To Make Video Reviews isn’t easy at all – via LuLa

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Today I just want to share a good laugh with you… nothing more :) . So time for a bit of FujiHumors… and enjoy your weekend!

Ken Rockwell is the Chuck Norris of Photography

FXF member calinandra69 knows it: Ken Rockwell* is the Chuck Norris of photography. Why? Well, here are just some of my favorites… but there is a lot more to read at our Forum here.

– Rockwell portraits are so lifelike, they have to pay taxes
– Ken Rockwell never focus, everything moves into his DoF
– Ken Rockwell’s shots are so perfect, Adobe redesigned photoshop for him: all it consists of is a close button.

And these are just 3 out of 34 of them… click here and enjoy a genuine laugh!

* I have nothing personal against Ken Rockwell. I share this just for fun. I hope Ken demonstrates the same sense of humor of Chuck Norris :)

HOT (!!!) USA DEALS

• X-A1 + 16-50 + 50-230 for ridiculous $399!
• $350 price drop on the X-E2 with 27mm (X-E2 black + 27mm here – X-E2 silver + 27mm here)
• $100 price drop on the X-T10 body only or combined with the XC 16-50 or XF 18-55 kit lens at AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama

HOT (!!!) EUROPE DEALS

• XF56mmF1.2 for just €720! Get it here!
• XF 10-24 sells for just €705 at AmazonDE here!
• XF27mm, AmazonDE sells it for €329 here.
• AmazonITA is offering the black Fuji X30 for just €382 here (until Sunday)!
• X-T1 + XF18-55 + XF55-200 for €1999 and X-T1 + XF16-55 for €1999 . Get it at PCHstore.
• Buy X-PRO1 + 18 + 27 and get Free Leather case worth £160 + Receive an £80/€100 bonus on your old D-SLR trade-in value when you buy an X-T1, X-E2 or X-Pro1. More at FujiUK.
• Get the Fuji X30 for €444 at AmazonDE + Get additional € 50 Cashback. Deal on X-T1 + 18-55 + 55-200. Both offers expire 15.01.2016. More details here at FujiDE.

Fuji X-T10 – USA: AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama EU: AmazonDE / AmazonUK / AmazonFR / WexUK / AUS: Camerapro

Please don’t blame me, if reviewers out there write such enthusiastic things about the Fuji X-T10. I just report on FR what others say about it. I’ll work hard to find a review that finally says the X-T10 is crap.

But since then, they all seem to be extremely happy with the Fuji X-T10. Recently TheVerge declared the Fuji X-T10 the best mirrorless camera you can buy for under $1000, dpreview loves it more than the Sony A6000, the Nikon D5500 or the O-MD E-M10, and finally today it’s Forbes that says about the Fuji X-T10 here:

“Picture quality from the X-T10 is everything you’d expect from Fujifilm and I personally love the film simulation modes and the choice of dynamic range. […]

I’d say the Fujifilm X-T10 is a superb choice of camera […]. Fujifilm is currently my favourite camera range because the models are built to be really usable and I love Fuji’s colour modes and superb optics.

The Fujifilm X-T10 may be a little small for people with large hands, but for the rest of us it’s the perfectly affordable mirrorless camera that’s a genuine pleasure to use and consistently turns out superb images that will rekindle your joy of photography.”

And now please go those crappy sites like dpreview, TheVerge and Forbes and tell them in the comments that they are just brainless Fuji fanboys ;-) !

USA DEALS

The deadline for this US deal is September 19. Here is the whole list of savings:

CAMERAS

X-T1 + 18-55 (save $100): AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline
X-T1 Black Body (save $100): AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline
X-T1 Graphite Body (save $100): AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline

LENSES

XF 16mmF1.4 WR (save $150): AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline
XF 56mmF1.2 APD (save $300): AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline
XF 56mmF1.2 (save $100): AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline
XF 14mmF2.8 (save $200): AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline
XF 23mmF1.4 (save $150): AmazonUS  / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline
XF 50-140mmF2.8 WR (save $150):  AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline
XF 10-24mmF4 (save $150):  AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline
XF 35mmF1.4 (save $200):  AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline
XF 16-55mmF2.8 WR (save $150):  AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline
XF 27mmF2.8 (save $200): AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline
XF 18mm (save $150): AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline
XF 60mm (save $200):  AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline
XF 18-135mm (save $150):  AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline
XF 55-200mm (save $150):  AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline
XF 18-55mm (save $100):  AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline

EUROPEAN DEALS

• X-T1 + XF18-55 + XF55-200 for €1999 and X-T1 + XF16-55 for €1999 . Get it at PCHstore.
• Buy X-PRO1 + 18 + 27 and get Free Leather case worth £160 + Receive an £80/€100 bonus on your old D-SLR trade-in value when you buy an X-T1, X-E2 or X-Pro1. More at FujiUK.
• Get the Fuji X30 for €444 at AmazonDE + Get additional € 50 Cashback. Deal on X-T1 + 18-55 + 55-200. Both offers expire 15.01.2016. More details here at FujiDE.

Here at FujiRumors, we discussed many times about what Fuji could improve via Firmware on current cameras or via hardware in future models. And thanks goodness, Fujifilm has shown many times, that they listen to feedback coming from the X-shooter community.

But, of course, the system is not perfect, and there are still things that could be improved. And since I love what Fujifilm did over the last years and I want future models to be even better than current ones, today I’ll share my main two complaints with the X-T1.

FLIMSY DOOR

I’m pretty annoyed by that flimsy X-T1 accessory door that bends and makes weather sealing useless! And, looking at this FXF Thread here, I’d say that I’m not the only one with this problem.

I won’t send it in for repair, since I don’t know if the new door will be better.

I’d really appreciate if Fujifilm would tell us more about this issue.

• Is this a sporadic problem of certain X-T1’s? I don’t think so, but I’d like to hear Fujifilm on that.
• Did Fuji recognize the problem and do newer X-T1’s come with a better accessory door?
• If I send it in for repair, can I be sure that this problem won’t occur anymore with the new door? Some of us would have to pay for a repair, so please let us know if it’s worth to send it in.

The graphite versions seems to have no issue.

I’ve tried to contact several Fuji services around Europe, but I did not get a clear answer on that. So, Fujifilm, I think we X-shooters should be better informed about the real dimensions of this problem and the efficiency of an eventual repair.

If you have the same problem, I invite you to contact your local Fuji support and, as milandro suggested here, contact also the Fujfilm headquarter and send them the link to this thread.

WAXY SKIN TONES

Don’t get me wrong. Fuji JPEGs are fantastic. More and more of my keepers are OOC JPEGs.

But there is one thing that, IMO, could be improved: Skin tones at hight ISO!

Ok, maybe you like the jpeg engine used in X-TransII cameras and the skin tones at high ISO, so you can stop reading here. But I’m one of those fellow X-shooters, who think there is space for improvement.

That’s not an issue if you shoot RAW. It’s also no problem if you keep lower ISO settings in JPEG’s. The so-called “waxy skin tones” are limited to JPEG at high ISO. The reason? Noise reduction seems to work too aggressively.

The good thing is, this is fixable via Firmware update. Here are two possible solutions:

• allow to turn down noise reduction even more than currently possible
• introduce in the menu the voice “classic jpeg rendering” (or whatever), which will render skin tones at high ISO like the X-Trans I X-series camera JPEG engine! You can then select what you prefer, the X-TransI or X-TransII cameras jpeg engine

To know more about it and see some samples, we have a “Stop the Waxing” thread dedicated to this issue here.

The compatibilty problems of Fuji X-series (and Finepix cameras) will be solved very soon via Firmware update. The Fujifilm X-T10 makes the start. The new Firmware ver 1.01 is now online here, and it also brings some improvements. Here they are:

– Improvement of “Eye detection AF” speed when used with XF90mm
– Operational improvement of Fn1 Function button (Default setting : movie shooting)
– Angle difference between jpeg image and jpeg image converted from RAW file
– Support for Windows10

And here is when then other cameras will get the FW update (for the press-realease click here): By the end of Aug 2015: X-E2, X-A2, X-Pro1, X100T, X100S, X30, X20 and XQ2. By the end of Dec 2015: X-E1, X-M1, X-A1, X100, X10, XQ1, XF1, X-S1.

A kind request: if, as usual, you find news via FujiRumors and want to repost it on your websites, it would be very kind if you’d give me credit for my daily and hard work to search these news… it’s easy… all you need to do is to put a working link to “via fujirumors.com”.

stay tuned.
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PROJECT NEPAL – X-E1

Ed Selous: “I recently spent two weeks in Nepal volunteering for a disaster response NGO, and I documented my time using my X-E1 and kit lens. I’ve produced a photo-essay to document my time, and it’s been picked up by the charity in question (hands.org) for use“. See more at eselous.exposure

X-T10

Video: Summing up our Fujifilm X-T10 Review at dpreview’s youtube /

XF90mmF2 WR
USA: AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama EU: AmazonDE / AmazonUK / AmazonFR / WexUK / PCHstore / AUS: Camerapro

Scotland’s National Airshow (most shots taken with the 90mm) at macleancomms / Japanese Review at dc.watch (translation) / Real World Samples at dpreview / First Impressions at thephoblographer /

XF 16mm F1.4 WR

Japanese Review at dc.watch (translation) / Fuji XF 16mm f1.4 R WR by Mehrdad in German at qimago (translation) / Seen at 16mm at valeriejardin /

X100/S/T + TCL/WCL

Street photography with the Fuji X100T at williamlonsdale / Why I like the Fuji X100T for still life photography at aboutphotography-tomgrill / Fuji X100T… A Mighty Fine Camera at timetapestry /

Fujifilm X-T1

Vincenzo Sagnotti: “For first time in my life I realized food photos, for a restaurant in Rome (ingredientesegreto). I used only, as the first photo shows, Fuji X-T1 + Fujinon XF 35mm f/1.4 + aluminium food paper to compensate warm summer natural light.” See the shots at mediaforme (translation).

Fuji X-Series, Know Your Gear at photo.rwboyer / A Walk With My New Fuji X-T1 at findingrange / FW 4.o at thistonybridge / The Red Arrows and the X-T1 at macleancomms / Fuji X-T1 Musings at xshooters / Set up your Fujifilm X-T1 for street photography at amateurphotographer / A Fuji X-T1 In Bali Kuningan Ceremonies & More at thetravelphotographer / How I Instantly, Painlessly Dropped 7 Pounds On The Mirrorless Diet! at karenhutton / Fuji X-T1 – Firmware Update v.4.0 Zone Focusing af jamesbrokenshaphotography / Lofoten Revisited at jonasjacobsson – Check out his Instagram too / Focus Pokus at jexphotography / Fuji XT-1 at the German site krolop-gerst (translation) /

Chris Dodkin just launched what is probably the world’s first magazine built on photography using the Fuji X-T1. #BB Magazine is a monthly lifestyle publication, in print and E-copy, which has exclusively used the X-T1 to generate it’s cover, editorial and advertising imagery. Content is most likely NSFW – so please bear that in mind before heading over to take a look. Take a look at the #BB magazine here.

#BB Magazine – NSFW

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other X-series cameras

Which camera will do the job? Some thoughts on the Fujifilm X30 at doncraigphoto / The (non weather sealed) X-PRO1 survives the artic at F64 youtube / Fuji X20: Searching for Edward Hopper at luminous-landscape /

Lenses

X-mount lenses

XF 16-55 Vs. XF 18-55 test at fuji-xperience (translation)

XF 14mm: Zombie Apocolypse at trevhillphotograph / XF50-140: I used to be a prime guy at unsuburban / XF 60mm at leighmiller / Fujifilm X-E2 and Fujinon XF 55-200mm for vacation pictures at the North Carolina Beach at stanleyleary / I just got two new Fuji Lenses–Check and see if you can too at stanleyleary /

other lenses / Adapter / Extension Tubes

Working with the Fuji Macro Extension Tubes at massmadesoul / Metabones Nikon F to Fuji X adapters – UPDATE at fujixtras / Fuji X-E2 with Nikon 85mm ƒ/1.8 vs Nikon D750 with Nikon 28-300mm stanleyleary / The Samyang 12mm F2 Review at colinnichollsphotography /

Fuji X for Weddings

Lofoten Wedding at jonasjacobsson
Fuji X-T1 + 14, 23, 56 and 50-140 mm + X100T
Check out his Instagram too

Jpeg / RAW / Converters

Aftershot 2.2.1 now adds X-T10 / XQ2 / XQ1 / X-A2 support here … and improves X-Trans support /

a bit of everything

In Penang at flemmingbojensen / Mirrorless Magic – Interview with Fuji X Photographer Patrice Michellon at gettotallyrad / Astrophotography with the Fuji System at jasonpitcher / My Move To Mirrorless at outdoorphotographer / Posting Images on the Move with the Fujifilm App at macleancomms / Why?? another Fujifilm blog at jexphotography /

Acessories

Ownuser Vertical Battery Grip for X-E2