There are GFX Trade-In offers spreading in Europe with the purchase of a Fujifilm GFX100S II or GFX100 II. Down below I will share the Trade-In conditions for UK. But make sure to check the conditions in your country.
Maybe even more interestingly, now Fujifilm is offering also a Fujifilm GFX100S II with GF35-70mm kit in Europe. Maybe I’ve missed it so far, but if I am correct, previously you could purchase the GFX100SII only as body only and not bundled with a lens.
There are no kit versions still in USA for the GFX100SII and GFX100II. I hope such an offering will come to the US too at some point.
Some asked us how much gear Fujifilm releases every year.
So we decided to check back the last 3 years (2024 included, since there won’t be any more announcements) to see what the current pace at Fujifilm is. Below are the results.
If Fujifilm maintains the pace it set in 2024, there could be room for one or maybe even two more camera releases in 2025, considering that the 1″ sensor camera might not be counted in the lineup we discussed earlier, which focused solely on APS-C and medium format models.
LENSES in 2025:
Fujifilm has quite consistently released around four lenses each year, combining both X and GFX series models.
So far I have no rumors about future lenses, which means you have four slots you can fill in with your wishes. :)
If anyone out there can maybe give us a hint on future X and GF lenses, feel free to reach out to FujiRumors. Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Overall, 2025 remains a significant mystery, but I’m hopeful that our trusted sources (and maybe some new ones) will be able to shed light on some of the unknowns and provide insights that will make us even more excited for what’s to come.
Until then, keep shooting, keep enjoying life… and every now and then, keep checking in on FujiRumors ;).
While we can see the Fujifilm X-M5 being better than the X-T5, I confirm what I wrote in pretty much every other article so far: it’s not at Sony and Canon level. Which is why personally I applaud the improved autofocus, but I’ll call myself impressed only when I see it on par with Sony and Canon.
Also, we have to see how much the improved performance over the X-T5 is to attribute to the AF algorithm on the X-M5 (which is in Beta on Pal2Tech’s camera) or it is simply due to the general faster readout speed of the 26MP sensor.
So far the most convincing autofocus demo I saw is the one of Thomas B Jones, with a 2.5 minutes non-stop live eye tracking during a talking head video, and especially when showcasing product mode the transition between product and face is smooth without stepping to acquire focus.
Look, even the toughest Fujifilm AF haters out there show video clips on much much better AF tracking works on X-T4 for example (or on early 5th generation firmware). So while Fujifilm is not at Sony or Canon level, they have already shown that they can do much better than what they are currently offering on the 5th generation cameras.
As I always said: Fujifilm, just downgrade the firmware! You did it in the past with the flawed X-T1 firmware, so you can do it also now.
Pal2Tech was one of the guys, who addressed the latest Fujifilm 5th generation gear autofocus issues in his videos.
That’s why he was particularly interested to test the autofocus of the Fujifilm X-M5 versus the one of the Fujifilm X-T5.
You can see with your own eyes his comparison in the video above (just click and it will start at the right point).
This is what Pal2Tech has to say about:
the focus square on the X-M5 was able to keep with up with him (moving fast around the yard) in a noticeable way
when he starts to run, the X-T5 box is behind him whereas the X-M5 autofocus box is sticky on his face
when jumping into frame, the X-M5 locks focus faster than the X-T5
when moving very very fast all over the frame like crazy, the X-M5 locked focus better than the X-T5
he track running dogs and and people, and it keeps up with them fairly reliably
the X-T5 would not have nailed that many images in that order in AF-C for stills
tracking cars the X-M5 handled very well. Every shot was in focus
tracking bicycles also worked very well
the autofocus performance is great and definitely better than the X-T5, even before the X-T5 experienced the AF issues with the May firmware
Pal2Tech is very impressed by what he saw and he hopes firmware updates will come with same AF to other models
Look guys, Chris from Pal2Tech did put lots of effort into this test.
It’s up to you now to trust him, or maybe trust YouTubers who did not hold the X-M5 in their hands for a single second and looked hours of launch videos to find 2 seconds in which the AF of the X-M5 failed.
Is it at Sony and Canon level?
Well, I feel confident to say very likely not. But according to the most in depth test we could see so far, it is the best autofocus Fujifilm has yet offered on any its cameras.
