Look Inside the Factory: Manufacturing Story of Fuji X-T10 + Reviews at The Verge, ePhotoZine and more!

Take a look inside the factory, and see how the Fujifilm X-T10 is made here on youtube.

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MUST READ Rico’s X-T10 First Look / First Impressions at admiringlight / Japanese comparison between the X-T10 Vs. GM5 and more at ascii (translation) / Review: Fujifilm X-T10 is Like a Smaller and Friendlier X-T1 at petapixel / Review at amateurphotographer / Review at photoxels / Jonas Rask about the X-T10 at fujifilm-xt10 / Fujifilm X-T10 Full Review at ephotozine / Fujifilm X-T10 review at theverge /

“Sharper than Japanese Steel […] it will leave the most pedantic pixel peepers speechless” XF 90mmF2 WR review at bokeh-monster!

XF90mmF2 WR
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The XF90mmF2 WR will soon fall into the hands of many X-shooters… and it might make them very very happy, since it is probably the best Fujinon lens so far… at least that’s the impression of those, who already had the chance to play with it, like Rico in his First Look and PhilippeVdp here.

Also bokeh-monster is blown away by the IQ of the XF 90mm.

“Bokeh quality and contrast sit somewhere between the standard 56mm lens and the 56mm APD.

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The 90mm is sharp! Wide open, stopped down, flared, focused close or far, no matter how you use this lens it will leave even the most pedantic pixel perve speechless. So now comes the age old question, the one which has been bugging us since we started writing up this post: should you buy one?

If you are a prime lens photographer like us, no question about it. It is the best telephoto lens currently available and will be for quite some time.”

image courtesy: bokeh-monster

“KAIZEN Rocks Yet Again!” Fujifilm X-T1 FW 4.0 Tests, Special Fuji Site about the New AF System + 3 IMPORTANT TIPS!

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Finally, the X-T1 Firmware 4.0 is out and ready to be downloaded here.

X-shooters are now testing their new X-T1 and share their findings on the Fuji X Forum. Here are some of the threads dedicated to the new Firmware

X-T1 Firmware 4.0 ! First Reviews of the FXF community… including VIDEO (in Italian) comparing XF 35mm old Firmware Vs. New Firmware 4.0 shared by FXF member Wabisabiphotography – From minute 0:40 to 1:40 AF speed with old Firmware. Starting from minute 4:10 with the New Firmware
FW 4.0 Continuous focus test with horribly backlit subject
New AF zones explained – with link to Fuji’s Special site dedicated to the new AF-system

New Fuji X-T1  FW 4 Features Guide (PDF)

Also Rico continues his FW 4 testings. This time with the XF 90mm (specs&price). 100% hit rate using CDAF only! Impressive… See his test on Flickr.

Fujifilm X-T1 Firmware V4 review at prophotonut / X-T1 Firmware 4.0 (BETA): AF-C + Zone mode = WOW!! at fujiboys / X-T1 Autofocus Test on Puffin Island at macleancomms / A week with the FujiFilm X-T10 and Firmware 4.0 – A Significant Evolution in the X-Series at caveiraphotography /

A few tips to make the best our of the new AF tracking system:

– Enable Mechanical Shutter (MS) only. The camera won’t focus between each shot (CL or CH) if MS+ES (electronic shutter) is enabled.
– Turn Off face detection to enable PDAF
– High Performance Mode ON

“We Are Impressed! Amazing Results”: Fuji X-T1 4.0 Vs. Fuji X-T1 1.0 – TheCameraStoreTV ** VIDEO **

Firmware 4.0 is coming tomorrow (finally!), so stay tuned on FR and feel free to share your initial thoughts here on FujiRumors and on the Fuji X Forum. You can find fellow X-shooters’ feedback testing the Beta FW in this thread.

For my own humble tracking test (following my dog), check out this article.

Now, Chris from TheCameraStoreTV tested the new X-T1 FW 4.0 and compared it to the old FW 1.0.

The results are pretty amazing, we are impressed. Looking at the original version X-T1 we actually had a very low hit rate to get sharp photos [admin: in tracking mode]. But the modern Firmware 4.0… every shot was bang on, we had very few missed. We noted that it hesitated less, predicted better, follows subjects especially when they are coming right at the camera, very very impressive

After the inital test of the new Firmware, you can listen to a very interesting “Firmware Talk” between Chris and Jordan. See it here.

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