Share Your Love – Fujifilm X/GFX Communities to Follow

FujiRumors is nice and good.

You get exclusive rumors, fresh news and overall it is just a useful and informative place to be for Fujifilm X and GFX lovers (at least I hope you perceive it this way, too).

But it has one major limit: it’s a one man show.

And while this is good, because news and rumors are filtered through my expertise, making sure for example that fake rumors have no space here, the disadvantage is that there’s a single perspective at play, which can sometimes limit diversity in opinions.

But luckily there is a way to “escape” my unilateral view on the Fujifilm system.

You can always comment below, but you can also join the vibrant Fujifilm communities linked below, in which you will find and can share all possible thoughts and ideas about the Fujifilm system… and especially, you will be able to enjoy TONS of images taken with Fujiflm gear.

Big Fujifilm Deals in Europe on X-T50 and GF Lenses

Fujifilm has launched big deals (instant rebates) in Europe that pretty much match the big rebates we have in USA in terms of GF lens deals.

However, we also got a really great deal on the X-T50.

Here are the details:

EUROPE Deals – Instant Rebates

Note 1: in UK you can buy X-T50 body or any kit, you’ll save £210 if you add XF23mmF2 or XF50mmF2 to you purchase
Note 2: Amazon IT is an authorized retailer, but make sure it is shipped and sold by Amazon. Amazon UK is not authorized. Also Amazon DE is not listed as authorized, but I see the X-T50 deal anyway (so far) at Amazon DE at the same price of authorized dealers

X-T50 + Lenses

GFX Deals

USA Deals – Instant Rebates

Kipon Leica S to Fujifilm GFX Autofocus Adapter Available Now

Kipon has launched their Leica S to Fujifilm GFX adapter, as spotted by a fellow FR reader, who shared the link in the comments to our earlier article (THANKS!).

The adapter is already available for sale at the Kipon website here and it should be available at some point also at BHphoto here and Amazon here.

More details below.

Description

KIPON Leica S-GFX AF allows you to use the Leica S medium format (45*30mm) lens on the Fujifilm GFX medium format (44*33mm) camera, and realizes autofocus function. The adapter is compatible with a wide range of Leica S-series lenses, including zoom lenses.

Leica S-GFX AF is equipped with the new generation MCU (Microcontroller Unit) which delivers accurate autofocus with stable performance. Taking into consideration that Leica S lenses are equipped with traditional motors, we optimized the software algorithm during the development to ensure the lens can focus as fast as possible, maximized the usability.

Leica S-GFX AF supports Eye-AF, EXIF information transmisssion, PDAF, etc. The adapter comes with a Type-C port for firmware update. We will supply firmware upgrade if necessary.

We start to deliver from Jan 20, 2025.

Features

  1. Durable, high quality
  2. Made of Alum or Brass, with perfect surface finishing and super precise design
  3. Fast and accurate autofocus
  4. Support Eye-AF, EXIF information transmisssion, PDAF, etc.
  5. Type-C firmware update
  6. Infinity focus is available
  7. Removable tripod support

Leica S Mount Lenses Autofocus Adapter for Fujifilm GFX

Above you can see a prototype what is said to be the first Leica S to Fujifilm GFX autofocus adapter, as shared by the Japanese website asobinet.

It’s said to be in development by a Chinese manufacturer.

Someone showed me a prototype adapter. (You can see the original color of the metal)
GFX from Leica S. He says it will be AF.

Since it is a prototype, it is quite early in the entire product development, and it is impossible to confirm whether the AF will work in the end. I think we can wait a little longer about this matter.

Let’s hope this adapter will work great and come soon to the market.

Laowa Tilt-Shift Macro Lenses for Fujifilm G Mount now at BHphoto

Late last year Venus Optics launched the Laowa 55mm f/2.8 Tilt-Shift 1x Macro and the e Laowa 100mm f/2.8 Tilt-Shift 1x Macro.

Now you can purchase them also at BHphoto (previously only at Venus Optics).

For first looks and launch videos check out our original article of December 2024.

Fujifilm 2025 New Year Greetings: A Wider Range of Products Coming in 2025 and GFX Challenge Grant Progarm Updates

Fujifilm has just released a video with their traditional New Year greetings.

  • in 2024 Fujifilm announced 4 cameras and 4 lenses
  • development announcement of GFX100 Eterna and GF Power Zoom lens
  • in 2025 they hope to deliver a wider range of products
  • GFX Challenge grant program update

If you want to know what’s coming, just bookmark this link and keep following ;).

For now what we know about are:

Huge Fujinon GF Lens Deals Just Dropped, but Disappointment on the XF Front

Fujiilm has just launched a $500 rebate on selected Fujinon GF lenses.

If you are looking for deals on XF lenses, then. you’ll be disappointed, as there is only a meager $100 rebate on the original XF16-55mmF2.8 (way too little Fujifilm, you should rebate it at least $300 now that the new XF16-55mmF2.8 II gives it little to no chance to sell)

But anyway, if the GF system is the one of your choice, the deals are quite tempting. I think for most of the lenses these are the best deals we ever got. I think I remember only the GF110mm being once $550 off. But in any case, these are quite some substantial rebates.

Besides that, this is also the last day of the BHphoto Mega Deal Zone.

Selected Deals

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The Big Accessories Roundup: Kipon 0.62x GFX Focal Reducers, X100VI Protective Case, Batteries, Tilta Factory Tour and More

Flash / Accessories / eBooks

Today we have a major accessories roundup. It goes from batteries, the Fuji X Weekly Protective Case for Fujifilm X100VI / X100V / X100F, tripods and much more.

Also a very interesting Tilta Factory tour by CineD is linked below.

At the very bottom you can find the press release for the Kipon 0.62x focal reducers for GFX.

And since we also talk about batteries, we will refer also to a series of articles on FujiRumors, in which we talked about batteries:

Accessories Roundup

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BREAKING: Fujifilm X-Pro4 (X-Pro5) is Not Coming in 2025

Fujifilm X-Pro Line Future

I don’t know exactly how to bring you this rumor, but I guess the best way is just to deliver it straight and raw:

According to multiple of our highly trusted sources (as well as a couple of new ones) there won’t be any Fujifilm X-Pro4 or Fujifilm X-Pro5 (or any X-Pro3  successor) in 2024 and not even in 2025.

I know that’s a bummer for many Fujifilm lovers out there.

But you can trust that I made sure this is an accurate rumor. I know a huge chunk of the reputation of this rumor website depends on the X-Pro4 rumors and I would only share it if I am 110% sure.

The wait for the Fujifilm X-Pro4 or may it be called Fujifilm X-Pro5 is longer than we’d like it to be.

I just hope that this also means the next X-Pro will be something super-special and worth the wait.

And in the Meantime…

While the Fujifilm X-Pro3 successor might not come in 2025, there are plenty of other cameras Fujifilm is working on for 2025 release.

And there might even more coming.

I am personally hyped about the Fujifilm X-E5.

Fujifilm FF240004 ​​​Camera Registration Spotted – Fujifilm GFX100RF?

Fujifilm has just registered a camera with the codename FF240004. It features Tri-band WiFi as spotted by the Chinese Weibo account EM8.

As you can read here, so far we have at least four cameras scheduled for release in 2025:

But there might be even more in the pipeline. Maybe even some I could not see coming, just as it was the case of the Fujifilm GFX Eterna.

My best guess so far is that it could be the Fujifilm GFX100RF fixed lens camera or the Fujifilm GFX Eterna. But that’s just a guess. And in fact it does not really matter which codename which camera has. There will always be a codename because there will always be a camera coming.