscape (video) /

KAIZEN

– On vertical mentality and everything at trentontalbot /

XF 18-135mm
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 – The Fuji Fujifilm Fujinon XF 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR with Fuji X-E2 at soundimageplus “The fact that it’s a superb lens optically is a real bonus. As I said others can do the tests, but I doubt anyone will have anything to complain about here. A superb lens and one that significantly enhances the Fuji X system as a whole.” / Full review at danbaileyphoto / Real world samples at dpreview /  Quick test of the 18-135 at the Japanese site camera.itmedia (translation) /

 Fujifilm X-T1
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– The X-T1 does Lightning at johncaz. / Fujifilm X-T1 images at patrickfurter. / Thousand miles with the X-T1 at tommorris. / The “Pentazhong Nocticon” in German at retrocameracs (translation). / Olympus v. Fuji v. Sony high ISO comparison at joshmcleodphotography. /  Striking Gold with the Fuji X-series at olafblog / Fuji X-T1 Review – Mirrorless in Brooklyn NYC at youtube /

X100S
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– J. Matt: “Thanks for this- your site has been helpful to me now and then as I shoot with both the X-Pro 1 & 100s. Site is below, not all shot w/ a Fuji but some of it for sure.
www.tinyshocks.com. ” /

 other X-series cameras

– Fujifilm X-PRO1: my experience at tommorris. / A Prospectus On The Leica M-9P vs. Fuji X-Pro1 at prometheus. / Fujifilm X100 and Street Photography at cannedhate. / One piece of equipment changed my life however: The Fuji X100 at inmybag / Exploring the city of Edinburgh: Thoughts about the Fujifilm X-E2 at mirrorlessons. / freelance photographer Vincenzo and his reportages around the globe, shot with a Fuji X-E1 (and he sold his Nikon) at one125 /

lenses

image courstesy: fujixperience-es (XF10-24 vs XF 14mm article)

– I stumbled on another interesting, Spanish, Fuji site, the fujixperience-es. The site has lots of reviews in of Fuji gear with amazing shots. For example, check out the 10-24 vs 14mm in Spanish at fuji-xperience.es (translation).

– Cambo produces a tilt/shift Mini View Camera for Fuji-X called Actus mini. Details here. / Yasuhara’s MADOKA fujifilm X mount here / 55-200: The Fujifilm X-Series goes Zoo! at lichtklicker. / 55-200: Newcastle Festival of Flight 2014 at davymac.photoshelter. / Fujifilm Fujinon XF 10-24 mm f/4R OIS review at lenstip / 10-24 review in Japanese at dcfever (translation) / Ibelux 40mm f/0.85 vs Canon FL 55mm f/1.2+Speed Booster at admiringlight / FULL REVIEW of the IBELUX at admiringlight /

 RAW-conversion

– Fujifilm X-E1 + Photo Ninja = Awesome at thomasfitzgeraldphotography /

Acessories

– Nauticam Announces Housing for the Fujifilm X-T1, more at divephotoguide /

a little bit of everything

– 6 gear hacks and freebies for concert photography at adamkingphoto /

X-Shooter Top Liked Facebook images… and “the importance of having instant preview in your camera to fulfill your vision!”

Straight out of camera

James Day‎: Fuji XT-1. 56mm 1.2 Lit by a neon light on the rooftop of a hotel here in Sydney. more here – www.facebook.com/jamesdayweddings

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No, my friends, no Photokina rumors today. Just… images ;-)

Here are the top voted images over at the FR-facebook photostream, shared by X-shooters worldwide. Check them out, and feel free to keep up voting. Also, if you want to share your absolute favorite shots too, here are the instructions: Go to the Fujirumors timeline, click “Photo/Video” and post your image and your comment. They will then be visible at the FR-facebook photostream.

The most liked ones will be featured in the next X-shooter Facebook zone.

Have a great weekend
Patrick facebook, google+, RSS-feed and twitter

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Stephanie Griffith‎: Recent shot of my Chocolate Lab asleep in the sunshine. Shot with my XT-1 and 27mm @f2.8 1/125

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Jorge Moro‎:  Tonight was another perfect night for shooting the night skies. Instead of driving the 20 minutes to the Marshall Point light, we drove for about 40 minutes to the Pemaquid light. Clear, star-filled sky. No moon. 64 degrees. No wind. Can’t ask for better weather to shoot the millions of stars and the Milky Way! This image: Fuji X-T1, Zeiss 12mm F2.8, 30 seconds, F2.8, ISO 1600, JPEG SOOC (haven’t even looked at the raw file). Added some contrast and clarity. Period.

Jorge Moro

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James Day‎: fujifilm x-t1, 56mm 1.2 more here: www.facebook.com/jamesdayweddings

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Announced: Samyang 50mm t/1.5 (f/1.4)

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Sorry, this news comes 2 days too late, but I suppose I was a bit distracted by the X30 rumors lately. So here is the news:

Samyang recently announced here the 50mm T1.5 (f/1.4). There is also the X-mount version of this lens, although it’s not dedicated mirrorless mount. The original lens is the DSLR version, but it supports almost 10 different mount, including Fuji-X

via dicahub

Here is the Samyang X-mount offering until now:

– 50mm t/1.5 (f/1.4) lens (announcement)
– 8mm f/2.8 UMC Fish-Eye II lens in Fujifilm X mount (Click here).
– 10mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS CS lens in Fujifilm X mount (Click here).
– 12mm f/2.0 NCS CS lens in Fujifilm X mount (Click here).
– 8mm T3.1 Cine UMC Fish-Eye II lens in Fujfilm X mount (Click here).
– Samyang 8mm (ver.1): Amazon.it, DigitalRev, eBay
– Samyang 300mm mirror lens: Amazon.it, DigitalRev, eBay
– Samyang 16mm f/2.0: Amazon.it, DigitalRev, eBay
– Samyang 85mm f/1.4: Amazon.it, DigitalRev, eBay
– Samyang 14mm f/2.8: Amazon.it, DigitalRev, eBay

BAD START & LOW SALES: Fujifilm X30

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It’s packed with a lot of great new features that make it, in many aspects, better than Fuji’s flagship, the [shoplink 21553]X-T1[/shoplink], it has many of all the firmware improvements we desired for other X-series cameras, it has the best JPEG engine of any X-series camera ever produced, it’s Fuji’s most sophisticated X-camera up to date, but..

… but it has an 2/3 sensor, which, apparently, is a deal breaker for many! Or maybe is it as Don suggested in the comments: “Nobody in their right mind would preorder a camera a few weeks before Photokina hits the camera market.”

Fujirumors recommends: Wait a bit… maybe we could soon have a nice price drop on Fuji’s most sophisticated camera up to date. And in the meantime, check out Rico’s First Look here (and understand why I say that it’s Fuji’s most sophisticated camera up to date).

But if you can’t wait, here is where you can pre-order it:

Fujifilm X30: USA: BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / BestBuy /   EUROPE: wexUK / wexDE / PCHstore /