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KEN.L PHOTOGRAPHY, Fo Tan (2025)

23/09/2025

When I use GFX100RF for “Portrait”

The GFX100RF is undoubtedly a powerful and lightweight MF camera, but its drawback is also obvious... a non-interchangeable 35mm f/4 prime lens.

Many people say that the f/4 aperture is too small... If you're familiar with or have used medium format cameras from the film era, most lenses start at f/3.5-f/4, with only a very small number of lenses having f/2.8 or lower. f/4 is considered a "standard" aperture in the MF system.

Thanks to the large 102MP sensor, the camera offers three additional digital crop focal lengths: 45mm > 63mm > 80mm, giving me flexible "zooming" capabilities for portrait photography. Although cropping reduces pixel size, it still retains the benefit of a MF camera: high pixel (high resolution), image quality, 16-bit color depth, and 15.3 stops dynamic range... etc

*One important point to note: the lens is f/4. While digital cropping changes the focal length (magnification), the aperture and bokeh effect remain unchanged. Therefore, digital cropping on the GFX100RF does not alter the optics of the camera or lens, nor does it directly affect depth of field. There's no such thing as "the equivalent aperture decreases after teleconversion." It's not a lens adapted... Most people are wrong about this.

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18/09/2025

As a professional photographer, I use my equipment extensively on every shoot. When any of the aforementioned items become worn out, I can immediately replace them with new ones except memory cards. They store the day's footage, if the card breaks or crashes, you will lose all datas and might caused a penalty for it. Of course, I don't always store my photos on the card, I have a NAS at home for backup, and I always shoot tethering, syncing my camera card and computer for extra security.

I've used several different brands of cards over these years, my earliest ones were SxxD###, I initially used them because they were a well-known brand, but the bigger the brand, the more problems with counterfeit and substandard cards there became, so I switched to L###x. They were also very good quality initially, and MIT cards, at least for the first two years… But then, after changing the manufacturer, the quality declined. I bought two V90 SD cards for my GFX100S for works, both cards died within six months separately, completely lost all my datas and un-recoverable. Fortunately, I was using dual cards backup setting, so didn't cause any major impact. However, it did make me think about switching brands...

I recently started using the GFX100RF, another MF camera with dual SD card slots. I've previously featured Exascend's CFe B card, which has performed well and reliably under heavy workloads on my GFX100ii. The FUJIFILM official recommended card list, and their Catalyst/ESSENTIAL series provide lifetime maintenance (card replacement) and data recovery services, which is definitely a guarantee for professional photographers! This time, let this new camera use the new Exascend v90 SD card to start its new journey.

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27/08/2025

The 5th FUJIFILM H.O.P. NOW opened

H.O.P., short for House of Photography, is a FUJIFILM photography experience center. The first H.O.P. was located in London, England, then Mexico and Sydney. Earlier this year, one opened above X-Space in Shanghai, and the 5th is now in Hong Kong.

The grand opening ceremony featured Mr. Masato San from FUJIFILM headquarters and my good friend Mr. Yuji San, whom often seen at the X-Summit, as guests of honor. The FUJIFILM House of Photography Hong Kong located in Tsuen Wan's Mills, spanning 3,000 square feet, features various Instax, X-Series, and GFX series experience zones, providing a unique space for fans to explore and experience. There are also lounge areas for socialising, a professional studio available for rental, a selfie gallery stocked with props, and a boutique area featuring exclusive Hong Kong FUJIFILM merchandise. Welcome everyone to visit

FUJIFILM House of Photography
Location: Shop 201-202, 2/F, The Mills

FUJIFILM Hong Kong Fujifilm instax Hong Kong Fujifilm / 富士フイルム

07/04/2025

Thanks very much for the inviting Fujifilm X Singapore, this is my great honour to be part the of GFX100RF launch event, I have met so many X-Photographer friends from SG and Malaysia, and hosted a GFX x Capture One workshop for PSS x FUJIFILM SG inside one of the oldest building in Singapore.

I do have a really great time during staying in Singapore, lovely people and lovely place, looking forward to see you guys again soon!!

Profoto Tether Tools FUJIFILM Hong Kong

24/02/2025

First news from FUJIFILM in 2025 is released a new camera, but it is not from the X-Series nor GFX series, but Inatax… Since the MiniEVO has been very popular, many people (including myself) have asked will Link Wide release a similar model? So after the Instax Mini EVO, another EVO - Instax Wide EVO was born! !

Wide EVO is the second Hybrid camera in the Instax series, combining "instant photos" and "digital camera" in one. The body use black and gray colour just like GFX100ii, imitation BISHAMON-TEX texture design, very stylish!

Wide EVO has also made many improvements on miniEVO. The lens has been upgraded from 28mm to 16mm, providing a wider angles; pixels have been greatly increased from 5MP to 16MP (with microSD card inserted), 3x upgrade given a better IQ; The minimum focusing distance of macro shooting down to 10cm; there is AF auxiliary light and face detection during portraits shooting… etc. There are function dials on both sides of the body, with 10 lens effects + 10 film effects, and another button on the top that provides 6 more film styles, also the lens ring with 0-100 degree adjustment… over 600+ different ways to play!!

The body is replaced with a USB-C port (gen1 miniEVO used microUSB port) supports QC fast charging, can print about 100 photos with fully charged; the body can also use Bluetooth (BT 5.1) to connect to the app and use it as a printer. Yes, the screen is a 3.5-inch TFT color LCD, which is slightly larger than the miniEVO (3.0 inches) but with the same 460,000 dots, basically the same viewing quality.

I own both MiniEVO and Link Wide. The photo size of Mini is too small. I don’t think it is enough to showcase photos in instant or printed, so I printed with Link Wide often from my camera. the Wide EVO is pretty much same size with Link Wide, with high pixel sensor, camera and printer in one, although the image quality can not be compared with the camera or wide400, but it is super convenient to go out for gathering and taking pictures, with 5MB built-in memory can store up to about 45pcs images, or you can insert a microSD to extend the storage. The film style is a new feature on wide EVO. I personally love the “Contact Sheet” effect, which makes instax more nostalgic, and you can fine-tune every effect setting, which gives you more fun shooting with instax.

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09/02/2025

Kowloon Walled City was expanded by the Qing government in 1847 and was a strategically valuable military garrison of the Xin'an County Government. Since May 1899, this place has become an anarchic lawless area. It was once the most densely populated area in the world and was finally demolished in 1993.

The Walled City is a complex but well-connected place, is an amazing place. Many Hong Kong movies were filmed there in the early 1980s, it contains many nostalgic memories of Hong Kong in the 1970s and 1980s...

FUJIFILM X100VI

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02/02/2025

When everyone is talking about Wide EVO, many people forget that Instax has a Wide printer - Link Wide

It’s first designed for mobile app or camera (specified models). FUJIFILM Instax launched a PC/Mac version printer driver quietly, you can connect via Bluetooth on your computer (Windows/Mac) and directly prints the photos on wide frame now!!

Driver:
https://instax.com/link_wide/en/support/drivers/

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20/12/2024

"Retro" is the synonym of fashion... People wear different clothes to showcase the retro style. The camera can be full of retro style too when it’s replaced with a new “suit”

I personally like retro designs and environments, that give me an indescribable nostalgic feeling, so my camera also is a retro style - X100VI. Christmas has come, I have prepared a Christmas gift for my camera too. Let his retro appearance add more retro flavor

Tilta is a brand that everyone well know in the photography industry. Their designs are all tough and work-oriented. This is the very first time they have made such a retro-looking accessory. , creating a new series of retro accessories for FUJIFILM's retro-looking cameras, giving users a new choice who love styling their cameras!!

Tilta

16/05/2024

After two days of v16.4, Capture One released another new update v16.4.1 today.

In this version mainly is day0 supported two today FUJIFILM new announced new cameras X-T50 & GFX100Sii RAW files and tethering feature.

Here are some samples

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16/05/2024

The GFX100 series was launched in 2019. The 102MP brings great news to many people who have high requirements for image quality, because in the past, medium-format cameras with 100MP were sky-high-priced equipment and were not accessible to ordinary people. The arrival of GFX100 has changed the game.

The 102MP series cameras are also divided into two line, professional work-load, and lightweight. The GFX100ii was just released last year, and its design for professional users. This time we welcome the fourth camera with 102MP pixels. The lightweight GFX100Sii.

The appearance of the camera still follows the body of the GFX100S/GFX50Sii, and the size has not changed. However, the skin of the body has been replaced with the new “Bishamon-Tex” anti-slip pattern of the GFX100ii. The body hardware has the same 102MP sensor, but with 5th generation X-Processor, which improves the focus response and added AI Tracking function. The HS burst shooting speed is also increased from 5fps up to 7fps; the IBIS of the body is also increased to 8 stops like the GFX100ii; It comes with 20 Film Simulation, including the Reala-Ace; Navtive ISO is also the same as the GFX100ii, minimum ISO 80.

As for vediography features, GFX100sii has not seen a big improvement. It supports 4K 30fps, FHD 60fps, HDMI output RAW external recording, etc... It is obviously quite different from GFX100ii.

My biggest surprise after using this camera is the focusing performance, using GF63mm & GF80 non-LM lenses, the focusing speed is quite fast, similar to GFX100ii. The accuracy of Ai Tracking is good, 85% can stick to the subject (such as animals or birds). But if you are an existing GFX100S user, unless you have special requirements for focus response speed, I personally feel that the extent of upgrade may not necessarily. Of course, the needs vary from person to person.

*GFX100Sii has upgraded the USB-C port to 3.2 Gen2 (10Gbps), and supported recording Video and saving photos to external SSD like GFX100ii/X-H2s/H2

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16/05/2024

Since the release of the X-T5, there have been reports in the past few years about the successor of the X-T30/ii will be the X-T40 and other related news... But there has been no new camera released until today, the updated model is not X-T40 or others but named X-T50

The body maintains the compact and lightweight just like the pervious models, but the grip thickened increase to have better handling. The dial on the upper left has been changed from the previous “mode” to a “Film Simulation” switcher （additional FS1-3 custom key) for quick switching; the screen follows the previous design, only can be flipped up and down. Layout of the buttons on the back have also been changed slightly, and added a new AF-On button. Using the latest Gen5 hardware, including 40MP sensor and X-Processor 5, the performance is not much different from the X-T5, and the image quality is pretty much the same, more focusing on photography field compared to X-S20.

For photography, new model also has 20 of Film Simulation, including the Reala-Ace. Thanks to the Gen5 chip, AF system had improved and added AI Tracking function, also the first model on same series added 7 stops IBIS, 1.4x & 2x digital enhancement for 40MP and additional “smooth skin” function is helpful when shooting portraits.

For videography, it supports up to 6.2K 30fps (1.23x crop), 4K 60fps (1.14x crop), FHD 240fps and other specifications. It supports HDMI output 120fps external recording function, and also supports F-log2... However, the HDMI interface still uses the micro HDMI port.

The battery is still the same as the X100vi using w126s. Since the body has IBIS, the battery life is a bit disappointed...

This time I tested with the brand new XF16-50mm f2.8-4.8 R LM WR lens, the body and lens have a very good balance and weight moderately. As it uses LM, the focus response is quick fast too. This lens can resolve 40MP sensor, not to worry much about the IQ with it. The lens has inward zoom design, lens body does not protrude at the 50mm focal length like XF18-55, filter size is 58mm. The new lens is mainly designed for the 5Gen camera bodies. New model already have IBIS system, so the lens does not have OIS this time but added WR design. If you are a user of an old camera body, you may want to pay attention on this.

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14/05/2024

Capture One v16.4 arrived, this update brought some new features for Pro edition, and there is a new version release too - "Capture One Studio"

New features and functionality
* AI Crop
* AI Crop (Studio)*
* Client Viewers*
* Live for Studio*
* File destination selection when tethering

FUJIFILM TETHERING IMPROVEMENTS
We updated our implementation of tethering for recent Fujifilm cameras. Capture One 16.4.0 brings two major benefits:
* Live View is now significantly smoother and higher quality.
* Dual control is enabled, allowing you to control your camera both from within Capture One but also from the buttons and dials of the camera itself.

Fujifilm models with updated Live View:
* X-H2
* X-H2s
* X-T5
* GFX100II

User Experience & Performance Improvements
* Faster AI Masking (GPU accelerated)
* Faster batch renaming and file management in Sessions (Mac only)
* Multiple Compare Variants*
* New Tokens*
* Easier access to the Adjustments Clipboard
* Improvements to tethering for Sony cameras
* Improvements to tethering for Fujifilm cameras
* Automatic updater

The new Ai cropping demo video:
https://youtu.be/8X2nJGueg6I?si=3nThqp6r0DHAwd6J

* "Studio" edition exclusive ONLY

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