Fujifilm Photography News and Rumors

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Fujifilm posted an interview to its Instagram today that has some interesting information about the Fujifilm X-T4.

• Expecting availability of the camera to be in the 2nd/3rd week of may
• A lot of preorders so make sure to order one
• $200 more than X-T3 with a lot of bang for the buck
• You can get it with the Fujinon 18-55mm f/2.8-4 for $400 more or the Fujinon 16-80mm f/4 for $500 more
• X-T4/X-T3 use the same sensor/processor, but X-T4 has added some more parallel circuitry to get some more performance
• X-T4 also largely adds IBIS
• The grip is a little bigger for the new battery
• IBIS is mainly why it is heavier than X-T3
• Fujifilm made their IBIS a lot skinnier
• The new battery provides 50% longer life
• There is a new vertical grip that takes two batteries and it is a little fatter than the X-T3 grip
• With almost any lens you get up to 6.5 stops of still performance
• Digital stabilization goes on top of physical
• Electronic crop mode has a 29% mode crop
• The new flipout LCD screen can now be used for recording yourself or it can be used to protect the LCD screen
• Still/Movie mode makes two separate setups for your camera
• Internal 4k60p UHD and Cinima4k 10-bit 4:2:0 recording and F-Log
• Bleach Bypass ETERNIA is new
• The new shutter is improved and is guaranteed up to 300,000 actuations
• The new shutter is faster and quieter than X-T3 too
•  High-speed mechanical shutter helps minimize LED banding
• AF down to -6 EV and is much faster now

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Fujifilm X-T4 Preorder: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
VG-XT4 Vertical Battery Grip: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
NP-W235 Battery:  B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Fujifilm BC-W235 Dual Battery Charger: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

Previously Fujifilm released X-T4 tales:

Tales of the X-T4: Tale 1 – Versatile Performance
Tales of the X-T4: Tale 2 – IBIS

Now Fujifilm has released its second tale “Tales of the X-T4: Tale 3”

Fujifilm has always been a company that cared about color science whether dealing with film or digital photography. This is why in 2003 they started creating film simulations in their digital cameras with the FinePix F700, which featured “F-Simulation” that kicked off Fujifilm’s continued roll-out of digital film stock simulations.

The rolling out of film simulations haven’t been random, because starting with the X-Pro2 Fujifilm introduced “ACROS” which fit the design philosophy of the X-Pro2, which was followed by “ETERNA” in the X-H1 which was intended for video use, and later “Classic Neg.” for the X-Pro3. This has now lead to “ETERNA Bleach Bypass” in the X-T4.

“ETERNA Bleach Bypass” is the follow up to “ETERNA”, which was introduced for the X-H1 that was intended to be more videocentric. When Fujifilm compares their film simulations “PROVIA” was dead center until the introduction of “ETERNA”, which is outside the matrix of their photography centric simulations due to its low saturation and contrast, which you can learn about here.

Now “ETERNA Bleach Bypass” pushes Fujifilm simulations even further, making “ETERNA” more of a middle ground simulation. It resembles black-and-white photographs dropping saturation even more, while tightening dynamic range making it equivalent to “Classic Chrome” for photography on their matrix which you can see below.

In Japan “bleach bypass” is know as “retaining the silver” because it skips the step of removing (“bleaching”) the silver halide during development which goes back to the days of film. Fujifilm has been aware of this technique for some time and they have decided to introduce it first in its “bleach bypass” movie film simulation.

This effect is very different today, because in the past it was done for movies being projected on a screen, while digital images are often viewed on monitors, phones, TV screens, and more. This made designing “bleach bypass” an engineering challenge because it has to be designed to relay the same impression created by viewing the film in the theater on any format that it is viewed.

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Fujifilm X-T4 Preorder: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
VG-XT4 Vertical Battery Grip: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
NP-W235 Battery:  B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Fujifilm BC-W235 Dual Battery Charger: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

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