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Fujifilm Sunday Savings

By Louis Ferreira | Published: May 26, 2019

GFX
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G Lens Savings
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Fujinon Fixed Focal Length Lenses
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Fujinon Zoom Lenses
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Other
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Other Deals
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Alpa Teases New Product For Fujifilm GFX100

By Louis Ferreira | Published: May 25, 2019

Alpa announced that they intend to launch a product for the Fujifilm GFX100 soon. I have been trying to figure out what the product will be, but the teaser will have to do for now.

Introducing ALPA XO
ALPA congratulates Fujifilm on its stunning GFX 100 medium format camera. ALPA is thrilled and has thus decided to develop a complementary line of professional tools for this new type of camera under a unique and distinguished brand ALPA XO.
ALPA will show soon first results during CineGear 2019 in Los Angeles.
ALPA XO – From ALPA with Love!

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Fujifilm GFX100: Comparometer Produces Disappointing Results

By Louis Ferreira | Published: May 25, 2019

ISO 100 Comparison

We are getting an early look at the GFX100 through the Image Resources Comparometer and I have to say the initial results are very disappointing. I decided to compare the Fujifilm GFX100, GFX50S, XT3, Phase One XF 100MP, a7RIII, 5DSR, D850 and S1R for good measure at 100MP and 24MP. Surprisingly the results were pretty similar at 100MP and 24MP so I decided to exclude the 24MP results, the current crop of high-end BSI APS-C and Full Frame sensors are quite good so I’m not surprised. Of course, you can compare them for yourself at the Comparometer.

Keep in mind the Comparometer is using a pre-production camera so results should improve and there are some slight variations in lens/f-stop selection to take into consideration, but if you try to match settings for testing you are going to be very disappointed in the image quality of the GFX100 in my estimation. The 63mm lens used on the GFX is generally very sharp and some of the images almost look like they missed focus at times because they lacked the sharpness that I am used to with my GFX50S.

Above you can see how ISO100 looks, while below I decided to use 12,800 since all of the cameras supported ISO 12,800. Some fanboys will try to cherry pick and I do not deny the Comparometer is flawed, but do some proper crops yourself where you think the image quality is better.

This is what happens when one company designs almost every sensor on the market. Largely homogenous results aren’t bad, but I would really like to see this kind of testing done with a final firmware camera and RAW files. JPEG comparisons are rarely useful when results are this similar. This kind of comparison also won’t demonstrate the significant dynamic range advantages that medium format cameras have over Full Frame and APS-C so please keep this in mind when doing your own comparisons.

While I am disappointed in the results Comparometer results I will still keep my preorder because I do not think the results are representative of what a GFX can be used to create. GFX is the first camera to make me dump Leica and the Leica look because it is a camera that really frees you to be creative. Hopefully, we will see some better technical testing soon.

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ISO 12,800 Comparison

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Fujifilm Post GFX100 Launch Interview

By Louis Ferreira | Published: May 24, 2019

A new Fujifilm X channel popped up with a post GFX100 launch interview with Fujifilm. Below are excerpts from the interview.

Fujifilm targeted pros and amateur with GFX
They wanted to expand the market
70% come from full frame
Want to expand the market to movies
GFX is about peak image quality
GFX lets you shoot medium format like full frame thanks to IBIS
GFX100 is fast
GFX50S EVF works in GFX100 but not the other way around
GFX100 isn’t meant to replace GFX50S/GFX50R
GFX100 is more photographer-centric
GFX100 IBIS can’t fit in GFX50R yet they need a technical innovation to make it work
Lots of requests for tilt-shift but might not be next but there are more lenses coming.
A fisheye lens that compliments the GFX would be difficult to make
The GF110 already has great bokeh and if they make lenses faster than the 110mm f/2 it won’t get much better, but it will get bigger
GFX almost 2.5 years old
Improved AF speed was the top request after GFX50S
Will likely minimize GFX size next
Price is also important
The GFX50S/GFX50R would have trouble catching the GFX100, but a new algorithm might help with the CDAF
Full Frame market is 35% of the digital market
Old Full Frame DSLR customers are just moving to mirrorless Full Frame so the makeup of the sensor size market is still the same
Fujifilm mirrorless grew in 2018 from users dumping DSLR cameras
X-T3 brought in a lot of new customers for Fujifilm thanks in large part to Fujifilm’s strength in high-quality video
Want bigger than Full Frame than GFX is your option
APS-C and Medium format surround the highly competitive Full Frame market
Fujifilm has no plans to merge the X-H2 and X-T4
Fujifilm X-H1 is for people that need IBIS and durability now and X-T3 is very image quality centric
Won’t talk about X-Pro3
X-H1 is functioning at its best level already
Wifi connectivity is directional so depending on where you stand signal strength will vary
Fujifilm is always working on their app

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Fujifilm’s X-Trans CMOS Sensor Receives National Invention Award

By Louis Ferreira | Published: May 24, 2019

Phase-detection autofocus pixel and RGB color filter array layout of an X-Trans CMOS 4 image sensor. The ZA and ZB pixels shown each form one half of a phase-detection AF pair.

FUJIFILM Corporation was awarded the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Prize for “Invention of digital imaging device using color filter array with low periodicity” on May 23rd at the National Invention Awards (sponsored by the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation). Announced that it has received the “Invention Achievement Achievement Award”.

The X-Trans CMOS sensor technology installed in the company’s mirrorless camera “FUJIFILM X-T3” etc. was evaluated. According to the company, it was awarded because it was evaluated as contributing to the promotion of science and technology and the development of the industrial economy.

The company’s image sensor is inspired by the structure of a photographic film in which silver particles are irregularly arranged, and employs a low-periodicity color filter array with 36 x 6 pixels as one unit.

Color moiré can be suppressed without using an optical low-pass filter, and the original resolution of the lens can be derived, and color information can be correctly acquired by arranging the three elements of light of red, green, and blue on the same line in the horizontal and vertical directions. It is possible to reproduce the original color of the subject.

National invention commendation is a system to commend original inventions and other outstanding inventions for the purpose of contributing to the improvement of science and technology and industrial development in the country. Among them, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award is given to “inventions etc. that have excellent scientific and technological progress and have remarkable implementation effects.” The “Invention Achievement Achievement Award” is presented to the representative of a corporation that receives a special award including the “Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award”.

via DC.Watch

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Fujifilm GFX100: Pre-Production Assembly Line With DPReview

By Louis Ferreira | Published: May 23, 2019

DPReview got a look at Fujifilm’s pre-production assembly line where the camera is largely put together by hand. Not much to learn here, but some interesting photos of the camera exploded and details about how it was put together. You can view the full article here or the bullet points below.

the IBIS unit alone is comprised of more than 100 individual parts
major imaging components are assembled into a single unit, structurally independent to the main body panels which make up the exterior chassis of the camera (i.e., the bits that you can see)
very precise alignment can be achieved – and maintained – even if the main body of the camera is subjected to physical stress or shock
the IBIS unit takes up quite a bit of space, what’s surprising is that it isn’t larger, given the size of the sensor that it has to stabilize – and of course the weight of that sensor. In fact, four springs are incorporated to absorb sensor movement
Everything from shutter accuracy to IBIS calibration must be performed on a camera-by-camera basis, to ensure that each GFX 100 performs in exactly the same way. All of this calibration data is saved to a database stored by Fujifilm, and can be looked up by serial number if and when the camera comes in for service in the future
the plastic on the handle is where the wireless is located
During the process of pre-release testing, prototype cameras like this might have literally hundreds of major and iterative firmware updates applied to them as features are added, removed and tweaked

There are more details in the original article about some things they couldn’t show but not much. Hopefully, they get their automated lines started smoothly so the GFX100 ships at the end of June as planned.

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