Viltrox 85mm f/1.8 AF X Mount vs Samyang 85/1.8, Disassembly, 12 Hour Wedding and More

• August 5, 2019
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The Viltrox 85mm f/1.8 autofocus lens is the new favorite third party lens amongst Fujifilm X shooters.

It is the 4th third party autofocus lens for Fujifilm X mount (the other three are the Zeiss 12mm f/2.8, 32mm f/1.8 and 50mm f/2.8 1:1 Macro), but the Viltrox 85mm f/1.8 is the first reverse-engineered one, meaning they got no help from Fujifilm at all.

• Fujifilm openly declared, they will not support third party lens manufacturer by disclosing the protocols. According to Sigma CEO here, this is also the reason, why there are no X mount Sigma lenses.

A brave move by Viltrox, that seens to pay off well for the company. At least amongst FujiRumors readers, the Viltrox 85mm f/1.8 is a best seller.

• On Amazon here, the Viltrox 85mm f/1.8 currently enjoys 32 mostly very positives reviews
• On BHphoto here, the lens has 6 customer reviews with an overall score of 4.5 out of 5.

Well done Viltrox, and we look forward to the next three Fujifilm X mount AF lenses in the pipeline.

• Viltrox 85mm f/1.8: BHphoto, AmazonUS, Adorama

Viltrox Review Roundup

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Fringer EF-FX Adapter Firmware 1.20 for Gen2 and 3.0 for Gen1 Released

• August 4, 2019
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Fringer has released firmware updates for the following smart adapters:

• EF-FX Pro II v. 1.20 – EF-FX II v. 1.20 – release notes
• EF-FX Pro. 3.00 – EF-FX Standard v. 3.00 – release notes

Be noted: V2.10 is the new baseline version. V1.x must be upgraded to V2.10 before installing firmware V2.20 or later. Baseline version: EFFX210P.BIN (for Pro) EFFX210S.BIN (for Std.)

• Fringer EF-FX Pro II Customer Reviews at BHphoto

Firmware Details

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New Fujifilm Summer Deals: Save up to $500 on X and GFX Cameras

• August 4, 2019
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The Fujifilm summer deals are back.

This time, the deals include Fujifilm’s rangefinder styled cameras, but no X of G mount lenses.

I remind you that the Fujifilm X-Pro3 is coming this year, as FujiRumors already told you months ago. That’s the reason for the nice X-Pro2 price drop. And also my lovely X-E3 gets a discount.

X Series Deals

• X-Pro2 black (save $200): BHphoto, AmazonUS, Adorama, FocusCamera
• X-Pro2 graphite with 23/2 (save $350): BHphoto, AmazonUS, Adorama, FocusCamera
• Fujifilm X-E3* (save $100): BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS, FocusCamera
  *body only or with XF18-55 or with XF23mmF2

GFX Deals

• Fujifilm GFX 50R (save $500): BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS, FocusCameras

General Deal Pages

• BHphoto Super Summer Deals
• Adorama Hero Deals
• Amazon Deals of the Day

All Fujifilm Deals

• Fujifilm X Cameras
• Fujinon X Mount lenses
• Fujifilm GFX cameras
• Fujinon G Mount lenses

Used Fujifilm Gear

• AmazonUS used Fujifilm Gear Page
• Adorama used Fujifilm Gear Page
• BHphoto used Fujifilm Gear Page

Official Fujifilm Recommended Accessories

SD-Cards

• Toshiba Exceria Pro
• SanDisk Extreme Pro
• Sony SF G
• Lexar Professional 2000x

Power Banks

• Anker PowerCore Speed 20000 PD
• Anker PowerCore+ 26800 PD

Software

• Capture One Pro 12 (save 50%)
• Luminar 4 pre-orders with huge discount – info here
• Aurora HDR
• Photolemur
• Picktorial
• ON1 Photo RAW

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Fuji Guy Billy: APS-C Crop Factor Cheating? :: f/2 X Mount Zoom Lenses? :: Fast G Mount Lenses Potentially Coming :: And More

• August 4, 2019
• News, Rumors
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The third episode of the Fujilove podcast with Fuji Guy Billy just went online (episode 1, episode 2, episode 3). You can listed to it all at sticher and Fujilove.

It’s a 1 hour podcast, and you can find it all summed up below, in case you have no time to listen to it all right now.

PODCAST SUMMARY

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APS-C Crop is Cr&p, Amazon Goes Crazy, Fujifilm 2019/2020 Release Timeline, X100V, XF16-80, GF50 and More Top Articles for July

• August 3, 2019
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I guess many of you were (and hopefully still are or are going soon) on holidays in these weeks.

So maybe, between a jump into the refreshing water, a mountain hike and a whole day city exploring, you might have missed some of the articles we have shared in July.

Hence, for your convenience, here are the top 15 FujiRumors articles for July.

Personally, my travel is done already, as I have been to stunningly beautiful Croatia with that fanboy SonyAlphaRumors guy.

We will see if I can sneak in another trip into what remains of my summer break. If so, make sure to follow my Instagram to see where I am hanging around.

But even if I can’t travel, I live in a wonderful spot of this planet. Beauty is all around me, and my Fuji is always ready to capture it.

Oh… and my wife is starting out with photography this summer, so I can’t be more happy than this anyway :) #proudhusband

Enjoy your summer!

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TOP 15 July Articles

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