• X-T30 III
  BHphoto / Amazon US (black body/kit – silver body/kit – charchoal body/kit) / Adorama / Moment / Nuzira / BestBuy / Paul’s Photo
• XC13-33mmF3.5-6.3 OIS
  BHphoto / Amazon US / Adorama / Moment / Nuzira / BestBuy / Paul’s Photo

No Party, No Problem

We’re used to Fujifilm turning every product launch into a big X Summit party — but this time, there’s no party on the calendar.

A pity, really, because the Fujifilm X-T30 III and the new XC13-33mmF3.5-6.3 could end up being very important releases for Fujifilm.

Still, while there may be no celebration stream, the presents are coming anyway: Fujifilm will announce the X-T30 III and XC13-33 October 23 at 1 AM New York time (7 AM Berlin time).

That’s also when reviews will drop and preorders will go live — so get your refresh finger ready, FujiRumors is ready for the live blog :).

Support The Creator of Your Choice

Down below you’ll find the links to the X-T30 III and XC13-33mmF3.5-6.3 at several stores. They might not show the new gear right now, but at 1:00 AM New York time they will lead you to their product pages.

These are affiliate links, which means that if you choose to purchase your gear through them, FujiRumors will receive a small commission—at no extra cost to you.

If you feel FujiRumors has earned your support, then this is a nice way to show it.

Just remember: the last affiliate link you click before your purchase determines who gets the commission.

So if you click our link but later click another blog’s or YouTuber’s link before buying, FujiRumors won’t get credited. And that’s totally fine! There are many amazing creators out there who deserve your support.

But if your intent was to support FujiRumors, just keep that in mind. It costs you nothing, and your favorite creators will be able to do what they do thanks to your support. You have this opportunity, feel free to use it to support whoever you want.

Pre-Orders*

• X-T30 III
  USA: BHphoto / Amazon US (black body/kit – silver body/kit – charchoal body/kit) / Adorama / Moment / Nuzira / BestBuy / Paul’s Photo
  CA: Amazon CA / Camera Canada
• XC13-33mmF3.5-6.3 OIS
  USA: BHphoto / Amazon US / Adorama / Moment / Nuzira / BestBuy / Paul’s Photo
  CA: Amazon CA / Camera Canada
• X-T30 III in EU/UK
  UK: WexPhotoVideoUK / AmazonUK / ParkCameraUK
  GER: AmazonDE / CalumetDE
  EUR: 50.8 Shop / PCHstore / AmazonFR / AmazonIT / AmazonES / AmazonNL
  Worldwide: Amazon of Your Country
• XC13-33mmF3.5-6.3 OIS in EU/UK
  UK: WexPhotoVideoUK / AmazonUK / ParkCameraUK
  GER: AmazonDE / CalumetDE
  EUR: 50.8 Shop / PCHstore / AmazonFR / AmazonIT / AmazonES / AmazonNL
  Worldwide: Amazon of Your Country

*pre-orders start October 23 at 1AM New York Time

We can now share the main specs of the upcoming Fujinon XC 13-33mm F3.5-6.3 OIS.

And we are going to compare them to the XC 15-45mm F3.5-5.6.

There are a couple of nice surprises: the XC13-33mm is more compact, lighter, yet has a more sophisticated lens design (hence likely a better image quality). It comes with 9 rounded aperture blades instead of 7 (better bokeh?). It also has a more powerful optical image stabilization and a mechanical zoom instead of a powerzoom. I also like that the minimum focus distance is fixed at 20cm through the entire range.

That’s quite a nice set of improvements!

Below you can see the specs comparison.

I guess for many this could be an ideal ultra-portable kit zoom lens for many X-M5, X-E5 and X-T30III or X-T50 owners.

This is actually the first XC lens that has truly caught my interest and I can’t wait to finally see it unveiled on October 23 at 1AM New York time.

If the image quality is good, it could be an ultra compact alternative to my XF10-24mmF4.

I feel like Fujifilm has made lots of correct choices when it comes to developing the XC13-33mmF3.5-6.3.

Don’t forget: we will have a nice live blog only on FujiRumors.com ;).

• Fujifilm X-T30 III*
  BHphoto / Amazon / Adorama
• Fujinon XC13-33mmF3.5-6.3*
  BHphoto / Amazon / Adorama
  * announcement October 23

But just out of curiosity, I will also share the estimated specs that Fujifilm itself mentioned in what some (erroneously) consider the hidden Fujifilm X mount lens roadmap:

• Affordable Wide Zoom Lens – XC Lineup
  – Size 40-50mm
  – 60-70mm diameter
  – weight 130-170g

We can see that Fujifilm made the final lens even smaller and lighter than they initially estimated.

• Follow FujiRumors on Patreon, Facebook, Instagram, RSS-feed, Youtube, Flipboard and Twitter

The Best Fujifilm Communities

• Fujifilm Film Simulation Group
• Fujifilm X-T Shooters Group
• Fujifilm X100 Shooters Group
• Fujifilm GFX Shooters Group
• Fujifilm X-Pro Shooters Group
• Fujifilm X-H Shooters Group
• Fujifilm X-E Shooters Group
• Fujifilm X Third Party AF lenses Group
• Fujifilm Astrophotography Group
• Viltrox X mount lenses Group
• Fujifilm X-S shooters Group