Fujifilm X-Pro4 not Coming in 2024: The End of Line or the Beginning of Something Very Special?

There is a Future…

As we told you from a beautiful lake before jumping into ice cold water: there won’t be any Fujifilm X-Pro4 in 2024.

Sadly many interpreted it as me saying that there will never be any Fujifilm X-Pro3 successor ever.

But as I told you from an ugly parking lot while waiting for my car to get fixed, I think that Fujifilm will never discontinue the X-Pro line, because it is a very prestigious line for Fujifilm. It was Fujifilm’s first mirrorless interchangeable lens camera and as such it is symbolically very important for Fujifilm.

And recently Fuji Guy Billy seemed to confirm that a Fujifilm X-Pro3 replacement with 5th generation goodness will come. It will just take a bit of time.

And he also said: it has to be something very special.

… and it’s Very Special?

So if all the 5th generation goodness is ready, why does it still take so long?

Well, let’s see some possibilities

  1. SIMPLE ANSWER: there is parts shortage. Fujifilm decided to use those parts for cameras that are more successful (X100VI, X-T5, etc), and the Fujifilm X-Pro4 must wait until the peak demand for those cameras is over
  2. BILLY’s PATH: Fuji Guy Billy said the X-Pro4 has to be something very special. Could it be a new design experiment (for example a screen-less camera). A monochrome or XPan sensor? Will they get rid of the mechanical shutter and go for a 26MP stacked sensor? Anything else that could make it “special”?

I personally hope that the result of this long wait will be a monochrome Fujifilm X-Pro. But again, that’s just a mere and random wish of mine (no rumor).

Feel free to let us know what your best guess is in regards to what’s going on with the long awaited Fujifilm X-Pro4 and why it’s taking Fujifilm so long.

Leica D-Lux 7II: The Fujifilm X100VI Competitor is Coming

And suddenly, the rumors about fixed lens cameras coming from other brands are hitting the internet.

And I believe them all.

I believe them all, because given the immense success of the Fujifilm X100V first and now of the Fujifilm X100VI, it was just a matter of time until other brands would expand, refresh (or even start) their fixed lens camera offerings.

The first one to come should be the Leica D-Lux 7 successor.

The Leica D-Lux 7 was launched back in 2018 featuring a 17 Megapixel Four Thirds sensor with a fixed 24-75mm f/1.7-2.7 lens. We don’t have rumors about its specs yet, but Mirrorlessrumors speculates (not rumor) that it will get a bigger APS-C sensor and feature a fixed lens instead of a zoom. But that’s not a rumor, only a guess.

The D-Lux 7 was co-developed with Panasonic which had their own version named Lumix LX100II.

New Viltrox Roadmap 2024 including New f/1.2 APS-C lens

Viltrox has shared an updated to their lens roadmap for 2024.

There are a couple of FF lenses on the roadmap and, more relevant for us, a new f/1.2 APS-C lens which will come in addition to the two f/1.2 lenses Viltrox already offers.

Viltox Lenses coming 2024 for X mount

Other Viltrox Lenses

  • Viltrox AF 35mm f/1.2 LAB (Sony E and Nikon Z)
  • Viltrox AF 50mm f/1.2 LAB (Sony E and Nikon Z)
  • Viltrox AF 85mm f/1.2 LAB (Sony E and Nikon Z)
  • Viltrox AF 35mm f/1.4 Pro (Sony E and Nikon Z))
  • Viltrox AF 50mm f/1.4 Pro (Sony E and Nikon Z))
  • Viltrox AF 35mm f/1.4 Pro (Sony E and Nikon Z))

All Viltrox X mount AF lenses currently available:

via Viltrox

Sigma 20mm f/1.4 Patent Spotted (and 23mmF1.4)

The patent for the Sigma 20mm f/1.4 lens (as well as 23mmF1.4) has been spotted by the Japanese website Asobinet here.

This is just a variation of what would ultimately become the Sigma 23mm f/1.4 DC DN, so there are close to zero chances that Sigma will release also the Sigma 20mm f/1.4.

List of Sigma APS-C Lens Patents

Sigma X Mount Lenses

Patent Details

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Viltrox 135mm f/1.8 LAB Should Come This Quarter also for Fujifilm X Mount says Viltrox

When Viltrox published their last roadmap, they told us which lenses would come for which mounts in 2024, except for one lens: the Viltrox 135mm f/1.8 LAB lens.

Viltrox did not specify on their roadmap for which mounts they plan to launch the Viltrox 135mm f/1.8 LAB.

But now, after sharing yet another image of the Viltrox 135mm f/1.8 LAB on their Chinese social media, when asked by users if they plan to release it also for X mount, Viltrox said this:

Usually it comes with Fuji mount.

This definitely makes hope we will get it also for X mount, but for I will formulate it more carefully and tell you that it “should” come, because the answer they gave was not a clear “yes” but a “usually it comes for Fuji X”. It’s possible also that something got lost in google translation, though, and that in original Chinese it is a more solid “yes”.

Viltrox has also been asked when it would  come, and they answered “this quarter”, as you can see from this screenshot. So that would mean the announcement should happen any day now.

The new Viltrox LAB series is said to become their new flagship series of lenses, optically superior even to their PRO series of lenses.

Viltrox Roadmap