Fujinon XF23mmF2 Silver and XF50mmF2 Silver to Be Discontinued

We just reported about how the Fujinon XF16mm f/2.8 R WR silver and the Fujinon XC50-230mm f/4.5-6.7 OIS II silver are starting to get marked as discontinued in Japan.

Well, back in late March, an anonymous source whom I tried to contact via FujiRumors with this article, already anticipated to me that the XC50-230mm silver would get discontinued.

And it told me more.

Also the following two lenses will be discontinued:

It is the same source, who asked me if I ever heard of a certain camera – never rumored before – and I answered this question here (with an offer to eventually contact me 100% anonymously via Signal to talk about it). So I grab this opportunity to renew this offering to the anonymous source, who luckily decided to use a nickname. Thanks.

Fujifilm to Suspend Orders for GFX100RF, X100VI and X-M5 (Black Only)

I have received this message from an anonymous source (THANKS), telling me that on Friday April 11, Fujifilm contacted retailers about the suspension of orders for the following cameras: Fujifilm GFX100RF, X100VI and Fujifilm X-M5.

We have investigated this information and we can tell you this:

So that’s the most accurate information available for now. Of course it affects USA only.

This is very bad for the Fujifilm X100VI backorders, as they are made in China and probably will remain blocked in China until the tariffs are removed, since with tariffs at 145% or something like that, it is basically impossible to import to USA.

The Fujifilm X-M5 in silver is shipping already since months, so there might be some stock still in USA at regular price. Once that stock runs dry, I guess also the sales for the silver version will get paused. The X-M5 is made in China, too.

I have no idea what it going to happen with the Fujifilm GFX100RF. It was supposed to ship on April 24. I don’t know if some units have already arrived to USA before the tariffs kicked in or not. If not, I guess they’ll be put on hold too. Although the GFX100RF is made in Japan, so it “only” has 10% tariffs.

Voigtländer NOKTON 70mm f/1.2 Patent Spotted

Back in 2023, Cosina released the Voigtländer 50mm f/1.2, a manual focus lens but with electronic contacts.

Now the patent for that lens has been spotted, and along with that, also the patent for the Voigtländer Nokton 70mm F1.2 for APS-C appeared, as reported by the Japanese website asobinet.

  • Focal length: 72.8
  • F value: 1.23
  • Half-angle of view: 10.89

Voigtländer X Mount Lenses with electronic contacts:

Meet the Fujifilm X-Half – Fujifilm’s Upcoming Digital Half Frame Camera

When I first shared rumors about a 1″ inch sensor Fujifilm half frame camera coming, plenty of readers attacked me saying I mislead people by calling it a half frame camera.

The logic: it’s just a regular 1″ sensor, so it is not a proper half frame camera.

But…

… if the fact that it has a vertical LCD

… and the fact that it is intended to mainly create diptych images

… is not enough

… then here is another hint…

… the name of the camera will be Fujifilm X-Half.

I guess Fujifilm won’t call it “X-Half” because it is half as big as a Fujifilm GFX100RF.

My humble guess is that it will carry the name “X-Half” because Fujifilm will market it as a half frame camera. And if we look at how it works, then this might even make sense.