Welcome to the World of VELVIA Film Simulation

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Tweaking Film Simulations

Today we talk Velvia, one of the most used and appreciated film simulations out there.

But keep in mind: the Velvia we have today, is not the Velvia we had when Fujifilm started its X series journey.

Especially the red tones did tend to get super-saturated, which why when I originally used Velvia on the first generation Fujifilm X series cameras, whenever I had red colors in the frame, I actually decreased the color saturation in-camera.

But that one got fixed with the arrival of the Fujifilm X-Pro2.

Fujifilm did try to get Velvia to work also on X-Pro1 and X-T1, but the processor could not handle the too complex algorithm.

If you want to read the full “Velvia-development” story, check out this article here.

And not only Velvia: pretty much all film simulations get tweaked overtime, when the new processors allow for even more sophisticated color tuning.

The Power of Velvia

And now let’s look at the awesome results one can achieve with Velvia, but not only for landscape photography.

And we’ll do that by sharing the latest video Fuji Guy Francis did, where he brings you into the wonderful Canadian countryside and uses Velvia only to take his images, and also, we will share a stunning series of images that fellow Fujifilm X Simulation group member Antonio has shared at our massive (78,000 members) group here.

1) Fuji Guy Francis

Fuji Guy Francis dedicated this months Film Simulation to Velvia, and it’s a very nice one as he will bring you out in the stunning Canadian countryside to capture its beauty in Velvia.

And I think he is making the best use of Velvia: when a grey day is robbing nature of its wonderful colors and Velvia restores some of that beauty.

2) Antonio

Once a year, the Mexican town of Tultepec becomes the hell on earth and home to the lords of fire and pyrotechnics.

Antonio was present with his Fujifilm X-T3 and XF18-55mm and captured the event.

Here on FujiRumors I will only share three images, but you can check out the full set of images at this film simulation Facebook post and also read an article about it at magazine.exposuresop here.

3) Bonus

You might remember the “World of Film Simulation” series of articles that Fujifilm made back in 2015.

We will share the full Velvia episode again down below. Check it out if you are interested in the Velvia development story.

The World of Film Simulation – Velvia

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Viltrox 27mm f/1.2 PRO XF Lens “Coming Soon” – Teaser

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Back in early April, Viltrox published a roadmap that shows the Viltrox 27mm f/1.2 XF Pro on it.

A couple of days later, FujiRumors leaked the very first images of the Viltrox 27mm f/1.2 XF also compared to the Viltrox 75mm f/1.2 XF PRO.

Now, in a new article covering the X-S20, Viltrox has once again teased the Viltrox 27mm f/1.2 Pro on their blog with the indication “coming soon”.

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New Firmware Beats New Gear :: New Fujifilm Camera Registered for September :: XApp is Out :: Top on YouTube & More – Top May Posts

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Here are the top 10 most read articles in May.

However, I have excluded all the X-S20 rumors from the list, as at this point it’s not a problem if you missed them, since the real thing is now out and you can get all the details and specs at the dedicated pages.

Interestingly, despite all the rumors and new gear, the most read article was about the new firmware updates, which shows that sometimes we want to get improved what we already have rather than new gear.

  1. New Firmware for 13 Fujifilm X/GFX Cameras: Huge Autofocus Boost for X-T5/X-H2, ISO on Command Dial of X-H2/S, XApp Support and More
  2. Two New Fujifilm Cameras Registered to be Launched Separately – May 26 and September 12 According to FCC
  3. Fujifilm X-T4 Discontinued (in Addition to X-Pro3, X-E4, X-T30II, GFX50R, GFX100)
  4. Fujifilm CEO Teiichi Goto: “We Have Found a New Gold Mine in the Photography Business”
  5. The 3 Biggest Fujifilm X Summit Disappointments
  6. New Fujifilm X App Available Now for iOS and Android
  7. TAMRON 11-20mm f/2.8 Announced: Compact, Lightweight Ultra Wide-Angle zoom lens for FUJIFILM X-mount APS-C
  8. LEAKED IMAGES of Five Yongnuo Autofocus Fujifilm X Mount Lenses Coming (including 11mm f/2.8 and 50mm f/1.8)
  9. ANNOUNCED: Voigtländer ULTRON 27mm f/2 for Fujifilm X Mount
  10. Is This Really All We Will Get? – FUJIFILM CAMERA ROADMAP 2023

May was also my most active month on YouTube so far.

In this case we will include also the rumor related videos, simply because  many of them are filmed while I was out on several locations around my home and you might enjoy to watch a bit of the Dolomites, the Road of Wine and so forth.

 

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The Impressive Rise of the Fujifilm X-T5 (Despite X-H2 Competition) and Popularity of X Series Camera Lines – Poll Results

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Recently I asked you which Fujifilm X camera you own.

The goal of the survey was to find out how popular the newest 5th generation X series cameras have become among the FujiRumors community.

The results surprised. And not because the Fujifilm X-T5 sold well. That was to expect. But because despite being launched just a few months ago, the Fujifilm X-T5 is already the most owned Fujifilm X series camera among this community.

And more impressively: this is the first time that any Fujifilm X-T camera has some serious internal competition in the higher end Fujifilm segment thanks to the Fujifilm X-H2. But despite this stiff internal competition, the X-T5 made it to the top as your most owned camera in just a few months.

Speaking of X-H2, it is 7th in the ranking, showing the huge popularity of the 40MP X-Trans V sensor.

In the battle X-H2S and X-H2, the X-H2S wins and grabs the 6th spot, but with only a few votes of advantage.

The first non-XT camera in the ranking is the Fujifilm X100V on the 5th spot, slightly ahead of the X-H2S. The next rangefinder camera is the X-Pro2 on the 9th spot

NOTE: The popularity of camera (lines) on FujiRumors is not indicative for the overall popularity on the worldwide market.

Top 10 Cameras

  1. X-T5
  2. X-T3
  3. X-T4
  4. X-T2
  5. X100V
  6. X-H2S
  7. X-H2
  8. X-T1
  9. X-Pro2
  10. X-H1

Popularity of Camera Lines

  • X-T* line = 38%
  • X-H line = 14%
  • X100 line = 11%
  • X-E line = 11%
  • X-Pro line = 9%
  • X-T** line = 7%
  • X-S line = 4% (X-S20 missing from survey)
  • all other X series cameras Fujifilm ever made = 6%

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WANTED: New Fujifilm X Mount Roadmap Needed (and Why)!

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After the Fujifilm X Summit on May 24, I wrote an article about the 3 biggest disappointments of the Summit.

One of them was the lack of a new X mount roadmap, considering that now with the XF8mmF2.8 R WR out, there is no more lens on the roadmap.

Now, at this point I want to make absolutely clear that this was just my very personal opinion. If you think differently, than that’s totally fine and your opinion has just the same reason to exist as mine.

But I also think what I said was a bit misunderstood, especially in regards the new roadmap, and here is why.

The main critique I got was that I should stop asking for new lenses, that what we have is enough and there is no need to rush out with more lenses.

And yes, we sure have lots of lenses, also considering all the third party AF lenses we now have. And many of us have all their needs covered already.

But that was not the point of what I wanted to say.

What I wanted to say is that, despite everything we already have, there are still some lenses that people wish for and in some cases really need for their photography, as shown by our massive future X mount wishlist survey.

And Fujifilm can only win if they publish a new roadmap. Because:

  1. people who are currently still missing certain lenses they need and see them on the roadmap, are more likely to stay with Fujifilm and just wait for the lens to come
  2. photographers, who are interested in the Fujifilm system but are currently not yet using it because it does not offer a certain lens, they might actually start to switch to Fujifilm if they see that the lens they need is on the roadmap. They might to start to look out for good deals, buy into the system, and buy the lens they need later on.

Keeping people in the system and facilitate others to join by publishing roadmaps is a huge advantage that Fujifilm is currently missing out on.

There are only two potential downsides to publishing roadmaps:

  1. if Fujifilm puts MKII lenses on the roadmap, people will stop buying the older version. But that’s a problem Fujifilm has solved by almost never putting MKII lenses on the roadmap
  2. Roadmaps are a “promise” that Fujifilm makes to its customers. But it can happen that Fujifilm breaks the promise and makes changes to the roadmap (see XF80mm macro instead of XF120mm macro or XF50mmF1.0 instead of 33mmF1.0). And when changes are done, some customers might feel disappointed by those changes as Fujifilm “broke” the promise they made

But these two downsides are more than compensated by the advantages solid long term roadmaps bring.

And since I love Fujifilm and I want them to succeed, I want Fujifilm to take the best possible decisions for the system. And in this case, in my opinion, Fujifilm would only profit from giving us a new roadmap.

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