TIPA awarded Nissin i40 Flash coming soon for Fujifilm X-series!

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Nissindigital announced here that the i40 Flash will soon be available also for the Fujifilm X-series…. well, maybe not really that soon, as some X-shooters over at dpreview said it will come in October.

The [shoplink 23919 ebay]Nissin i40 flash (specs&price)[/shoplink] is a new great super compact powerful and flexible flash with ergonomics of the [shoplink 23920 ebay]Fujifilm EF-X20[/shoplink]. It just won the TIPA Award 2014 for the“Best Portable Lighting System”.

“The small (3.35 x 2.4 x 3.35 inches) and lightweight (203g, without battery and soft box) Nissin i40 is available in models dedicated (TTL) to Canon, Nikon, Sony, Four thirds and Fujifilm models, and can cover a lens angle of view from 24-105mm, with additional coverage to 16mm with the supplied diffuser. The Guide Number is 40 at the 105mm setting (meters/ISO 100) and 27 at 35mm. An innovative LED illuminator sits where smaller fill flash modules were in the past, and the light can be used for both still and video recording with 9 steps of output. The i40 offers rear, front curtain and high-speed sync, wireless slave and can be swivelled up to 180 degrees right and left and 90 degrees vertical.”

Thanks again to FR-reader DIS (maker of the ultimate Kaizen firmware post here), for passing me this news.

Hooray! Fujifilm X-T1 body + kit and XF 56mm f/1.2 finally in stock NOW at AmazonUS!

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Hooray! The Fujifilm X-T1 body is in stock at AmazonUS here and the X-T1 with 18-55 lens is in stock at AmazonUS here.

Also the Fujinon XF 56mm f/1.2 is finally in stock at AmazonUS here (ships from and sold by Amazon). But for how long? Also this one is still out of stock at other stores.

Oh, and please, Fujifilm, I remember how long it take you to deliver the [shoplink 12883]X100S[/shoplink] and [shoplink 12892]XF 55-200[/shoplink]. You should have learned the lesson: times are over, when almost nobody bought Fuji cameras and lenses. The X-virus is deservedly spreading amongst photographers all over the world and you should organize your production and delivery accordingly to this quickly spreading infection ;-).

In Stock Check

Fuji X-T1: [shopcountry 21553] Fuji XF 56mm: [shopcountry 21554] Fuji XF 10-24mm: [shopcountry 20414]

The kit (limited number of 4) is available at top rated [shoplink 23927 ebay]ebayUS reseller kenmorecamera[/shoplink] [shoplink 23927 ebay]

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X-T1 with kit in stock also at Best Buy here (also selling  [shoplink 23908 ebay] via ebayUS[/shoplink])

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56mm, 10-24mm and X-T1 body in stock at ebayUS + Auction on X-T1 with 18-55 lens (few hours left)

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Top rated Plus ebayUS reseller kenmorecamera has the [shoplink 23746 ebay]XF 56mm in stock here[/shoplink] and the [shoplink 23747 ebay]XF 10-24 in stock here[/shoplink]. These lenses are still out of stock at the other major online retailers.

Another X-gear that is pretty hard to find at the moment: the X-T1. I could find the body available at [shoplink 23748 ebay]ebayUS here[/shoplink] (new and for normal price). It’s in stock also at Adorama.

The only X-T1 with the 18-55 kit lens I could find is now on auction at [shoplink 23749 ebay]ebayUS here[/shoplink] (now at $1,125.00). The auction runs for a few more hours. LIGHT LEAK: You should be aware that the serial number of this X-T1 is 41A02XXX. Fuji said that in the U.S. serial numbers 41A05201 or higher are safe and anything under that is possibly affected.

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