Fujifilm Designer Talks about GFX: “I would Love to Evolve the GFX50R Rangefinder Series” and More on GFX Series Development

Fujifilm design manager Mr. Masazumi Imai (the guy we are all very grateful to because he designed the original X100 – read the story of his inspiration here) gave an interview in Japanese to MapCamera.

As usual youtube struggles with live video translations, but down below you can find a summary in English of both videos as well as the videos themselves.

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Fujifilm X-H2S Mega-Freebie Deal and Fujifilm GFX50R/50SII Deals Extended

GFX Deals

Sadly the deals on the GF lenses have expired.

What Fujifilm extended, though, until August 31, are the deals on the Fujifilm GFX50SII and GFX50R. Here are the details:

X-H2S Deal

Also, Fujifilm has launched deals on the Fujifilm X-H2S. Everybody who got one in USA between May 31 and September 4, 2022, will get a free 325GB Delkin Black CFexpress card! BHphoto has the details on this deal on the Fujifilm X-H2S product page.

You can also check out our dedicated Fujifilm X-H2S CFexpress Card deal article here.

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Fujifilm Firmware Updates for X-T4, X-T3, X-S10, X-Pro3, X-T30II, X100V, GFX100S, GFX100, GFX50S and GFX50R

Fujifilm has released new firmware updates for ten Fujifilm cameras.

Down below all the details and download links.

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Fujifilm GFX50R Discontinued (Last Samples available for $2,999)

The Fujifilm GFX50R is now marked as discontinued at BHphoto here.

There is still a massive deal running on it, but the camera gets harder and harder to find. Still some samples are available at Adorama here.

GFX Gear Deals – Buy within April 3 and submit your claim by May 3

Fujifilm Firmware Updates for X100V, X-E4, X-Pro3, X-T30II, GFX50R, GFX50SII

As we reported earlier this month, Fujifilm discovered a bug happening with twelve of their cameras when used with Mac computers.

The first batch of firmware had been released a few days ago here and was for the following cameras: X-T4, X-T3, X-S10, GFX100S, GFX100 and GFX50S.

Now six more Fujifilm cameras received an update. All the links and firmware details can be found down below.

Firmware Updates Download Links and Details

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Fujifilm XF/GF Lens Deals (save up to $500) and GFX50R $1,500 Off

Well, now it’s your turn to try to resist to GAS ;). I failed in less than 48 hours and grabbed a discounted Fujinon GF50mmF3.5 here in Italy.

The latest temptations you shall try to resist better than I did are:

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Fujifilm X/GFX Deals Extended until January 23 including Huge Rebate GFX50R

Fujifilm has decided to extended the Fujifilm X/GFX deals until January 23. This means you can still save $1,500 on the Fujifilm GFX50R (if it’s not discontinued already).

We remind you that the Fujifilm GFX50R was one of the best sellers back in 2018 here on FujiRumors, actually the first GFX camera to come even close to the top selling X series cameras.

And yet, GFX50R sales still pale compared over what has been achieved by the Fujifilm GFX100S, which was the (by far) best selling camera in 2021 (the data refers to affiliate sales here on FujiRumors).

Of course these days the GFX50R sales struggle also due to the Fujifilm GFX50SII, which adds IBIS and newer processor in an overall more mainstream form factor at lower price than the GFX50R launch price.

And yet, the GFX50R is and remains a lovely camera, and if Fujifilm would have offered a GFX100R along with the GFX100S, I would probably have got the GFX100R, as it comes closer in form and function to another camera series I love, the X-E line.

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Fujifilm GFX50R and Silver X-T30 Now Discontinued at B&H

The heavily discounted Fujifilm GFX50R as well as the silver X-T30 are now marked as discontinued at BHphoto.

If you want to grab the last samples for a crazy price, you can still find some GFX50R cameras at Adorama here and Moment here.

The X-T30 is still available in black and my personal favorite, the charcoal silver version, at BHphoto.

Fantastic Black Friday Deals: Save Big on XF50mm f/1.0, GFX50R, X-T4, Capture One, Peak Design, DxO, SanDisk and Much More

Lots of fantastic Black Friday deals started now, including new official Fujifilm X and GFX deals. Down below you can see a curation of the best photography related deals.

Tempting: a sweet deal on the XF50mm f/1.0 and a massive rebate on the GFX50R.

Anyway, there are deals on tons of other products, so definitely make sure to check out the general Black Friday deal pages.

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Peak Design has just launched its biggest sale ever. The deal runs directly at Peak Design store and also at official retailers like BHphoto. If you are from Europe, you can also purchase directly from the Peak Design Store.

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Fujifilm GFX50R Discontinued, Zero Rumors About GFX50RII and Dreams About GFX100R

It’s over.

According to reports at digitalcameraworld, the Fujifilm GFX50R is now discontinued.

As a huge Fujifilm X-E line lover, the Fujifilm GFX50R would have been my most natural step into Fujifilm medium format.

However, as I don’t switch from X-Trans APS-C to Full Frame because the difference is negligible (and with lots of advantages on the APS-C side, too), I also thought that sure, going from 26 to 50 MP is OK, but at this point I prefer to go all-in and grab a 100 megapixel medium format Fujifilm GFX100S.

If there was a Fujifilm GFX100R, I’d have grabbed that one. But it looks like all I can do is to hope that one day in the future Fujifilm will give us either a Fujifilm GFX100R or an X-T styled GFX100 (as shown in these official Fujifilm prototypes).

But don’t get me wrong.

A camera with a PSAM dial, a dedicated custom settings dial and top LCD is stupidly easy and fast to operate. The total opposite of the original GFX100, which is the only Fujifilm camera I’ve ever hold in my hands where I thought “WTF, need to grab that owners manual“.

But I can’t really fall in love with cameras that are stupidly easy to use, I prefer those who are FUN to operate. Like my X-E or X-T cameras.

So, my wish for the GFX future are a GFX100R and GFX100T. But so far, I have absolutely zero rumors about it. And for the records, I have also zero rumors about a Fujifilm GFX50RII.

In any case, if you are also attracted by the rangefinder styled medium format Fujifilm cameras, then better grab yours now, as who knows for how long we will find the Fujifilm GFX50R in stock now that it is discontinued.

Good bye, Fujifilm GFX50R. I was one of the very first people to touch you, back then, at the photokina 2018, where I even illegally smuggled into the fair one day ahead of its official launch to meet you. May your heritage continue to live in the GFX lineup.

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