New Viltrox Vintage Z1


Viltrox Vintage Z1: B&H Photo / Amazon

Featuring a retro-inspired design, this Vintage Z1 On-Camera Flash from Viltrox is a manual flash for use with Sony, Nikon, Canon, and FUJIFILM, compact cameras. Viltrox’s first-ever flash unit is designed to improve your flash image quality and features a 39.4′ guide number at ISO 100 and 28mm of wide-angle coverage. This flash is perfect for those—beginners or even experts—looking for simple flash solutions for retro-styled images. Experiment with seven levels of brightness from 1/1 to 1/64 and 0.2 to 3.5 second recycle speeds. An easy-to-use mechanical dial placed at the back of the flash easily controls intensity settings. Along with this, the flash’s vintage-style body will also visually add to the aesthetics of your camera.

Greater Control
Experience greater control with S1 and S2 settings. In S1, the flash triggers when it sees any burst of light from a main flash. In S2, the flash ignores a single pre-flash and fires on the second burst of light.

USB-C Charging
The Vintage Z1 was developed with a built-in battery and USB-C interface to allow recharging in approximately 50 minutes. The integrated 3.7V/1100mAh battery is able to give you 400 to 10,000 flashes. A charging indicator is available to keep you informed.

Ready To Use
Single contact hot shoe communication offers compatibility with major camera brands, including Sony, Nikon, Canon, and FUJI. The light can also be adapted to CCD cameras, as well as film cameras, and other brands and cameras that use a single contact hot shoe.

Distinct Design
Measuring just 3 x 2.7 x 2″, the Vintage Z1 has a matte silver metal texture with classic grain leather details.

Go-Anywhere
Lightweight body at only 4 oz, which makes its highly portable, elegant body easy to be taken or stored anywhere.

Other Details

  • 23Ws rating at full power output
  • 6500K ±200K CCT
  • Flash duration of 1/5000-1/50,000 sec (t0.5)
  • Sleep functionality after 15 minutes of inactivity

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Sigma 16-300mm F3.5-6.7 DC OS | Contemporary for FUJIMFILM X Mount Coming May 15th, 2025


Sigma 16-300mm F3.5-6.7 DC OS | Contemporary:
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

Sigma has updated the release date of the Sigma 16-300mm F3.5-6.7 DC OS | Contemporary to May 15th, 2025. The lens was announced in February with an unknown release date in May.

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Fujifilm X-Half Frame Listed on B&H Photo

B&H Photo listed the Fujifilm X-Half Frame here, so it looks like Fujifilm plans to sell the camera in the United States. Since this camera is classically styled, it might help reduce demand for the X100 from the TikTok crowd, which is largely buying cameras as fashion accessories. I am sure Fujifilm wanted this to be a budget camera, but it might come at a premium initially.

What we know

  • Fujifilm Half-Frame Camera
  • Dimensions 105.8. 64.3mm
  • Optical viewfinder
  • 1-inch Sony Sensor now seems confirmed by the lens size
  • 2.7x crop Factor, so probably a 10-18mm lens, but I would venture to guess 13mm, which is why I made it 35mm equivalent in my rendering
  • Fixed f/2.4 Aperture lens
  • The Lens has an aperture ring
  • The only dial is for exposure compensation on top
  • Hot shoe on top
  • Flash on the front
  • Vertical LD, which I rendered first here
  • Made in China

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Last Call Fujifilm GFX100RF


The Fujifilm GFX100RF is supposed to ship today, and only Amazon is still accepting orders, so if you want to lock in a camera and price point, do so now. The Fujifilm GFX100RF Silver is here, and the Black is here.

Update: Just like that they are gone

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Fujifilm X-S20 Listed As Discontinued Overseas


Fujifilm X-S20:
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

Multiple retailers overseas are listing the Fujifilm X-S20 as discontinued. Sales for this camera only resumed in February.

  • Yodobashi Camera
  • Map Camera
  • Camera Kitamura

The Fujifilm X-S20 is currently in stock everywhere in the US, so grab one while you can. I wonder if Fujifilm will be replacing the Fujifilm X-S20 around the time of the Fujifilm X-Half Frame announcement. There might be more new cameras coming soon.

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23 Products Receive The Internationally Acclaimed Red Dot Design Award


23 products receive the internationally acclaimed Red Dot Design Award
FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Yoshikazu Goto) is pleased to announce that 23 products, including imaging products and medical devices, have won the Red Dot Design Award: Product Design 2025, sponsored by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen, based in Essen, Germany. The Red Dot Design Award

is an international design award established in 1955. It is awarded to products that are judged based on criteria such as design innovation, functionality, ergonomics, ecology, and durability. The Red Dot Design Award is a prestigious award that is considered one of the world’s three major design awards, along with the German iF design award and the American IDEA Award (International Design Excellence Award). As a result of judging by internationally active design experts, 23 of our products have won the Red Dot Design Award.

In developing all our products and services, we pursue functionality and performance, and we also work on developing designs that make the most of those excellent functionality and performance. Going forward, we will continue to aim to create new value for our products by realizing designs that are thorough about not only the beauty of the exterior design, but also easy and comfortable operability and portability.

via Fujifilm

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