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 :).
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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 ;).
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:
According to our sources, the upcoming Fujifilm X-T30 III will have lots in common with the Fujifilm X-T30 II: same body, so much so that at a first glance one might not see any difference at all.
However, there is one exterior and one internal difference.
On the outside, instead of the drive dial, you’ll get the film simulation dial with the FS1 to FS3 position, in which you can also store your personal film simulation recipes.
On the inside, you’ll still find the trusted X-Trans IV 26MP sensor, but this time coupled with the new X Processor 5.
Of course this means a certain performance boost for the X-T30 III, such as 6K 4:2:2 10bit recording (X-T30II shoots 4K max), the better autofocus algorithm with all sorts of subject detection modes, more film simulations (all 20 currently available) and more.
I guess those are the main differences: not many, but relevant ones.
