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Optical Limits: Laowa 65mm f/2.8 2X Macro – Outstanding Sharpness and Affordable 2:1 Macro With No Trickery

By Louis Ferreira | Published: January 31, 2020

Venus Optics Laowa 65mm f/2.8 2X Macro:
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Venus Optics has been doing a great job with their Laowa lenses lately and their 65mm f/2.8 2x Macro is an outstanding Macro lens that you should consider. Laowa does not use any trickery to correct their lens and has impressive results throughout the aperture range, but Optical limits thinks that f/22 on the lens might be more like f/14.

The Laowa 65mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO is a stunning performer with just a few minor weaknesses. Its biggest value proposition is the excellent resolution. At f/2.8, the center is tack sharp with you a hint of softness at the image corners. However, at f/5.6, the quality is as good as it gets! Lateral CAs, as well as distortions, are non-existent. There’s a tad of vignetting at fully open aperture but it’s by no means disturbing and it can be reduced by stopping down. The quality of the bokeh is good. The foreground blur is very smooth whereas the background blur could be better. Out of focus highlights are nicely rendered at f/2.8 but you can spot that the lens doesn’t feature curved aperture blades at smaller aperture settings. A big plus in our book is the lack of axial CAs which is already a massive achievement alone but even more so at a price point of just 399USD/479EUR. It is a true APO lens indeed.
The build quality of the all-metal Laowa lens is very good- also thanks to the constant physical size.. The focus ring feels great and here are no wobbly partsWeather-sealing is not implemented. As mentioned, the aperture mechanism isn’t super accurate though. In real life it won’t matter too much but the effective minimum aperture settings are actually bigger (in terms of aperture diameter) than indicated. A more substantial drawback for some is the all-manual nature – no AF, no EXIF data, no camera-controlled aperture. Macro photographers may shrug this off because AF is of little use in the macro world but the average Bruce and Sheila may miss this during everyday photography.

You can read the full review at Optical Limits.

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Fujinon GF 90mm f/1.4 R WR Patent Found

By Louis Ferreira | Published: January 30, 2020

It looks like Fujifilm is experimenting with fast glass on the GFX with the surfacing of the Fujinon GF90mm f/1.4 R WR after the new road map with the FUJINON Lens GF80mmF1.7 R WR on it. I doubt we will see this lens anytime soon if at all since it’s very close to the GF80mm in length.

Embodiment 1: 90mm F1.4
Focal length: 88.78 mm
F number: 1.44
Angle of view: 32.8

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Fujifilm X100V Spec Leaked!

By Louis Ferreira | Published: January 29, 2020

Fujifilm X100V (Coming Feb 4th): B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
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Number Of Effective Pixels
26.1 millions pixels

Image Sensor
23.5mm x 15.6mm (APS-C) X-Trans CMOS 4 with primary color filter.

Storage Media
SD memory card (-2GB) / SDHC memory card (-32GB) / SDXC memory card (-512GB) UHS-I*1

File Format Of Still Image
Compliant with Design rule for Camera File system (DCF2.0) JPEG: Exif Ver 2.3
RAW: 14bit RAW (RAF original format) / RAW+JPEG

Number Of Recorded Pixels
L: <3:2> 6240 x4160 / <16:9> 6240 x3512 / <1:1> 4160 x4160 M: <3:2> 4416 x2944 / <16:9> 4416 x2488 / <1:1> 2944 x2944 S: <3:2> 3120 x2080 / <16:9> 3120 x1760 / <1:1> 2080 x2080 Panorama:
L: 2160 x 9600 [Horizontal : 9600 x 1440]
M: 2160 x 6400 [Horizontal : 6400 x 1440]

Lens Type
FUJINON single focal length lens

Lens Focal Length
f=23mm (35mm format equivalent : 35mm)

Lens Max. Aperture
F2.0

Lens Configuration
8 elements in 6 groups (includes 2 aspherical elements)

Lens ND Filter
Yes (4 stops)

Aperture
F2 – F16 1/3EV step (controlled with 9-blade aperture diaphragm)

Focus Range
Approx. 10cm to infinity / 3.9in. to infinity

Conversion Lens
WIDE / TELE / OFF

Digital Tele-Converter
35mm (Nomal), 50mm, 70mm, 35mm fomat equivalent

Sensitivity Standard Output
AUTO1 / AUTO2 / AUTO3 / ISO160-12800 (1/3EV step)

Sensitivity Extended Output
ISO80 / 100 / 125 / 25600 / 51200

Exposure Control
TTL 256-zone metering, Multi / Spot / Average/ Center Weighted

Exposure Mode
P (Program AE) / A (Aperture Priority AE) / S (Shutter Speed Priority AE) / M (Manual Exposure)

Exposure Compensation
-5.0EV-+5.0EV 1/3EV step (Movie: -2.0EV-+2.0EV)

Shutter Type
Lens Shutter

Shutter Speed
Mechanical Shutter:
P mode: 4sec. to 1/4000sec
A mode: 30sec. to 1/4000sec, S/M mode: 15min. to 1/4000sec Bulb mode: up to 60min.
Electronic Shutter:
P mode: 4sec. to 1/32000sec
A mode: 30sec. to 1/32000sec, S/M mode: 15min. to 1/32000sec Bulb mode: 1sec. Fixed
Mechanical+Electronic Shutter:
P mode: 4sec. to 1/32000sec
A mode: 30sec. to 1/32000sec, S/M mode: 15min. to 1/32000sec Bulb mode: up to 60min.

Continuous Shooting
Approx. 11fps (JPEG: 38 frames, Lossless compression RAW: 17 frames, Uncompressed RAW: 17 frames)
Approx. 8.0fps (JPEG: 76 frames, Lossless compression RAW: 18 frames, Uncompressed RAW: 18 frames)
Approx. 6.0fps (JPEG: 220 frames, Lossless compression RAW: 21 frames, Uncompressed RAW: 18 frames)
Approx. 5.0fps (JPEG: 458 frames, Lossless compression RAW: 24 frames, Uncompressed RAW: 19 frames)

Continuous Shooting (Contd.)
Approx. 4.0fps (JPEG: endless, Lossless compression RAW: 28 frames, Uncompressed RAW: 20 frames)
Approx. 3.0fps (JPEG: endless, Lossless compression RAW: 34 frames, Uncompressed RAW: 21 frames)
Approx. 30fps [Only electronic shutter, 1.25 x Crop] (JPEG: 29 frames, Lossless compression RAW: 17 frames, Uncompressed RAW: 17 frames)

Continuous Shooting (Contd..)
Approx. 20fps [Only electronic shutter, 1.25 x Crop ] (JPEG: 79 frames, Lossless compression RAW: 17 frames, Uncompressed RAW: 17 frames)
Approx. 20fps [Only electronic shutter] (JPEG: 32 frames, Lossless compression RAW: 17 frames, Uncompressed RAW: 17 frames)
Approx. 10fps [Only electronic shutter, 1.25 x Crop] (JPEG: 153 frames, Lossless compression RAW: 18 frames, Uncompressed RAW: 18 frames)

Continuous Shooting (Contd…)
Approx. 10fps [Only electronic shutter] (JPEG: 81 frames, Lossless compression RAW: 18 frames, Uncompressed RAW: 18 frames)
Approx. 8.0fps [Only electronic shutter, 1.25 x Crop] (JPEG: 90 frames, Lossless compression RAW: 18 frames, Uncompressed RAW: 18 frames)

Recordable frames depends on recording media

Speed of continuous shooting depends on shooting environment and shooting frames Auto Bracketing

AE Bracketing
(Frames: 2, 3, 5, 7, 9 Step: by 1/3EV step, up to +/-3EV steps) Film simulation bracketing (Any 3 types of film simulation selectable) Dynamic Range Bracketing (100%, 200%, 400%)
ISO sensitivity Bracketing ( +/-1/3EV, +/-2/3EV, +/-1EV)

White Balance Bracketing
( +/-1, +/-2, +/-3) Focus Bracketing (AUTO, MANUAL)

AF Mode
Single AF / Continuous AF / MF

AF Type
Intelligent Hybrid AF (TTL contrast AF / TTL phase detection AF)

AF Low-Light Performance Contrast
-2.0EV

Phase Detection:
-5.0EV Af Frame Selection

Single point AF:
EVF / LCD: 13 x9 / 25 x17 (Changeable size of AF frame) Zone AF: 3 x3 / 5 x5 / 7 x7 from 117 areas on 13 x9 grid
Wide/Tracking AF: (up to 18 area)

White Balance
Automatic Scene recognition / Custom1-3 / Color temperature selection (2500K-10000K) / Preset: Daylight, Shade,

Self-Timer
10sec. / 2sec.

Interval Timer Shooting
Yes (Setting: Interval, Number of shots, Starting time)

Flash
Auto flash [Super Intelligent Flash]
Effective range: (ISO 1600) approx. 1.0 – 24.3′ (30cm – 7.4m) Guide Number: approx. 4.4 (ISO100 m)

Flash Mode
TTL MODE (Flash Auto, Standard, Slow Sync.), Manual, Commander, OFF

Flash Sync. Mode
1st Curtain, 2nd Curtain

Flash Red Eye Removal
Flash + Removal, Flash, Removal, Off

Hot Shoe
Yes (Dedicated TTL Flash compatible)

OVF
Reverse Galilean viewfinder with electronic bright frame display Coverage of frame area v.s. capturing area: approx. 95% Magnifications approx x0.52″

EVF
0.5 inch approx. 3.69 millions dots OLED Color Viewfinder (4:3)
Coverage of viewing area vs. capturing area: approx. 100%
Eyepoint: approx. 16.8mm (from the eyepiece lens), Diopter adjustment: -4-+2m-1 Magnification: 0.66 x with 50mm lens (35mm equivalent) at infinity and diopter set to -1m- 1
Diagonal angle of view: approx. 32 Degree (Horizontal angle of view: approx. 27 Degree ) Built-in eye sensor

LCD Monitor
3.0 inch, aspect ratio 3:2

approx.1.62 millions dots tilting touch screen color LCD monitor(approx. 100% coverage)

File Format
Format:
MOV, Compression: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264

Audio:
Linear PCM / Stereo sound 2ch / 24bit / 48KHz sampling

Movie File Size/Frame Rate/Rec. Time
[DCI 4K (4096 x2160)] 29.97p/25p/24p/23.98p, 200Mbps/100Mbps, up to approx. 10min [4K (3840 x2160)] 29.97p/25p/24p/23.98p, 200Mbps/100Mbps, up to approx. 10min [Full HD (2048 x1080)] 59.94p/50p/29.97p/25p/24p/23.98p, 200Mbps/100Mbps/50Mbps, up to approx. 15min.

[Full HD (1920 x1080)] 59.94p/50p/29.97p/25p/24p/23.98p, 200Mbps/100Mbps/50Mbps, up to approx. 15min.

[Full HD (1920 x1080) High speed rec.] 120p/100p, 200Mbps(recording), up to approx. 6min.

For recording movies, use a SD memory card with UHS Speed Class 3 or higher. Although movie recording will continue without interruption when the file size reaches 4GB, subsequent

Film Simulation Mode
17 modes (PROVIA/Standard, Velvia/Vivid, ASTIA/Soft, Classic Chrome, PRO Neg.Hi, PRO Neg.Std, Black & White, Black & White+Ye Filter, Black & White+R Filter, Black & White+G Filter, Sepia, ACROS, ACROS+Ye Filter, ACROS+R Filter, ACROS+G Filter, ETERNA/Cinema, Classic Neg) Monochromatic Color

Clarity Setting
+/-5 steps

HDR Mode
AUTO, 200%, 400%, 800%, PLUS

Grain Effect
Roughness: Strong, Weak, Off / Size: Large, Small

Color Chrome Effect
Strong, Weak, Off

Color Chrome Blue
Strong, Weak, Off

Dynamic Range Setting
Still: AUTO, 100%, 200%, 400%
ISO restriction (DR100%: No limit, DR200%: ISO320 or more, DR400%: ISO640 or more) Movie: 100%, 200%, 400%
ISO restriction (DR100%: No limit, DR200%: ISO320 or more, DR400%: ISO640 or more)

Advanced Filter
Toy camera, Miniature, Pop color, High-key, Low-key, Dynamic tone, Soft focus, Partial color (Red / Orange / Yellow / Green / Blue / Purple)

Wireless Transmitter
Standard Access Mode: Infrastructure

Wireless Transmitter Standard
IEEE802.11b/g/n (standard wireless protocol)

Wireless Transmitter Standard Encryption
WEP / WPA / WPA2 mixed mode

Bluetooth Standard
Bluetooth Ver 4.2 (Bluetooth low energy)

Bluetooth Operating Frequency
2402 – 2480MHz (Center Frequency)

Terminal Digital Interface
USB Type-C (USB3.1 Gen1)

Terminal HDMI Output
HDMI Micro connector (Type D)

Terminal Other
Microphone / shutter release input: 2.5mm NP-W126S Li-ion battery (included)

Battery Life
For Still Images: Approx. 350 / 420 frames (EVF / OVF Normal Mode)

Actual Battery Life Of Movie Capture

[4K] approx. 45min. (29.97p)

[Full HD] approx. 50min. (59.94p)

Continuance Battery Life
Movie Capture: [4K] approx. 50min. (29.97p)

[Full HD] approx. 75min. (59.94p)

Operating Temperature
0 Degree C-+40 Degree C

Operating Humidity
10%-80% (no condensation)

Starting Up Period
Approx. 0.5sec.

Dimensions (H x W x D)
74.8 x 128.0 x 53.3mm

(Minimum depth 32.7mm)

Weight
Approx. 478g (including battery and SD memory card)
Approx. 428g (excluding battery and SD memory card)

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Fujinon MK L-Mount Kit Released

By Louis Ferreira | Published: January 29, 2020

MTF Lensadaptor released a mount swap kit for the Fujinon MK for L-Mount, which you can get here.

Leica L mount for Fuji MK lens
Conversion kit for fitting Leica L mount to Fuji MK lens

Comes with:
Replacement collar
Stainless steel Leica L mount
Set of screws
Rear lens cap

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Notification FUJIFILM Camera Remote 4.4.1 With iOS13 Fix

By Louis Ferreira | Published: January 29, 2020

Fujifilm updated its iOS and Android camera remote app to 4.4.1.

Notification of FUJIFILM Camera Remote with “iOS13” Smartphones
<Updated history>
January 29, 2020 updated

FUJIFILM Camera Remote Ver.4.4.1 which adds compatibility of connection to smartphones and devices with iOS13 has been delivered. Upgrade to ver.4.4.1 and use it.

December 20, 2019 updated

About the compatibility of FUJIFILM Camera Remote with iOS13 devices, we are still checking it. We have confirmed the case that the Camera Remote cannot recognize a camera’s SSID * due to the change of the OS.
We apologize for your inconvenience and would appreciate it if you could understand the current situation.

For your reference, tentative solutions below can make the Wi-Fi connection more stable.

1. Change the Location setting to ON.

Settings＞Privacy＞Location Services ON
Settings＞Cam Remote＞Location＞“While Using the App” or “Always”

2. Change the Bluetooth setting to ON.**

Settings＞Bluetooth＞Bluetooth ON
Settings＞Cam Remote＞Bluetooth ON

3. Change the setting of “Auto-Join Hotspot” to Never.

Settings>Wi-Fi> Auto-Join Hotspot >Never

4. Change the Wi-Fi Assist to OFF.

Settings＞Cellular＞Wi-Fi Assist OFF

5. Turn off a smartphone and turn it on again.

* In case that the tentative solutions don’t work.

Upgrade the OS to the latest version.
If the camera and the Camera Remote are paired via Bluetooth, carry out the “RESET WIRELESS SETTING” of the camera and “Reset APP settings” of the Camera Remote and connect them again from the initial setting.

*When FUJIFILM application software communicates with a camera, it tries to recognize the network name of the camera (SSID) for WiFi connection.
**Try the solution only when the camera and the Camera Remote are paired via Bluetooth.

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Fujifilm X-Pro3 Firmware 1.03 Update Now Available

By Louis Ferreira | Published: January 29, 2020

Fujifilm released firmware 1.03 for the Fujifilm X-Pro3. You can download a copy here and read what the update does below

The firmware update Ver.1.03 from Ver.1.01 and Ver.1.02 incorporates the following issues:

1.The phenomenon is fixed that in rare cases, a freeze could occur.
2.The phenomenon is fixed that the color tone of recorded images is not recorded correctly in AF-C mode and continuous shooting.

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