It’s months now that we report about the upcoming Yongnuo autofocus lenses for Fujifilm X mount. In case you missed the previous episodes, here is what will come:
Yongnuo 11mm f/1.8
Yongnuo 23mm f/1.4
Yongnuo 33mm f/1.4
Yongnuo 50mm f/1.8
Yongnuo 56mm f/1.4
We also have shared lots of images of these lenses:
And now the Japanese website Asobinet reports that the Yongnuo will be released soon and a preliminary “experience meeting” is about to be held in China.
They also shared an image that you can see above.
It will be based on the lens design of the current full frame Yongnuo YN50mm F1.8 DF DSM and the selling price will be of 1799 yuan (converted to $247).
Some of these new Yongnuo lenses are going to have some stiff competition:
Now an image appeared on the Chinese social media Weibo (and spotted by the Japanese website Asobinet) showing the lens mounted on the Fujifilm X-H2S (you can see the image above).
Coming in June… with Aperture Ring?
If the google translation didn’t mess it up, I think Yongnuo said on their Weibo account that it will come in June.
Anyway, if they did add the aperture ring, than that’s definitely a nice touch and I wish other lens manufacturers would have done the same when they adapted their Sony E mount glass to the X system.
The complete list of autofocus lenses Yongnuo is planing to launch is:
Yongnuo 11mm f/1.8
Yongnuo 23mm f/1.4
Yongnuo 33mm f/1.4
Yongnuo 50mm f/1.8
Yongnuo 56mm f/1.4
Some of these new Yongnuo lenses are going to have some stiff competition:
One of them was the lack of a new X mount roadmap, considering that now with the XF8mmF2.8 R WR out, there is no more lens on the roadmap.
Now, at this point I want to make absolutely clear that this was just my very personal opinion. If you think differently, than that’s totally fine and your opinion has just the same reason to exist as mine.
But I also think what I said was a bit misunderstood, especially in regards the new roadmap, and here is why.
The main critique I got was that I should stop asking for new lenses, that what we have is enough and there is no need to rush out with more lenses.
But that was not the point of what I wanted to say.
What I wanted to say is that, despite everything we already have, there are still some lenses that people wish for and in some cases really need for their photography, as shown by our massive future X mount wishlist survey.
And Fujifilm can only win if they publish a new roadmap. Because:
people who are currently still missing certain lenses they need and see them on the roadmap, are more likely to stay with Fujifilm and just wait for the lens to come
photographers, who are interested in the Fujifilm system but are currently not yet using it because it does not offer a certain lens, they might actually start to switch to Fujifilm if they see that the lens they need is on the roadmap. They might to start to look out for good deals, buy into the system, and buy the lens they need later on.
Keeping people in the system and facilitate others to join by publishing roadmaps is a huge advantage that Fujifilm is currently missing out on.
There are only two potential downsides to publishing roadmaps:
if Fujifilm puts MKII lenses on the roadmap, people will stop buying the older version. But that’s a problem Fujifilm has solved by almost never putting MKII lenses on the roadmap
Roadmaps are a “promise” that Fujifilm makes to its customers. But it can happen that Fujifilm breaks the promise and makes changes to the roadmap (see XF80mm macro instead of XF120mm macro or XF50mmF1.0 instead of 33mmF1.0). And when changes are done, some customers might feel disappointed by those changes as Fujifilm “broke” the promise they made
But these two downsides are more than compensated by the advantages solid long term roadmaps bring.
And since I love Fujifilm and I want them to succeed, I want Fujifilm to take the best possible decisions for the system. And in this case, in my opinion, Fujifilm would only profit from giving us a new roadmap.
We have already told you a while back that Yongnuo teased new autofocus X mount lenses coming for Fujifilm X mount, more precisely the 23mmF1.4, 33mmF1.4 and the 56mmF1.4.
But today we have an important update.
Not only we can share the first images of those lenses, but the leaked images also show the Yongnuo 11mm f/1.8 and the Yongnuo 50mm f/1.8.
So the complete list of autofocus lenses Yongnuo is planing to launch is:
Yongnuo 11mm f/1.8
Yongnuo 23mm f/1.4
Yongnuo 33mm f/1.4
Yongnuo 50mm f/1.8
Yongnuo 56mm f/1.4
What we can notice is:
most of these lenses have an aperture ring. It looks like all of them, except for the 50mmF1.8
at least some lenses have a switch where you can choose between click or clickless aperture
at least some lenses seem to have a small LCD screen on it
Yongnuo is also officially teasing five autofocus lenses coming over at their Chinese social media.
Down below you can see all the leaked images.
Some of these new Yongnuo lenses are going to have some stiff competition:
Let’s have a weekend chat… and try to give an answer to a question I often get.
The story is this:
Back in March Fujifilm Spain displayed this camera roadmap, where they show two more cameras coming in 2023.
So the question I get often these days is: is this really all we will get in 2023? Two cameras and no more?
I can understand your skepticism, especially considering that even during the Covid pandemic Fujifilm has launched an average of 3 to 4 cameras a year, as we calculated in this article.
And if Fujifilm really was to launch two cameras only, then FujiRumors readers already know which ones these will be:
First off: it is not clear if the roadmap displayed by Fujifilm Spain refers to X series cameras only (hence APS-C cameras) or if it includes also GFX cameras.
If it was for X series only, then it we would get 2 X series cameras (one of them being the X-S20) and at least one GFX camera (as we rumored here).
The Spanish website Fujistas, who shared the roadmap and was present at the event, actually reported on them as being “two X series cameras“. So that would mean two APS-C cameras. So there is one I never rumored before that would still come in 2023.
But even if Fujifilm Spain’s roadmap would include the GFX cameras, than I’d not be 100% sure that all we get are really only 2 cameras.
Why?
Because internal roadmaps get regular updates and are often changed depending on the need of the moment. Fujifilm might postpone a camera launch, but can also anticipate its announcement. This depends on lots of things such as their own state in terms of development of new models, but Fuji can also look at what competitors are doing and in case step on the gas and work on releasing new gear faster.
Same happens with lens roadmaps, which are public. Fujifilm can announce and even show mockups of roadmap lens (remember the XF33mmF1.0?) and then cancel or change it. Other lenses get delayed, other never appeared on any roadmap, but suddenly hit the market (lots of the MKII lenses for example).
That’s why I personally would take any camera or lens roadmap with a grain of salt.
If it really was the most up to date roadmap and it would include also GFX cameras, then FujiRumors basically already told you which cameras will come in 2023.
But if’s only for X series or not the most up to date roadmap, then this means I have still some work to do to find out which other cameras could come in 2023.
In any case, stay tuned on FujiRumors. As soon as I can tell you something reliable, I will post updates here on the blog and on my YouTube channel.
In addition to the ones that already run since a while and expire on April 16, Fujfiilm Europe has launched new deals that include the Fujifilm X-T5 and Fujifilm X-H2s. Down below is the full list.
Deals that Expire June 30 *Note: if you buy at Amazon Italy, make sure to buy only gear shipped and sold by Amazon to qualify for the cashback
*Note: Amazon Italy is qualified retailer, but Amazon UK and Germany are not qualified
*Note: purchase camera and lens together so that they appear on the same bill.
UPDATE: it won’t come for X mount. The cause of the error has been explained here.
Venus Optics is going to announce the Laowa Argus 28mm f/1.2 lens for Fujifilm X mount next week.
Above you can see a product image and below some some samples in low resolution. For even more and higher resolution images you can access my dropbox here.
It will be the third Argus lens for X mount they offer.
