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Vietnam Travel — Hanoi / Sapa / Halong (filmed with X-T2) at zackhedelic

My Travel X Switch Story & More

Many years ago, I was hiking for a few days, alone, from Albania to Montenegro, crossing the spectacular, wild and remote Albanian Alps starting from the fascinating Koman lake, crossing the rural (and electricity-less) villages of Valbona and Theth and then all the way to Gusinje.

I warmly recommend you this trip. Albania is probably the most underestimated travel destination ever in Europe (and one of the cheapest, too). Great sea in the South, majestic mountains in the North. Go there, you will love it.

Anyway…. it was a hard walk. I slept in my tent on high passes, walked up to 9 hours a day, ate food some kind shepherds gave me… and along all the way I carried my heavy Canon gear with me.

One day I woke up on a mountain peak between Valbona and Theth. I left my tent to admire the sunrise in absolute peace. And thinking at all the way I still had to go with all the Canon gear, I took a decision: from now on I’ll travel light!

When I arrived back home I started looking at mirrorless cameras and bought the [shoplink 44354 ebay]Olympus Pen E-P1[/shoplink]… the first of a long series of mirrorless cameras, until I finally stumbled on the Fujifilm X-series.

And that was it… that was love… a love I needed to share via FujiRumors.com :)

So yes, for me, it was all about size/weight, when I decided to switch to mirrorless…. and Fujifilm’s APS-C line just hit the sweet spot between image quality, size, ergonomics and aesthetics.

Remembering all this, I’d like to dedicate a special roundup to those of you guys, who also chose Fujifilm as their favorite travel gear. I hope you will enjoy the stories and the images down below as much as I did :)

  • 25 Countries in 18 Months with the at 5050travelog
  • A photographic trip through Italy at alessandromichelazzi.com Part 1 and Part 2
  • Is X-Pro 2 the perfect camera for travel photography? X-pro 2 complete field test in Sri Lanka in French at cyrilbezzina (translation)
  • With Fujifilm on the road… at peterpoete
  • Traveling With The Fujifilm X-T1 and X100S On Vacation at KentuckyMan30 Youtube
  • Cambodia Revisited (X100F / X70) at spode

 

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Nikon Manager Says: “Professional Photographers don’t use Fujifilm. Nikon FF Mirrorless, because Full Frame is the Trend”

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Recently Nikon gave an interview to the Chinese site xitek (translation) – via mirrorlessrumors

There are few controversial statements, I would like to share here on FujiRumors, because some of their observations touch upon Fujifilm.

  • Nikon talks about their future mirrorless cameras and they say it will be full frame, because “FF is the trend“

I’m not sure we can speak of a trend.

The worldwide by far largest camera manufacturer, Canon, has introduced 3 times as many APS-C cameras in the last 2 years than FF cameras. And their mirrorless system is also APS-C.

Sony is pushing its FF system, true, but they are still releasing APS-C bodies too, which, by the way, at the AmazonUS best seller ranking sell usually better than the A7 series. So to me that’s not really a trend to full frame.

  • Nikon customer base is very broad, from novice to enthusiasts to prosumer to professional, that’s Nikon’s advantage

Sure, they have a large customer base, but this does not guarantee success. I mean, Nikon, do you remember what happened to Nokia?

I don’t think current Nikon shooters, who are right now considering to try a mirrorless system, will just sit and wait for the day that Nikon finally releases their full frame mirrorless. It’s the era of eBay… selling gear and switching systems has never been so easy.

In fact, in some countries (like USA and Germany) Sony has already surpassed Nikon in the full frame market (read here).

And despite their large customer base, Nikon had to completely drop the (already announced) DL line (read here). So the equation “large customer base = sure success” does not always work.

Moreover, Nikon had to cut 10% of its Japanese workforce (read here) and they reported “extraordinary losses [due to] sluggish and shrinking markets of digital cameras in the Imaging Products Business”.

On the other hand, Fujifilm’s imaging division is consistently making profits and growing.

  • Olympus, Sony, and Fujifilm can only cover a small part of that [market]. So far there is no professional using their products – translated by Petapixel

So, Pros don’t use Fujifilm X series cameras or the Fujifilm GFX medium format system? No comment…

Conclusion

To me, Nikon makes the best DSLRs on the market. And I always hoped for Nikon to make a serious mirrorless camera as soon as possible, because competition is a good thing for customers. The more, the merrier. So I’m looking forward to their mirrorless camera and I am sure it will be awesome.

But some statements in this interviews are, in my opinion, wrong… and maybe even a tiny bit arrogant.

If I was Nikon, I’d make my step into mirrorless with a more humble spirit, taking competition seriously and learning from lessons in the past, where giants (like Nokia) quickly lost their customer base because they did not keep up fast enough with the changing market.

It’s good that Nikon is so confident about their products and their future, but they better don’t underestimate other companies, like Sony and Fujifilm.

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Fujinon XF 8-16mm F2.8 Available Mid 2018 (New Source)… and Now, Dear Fujifilm, We Want an XF 16-80mm F4 :)

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According to a new source, the Fujinon XF 8-16mm F2.8 WR will be available mid 2018. Take it with a grain of salt for now. We have already shared the first images of the XF 8-16, XF 200mmF2 and GF 250mmF4 in this Fujirumors article.

And which one should be the next X mount zoom lens after the XF 8-16mm F2.8 WR?

In our gigantic X mount lens poll request to Fujifilm, where over 14,000 of you guys voted, dropping a total of 34,431 preferences, a lens like an XF 16-80mm F4 became the most wanted zoom lens after the XF 8-16mm F2.8.

So, dear Fujifilm, the FujiRumors community worked very hard to collect for you free market investigation data, and we decided for something like a Fujinon XF 16-80… thank you very much for listening :) .

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Fuji Guys Fujifilm X-E3 Top Features, Q&A and First Impressions!

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Fuji Guys – FUJIFILM X-E3 – Top Features at Fuji Guys youtube… as always a nice overview, and starting from 06:25 you will also understand how the bluetooth connectivity works. WiFi still requried to transfer the images.

Fujifilm X-E3

Fujifilm X-E3: USA: BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS EU: AmazonDE, AmazonUK, WexUK, PCHstore AUS: CameraPro

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Fujinon XF 50mmF2 Photozone Review :: XF23/2 Wedding Review :: X-T2 and XF 16mmF1.4, Practically Perfect (X-Mount Lens Zone)

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Fuji XF 23mm f2 | Fuji Wedding Review at Eric Brushett Photography Youtube

The “Fujicron” Trinity

XF 50mm F2: BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS
XF 23mm F2: BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS
XF 35mm F2: AmazonUS, BHphoto, Adorama

Fujinon (and X-mount) Lenses

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