The Mitakon Speedmaster 80mm f/1.6 is now available for preorder at BHphoto here.
Make sure to check out the reviews below in case you are interested in this lens. They’ll help you to take the best buying decision.
And yes, it is a manual focus lens. And it’s f/1.6 on medium format GFX. Shot wide open you’ll have your challenges to nail the focus. So be aware of that. But it certainly sounds like a fun lens to use and for a decent price.
As you know, I am a happy owner of the Fujinon GF50mmF3.5.
Well, happy until a certain point.
Because as I wrote in a complaint post here, the firmware for the GF50mmF3.5 had been suspended and remained so for many months (now years).
I did moan about it here on FujiRumors, but nothing happened.
Nothing until today! :)
Because FINALLY Fujifilm has released a new firmware for the previously suspended GF50mmF3.5 as well as the GF35-70mm.
And not only that.
Also the GF500mmF5.6 as well as every single Fujifilm GFX camera got firmware updates.
In the X series world, we get firmware updates for the Fujifilm X-T4 and the Fujifilm X-T50.
ATTENTION: Please update first the GFX camera firmware (no lens attached) and only after that you should update the GF50mm or GF35-70mm firmware.
＜Important Notice>
In the unlikely event that firmware update process for any of the above interchangeable lenses is interrupted and the message below appears, please claim “Repair Service Center” in your country to upgrade the firmware. You can read the full firmware instruction here.
Note-1：The followings are messages when the firmware update is interrupted (Messages vary depending on the model).
Customers with GFX100 II/GFX100S II/GFX 50R/GFX 50S
“FIRMWARE UPDATE ERROR!! PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FUJIFILM OFFICE”
Customers with GFX100S/GFX100/GFX 50S II
“FIRMWARE UPGRADE ERROR!! CONTACT A SERVICE CENTER
We recently reported that the Fujifilm GFX100R (or any GFX50R replacement) is currently not under development.
And as we told you already, the best thing I can say is that at this point I believe it is currently debated inside Fujifilm if the line should continue at all (or not).
So today I’d like to speculate about the Fujifilm GFX100R, because I think Fujifilm would do a huge error if they’d axe the line.
So I hope this article (and especially your comments) will motivate Fujifilm to keep the GFX-R line going.
And in case Fujifilm needs it, I’ll share also a GFX-R mockup created by Aperture Value (video below).
In the mock-up he refers to it as a potential fixed lens GFX camera. But that’s not relevant for the purpose of this article.
What is relevant for us in his mock-up is:
the hybrid viewfinder
Retro Controls
I want kindly ask Fujifilm to make a Fujifilm GFX100R that is basically a medium format X-Pro, with hybrid viewfinder and retro controls.
I think it would become a huge success, especially considering that no other modern Fujifilm GFX cameras offers retro controls or a hybrid viewfinder, and as such, it would be the one camera people would grab if they’d want medium format image quality in a vintage package.
So, dear Fujifilm. Don’t hesitate. Do it! And take our money.
