$320 off on the Fuji X-T1 (costs $679)
You save $320 on the grey imported Fuji X-T1 sold on eBay US (Click here). It does come with 1 year seller warranty.
Fuji releases another major firmware update!
Fuji X camera and lens owners can enjoy a brand new firmware update release:
CAMERAS
X-Pro2, X-Pro1, X-T1/X-T1 GS, X-T10, X-E2S, X-E2, X-E1,
- Enhances the accuracy of Manual focus adjustment
- X-Pro2 Only: The phenomenon below that occurs on rare occasions is fixed. –
Horizontal lines appears on LCD or EVF when Auto-rotate playback.
TURN OFF THE CAMERA AND TURN ON AGAIN.” message is displayed right after shooting.
LENSES
XF35mmF2 R WR, XF90mmF2, XF10-24mmF4, XF16-55mmF2.8, XF18-55mm, XF18-135mm, XF50-140mmF2.8, XF55-200mm, XF100-400mm , XC16-50mm, XC50-230mm
- Enhances the accuracy of Manual focus adjustment
- Improvement of OIS function
- Addition of compatibility with “XF2 X TC WR”
via Fujirumors.
Mercury: The World’s First Universal Camera
Mercury Works launched a new Kickstarter campagn (Click here) to finance what they claim to be the first universal camera. They write that this is
A modular, open camera system capable of shooting any format (medium and large format film, digital, Instax…) and using any lens.
Also Nikon seems to be working on a curved image sensor
We saw this before from Sony and now there is a new patent from Nikon that seems to describe the very same thing: A curved image sensor! The advantages of such a sensor would be:
- You can design more compact lenses
- The Sony patent said there is a 1 stop advantage in making such lens designs
- No artifacts or image quality deterioration on corners
My guess is that if that patent will ever be implemented ina real products this will happen on a fixed lens camera.
Watch this video showing you how the future lenses will be (Spoiler: small!)
The day may not be far away when lenses will become as thin as hair!
New Fuji Rumors: X-T2 coming before Photokina and new 20mm f/1.8 lens patent
There are many Fuji rumors and news:
X-T2:
The earthquake damages in Kumamoto did not change Fuji’s plan to launch the new X-T2 launch before the Photokina event. The camera is likely to be announced within the next 4-6 weeks (Source: Fujirumors).
20mm f/1.8:
Egami spotted a new 20mm f/1.8 Fuji lens patent.
Nissin i60:
The launch got delayed til late July (info via BHphoto).
EF-X500 Flash :
The EF-X500 Flash launch got postponed to September (Source: Fujirumors).
Also Ricoh confirms some delay on their products
Ricoh Japan confirmed that they also got affected by the Kumamoto earthquake. Because of supply (aka Sony) issues there will be some shortage of Ricoh/Pentax cameras.