10 AUSTRALIANPHOTOGRAPHY.COM AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHY + DIGITAL JULY 2015
Fujifilm announces
X-T 10
Fujifilm has released the X-T10, the
newest interchangeable-lens model in
its X-series range. Built around the same
sensor as the X-T1, the model features a
new AF system, with a 49-point Single
Point mode for high-speed focusing, as
well as new Zone and Wide/Tracking
modes that use a larger 77-point focal area
to capture moving subjects.
Zone mode allows photographers to select
a 3x3, 5x3 or 5x5 zone out of the 77-point
AF area. During AF-C focus, the X-T
continually tracks a subject positioned at the
centre of the zone. The centrally positioned
3x3 and 5x3 zones, in particular, deliver fast
focusing due to the on-sensor phase detection AF.
Wide/Tracking mode is a combination of the
Wide mode (during AF-S), whereby the camera
automatically identifies and tracks the focus area
across the 77-point AF area, and the predictive
Tracking mode (during AF-C) which uses the
entire 77-point area to continue tracking a subject
and enables continuous focus on a subject that is
moving up and down, left or right or closer and
further from the camera.
The camera uses an electronic viewfinder with
a 2.36 million dot display and 0.62x magnification.
When you rotate the camera to a vertical position
the viewfinder’s eye sensor automatically orientates
the information, a feature that isn’t possible on
models with optical viewfinders.
The top and base plates on the X-T10 are made
of lightweight, die-cast magnesium. The top
plate features three aluminium dials which allowphotographers to adjust the combination of
aperture, shutter speed and shooting functions.
The back panel has a three-inch 920K-dot tilting
LCD monitor suitable for shooting above the head
as well as close to the ground.
The X-T10 is compatible with Fujifilm’s current
line-up of 18 Fujinon lenses – including zoom
and prime lenses ranging from ultra-wide angle
to telephoto. Fujifilm has also announced a new
XF90mmF2 R LM WR lens, a weather-resistant
telephoto lens which it says is ideal for portrait and
sports photography. It will be available in Australia
f rom July.
The X-T10 will retail in Australia for
$1,299 with the XC16-50mm lens, or $1,
with the XF18-55mm. It is available in black
and silver versions.QUICK SNAPS
Flickr gets a
makeover
Photo sharing website
Flickr has been extensively
updated with new
functions, including
Uploadr, which searches
for photos on personal
hard drives and uploads
them to a private Flickr
album in the background,
and Camera Roll, which
aligns images in reverse
chronological order.
Mobile apps for Flickr for iPhone and Android have also been
extensively reworked, with the aim to place users’ own images
ahead of others they are following, and a new search option
which allows users to quickly filter images by keyword, size,
shape, quality, and colour.
Flickr says that functions from storage and collation to editing and
searching have all been improved. For some time Flickr has offered
one terabyte of free storage. With the updates, Flickr is now backing
up a terabyte of photos from a primary computer and mobile devices,
and they can be easily searched in the cloud, for free.ABOVE
Changes to the Flickr
photo-sharing site
simplify the process of
uploading, organising,
reviewing and editing
cloud-based images.New Olympus
fisheye and ultra-
wide Pro lenses
Olympus has released what it says is the
world’s fastest 8mm fisheye lens, as well
as a new pro grade 7-14mm f/2.8 ultra-
wide angle zoom for its OM-D and PEN
cameras.
The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital
ED 8mm f/1.8 PRO lens has an
f/1.8 aperture which Olympus says
makes it the fastest series production
fisheye lens in the world. Aimed at
astronomy, underwater and landscape
photographers, the lens creates ‘fisheye’
perspectives with a viewing angle of a
16mm (35mm equivalent).
Olympius says the design minimises
chromatic aberrations at large apertures
- optical issues which are especially
critical in wide field astro-imaging. Its
optics include 17 high-performance
lens elements arranged in 15 groups.
Special lens elements include Olympus’
proprietary Super HR (Super High
Refractive) and Super ED (Super Extra-
Low Dispersion) glass. The lens weighs
315g and is dust-, splash- and ‘freeze-proof ’.
The M.Zuiko Digital ED 7-14mm f/2.
PRO (14-28mm equivalent) comprises
14 elements in 11 groups. Olympus says
the lens has been designed for reportage,
landscape, nature and architecture
photography. Like the
8mm lens it is dust
and weather
proof. It weighs
534g.
Pricing
had not been
announced at
press time.
VIDEO: CHRIS NICCOLLS, NATHAN ELSON
AND JORDAN DRAKE FROM CAMERA
STORE TV PUT THE X-T10 TO THE TEST.