Fujifilm Photography in Times of COVID-19 Quarantine, the FujiRumors Lockdown Diary and the Revival of the XF 55-200

I read somewhere, that about 4 billion people are forced to stay at home now to slow down and hopefully stop the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus.

In my country, the stunning Dolomites in Italy, we are locked in since over 1 month now. Of course I strictly follow the rules and never leave my apartment, except to buy food 1 or 2 times a week, and to quickly bring out my old dog in the fields just under my home.

Teaching Online

I continue to teach. Just online! With live streaming lessons, videos I upload on youtube [does this qualify me as a vlogger now??? ;) ], material I send to students via email and more. I try to do my best.

But the more I do it, the more I miss it to enter a classroom, write on a blackboard, smell the chalk, but most importantly, interact with my students.

But hey, these days there are people, who live far bigger challenges than me. So no complaint here. Just a wish that everything goes back to normal soon.

Lockdown Photography

The first weeks all went into figuring out how to do this online teaching. Trying different platforms for online live lessons, adapt my material to make it online teaching fit, figure out how to reach the various students best (some have only a smartphone, no computer, no printer, etc), and more practical issues to sort out.

But now that I have some sort of workflow, I can start thinking at my lockdown photography.

In my small rented apartment, I am running out of subjects rather quickly.

What I did now, is I started to take out my Fujinon XF55-200 lens, a lens I hardly use anymore since I own the Fujinon XF18-135mm (which never stops to surprise me, as you can see here).

The goal?

Get a decent shot of the little birds flying around my balcony, and the XF55-200 is the best lens in my arsenal for that. So it gets its revival now!

So far I have failed, though, not for the limits of the gear, but because of my lack of skills. But I have time to practice, improve, and I will upload an image on my instagram if I get a decent shot.

Inspiration

Another thing I like to do, is to check out all our facebook groups, and see how other fellow Fujifilm X and GFX shooters deal with these lockdown days and what they shoot.

I have picked out some images and shared them below. May them motivate you (and me) to stand up, and do the best out of this situation, also photographically speaking.

COVID-19 Image Roundup

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RUMOR: Fujifilm X-E line Canceled, Game Over for Fujifilm X-E4

I have received word from our sources (thanks), that Fujifilm will drop the Fujifilm X-E line.

As you know, I am huge Fujifilm X-E line fan. I love its compactness, I love its performance, I love its form factor and its simplicity.

So this rumor hits me very strong.

However, the X-E line was always on the fence to be canceled, as sales were always low.

In fact, already after the Fujifilm X-E2s failure, Fujifilm considered dropping the line altogether. Which is why back in 2016 I wrote straight out of my heart a “love letter to the unborn X-E3“, followed by almost 200 comments of you guys, supporting me.

My hope was that the love letter (and you feedback) would help Fujifilm to continue to believe in this line, and it seems it worked, as Fujifilm managers said half a year later, they are “aware of the many X-E3 requests.”

So we got it, the Fujifilm X-E3 came, and of course I bought it, along with the XF27mm f/2.8, the perfect lens for this camera.

But here we are again. And this time it looks really like the dead-end street for the Fujifilm X-E line.

Maybe many of you will agree with Fuji’s decision. Maybe you will think Fujifilm has to simplify and streamline its line-up. And maybe it “rationally” makes sense to drop the X-E line.

But as a huge X-E line lover myself, I can’t look at this rumor rationally, and I am just disappointed about it.

Let us know in the survey below, if you think it makes sense to drop the X-E line. Who knows if we can change Fuji’s mind again.

NOTE: the Fujifilm X-E3 is already discontinued, but as of now you can still find it in stock.

And the X-H line?

Is the X-H line also dead?

Well, as FujiRumors always told you, at no point in time, Fujifilm was considering to drop the X-H line. Those rumors were always fake, as the Fujifilm X-H2 was always on the roadmap, and now Fujifilm confirmed it themselves for the second time.

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EXCLUSIVE: Fujifilm X100V will Cost $1,399 (plus Message to Source)

According to our sources, the Fujifilm X100V will see a slight price increase over the Fujifilm X100F.

The rumored price tag is of $1,399.

Stay on FujiRumors for the live streaming on 3PM New York time. It will all happen here, on fujirumors.com.

To the source: about the X100V weather sealing. Yes, you told me about. But when you told me, I checked with sources, and some told me that the camera alone is not weather sealed (and now I understand why). This is why I could not share, as I got conflicting reports. But thanks for pushing me to investigate this point further. I just was not fast enough to figure out the whole truth, so I didn’t share. But I consider you reliable for sure :). If you want to talk more directly, to exchange such (and much more) information in private, my email is fujirumor@gmail.com.

Fujifilm X Summit Today 3 PM New York Time: What we Expect, What Not and We Hope

On February 4, at 3PM New York time, there will be the Fujifilm X Summit in London.

Of course there will be a live stream here on FujiRumors at:

  • NEW YORK – 3 PM of February 4
  • BERLIN – 9 PM of February 4

So what can we expect, what not, and what are our hopes? Let’s go through it:

→ WHAT WE EXPECT

We will definitely see the Fujifilm X100V coming. The first Fujifilm X100V leaked image is already out, and so are the full X100V specs, which for your convenience we have compared side by side with Fujfiilm X100F.

→ WHAT WE DON’T EXPECT

According to our sources, the final announcement, with full specs and pre-orders, for the Fujifilm X-T4 will be on February 26.

I don’t know, though, if there will be some sort of “Fujifilm X-T4 development announcement“, as it happened with the Fujifilm X-Pro3 back at the second Fujfiilm X Summit. So they could show us a Fujifilm X-T4 prototype, but don’t disclose any of the specs. That’s always a possibility.

Also, we don’t expect any Fujifilm GFX camera, as there will be none coming in 2020.

→ WHAT WE HOPE

Exactly one year after the first Fujifilm X summit in Dubai, where Fujifilm officially asked us which X lenses we want next in this survey, I think it would be high time to give us also a new roadmap. But I don’t know if there will be one. Or if they will wait for the Fujifilm X-T4 announcement to disclose it to the world.

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Fujifilm X100V Product Catalogue and Additional Images Leaked

Nokishita leaked the the Fujifilm X100V product catalogue (the original is Japanese, but you can see the machine translated version above or access the it on dropbox here).

Here is what we see:

Cool thing: despite the tilt screen, the screen fits totally flat to the body when tilted in.

The Fujifilm X100V will be announced today, during the Fujifilm X summit live stream at 3PM New York time.

We made the complete Fujifilm X100V with the Fujifilm X100F specs comparison already in this article.

→ Top X100 Community: Fujifilm X100 facebook group

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Fujifilm X100V Leaked Image Shows New 23mm f/2 MK II Lens

Nokishita just leaked the Fujifilm X100V image on their twitter page here.

Notice the new Fujinon 23mm f/2 MK II lens, which FujiRumors leaked a while back.

So far they leaked only the front. For the backside, check out the FujiRumors leaked image here (and below). That image shows the tilt screen.

The Fujfiilm X100V will be announced on February 4, during the Fujifilm X summit live stream at 3PM New York time.

FujiRumors did compare the Fujfiilm X100V with the Fujifilm X100F specs already in this article.

→ Top X100 Community: Fujifilm X100 facebook group

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New Fujifilm X100V Lens still Compatible with current WCL/TCL-X100 Converters

Fujifilm X100V

After our rumor, that the Fujifilm X100V will have an improved 23mmf/2 lens, I got some emails from current X100 shooters, who are planing to upgrade, worried that their current Fujinon WCL-X100 II and Fujinon TCL-X100 II.

→ Fujirumors – HACK: How to Convert Old WCL-X100 and TCL-X100 into Version II with Magnets

According to our sources, the Fujifilm X100V will be still compatible with the Fujinon WCL-X100 II and Fujinon TCL-X100 II.

Make sure to:

Previous X100V rumors

  • fujirumors – Fujifilm X100V: First Leaked Image
  • fujirumors – Fujifilm X100V coming with 2 way tilt screen
  • fujirumors – Fujifilm X100V with improved 23mm f/2 lens
  • fujirumors – Fujifilm X100V aprox. price leaked

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Fujifilm X100V Registered and Coming February 4

Finally… half a year after FR told you that the successor of the Fujifilm X100F will be called Fujifilm X100V, the registration of the Fujifilm X100V name has been spotted by nokishita.

Fujifilm’s “X100V (Black / Silver)” has been registered at overseas dealers only with the name of the new product yesterday. Announced around February 4?

The Fujifilm X100V will be announced at the Fujifilm X summit live stream on February 4.

FujiRumors already leaked the first real life Fujifilm X100V image, as well as several specs:

  • fujirumors – Fujifilm X100V: First Leaked Image
  • fujirumors – Fujifilm X100V coming with 2 way tilt screen
  • fujirumors – Fujifilm X100V with improved 23mm f/2 lens
  • fujirumors – Fujifilm X1o0V aprox. price leaked

The Fujifilm X-T4 will NOT be announced on that day.

Soon I will let you know more ;).

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Fujifilm X100V with Improved 23mm f/2 lens

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As you know, FujiRumors exclusively told you already the release month and estimated price for the Fujifilm X100V.

One of many long term rumors I have shared back in the first half of 2019, was that the Fujifilm X100V would come with a new lens.

I also added shortly after, that it would still be a 23mm lens.

Many started speculating if maybe Fujifilm would have implemented an f/1.4 lens, but according to our information, the lens will be still a 23mm f/2 lens.

However, there will be tweaks making this new lens technically superior to the one on the X100F, which, I remind you, is the same lens we find on the original 12 megapixel Fujifilm X100 announced back in 2010.

So high time for an improvement on the lens!

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