June 2025 links

Fujifilm

Some Fujifilm reviews around.

DPReview on the GFX100 RF: their comprehensive review of the camera we talked about previously.

Photographyblog got their hands on the Fujifilm X-E5 and the 23mm pancake: Fujifilm X-E5 Review, Fujifilm XF 23mm F2.8 R WR Review, and then they compare the X-E5 with the X-E4.

Misc

WIRED on How Apple Created a Custom iPhone Camera for F1. The short version is that the on board camera for F1 car are not suited for a movie, while they are great for broadcast. So Apple who produce the movie did modify iPhone cameras. They don’t broadcast but the footage they record is much more suited for editing into the rest of the film. The technical achievement at the service of the art. Not the first time, nor the last.

Kosmophoto gives a First look at China Lucky Film’s forthcoming new colour film. I’ll follow-up on this later, but it’s promising to see the development of a new colour film.