Fujifilm Dominates 2024: Outsells Sony, Canon, and Nikon in Map Camera Sales Rankings

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I don’t know if there was any year in Fujiifilm’s history, in which they have sold as many cameras as they did in 2024.

Sure, the sales have largely been pushed by the Fujifilm X100VI, which broke all sales records among all brands in the history of mirrorless camera sales.

But there are even more cameras that enjoyed a huge success.

If you look at the MapCamera 2024 sales ranking (one of the largest Japanese camera stores), we can see that the Fujifilm X-T50 placed 2nd. And the two year old Fujifilm X-T5 still holds the 5th spot.

This is surprising, since Fujifilm struggled throughout the year to ship their cameras, especially in Japan (and Asia in general), where the situation was even worst than on other continents.

  1. Fujifilm X100VI
  2. Fujifilm X-T50
  3. Sony A7CII
  4. Nikon Zf
  5. Fujifilm X-T5
  6. Nikon Z6III
  7. Sony α7IV
  8. Canon EOS R6 Mark II
  9. Canon EOS R5 Mark II
  10. Nikon Z8

As far as the other brands goes, I am very happy to see the Nikon Zf so high in the ranking, although we listed 9 reasons why the Fujifilm X-T5 is just the much better pick over the Nikon Zf, with one of them being the lack of lenses with aperture ring, which is a quintessential part of the manual control shooting experience. And sure, no joystick, no dual UHS-II, bigger, heavier, more expensive, no film simulations and other reasons that made the Nikon Zf a no-go for me.

And yet, I hope this will motivate also Canon and Sony to create their own vintage camera versions.

via MapCamera

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Happy New Year 2025 from FujiRumors

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thanks to www.tomgrill.com for the image

Fellow FujiRumors readers,

I hope with all my heart that 2025 will be a year full of beautiful moments for you.

A year in which you’ll enjoy your relationships as never before. A year in which you’ll travel, see, meet, discover, enjoy. A year full of precious moments that you’ll be able to capture with your camera.

And I’ll be happy if on your wonderful 2025 journey you’ll sometimes stumble also on this little blog.

So, thanks for everything to…

  • to all our sources, from trusted to new or anonymous ones. Without your guidance I’d be lost in a jungle of fake rumors
  • to you, who decide to dedicate some time to read FujiRumors. Thanks for the trust and time you place in me. I will always try to honor that by putting my best into this blog
  • to everybody who dropped me a message, may it be for informing me about a certain news, or to share some constructive criticism or just to have a quick chat about photography and Fujifilm

Love you all… and I wish you an absolutely fantastic 2025.

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A Beautiful Film Simulation Recipe, Fujifilm X-T6 Talk, X-Pro4 Truth, the X-M5 Surprise and More – Best of 2024

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Unless the rumor of the century drops today and leads to an unprecedented spike in traffic, then we are basically done with 2024 and we can look back at which were the most read articles in 2024.

  1. Fujifilm to Launch Three Cameras within First Half 2024 – But the Biggest Release is Another One ;)
  2. Surprise: Fujifilm X-M5 to be Launched in Second Half of 2024
  3. Fujifilm’s New Camera Coming with New Sensor Size (Never Used Before by Fujifilm)
  4. Fujifilm X-T6 in 2024? Let’s Talk about it!
  5. Fujifilm X-Pro4: Here is the Truth!
  6. This Recipe is Taking the Fujifilm Community by Storm – Classic Cuban Neg
  7. Fujifilm X-E5: The Truth!
  8. List of Fujinon XF Lenses that Get Maximum Benefit from Fujifilm X-H2 (and X-T5) with 40 Megapixel Resolution
  9. Watch Out Fujifilm: Ricoh GRIV Coming First Quarter 2025 and Monochrome Version to Follow Later On
  10. Forget About Fujifilm X-Pro4, X-E5, GFX100SII, X-T40, X80 & Co: the Only Camera Coming February 20 is the Fujifilm X100VI
  11. Fujifilm X-Pro4 not Coming in 2024: The End of Line or the Beginning of Something Very Special?
  12. Fujifilm’s Half Frame Camera has a 1″ Sensor
  13. Fujifilm X-Pro4 (X-Pro5?) Coming with Improved Hybrid Viewfinder (and What I Hope it Will be)
  14. Fujifilm Launches Dedicated Fujifilm Film Simulation Website
  15. CONFIRMED: Fujifilm X100VI Announcement on February 20 (and More?)

Did FujiRumors get it right?

I am surprised to see such a high interest for the Fujifilm X-M5.

A bit less surprising is to see film simulation content on the top of the ranking, especially with Classic Cuban Neg, which has quickly become a Fujifilm users favorite.

This article of 2022 still gets great views, too.

I hope you enjoyed checking out FujiRumors in 2024. And if you want, stick around also in 2025, because I have the feeling it could be a very interesting year.

Love you guys!

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Brightin Star Teases New AF Lens for January 6: Just Another Redundant and Uninspiring Chinese Lens?

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Brightin Star is teasing a new autofocus lens to come on January 6, 2025 on their Chinese Weibo account here.

Will it be yet another redundant 23/35/50mm lens without aperture ring? Just another DJ Optical re-branded lens (like TTArtisan, 7Artisans & Co).

So, will it be just more of the same?

Of will they come up with something new, original and at least something with an aperture ring?

My guess is that it will be just more of the same. But I want to start 2025 with a glimmer of hope, so I cross fingers that it has at least an aperture ring.

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