FujiFilm talks with David Hobby, Tomasz Lazar, Zack Arias | Fernando Gros
To commemorate the 5th anniversary of FujiFilm’s X camera series FujiFilm hosted a small photography festival at their head office and showroom in Tokyo’s swish Midtown complex. Since the x100 hit the market, FujiFilm have, in quick succession, released an impressive array of cameras. The latest of these is the much anticipated X-Pro2, which was available for photographers to try out, and yes, I had a play with it myself. FujiFilm also organised an impressive exhibit of photos from 100 photographers who use the X series cameras as part of the X-Photographer programme. It was great to see work from my friends Matt Brandon and Piet Van den Eydne in the exhibit. There was also a booth where you could take you X series camera for a free inspection and clean. And, finally a series of talks, from Japanese and international photographers and FujiFilm’s own engineers and marketers. Unfortunately the weekend was a busy one for me – the only full weekend at home for my family this month – so I had to pick and choose which sessions to attend. As it happened, I made it to the three foreign speakers, which really wasn’t by design, but did mean I got to hear some very different perspectives on creative photography……
Source: fernandogros.com