Fringer EF-GFX Pro (v2.0) and NF-GFX (v1.40) Firmware Updates Released

Fringer has released firmware updates for the Fringer EF-GFX Pro and the Fringer NF-GFX.

Firmware Update Details

Fringer EF-GFX Pro – 2025/4/13 – Version 2.0

  1. Added following lenses to the tested and optimized lens list:
    1) Tokina AT-X 16-28 F2.8 PRO FX
    2) Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS III USM
    3) Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS III USM + 1.4X
    4) Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS III USM + 2X
    5) Canon EF 28-70mm f/2.8L USM
    6) Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
    7) SIGMA ZOOM 28-80mm 1:3.5-5.6 II MACRO ASPHERICAL
  2. Issue fixed: Sometimes EF85/1.2L II may be misrecognized as SAMYANG 85/1.2.
  3. Added in-body vignetting and distortion correction profile for the following lenses:

Lens model

Configuration item

default

Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM

ForceNativeEF3514L

1

Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS III USM

ForceNativeEF6004LIS3

1

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

ForceNativeEF70300IS

1

Please download and install the new firmware here.

Main improvements of NF-GFX v1.40 – 2025/4/13 – Version 1.40

  1. Added following lenses to the tested and optimized lens list:
    1) Tokina AT-X 24-70mm f/2.8 PRO FX
    2) Tokina opera 50mm f/1.4 FF
    3) Tokina AT-X 16-28 F2.8 PRO FX
    4) SIGMA 70-200mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM S018
    5) SIGMA 70-200mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM S018 + 1.4X
  2. Added in-body vignetting and distortion correction profile for the following lenses.
    Lens model: Tokina opera 50mm f/1.4 FF
    Configuration item: ForceNativeTokina50140pera

Note: We have fixed the IBIS performance issues when activating in-body correction functions. Now there is no need to turn off the auto corrections for IBIS. But if you prefer to manually set the correction in camera menu, you may still disable the auto corrections. To disable it for individual lens: change the corresponding configuration item’s value to 0.

Please download and install the new firmware here.

Fujifilm to Suspend Orders for GFX100RF, X100VI and X-M5 (Black Only)

I have received this message from an anonymous source (THANKS), telling me that on Friday April 11, Fujifilm contacted retailers about the suspension of orders for the following cameras: Fujifilm GFX100RF, X100VI and Fujifilm X-M5.

We have investigated this information and we can tell you this:

So that’s the most accurate information available for now. Of course it affects USA only.

This is very bad for the Fujifilm X100VI backorders, as they are made in China and probably will remain blocked in China until the tariffs are removed, since with tariffs at 145% or something like that, it is basically impossible to import to USA.

The Fujifilm X-M5 in silver is shipping already since months, so there might be some stock still in USA at regular price. Once that stock runs dry, I guess also the sales for the silver version will get paused. The X-M5 is made in China, too.

I have no idea what it going to happen with the Fujifilm GFX100RF. It was supposed to ship on April 24. I don’t know if some units have already arrived to USA before the tariffs kicked in or not. If not, I guess they’ll be put on hold too. Although the GFX100RF is made in Japan, so it “only” has 10% tariffs.

Fujifilm GFX100RF Owners Manual Available

The Fujifilm GFX100RF is shipping already since a few days in some countries, as we reported here.

Well, you can now also download the Fujifilm GFX100RF owners manual in PDF here or access it in html here.

Fujifilm GFX Eterna Additional Specs Disclosed: Variable ND Filter, NP-W235 Battery and More

At the NAB show, Fujifilm has unveiled a few additional specs for the upcoming Fujifilm GFX Eterna.

  • Variable ND Density Filter: ND0.6 – ND2.1 (ND4 – ND128)
  • NP-W235 Battery with support for hot swapping external batteries or transition to DC input during use
    plus Battery automatically charged via external power source
  • Supports CFexpress Type B and SD-Cards
  • Supports Tascam CA-XLR2d-F XLR
  • Frame.io support
  • Additional Specs shared previously
  • 15ms rolling shutter (4K 16:9)
  • supports 4:3 open gate
  • a 5 inch Fujifilm made monitor included
  • dual base ISO, ISO800 and ISO3200

Along with the Fujifilm GFX Eterna, Fujifilm will also launch the Fujinon GF32-90mmF3.5 in 2025.

via ProNews via Petapixel

Fujifilm Managers Explain GFX100RF Lack of Hybrid Viewfinder, WCL and TCL for GFX100RF, Content Credentials and More

Fujifilm managers talked to DPReview. You can read a summary below and the full interview here.

  • GFX100RF is for street and documentary photography because it is so small and lightweight
  • when they started to design the GFX100RF, they knew the price point already
  • to match that price point it had to be more luxurious than the X100Vi for example
  • so the main plate is milled out of a single block of aluminum, which is top end of manufacturing
  • it allows for more unique design and complex shapes
  • it takes about 5 hours to turn the aluminum block into the top plate
  • Redesigned lens hood with a new adapter ring that only fits one way
  • Rectangular hood attaches easily and aligns perfectly every time
  • rear element of lens is very close to the sensor
  • Fujifilm considered several lenses, but 28mm was best for compactness and image quality
  • allows for handheld shooting with low shutter speeds
  • Fujifilm is currently not thinking at add-on optical lenses like for X100VI
  • depends on customer feedback if wide and teleconverter will be launched
  • aspect ratio dial is a connection between digital and film cameras
  • Fujifilm tries to reach new customers with GFX100RF, and this concept is aimed to that
  • Fujifilm also wanted to offer a tool to change aspect ratio in camera rather than in post
  • a dial was the easiest way to implement aspect ratio control
  • Hybrid Viewfinder?
  • “The hybrid viewfinder’s structure is a little bit complicated, which means the magnification would be much smaller for such a high-resolution camera“
  • “Another reason is the digital teleconverter. If it comes with an OVF, we’d have to cover 20mm of range when using the teleconverter, which would make the guide-lines much smaller. So, from a practical point of view, we decided to install the EVF“
  • Content Credentials Support
  • Fujifilm is still developing and investigating how to implement the CAI and the C2PA
  • it’s unclear if GFX100RF will get this support. Fujifilm says: “If we have to pay to implement it, or if users have to pay… not so many will want it. Then it’ll only be for professional agencies or something“
  • the industry has to come up with a standard

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Fujifilm GFX100RF Starts Shipping: Customer Feedback and Slowest Shutter Speed for Sharp Photos

The Fujifilm GFX100RF has started shipping in some countries. In the images you can see above, you can see the brand new Fujifilm GFX100RF shipped to FR-reader Mark in Germany.

His first feedback about the camera:

First impressions: It is beautifully light for a medium format camera. Doesn’t look as bulky in real-life as in some photos. EVF is nice and big for a rangefinder-style. Dials are a bit stiff for my taste, but better than accidentally changing them I guess.

Speaking of feedback, down below I will link two videos from Italian YouTube channels (Marco Fazio and Riflessioni Fotografiche).

They tested the Fujifilm GFX100RF for 2 days at an event of Fujifilm in Venice and Burano and they both, independently, came to the same conclusion: you can shoot at as low as 1/20th and still get sharp pictures.

This is in line with what Vistek, Luca Petralia, Docma and many other said: at about 1/30th or even 1/20th you still get sharp images.

I guess it depends on your style of shooting, but out of curiosity I checked the shutter speeds of hundreds of my last images as I reported here, and I found only one at 1/33th, a few at 1/50th to 1/80th, but the almost totality of my images is well above that.

So for me 1/20th is a mark that I basically do not reach for handheld shooting anyway hence I could live very well without IBIS on the GFX100RF with its 28mm equivalent lens and leaf shutter for minimal vibrations created by the camera.

Anyway, Fujifilm has published its own chart showing at which point IBIS would be beneficial for the Fujifilm GFX100RF. In that chart, Fujifilm seems to play on the safer side, giving about 1/40th as the minimal mark for sharp images. In real life, though, people seem to be able to shoot at 1/30th or 1/20th.

As said, the 1/20th and even 1/40th mark is very hard to hit for me. But check your images and see if you regularly shoot below 1/20th.

Video Reviews

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Fujifilm GFX100RF Fujifilm Manager Interviews and Additional Reviews

The Fujifilm GFX100RF is collecting general praise all over the internet for just how incredibly small and light it is for a medium format camera, and also for its excellent build quality.

But of course they also address the fact that it does not have IBIS.

Now, you can read more about it below, but in general it seems the consensus is that at 1/30th you can still get away with sharp images, but below that it starts to get tricky. That’s according to Luca Petralia (review below) and docma (article in German below) and also to the Vistek video we shared in our live blog. Of course I have not tested it myself (I am just a mere mortal like you and I don’t get anything from Fujifilm unless I pay full price for it), so for now I will just report what reviewers have to say about it.

Out of curiosity I checked the shutter speeds of my last few hundred images, and I found one at 1/33th, one at 1/50th a few at 1/60th and 1/80th but mostly I am well over that. So if the statements of reviewers so far holds true, if I were to use the GFX100RF with my style of shooting I could live very well without IBIS. Of course I have shots at even slower shutter speeds, but for those I used a tripod anyway, as I was working either in blue hour landscape/cityscape or with filters and I needed exposures of multiple seconds.

With that said, here are the reviews I mentioned above as well as a few more, including interviews with Fujifilm managers that while nice to listen at, do not really disclose anything new, hence I did not dedicate them a specific article but I decided to include them in this roundup.

Fujifilm GFX100RF Reviews
& Manager Interviews

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Fujifilm GF Lens Savings end Today in USA and EU Deals on X/GFX Gear End Soon

USA Deals – Instant Rebates

The GF lens savings in USA are ending today.

EUROPE Deals – Instant Rebates

There are GF lens savings also in Europe. However, Europe also has X deals. They end March 31.

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