The Viltrox AF 56mm f/1.7 XF has been launched over a week ago. But strangely it came without any reviews published on launch day.
However this has slowly changed and we have a couple of reviews now that you can find down below.
Recently Fujifilm hosted an event for 200 journalists in Yokohama during CP+.
It’s the famous event in which Fujifilm displayed 10 X mount lenses under study.
The French website LesNumerique was present at the event and reported that they had been told that the Fujifilm GFX50R successor is currently “under development”.
Add to that that “rumors” about the imminent arrival of the Fujifilm GFX100R are popping up ahead of every X summit of the last 2 years, and it’s understandable why many have high hopes for a GFX50R replacement to come soon.
But what have our sources to say about it?
Well, here it is:
Whoever told LesNumerique that the GFX50R successor is under development was 100% wrong. And whoever shared any GFX50R successor rumor ever was willingly misleading you with fake clickbait rumors.
Phew, luckily FujiRumors never shared a single GFX50R replacement rumor ;).
The truth is this: according to our trusted sources (multiple trusted sources), Fujifilm is currently investing the staggering amount of zero dollars/euro/yen/whatever into the development of the Fujifilm GFX50R successor.
It started as a “Black Friday Only” deal back in November 2023, and it has since then been extended over and over again: the terrific rebate on the Fujifilm GFX100S.
Well, now the Fujifilm GFX100S got yet an other deal extension, and now the offer will run until June 9.
This likely suggests that, despite the significant rebate, Fujifilm can’t still clear the remaining stock at the pace they desire.
The Fujifilm GFX100S is arguably one of the very best cameras Fujifilm has ever launched (and I say this as a guy, who owned lots of Fujifilm cameras, including the Fujifilm GFX100S, which I still own with great joy).
But despite my love for my Fujifilm GFX100S, which GFX camera would I opt for if I were entering the system for the first time today?
Well, I would go for the Fujifilm GFX100II.
I had the luck to go hands-on with the Fujifilm GFX100II shortly after announcement, and there were a couple of things that just convinced me:
You can read my first impressions here:
Now, it is clear that the huge GFX100S deal is intended to bring new users into the GFX system. But I think that those, who are looking to get into the GFX system, will go straight for the GFX100II anyway.
The Fujifilm GFX100II is the flagship model, and it will remain so for a long time, even after the launch of the Fujifilm GFX100SII.
And if people are going to spend that much money on a new system anyway, they might well go just for the most future proof model: the one with the best specs and also most likely to be treated with lots of firmware love for years to come.
So it is understandable that Fujifilm struggles to sell the Fujifilm GFX100S. The only thing I could imagine working, would be an even deeper discount. If Fujifilm would sell if for $3,500, they’d make no money or even a loss out of it, but they could start cashing in on lenses that those new GFX100S shooters would buy.
With all that said: the Fujifilm GFX100S is well worth the discounted price. It’s a fantastic camera and unless you really need the best autofocus, it is still a great pick. And this is also why, as a current GFX100S owner, I have not yet upgraded to the GFX100II. I use it mostly for landscape photography, where autofocus is not really that important.
But if you want a more versatile GFX camera, one that takes great landscape shots, but also has solid eye tracking and deals with moving subjects better than the GFX100S, has better IBIS and many more features overall, the go for the Fujifilm GFX100II.
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NiSi just announced new NiSi Athena Prime lenses:
These lenses will cost about 1.3K each with the trio-combo costing $3,499 and the 5-Lens Kit combo costing $5,798.
The new Athena lenses add up to already available G mount NiSi Athena lenses:
These are Full Frame Cine lenses but there is also a Fujifilm G mount version of them, but that one has no drop-in filter option and can’t fully cover the large format GFX sensor, as reported by CineD. So I guess you best use these lenses in the 35mm crop mode on GFX.
When we shared the article about the Fujifilm X-T5 Pocket Book (read here), FR-reader Bluesoda dropped the following comment:
I do think the best Fujifilm books for learning the camera are by author Rico Pfirstinger and the best online Fujifilm camera specific courses are by this guy (Peltier Photo Courses):
What I like about these two instructors they go over stuff about the cameras you can’t easily find in other places, especially initial camera wide settings.
Now, I am very familiar with Rico’s books, but the Peltier Photo Courses were new to me.
So I’ve checked them out and ultimately also got in touch with John after joining his courses as an affiliate. I’ve asked him if he could offer an exclusive discount code to the FujiRumors community, and he accepted.
So, you can get the courses below at a 20% discount by using coupon code “fujirumors“.
John offers lots of Fujifilm Centric courses and here are some of them:
Camera Tutorials (include free preview)
Fujifilm Settings / Film Simulation Tutorials (include free preview)
There are even more course, so make sure to check out the dedicated Fujifilm course page here.
