After the Colossal Fujifilm X100VI Success: Fixed Lens Cameras to Storm the Market, but X100VI Will Rule Them All – and Here is Why!

The rumors about future fixed lens cameras from other brands are intensifying.

And I get it that other brands might be interested in launching their own fixed lens cameras considering that:

  • the Fujifilm X100VI is the best selling camera of the last 15 years at least
  • the Ricoh GRIII is so successful, that Ricoh decided to stop to take orders in a couple of countries
  • the Leica Q3 is enjoying great success too

Now, out of the three cameras mentioned above, the Fujifilm X100VI is the best selling camera by a very large margin.

But, if the rumors are accurate, there might soon me much more competition coming for the Fujifilm X100VI and certainly this motivated Fujifilm to rapidly increase production of the X100VI in order to sell as units as possible before more competition hits the market.

But as much as I welcome future competition, there are two crucial advantage that the Fujifilm X100VI has over other brands.

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Meike AF 33mm f/1.4 Coming Soon

Meike is about to release the new Meike 33mm f/1.4 autfocus lens for Fujifilm X mount.

It will have a minimum focus distance of 0.4m and a 55mm filter size.

We can expect it be very affordable just as the Meike AF 55mm f/1.4 XF and the Meike AF 85mm f/1.8 X AF.

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Fujifilm X-T5 Stock Struggles and New Bundle X-T5 with XF16-50mmF2.8-4.8 to be Launched May 16

The Fujifilm X-T5 has had a very troubled shipping record especially in Asian countries, but also in other countries the situation seems to have gotten worse instead of better.

  • Amazon USA: currently sold only overpriced by third parties
  • BHphoto: out of stock and expected to be in stock again in 7-14 days
  • Adorama: Expected stock in July
  • Moment: backordered
  • Nuzira: only 1 black sample left and a few kits

Same goes for Asian countries, which now start to mark the X-T5 as out of stock again and it is even no longer available for order at some stores, as reported by the Japanese website asobinet.

Now, I don’t know if this is only because Fujifilm struggles to manufacture enough units.

In fact, on May 16 Fujifilm will launch a new Fujifilm X-T5 plus Fujinon XF16-50mmF2.8-4.8 bundle, so maybe a good number of Fujifilm X-T5 units is now being withhold from the market so that it will be ready to ship on May 16 bundled with the new kit lens.

And btw… the image above is not a real BHphoto page, but just a rendering I made. :)

Anyway, the list of gear that Fujifilm has announced but struggles to ship is very long. And the mother of all the struggles definitely goes to the Fujifilm X100VI. But Fujifilm is actively working on increasing its production and I believe that by the summer the situation will be much improved, which would be very bad news for all those who are still trying to sell overpriced second hand X100VI cameras.

Anyway, the Fujifilm X-T5 struggles, lots of other Fujifilm does not ship smoothly either, and yet Fujifilm keeps announcing new gear non stop.

I hope they know what they do and don’t just worsen the delivery struggles by adding more gear to build and ship into an already precarious situation.

Fujifilm Spreads Firmware Love :: X-T50, GFX100SII and (LOTS) More Rumors :: X100VI Creative Shipping and More

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  1. Major Firmware Updates for Fujifilm X-T5, X-H2, X-S20 and X100VI Released with Autofocus Boost and More
  2. Fujifilm X-T50 – This is the Sensor (Surprised?) and it Will Have IBIS
  3. Fujifilm Revolutionizes X100VI Distribution With Spectacular Pop-Up Shops in Iconic Locations
  4. The New Kit: Fujifilm X-T50 to be Announced Together with XF16-50mmF2.8-4.8
  5. It Looks Like Fujifilm Can’t Get Rid of One of Its BEST Cameras (Despite Massive Discount) and Here is Why!
  6. Major Firmware Updates for Fujifilm X-H2S, GFX100II and FT-XH with Autofocus Boost, Touch-to-Track AF in Video and More!
  7. Fujifilm Keeps Struggling: X-S20 and X100VI Orders Stopped (Again) in Japan and More Manufacturing Struggles (Instax Wide 300 included)
  8. Fujifilm X Summit on May 16: What is Coming and What Not, What is Rumored and What We Hope For
  9. LEAKED: Fujifilm X-T50 Image
  10. Major Firmware Update for X-T5, X-H2, X-S20 and X100VI – New Features Guide Released and Where is Reala Ace?

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