Fujinon GF 250mm F4: BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS
Fujinon GF 1.4x Teleconverter: BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS
18mm Macro Extension Tube: BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS
45mm Macro Extension Tube: BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS

News via Fujirumors:

Press Release + Product Pages/Samples
GF 250mm F4: Press Release, Product Page + Samples, Catalogue
GF 1.4x Teleconverter: Press Release, Product Page + Samples, Catalogue
Macro Extension Tubes: Press Release, Product Page + Samples, Catalogue

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First Look Reviews + Hands on Photos

• jonasraskphtography – Behemoth Obscura – Fujifilm GF 250mm f/4 and GF1.4X TC WR mini review
• jonasraskphtography – Moving in close – A look at the Fujifilm MCEX-18G and MCEX-45G
• ephotozine – hands on photos
• photographyblog – hands on photos

Samples

X-T20 Firmware Update 2.00 Release – Download

• X-T20 Camera Body Firmware Update Ver.2.00 – download here

GFX 50S, X-H1, X-T2, X-E3, X-Pro2, X100F Firmware Update Announcements

Fujifilm X Firmware Announcements: Press Release
Fujifilm GFX Firmware Announcement: Press Release

• GFX 50S Firmware ver. 3.10 – relerase May
• X-T2 Firmware ver. 4.00 – relerase May
• X-H1 Firmware ver. 1.10 -release May
• X-Pro2 Firmware ver. 5.00 -release May
• X-E3 Firmware ver. 1.20 -release April
• X100F Firmware ver. 2.10 – release April

Mixed News

GF 250mm & Co Videos

Video focus is on first looks and hands on. Go to Fujifilm Global Youtube, fujifilm-x and Fuji Guys Youtube to see all promo videos

Blackmagic announced a new Micro Four Thirds mount cinema camera. And it’s by far the cheapest 4K RAW recording camera on the market! You can preorder it at BHphoto (price includes DaVinci software).

This looks like a winner!

More info at Cinema5D, Blackmagic, Newsshooter, Engadget.

Leica announced the new 16-35mm lens. Full details here: us.leica-camera.com

Patent “JP,2018-054913,A” discloses the design of a new tilting LCD screen that can move in nearly all kind of directions. Very smart! Let’s hope this one will be used on the future Canon FF mirrorless too :)

Dpreview posted their Ricoh interview. Here are a few news:

1) They confirm that they are NOT working on a new Pentax mirrorless camera, such as the K-01
2) They also said that “development of the next GR is already ongoing“

Nisis is a company known for it’s filters. And today they announced their first five Cine lenses:

Nisi F3 25mm Full Frame lens T2.1
Nisi F3 35mm Full Frame lens T2.0
Nisi F3 50mm Full Frame lens T2.0
Nisi F3 75mm Full Frame lens T2.0
Nisi F3 100mm Full Frame lens T2.0

Highlights
– Covers Full-Frame Format
– PL Mount/Canon EF Mount/Sony E Mount
– T2.0-T22 Clickless Aperture Range
– Ultra Low Dispersion
– High Resolution
– Retro Cinema Style
– 12-Blade Iris
– Same physical attributes across the lens line
– Geared Focus and Iris Control Rings
– Pure performance in film

You can preorder them for $999 at en.nisifilters.com/nisi-f3-prime-cinema-lens-pre-order

The Japanese agency CIPA released the official camera shipment numbers for February. And it’s again a horror news for the industry. We had a 27% decline of camera shipments compared to the previous year.

The only positive takeaway from those results is that this bad result is due the shrinking compact camera market. DSLR sales numbers up 4% while mirrorless sales went down 11%.

Editor’s note: For a couple of hours we made a mistake and switched the DSLR-Mirrorless numbers. Sorry for that!