Rayqual releases Fujifilm X-Pro 1 lens adapters

Premier quality lens adapter manufacturer Rayqual have today released the manual focus lens to Fujifilm X-Pro 1 mount adapter. The following lens mounts are available: Leica M Nikon F Contax/Yashica Canon FD Pentax K Olympus OM M42 Leica R Exakta Adapters for autofocus lenses (Nikon FG, Pentax DA) including an aperture control ring will following... 

Not a bad picture on show

Report from Camera and Photo Imaging Show 2011, Yokohama At the risk of stating an utterly obvious and absolutely not new realization: it has become extremely difficult, perhaps impossible, to take a bad photograph with contemporary cameras. At least technically speaking, there is very little that can still go wrong nowadays. Exposure metering is accurate,... 

Fujifilm to reorganize film lineup UPDATED

UPDATED 7 Mar 2010 (see below) Fujifilm has announced some changes in their product line affecting the following film products: Neopan 400 (Presto) 120 size is discontinued with immediate effect (does not affect availability in 135 format) 12 and 24 exposure rolls for 35mm film will be gradually phased out Acros 100 in 11×14 size (special... 

Moriyama’s Record No. 13

Record No. 13, by Daido Moriyama The latest iteration of Daido Moriyama’s “Record”, number 13, arrived here at Japan Exposures a few weeks ago and upon diving into it’s black and white goodness, it was immediately apparent that there was something not quite the same with this issue. Could it be the number 13 working its unlucky... 

Special Order Fujichrome Velvia 50 5×7 Sheet Film

Many people consider the 5×7 inch sheet film format as the ideal balance in large format photography. A film size large enough for contact printing or comfortable unmagnified viewing, a camera not too bulky, and perhaps best of all, a very pleasing aspect ratio of the image suitable for landscape and portrait orientation. Nonetheless the 5×7... 

Sayonara 110 – Fujifilm discontinues 110 colour negative film

After 32 years in production Fujifilm has discontinued production of the Fujicolor 110 format (aka “pocket”) colour negative film. 110 is a cartridge-based film format used in still photography. It was introduced by Kodak in 1972. 110 is a miniaturised version of Kodak’s earlier 126 film format. The image is 13×17 millimeters, with... 

Fujicolor Industrial Color Negative Film

Following the DNP films we have added another inexpensive film to our selection: Fujicolor Industrial Color Negative Film. The film comes in very plain packaging and is available in 100 and 400 speed and is an all-purpose colour negative film for general use. Available in packs of ten or higher quantities on request. Tweet... 

Update on release of Fujifilm GF670 Professional

We have just been informed by Fujifilm that the release of the Fujifilm GF670 Professional, initially scheduled for mid-March, and subsequently postponed to late April is imminent, although no exact date has been set. The amount of pre-orders is continuing to exceed expectations. As a consequence Fujifilm are unable to fulfill all pre-orders at once... 

Showtime

I have missed it last year, for some reason, so wanted to make a special effort to see it this year: the Tokyo Photo Imaging Expo 2009, a consumer-oriented photo trade fair held in the Tokyo Big Sight complex on the Odaiba artificial island, a little off the centre of town. Here are some impressions and very personal subjective highlights: When you... 

Negative News

Shinagawa, Tokyo, Contax G1 on DNP Centuria 200 We have been notified of a price increase of the popular Fujifilm Natura 1600 colour negative film. This film has been our best selling film for several years now and its popularity is founded on its great performance under low light conditions where it really excels. And you don’t need a Natura... 

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