Fujifilm X-T2: Why I Switched From Sony & Wedding Photography

By Louis Ferreira | Published: November 9, 2016

The Fujifilm X-T2 is one of the hottest cameras on the market at the moment and lots of photographers are switching. I haven’t been shooting much besides my X-T2 lately, but when I do I always feel like there are things missing from the other cameras I use and not the X-T2. The above video is a bit long and slow paced, but very detailed if you’re curious why someone would switch from Sony and the below is a bit odd for DPReview.

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Fujifilm X-T2 1.10/X-T1 5.00/X-Pro 2 2.01 Firmware Updates

By Louis Ferreira | Published: November 8, 2016

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Fujifilm X-T2 ver. 1.10 adds USB tethered shooting, compatible with HS-V5 app, plug-in for Adobe LR Download Here (Still Waiting Nov. 29th)

X-T1 ver. 5.00 add compatibility for the EF-X500 Downlod Here

X-Pro2 ver. 2.01 Improvement of AF function and Improvement of PC “AutoSave” Download Here

 

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Fujifilm: Notice of the Status of Buyback of Company Shares

By Louis Ferreira | Published: November 7, 2016

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Notice of the Status of Buyback of Company Shares
(Buyback of Company Shares Based on the Articles of Incorporation as Stipulated in Paragraph 2, Article 165, of the Companies Act)

At the Board of Directors meeting held on April 27, 2016, FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation (the “Company”) resolved to buy back the Company’s shares, based on the stipulations of paragraph 3, Article 165, of Japan’s Companies Act, as interpreted in the light of Article 156 of the Companies Act. The status of the buyback is as follows.

1. Type of shares bought back: Common stock
2. Number of shares bought: 4,074,300 shares
3. Total value of shares bought: ¥15,963,329,500
4. Dates for purchase: October 1, 2016, to October 31, 2016 (contractual basis)
5. Method of purchase: Purchased through the Tokyo Stock Exchange

(Reference)
1. Details of the buyback resolved by the Board of Directors at its meeting of April 27, 2016
(1) Type of shares to be bought back: Common stock
(2) Number of shares to be bought: 15.0 million (upper limit)
(3) Total value of shares to be bought: ¥50.0 billion (upper limit)
(4) Dates for purchase: May 2, 2016, to December 31, 2016

2. Total number of its treasury stock bought back up to October 31, 2016 based on the above resolution (1) Number
(1) Number of shares bought: 11,046,400 shares
(2) Total value of shares bought: ¥42,473,556,100

Via Fujifilm

 

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Fujifilm Savings Return

By Louis Ferreira | Published: November 6, 2016

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X-SERIES CAMERAS
Fuji X-Pro
X-Pro 2 (save $150): Amazon / B&Hphoto / Adorama

Fuji X-A
X-A3 + XC 16-50 + XC 50-230 (save $300): B&Hphoto

Fuji X-T1
X-T1 + 18-135 (save $400): Amazon / B&Hphoto / Adorama
X-T1 + 18-55 (save $400): Amazon / B&Hphoto / Adorama
X-T1 Black Body (save $400):  Amazon / B&Hphoto / Adorama
X-T1 Graphite (save $400): Amazon / B&Hphoto / Adorama

Fuji X-T10
X-T10 + XF 18-55 (save $100): Amazon / B&Hphoto / Adorama
X-T10 + XC 16-50 (save $100): Amazon / B&Hphoto / Adorama
X-T10 + XC 16-50 + 50-230 (save $200): Amazon / B&Hphoto

Fuji X100
X100T (save $200): Amazon / B&Hphoto / Adorama

Fujinon Fixed Focal Length Lenses
XF 14mm F2.8 R (save $300): Amazon / B&Hphoto / Adorama
XF 16mm F1.4 WR (save $200): Amazon / B&Hphoto / Adorama
XF 18mm F2 R (save $150): Amazon / B&Hphoto / Adorama
XF 23mm F1.4 R (save $250): Amazon / B&Hphoto / Adorama
XF 27mm F2.8 (save $100): Amazon / B&Hphoto / Adorama
XF 35mm F1.4 R (save $150): Amazon / B&Hphoto / Adorama
XF 35mm F2 R WR (save $100): Amazon / B&Hphoto / Adorama
XF 56mm F1.2 R (save $200): Amazon / B&Hphoto / Adorama
XF 56mm F1.2 R APD (save $300): Amazon / B&Hphoto / Adorama
XF 60mm F2.4 Marcro (save $100): Amazon / B&Hphoto / Adorama
XF 90mmF2 R LM WR (save $200): Amazon / B&Hphoto / Adorama

Fujinon Zoom Lenses
XF 10-24mm F4 R (save $200): Amazon/ B&Hphoto / Adorama
XF 16-55mm F2.8 R LM WR (save $200): Amazon / B&Hphoto / Adorama
XF 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 R LM WR (save $200): Amazon / B&Hphoto / Adorama
XF 50-140mm F2.8 R LM WR (save $200): Amazon / B&Hphoto / Adorama
XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 R LM OIS (save $100): Amazon / B&Hphoto / Adorama
XF 50-140mm + XF100-400 (save $400): B&Hphoto

Fujinon Teleconverter Packages
XF50-140 + 1.4x TC (save $350):  B&Hphoto
XF100-400 + 1.4x TC (save $350):  B&Hphoto
XF50-140 + 2x TC (save $350):  B&Hphoto
XF100-400 + 2x TC (save $350):  B&Hphoto

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Fuji Guys Why You Should Go Beyond Kit Lenses: Telephoto Lenses

By Louis Ferreira | Published: November 5, 2016

The Fuji Guys take the Fujinon XF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR, XF 55-200mmF3.5-4.8 R LM OIS and XC 50-230mm F4.5-6.7 birding on the Fujifilm X-T10. Out of the three I think the XF100-400mm is the best performer and I highly recommended it in my review, but the XF 55-200mm is the best value.

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Fujinon XF 23mm f/2 R WR 4k Footage: Day of The Dead

By Louis Ferreira | Published: November 4, 2016

Last year I took a lot of photos at The Day of The Dead Parade with my Leica’s, but this year I decided to try my Fujifilm X-T2 and Fujinon XF23mm f/2 R WR to see how they performed. I already shared my photos, but here is the 4k video I shot the other night. This is the RAW footage and it was filmed fully manually so any errors are my own. In the first video I manually focused at 9ft where I figured the first banner would be fully visible and then I pulled focus to about 6ft for the rest of the parade.

The camera was set to 1/50th a second and 1/50th a second with the ISO set to 6400 in both videos for consistency, but the sun was setting so the camera is really struggling in the second video at times. I used Provia Standard with everything zero’d out because I didn’t have any intentions to do color grading etc… and the audio was capture with the internal microphone, which was set to 3 for the first video and 15 on the second (an error on my behalf). I probably could have focused better with an external recorder with a bigger screen, but I did my best under the conditions. Hopefully you enjoy the videos and follow me on YouTube, because I would like to produce more videos in the future. If there is an interest in video I’ll put out the money for an atomos and do log video right.

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