I get many emails from FR-readers with wishes about all possible things regarding the Fujifilm system.
Today I decided to catch up with and share some of those wishes.
This time we don’t share camera related wishes, but only lens, firmware and more, as otherwise there would be simply just too much to cover and discuss at once. An additional wishlist roundup with even more wishes will follow later on.
Fujifilm seems to be trying to takle the parts shortage more seriously compared to that creative (and failed) solution of using blockchain for that purpose.
Now, down below you can read the google translated version of their plan, which is not 100% clear, but I guess it overall simply means: we’ll get more parts from more suppliers.
On the 6th, Fujifilm announced the goal of expanding the target to a total of 30,000 parts of 30 suppliers by the fiscal year for digital platforms that optimize parts inventories such as digital cameras. We have been conducting verification for 4300 items from 8 companies since October last year, but we have started full-scale operation as we have been able to confirm the cost reduction effect such as inventory management.
Oh well, better late than never I guess.
Let’s hope this will have positive effects also on the Fujifilm X100V, which in Japan is suspended since 8 months and as Fujifilm managers told us recently here, if the entire world would stop to order the Fujifilm X100V today, it would take Fujifilm still up to 3 months to manufacture and ship all the cameras already ordered until up to this point.
And quite frankly, there are plenty of other cameras that could benefit from a more stable parts procurement, maybe there could be even a revival for the Fujifilm X-E4, which was discontinued even though MANY of you had one on order. Fujifilm simply gave up on being ever able to ship it in a reasonable time.
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So, we just leaked the date of the next Fujifilm X Summit, which will happen on September 12.
Now I am curious to know what you guys are hoping for to come.
That’s why I have now launched a survey that includes plausible, less plausible and borderline impossible options.
I’ll not include 110% impossible cameras, which would be for example a Fujifilm X-H3 or Fujifilm X-H3s, as those cameras are hardly 1 year old (or less). Or the Fujifilm X-T6 or Fujifilm X-S30.
What we will inlcude are the Fujifilm X-T5s (X-T5 with 26MP stacked sensor of X-H2S), Fujifilm X-Pro4, Fujifilm X-E5, Fujifilm X-T40, Fujifilm X100V successor (X200, X100VI, X100 whatever), Fujifilm X80, Fujifilm XF20, Fujifilm X-T300, Fujifilm X-A8, Fujifilm X-A30, Fujifilm X-M2, Fujifilm GFX100 successor, Fujifilm GFX100S successor, Fujifilm GFX50R successor and Fujifilm GFX50SII successor.
I will give you two options to vote on, because Fujifilm has so far registered two yet to be released cameras.
Have fun voting :)
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Thanks to our amazing sources, we have now received the date for the next Fujifilm X Summit.
But before I share it, one important disclaimer.
You know better than me at this point, Fujifilm X Summit dates are nothing 100% sure, even if it’s Fujifilm itself to tell you the date. In fact, the officially proudly announced April X Summit has been canceled and on the last day of April Fujifilm announced its cancelation.
So, I am going to share the date with you today, but I can’t 100% exclude that there will be changes. And if there will be, I will let you know.
With that said, here is the date.
According to our trusted sources, the next Fujifilm X Summit will take place on September 12.
Yes, that’s still quite far away. And yes, that makes it even more “risky” for me to share, as there is lots of time until that date and changes can happen anytime.
But if I share the date anyway with you, it means that I have good reasons to be confident about this date. A confidence that is given to me by our trusted sources.
Some of you guys might have some Déjà vu now and remember that date from somewhere.
Well, I actually have reported about that date a while back here, when thanks to our reader, who digged in the depths of the registration, we spotted the registrations for two new cameras, the FF220002 on May 26 and the FF230001 on September 12.
In that article I warned you though that usually registrations don’t actually fit with the real announcement date. I’ve checked back and here are some examples:
And in 90% of the cases registrations don’t even give any date at all (or even become public only AFTER the camera has already been announced, as it was the case of the X-E4 registration).
But this time around the registration could well fit the real announcement date according to our sources.
Don’t miss out on the fun ahead of the X Summit, with LOTS (!!!) of rumors to come (I promise ;)) only here on FujiRumors and, if you want, also on my YouTube channel, where not only you will get all the rumors, but often also some travel tips as I will show you around one of the most beautiful places the world has to offer.
Because new gear is nice and good. But investing in experiences and travels is just as gratifying if not more. And it’s one of the best ways to make good use of our awesome gear.
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Fujifilm has released new firmware updates for the Fujifilm X-T4, X-T3, X-T30 and X100V
You can find all details and download links down below.
We have the date of the next Fujifilm X Summit.
Right now I am on a short break while driving through the center of Italy. So we will share it with you at 10AM New York time (4PM Berlin Time).
You’ll get the rumor…
But…
if you decide to follow the big unveil on my YouTube channel, then you’ll get the rumor from my favorite Mediterrenean sea town (short guide included).
This means that in terms of rumors, you won’t miss anything if you don’t follow me on YouTube.
But if you love Italy, the Mediterrenean sea, awesome little towns, pristine water and great sunsets, then make sure to check out the rumor also on YouTube, as I will tell you the name of the town 99% of you never heard about, and after my video you’ll wonder how in all these years you could have missed such an awesome spot in Italy.
Above is the video that will go online shortly. Enable the reminder in order not to miss when it goes online.
And guys, this is the the very beginning of a long new rumor chapter here on FujiRumors. ;)
Fun times are coming ;).
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Here are the top 10 articles for June:
And here are the June Youtube videos ranked by popularity. The 2nd and 4th video are from the Dolomites… they might be worth to watch just for the scenery ;).
Fujifilm has released new firmware updates for the Fujifilm X-T5, X-H2, X-H2S, X-E4 and X-S10.
You can find all details and download links down below.
After the Fujifilm X Summit on May 24, I wrote an article about the 3 biggest disappointments of the Summit.
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.
And yes, we sure have lots of lenses, also considering all the third party AF lenses we now have. And many of us have all their needs covered already.
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:
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:
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.
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A few weeks ago we shared a lot of images of the upcoming Yongnuo autofocus X mount lenses. You can see them here.
Now Yongnuo has launched an official teaser for the Yongnuo 50mm f/1.8 (also already shared on FujiRumors) on their Chinese social media.
The only new tidbits we can extract from the teaser is that the announcement should happen in June and that the 50mm f/1.8X DA DSM Pro has the same optical design as the YN 50mm f/1.8S DF DSM (Sony E mount) with the addition of an aperture ring.
Check out the real life hands on images of this lens (and many other upcoming Yongnuo AF lenses) in this article.
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