Venus Optics Working on Autofocus Lenses and Laowa 9mm T/2.9 Zero-D Cine Lens Shipping Mid-June for $599

Venus Optics has disclosed further details about the upcoming Laowa 9mm T2.9 Zero-D cine lens, the cine version of the very popular Laowa 9mm F2.8 Zero-D.

  • Zero-D lens with close to zero distortion
  • 113° field of view
  • great for vlogging and gimbal shooting, also architecture and interior
  • 55 filter thread
  • weight: 247 grams
  • all metal build
  • 12cm close focus distance
  • 180° focus throw
  • focus breathing is still visible, but on wide angle lenses it is not as visible as on telephoto lenses
  • price $599
  • shipping mid June
  • comes with dedicated Pelican case

Also interesting, when Cinema5D (video below) asked Kevin from Venus Optics if there will be autofocus lenses at some point, Kevin answers:

We are working on it. Autofocus lenses is one of our targets, but it takes a little bit of time

Now that Fujifilm officially said they open their lens protocols, I hope Venus Optics will have access to them and give us a nice range of AF lenses.

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Fujifilm X Webcam: How to Use Your Fujifilm Camera with OBS and Fujifilm X Webcam on Linux

When Fujifilm released the new Fujifilm X Webcam software many Fujifilm X shooter rightfully rejoiced. However, there were two main complaints in the comments:

In the video below (start at 5:30) Fenix Tech shows a “hacky solution” on how to use your Fujifilm camera as a webcam with OBS.

I did a 2.5 hour stream and the battery only lost 33-50%

Check out the video below to see how to set it up.

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New Metabones Speed Boosters Smart Adapters for Fujifilm X Mount

Metabones has released several new Metabones Speed Boosters for Fujifilm X Mount.

They will be available soon at BHphoto and Co.

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“I Feel like Fujifilm Understands Photographers”: Interview with 2020 World Press Photo Award Winner Romain Laurendeau

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Fujifilm continues to interview those photographers, who snapped all those wonderful images with Fujifilm X and GFX cameras.

  • first interview – Alain Shroeder, winner of the World Press Photo overall stories category
  • second interview – Luca Locatelli, 1st Prize for environment story in 2020 Word Press Photo Contest
  • third interview – 2020 World Press Photo Winner Ricardo García Vilanova: “For my War Photography I use X-T3 and Only One Lens, the…”

In this episode, Fujifilm interviews Romain Laurendeau, winner of the overall World Press Photo Story of the Year award with his series of images taken in Algeria.

He took his images with X100 series cameras, and here is what he says:

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Fujifilm to Launch Two More Mid-Range X series Cameras in This Fiscal Year (ending March 2021)

According to our trusted sources, Fujifilm will release two more mid-range X series cameras between now and March 2021 (which is when the Japanese fiscal year ends).

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Fujinon XF 27mm f/2.8 Silver Discontinued at BHphoto

 

The Fujifilm XF27mm f/2.8 silver lens is now listed as “discontinued” and “no longer available” at BHphoto here.

To be clear: the black version is available everywhere, and also the silver version is still available at stores like Adorama.

Now, FujiRumors told you, that the 4 lenses Fujifilm will launch next are:

According to a survey launched here on FujiRumors, the Fujinon XF27mm f/2.8 is low in your wishlist, in the 5th position, beaten by 4 other XF lenses, as you can see here.

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Opticallimits Viltrox 33mm f/1.4 AF Review: “A Serious Alternative to the Aging Fujinon XF 35mm f/1.4 R”

Opticallimits (former photozone) published its Viltrox 33mm f/1.4 Fujifilm X mount lens review.

From their conclusions:

[…] the verdict has to be about context. And the context is that this is about a $280 lens costing less than half of the Fujinon XF 35mm f/1.4 R and this Fujinon is far from being flawless.

The Viltrox lens actually shares many characteristics with this lens. In terms of resolution, it is quite sharp in the image center at f/1.4 and f/2 whereas the outer image field is soft. Stopping down results in a gradual increase in quality reaching its peak at f/5.6. Images are sharp across the board at this setting although there’s still some room for improvement here.

Lateral CAs are low and nothing to worry about.

If you are into architecture photography, you may spot a tad of pincushion distortion.

There is also some vignetting when shooting at f/1.4 but it’s not out of the ordinary really.

[…] A positive aspect is the quality of the bokeh. It deteriorates somewhat in the far corners but generally, it is pleasing. This is especially true for the out-of-focus highlights.

[…] mechanical quality is surprisingly high.

[…] The AF is both speedy and noiseless – something that can’t be said about the Fujinon XF 35mm f/1.4 R actually.

[…] Overall, it may not the last word in terms of sharpness at large apertures but the Viltrox AF 33mm f/1.4 XF is a killer offering in terms of value and a serious alternative to the aging Fujinon XF 35mm f/1.4 R.

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Fujifilm BAYER vs X-TRANS Blind Test: 88% of Preferences Go To…

Almost 2 years ago, I wrote a comprehensive article comparing the virtues of Bayer vs X-Trans sensor, giving you reasons why Fujifilm should stick with X-Trans, and on the other hand telling you also why for other reasons Fujifilm should leave X-Trans for its APS-C sensors.

Attention: it’s a long article. So do not click this link, if you don’t like it when my articles are too long.

I stand by everything I said back then.

Of course the debate is not ending. Hence, Andrew did what probably is the best thing to do, to evaluate which sensor is better: a blind test.

200+ people commented on his video, and since people do not like long articles, I will leave it to you to read them all, take paper and pen, and note all the results.

Nah… you know what?

I’ll do it for you. I love it when I simplify your life and save you some time.

So, I’ve checked out all the comments, and marked the results on a paper.

There were some (not many) cases, where people didn’t have a clear preference and said that both are very good.

In most cases, people had a rather clear preference.

Sometimes people got more or less equal results between 2 cameras, in which case I gave a point to each camera.

The cameras tested are:

And here are the results people shared in the comments:

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