Fujifilm Managers Talk 100 Megapixel GFX-R, XF56mmF1.2 MKII, How to Train the New Autofocus, Updated Camera Remote APP and More

image credit - Dave Etchells at imaging-resource.com
image credit – Dave Etchells at imaging-resource.com

Dave Etchells from Imaging Resource met five Japanese Fujifilm managers: Yujiro Igarashi, Makoto Oishi, Jun Watanabe, Kuniko Åo and Shu Amano.

And when 5 managers are needed to answer the questions of 1 single person, you know it’s going to be a very in depth and technical talk.

In fact, it ends up in a 8,000 words interview that I have summed up down below in 1,470 words.

Some notes and considerations ahead of it:

  • Fujifilm says they are working on updating the camera remote App, especially to make it work better with older cameras. They did NOT say they are working on an all new App. But FujiRumors has already shared a rumor that there will be an all new App!
  • Fujifilm aimed to make the GFX system smaller, and the GFX50R served that purpose. Now the GFX100S is perceived as small enough, and so they see “less need for something even more compact“. But they also add “we always look at the market to see if there’s a need to introduce something“. My impression based on this interview is that they currently have no plans for a GFX100R, but they don’t entirely want to rule out this possibility. And in fact, given how well the GFX100S is selling, Fujifilm has no hurry at all to take decisions right now.

These are just two personal notes on what you’ll read below. But there is really a lot more interesting stuff… like how Fujifilm did work to train the new AF and much more.

The Interview

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SPECS COMPARISON: Fujifilm X-H2 vs Canon R5, Sony A1 and Nikon Z9 8K Cameras (To Be Updated)

You’re right. Every comparison is unfair.

Different sensor sizes, or different megapixel, or different features, or different sensor technology, or different price range, or different…. you got it, there is always something.

But since comparing the very same camera with the very same firmware would be awefully boring, I thought we enter the world of unfair comparisons and compare the upcoming 40 megapixel Fujifilm X-H2 with other 8K capable mirrorless cameras.

So we take a look at:

Of course the specs list of the Fujiiflm X-H2 is not complete. Nokishita will soon take care of it and help us to extend it and when that happens I will share an updated article.

However, even now we have quite some core specs available, which help us to get a very clear idea on how the X-H2 will perform.

Fujifilm X Summit on September 8 at 2PM New York Time – LIVE on fujirumors.com

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Rumors and Discussions

Fujifilm X-H2 rumors, Fujifilm X-T5 Speculations, Manager admits X-T1 Saved the X Series, Viltrox 75mmF1.2 Coming and More (Top 10 August)

In theory August should be the month of holidays, but with 67 articles published in 31 days, it looks like here on FujiRumors we worked harder than ever.

A work that was well worth it, as it lead to tons of rumors and several articles of high interest for you.

So I’ll share today the top 10 articles for August that you should not have missed… and if you did, you’d better give it a look now.

  1. Japanese Fujifilm Manager: “Long Debate if to go Full Frame or Medium Format and Fujifilm X-T1 Saved the X Series”
  2. Don’t Worry: Why Fujifilm X-H2 with ISO 125 Can’t Be Compared with ISO 125 on Sony, Canon and Nikon
  3. Meet the Viltrox 75mm f/1.2 PRO Autofocus Lens for Fujifilm X Mount – Coming Soon
  4. Fujifilm X-H2 Coming with Pixel Shift Multishot for 160 Megapixel Images
  5. Sigma CEO Confirms Sigma 18-50mmF2.8 for Fujifilm X mount Coming End of 2022 (Probably December)
  6. Fujifilm Manager: “We Are Developing WOW Products that You’ll Really Want to Buy (but no Cinema Cameras)”
  7. Why the Fujifilm X-H2 Coming September 8 will tell us A LOT about the Fujifilm X-T5
  8. Fujifilm X-H2S Snaps Gold Award at DPReview
  9. DPRTV Fujifilm X-H2S Review: “Similar Price Point of Some Full Frame Cameras, But in a More Versatile Package”
  10. Fujifilm Will Promote X-H2 as Having “Improved Low/High ISO” Performance

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BREAKING: Tamron Telephoto Zoom for Fujifilm X Mount Coming 2022

Image Shows the Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.7 - For Sony FULL FRAME
Image Shows the Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.7 – For Sony FULL FRAME

After the release of the Tamron 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3, a Tamron manager gave an interview promising three more lenses:

  • a standard zoom
  • a wide-angle zoom
  • a telephoto zoom

Since that interview, we got the standard zoom (the Tamron 17-70mm f/2.8).

So there are still two more lenses missing, the wide-angle zoom (very likely to be the Tamron 11-20mm f/2.8) and an unkown telephoto zoom.

Well, according to information we have received, the wait for one of the two lenses should soon be over as Tamron is going to launch a telephoto zoom for Fujifilm X mount within 2022.

Keep them coming Tamron!!!

Fujinon XF33mm f/1.2 Patent Spotted

Once upon a time, Fujifilm planed to make a Fujinon XF33mmF1.0, which they then scraped in favor of the smaller Fujinon XF50mm F1.0.

What we got instead, is the highly praised Fujinon XF33mmF1.4.

But it looks like at some point Fujifilm also played with the idea to make a Fujinon XF33mmF1.2, as such a patent has now been surfaced in Japanese language (down below the translated version) at IP force and found by Digicame-info.

I doubt Fujifilm will now also give us a Fujinon XF33mmF1.2, but let us know in the comments if you’d want one.

  • Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Publication number: P2022128205
    Application number: P 2021026602
    Publication date: 2022-09-01 Title
    of the invention: Imaging lens and imaging device
  • An imaging lens configured to be compact and having good optical performance, and an imaging apparatus equipped with this imaging lens are provided.
  • 2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, there has been a demand for an imaging lens that is compact and has good optical performance.
  • The present disclosure has been made in view of the circumstances described above, and an object thereof is to provide an imaging lens that is compact and has good optical performance, and an imaging apparatus that includes this imaging lens.
  • Example 1 (33mm F1.2)
    Focal length 33.98
    Back focus 13.14
    F value 1.24
    Total angle of view 47.6
    Maximum image height 14.45