The latest Fujifilm financial results are out (Q2/2025 – July to September 2025).

It’s once again a very positive report, with operating income up 21,5% Y-o-Y.

Fujifilm also sounds pretty optimistic about the future of its Imaging division — so much so that it has raised its forecast by 5.6% compared to previous expectations. And it’s not just doing well — it’s doing well enough to balance out expected declines in other divisions.

I wonder how much of this optimism could be the result of them knowing something we don’t know yet… like the arrival of the Fujifilm X-T6, Fujifilm X-Pro4, Fujifilm X-H3/S, Fujifilm GFX100III or any other 6th generation Fujifilm gear.

Professional Imaging

• Strong sales of FUJIFILM X and GFX series digital cameras
• Strong sales of new products GFX100RF, X half and X-E5

Consumer Imaging

• Strong sales of instax instant photo systems
• Strong sales of mini12, mini Evo, etc. as well as new mini 41
• Strong sales of instax WIDE 400 and instax WIDE Evo

Forecast

Operating income forecast is unchanged, as the downward revisions for both the Healthcare, mainly due to higher silver prices, and the Business Innovation, due to increased expenses for strengthening business structure, are offset by higher gross profit in the Imaging.

Imaging Division Comment

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I recently wrote an article where I basically run through the entire history of Fujifilm Kaizen firmware updates.

I ended up inviting Fujifilm to keep up their Kaizen spirit.

Now, I have no idea how things will develop in future.

But I have wishes and hopes. And I thought that, after a long time, it might be high time to share again our firmware wishes.

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I certainly hope for the fully automatic subject detection mode to come to all 5th generation cameras (and I showed Fujifilm how easy that could be implemented).  I am not a video guy, but why no waveform monitor, vectorscopes and anamorphic mode on all 5th generation cameras? I want more cameras with touch-to-track autofocus in video. And please, panoramic mode on 40MP cameras would be nice too.

And why shouldn’t the Fujifilm X-T50 and X-M5 also be able to store custom recipes on their FS1/FS3 positions? And what about direct to Instax print option?

Also, it never hurts to get some autofocus boost. I mean, for what I do, it’s already amazing. But being 85% as good as other brands is not good enough these days. It’s time to match other brands in terms of AF performance.

INSTRUCTIONS:

You’re welcome to share your wishes in the comments below.

Just in case later I decide to turn them into a survey, it would be helpful if you upvote existing comments that already include your wish, and post a new comment only if your idea hasn’t been mentioned yet.

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Spooky Halloween is here… 🎃

It’s the night when ghosts rise from their crypts — and it reminded me that Fujifilm, too, has (or had?) a rather unnatural power: the power to bring its cameras back from the dead with a little bit of firmware Kaizen magic.

Cameras that refused to die.

Or better yet: cameras that Fujifilm simply did not allow to die — resurrected again and again through firmware updates that breathed new life into them.

Scary times in which those who wrote excellent Fujifilm camera manuals were doomed to rewrite them over and over again — slowly driven to madness by Fujifilm’s relentless Kaizen spirit, as they struggled to keep up with all the new features added to cameras that refused to stay dead.

So let’s talk about those times.

And let’s talk about where we are now and what has changed (if anything).

🧟 So it Began – The First Resurrection

What We Have Lost

I remember…

I remember when at the age of 16 I bought my first Fujifilm Quicksnap camera.

We were going on a 4-day trip with my classmates to Siena.

And I remember how I cherished those 27 shots — how intentional I tried to make every single one of them. Every frame mattered so much to me.

The photos might have been flawed — soft, overexposed, touched by grain and blur. But the moments were flawless. I waited for them, guarded each frame, and only pressed the shutter when I felt that it truly mattered.

But somehow all of that went lost with the arrival of digital.

That sense of loss — of meaning, of connection — is exactly what YouTuber Gerald explores in his video “What We Lost When Cameras Got Better”. He looks back at what we unknowingly traded away when photography became effortless, and how we might get those things back.

We thought we were upgrading to digital.
But we weren’t — we were trading.
And this is what we lost in the exchange, according to Gerald.

Intentionality –

Film forced us to think before shooting because every frame was limited and costly.
Digital made shooting cheap and endless, which made each photo mean less.

Presence –

With film, you stayed in the moment.
With digital, we’re constantly checking screens, pulled out of the experience.

Anticipation –

Waiting to see developed photos made us value them more.
Instant previews make us forget instantly — memories don’t have time to form.

Imperfection –

Film had character: grain, light leaks, and “happy accidents.”
Digital and AI perfection removed uniqueness; everything looks the same.

Mindfulness –

Shooting film is a tactile, focused ritual.
You set ISO once, advance manually, and truly participate in the process.
Digital gives results; film teaches discipline.

Conclusion

Technology didn’t just upgrade photography — it also caused a trade-off.
We gained convenience but lost meaning.
Unlimited shots led to unlimited forgetting, while limitations gave us value.

How to Get It Back

You don’t need to abandon digital. Instead, adopt the film mindset.

By slowing down and paying attention, you’ll remember your photos — and the moments — again.

So What has Fujifilm to Do with This?

At the time of this post you can save up to 50% on the llano NP-W126S Dual Battery charger at Amazon US.

The amount of rebate depends on which color you chose, with the biggest rebate being on the green color.

There is also a 20% rebate on the llano NP-W235 Dual Battery charger.

Now, I know that many would like to have the NP-W235 battery on every Fujifilm camera. But fact is: the NP-W126S battery is here to stay, because it allowes certain cameras to have the smallest size possible.

Fujifilm 5th generation cameras with NP-W126S battery

• Fujifilm X100VI – Fujifilm X-E5 – Fujifilm X-T50 – Fujifilm X-M5 – Fujifilm X-T30 III

Fujifilm 5th generation cameras with NP-W235 battery

• Fujifilm X-S20 – Fujifilm X-T5 – Fujifilm X-H2 – Fujifilm X-H2S – Fujifilm GFX100 II – Fujifilm GFX100S II – Fujifilm GFX100RF