Fujifilm Italy Says There Won’t be Any Lower Resolution GFX-RF and No Conversion Lenses for Fujifilm GFX100RF

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Today I was listening to an older podcast with Fujifilm Italy about the Fujifilm GFX100RF.

It was an overall interesting podcast that I invite you to listen if you are fluent in Italian (link below).

But for the purpose of this article I would just like to highlight two things that have been said by the Italian Fujifilm manager.

  • no lower resolution Fujifilm GFX-RF coming
  • the X100VI has the Fujifilm WCL-X100 and TCL-X100 converision lenses, but Fujifilm won’t make any conversion lenses for the GFX100RF (the manager did sound absolute sure about this)

I can only hope that third parties will jump in and offer conversion lenses, just as they did with the Fujifilm X100VI, where we have various third party conversion lenses:

You can listed at the podcast at Discorsi Fotografici here.

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Little Good News: Fujifilm X-E5 Shipping Anticipated to August 14 in USA

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Just today major US retailers like BHphoto here and Adorama here have changed the Fujifilm X-E5 shipping date from August 28 to August 14. Other stores, like Moment here still show August 28 at the time of this article, but I guess they’ll change their date soon as well.

The new shipping date is valid for the X-E5 body only and also bundled with the new XF23mmF2.8 lens.

This puts the U.S. in line with Europe, where shipping was always supposed to start August 14.

The more X-E5 units start to ship from Japan/China to USA before August 1st, the better. Everything that is loaded on a ship starting August 1st will be subject to higher tariffs.

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Fujifilm X RAW Studio Adds X-E5 Support and Fixes Bugs

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Fujifilm X RAW Studio ver. 1.27.0 – access here
The software update Ver. 1.27.0 incorporates the following issues:

  1. “FUJIFILM X RAW STUDIO” becomes compatible with the new X-E5 camera
  2. A software bug is fixed that the “Histogram” of the HEIF image is displayed abnormally
  3. A software bug is fixed that the changes to the “WHITE BALANCE” setting are not always saved

Note that Nr.2 and Nr.3 are only for the Mac version.

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Sony RX1rIII vs Fujifilm GFX100RF vs X100VI Specs Comparison – GFX100RF Looking Like a Bargain and X100VI Like a Steal?

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Sony has just launched the Sony RX1rIII fixed lens camera.

Now, for the full specs comparison (vs X100VI and GFX100RF) you can check out the dedicated BH comparison page. Frankly, I trust B&H more with reliable specs rather than asking AI to do that ;). But let me highlight some RX1rIII specs:

Sony RX1R III

  • $5,098
  • no IBIS and no OIS
  • 61 MP
  • 2.36m-Dot EVF
  • no joystick
  • has film looks called “film 1”, “film 2”, “film 3”
  • no mention of weather sealing

Well, at that price, it makes the Fujifilm GFX100RF look like a bargain, which also has no IBIS or OIS, but offers a 5.76m-Dot EVF, 100 megapixel, weather sealing, joystick and it costs $4,899.

And the Fujifilm X100VI looks like a steal, as you can get it for $1,599 and it comes with IBIS, 3.69m-Dot EVF, hybrid viewfinder, joystick, weather sealing (if used with filter)  and 40 megapixel.

The main advantages for the Sony RX1RIII are the autofocus and the f/2 lens, even though that makes the lens bigger which might be a negative for those, who look for ultimate portability.

In my view, the Sony RX1R III is a very welcome and much-needed addition to the fixed-lens camera market. Sony made a smart move by reviving this line, especially given the growing popularity of fixed-lens cameras. That said, I still believe Fujifilm offers the more refined and well-rounded option overall—though the Ricoh GR series remains a compelling and tempting alternative.

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