Yes, we are going to talk about the three cameras. But first you need to know this.
There is one release in just a couple weeks that will overshadow everything else Fujifilm will launch.
Well, at least for me.
Because my second son will be “released” in the next couple of weeks, too :)
The Fujifilm X100V is fully weather sealed only if used with:
And the question I often get these days is: will the Fujifilm X100VI be fully weather sealed also without adapter rings and filters?
Now let’s start by saying that the X100V camera body itself is already weather sealed. And even if there have been minimal changes to the camera body, I think it’s safe to assume that also the X100VI body will be weather sealed.
But a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and the weakest link in the X100V is the lens, which in itself is not fully weather sealed and hence needs the AR-X100 adapter ring and the Protector filter PRF-49 to enjoy full weather sealing.
So has Fujifilm improved on it on the X100VI?
Well, also in this case I have no rumors about it. But I have a rumor that says that the X100VI will use “the same lens” of the X100V.
And if correct, then this means it will be a wonderful sharp lens, but it will also inherit the same “imperfection” of the X100V: it will only be fully weather sealed if used with adapter rings and filters.
That’s why, in my X100VI vs X100V specs comparison, I made my “educated guess” that the X100VI will still need filters to be fully weather sealed.
But again: just an educated guess to try to answer your questions as good as I can with the information I have so far.
Fujifilm X100VI Rumor Recap
I noticed in the comments that some fellow Fujifilm shooters ask questions about the Fujifilm X100VI (for example here), that we actually have answered already.
And I get it, there have been so many rumors that it can be hard to keep track with all of it.
That’s why I have decided to create a dedicated X100VI vs X100V specs comparison sheet that is based on our rumors and in some (rare) cases on educated guesses on my side (and they are marked as such in the sheet itself).
You can access the file here.
Fujifilm X100VI Rumor Recap
Fujifilm has released the financial reports for Q3 2023 (the fiscal year in Japan ends March 31).
They mention the great sales of Fujifilm X-S20, X-H2, X-H2S and X-T5, as well as strong sales of Fujifilm GFX100II.
Nice to see the professional imaging division growing, but I always wonder how strong it could have grown if only they would have been able to ship all the gear that was mostly so hard to find in stock.
Full report here.
Here are the top articles for January. And because it was a rumor-intese month, I extend the list to the top 15 articles, as opposed to the usual top 10.
Here are the top 10 YouTube videos
TOKYO, January 22, 2024 – FUJIFILM Corporation (President and CEO, Representative Director: Teiichi Goto), a global leader in photography and imaging, today announced the Strategic Partnership with the World Press Photo Foundation, which includes Fujifilm’s sponsorship of the World Press Photo Foundation’s prestigious World Press Photo Contests as well as expert-led workshops during the organization’s global exhibitions*1. The World Press Photo Foundation is an independent nonprofit organization based in the Netherlands that provides a global platform for photojournalists and documentary photographers to communicate trustworthy storytelling that reflects the times, through the power of photography, to a global audience.
As part of this partnership, global winners in each of the four categories*2 of the World Press Photo contest will win state-of-the-art FUJIFILM GFX System large format camera and equipment:
Fujifilm has officially announced the Fujifilm X Summit for February 20 at 5:30AM (GMT).
This is old news for FujiRumors readers, as thanks to our sources we gave you the date already last year (from yet another beautiful spot in the Dolomites btw).
In the video Fujifilm says this:
We asked you what’s on top of your wishlist for February 20 and you answered here.
The X Summit will be live streamed here on FujiRumors, where you’ll also get the live summary of the event plus a non stop live blog.
Just follow FujiRumors, and you won’t miss anything.
Japanese stores are usually the first to mark items as discontinued or in general giving us indications on what’s happening with certain gear.
The X-T4, X-E4, GFX100, XF56/F1.2 and much more gear got first marked as discontinued in Japan before anywhere else on the world.
And today we get another significant hint: many stores in Japan have now completely delisted the Fujifilm X100V from their stores, such as Map Camera, Bic Camera, and Yodobashi Camera. Some stores mark it as “we finished sale“.
It looks like Fujifilm has at this point just given up delivering all those Fujifilm X100V people have still on order, at least in Japan.
And it’s not the first time: the same thing happened with the Fujifilm X-E4, where lots of people had one on order, patiently waited to get it shipped, but then out of nowhere Fujifilm canceled all orders and discontinued the X-E4.
In USA the Fujifilm X100V is still listed at stores.
At Amazon you can find some samples in stock (at the time of this post), but at a higher price.
But I guess it won’t take long at this point that also US stores will mark the Fujifilm X100V as discontinued.
The X100V is huge missed opportunity for Fujifilm. They could have made tons of money with it, but just were incapable of manufacturing enough sample to meet even a small fraction of its massive demand.
To me it looks like Fujifilm just gave up on shipping the X100V at this point.
My guess (not rumor) is that they decided to use all the parts they have still available for X100V and re-use whatever they can of those pieces for the manufacturing of the Fujifilm X100VI (for example the lens, which is the same on both cameras).
I am not sure this is a smart move: I mean, give up on lots of money you can make right now in the hope to make money with another model in future. The best solution would have been to just finally solve that chronic parts issue, which other manufacturers seem to have fixed but Fujifilm still struggles a lot with.
Just recently Fujifilm started to take orders again on Fujifilm X-T5 in Japan. Not all combos, but better than nothing.
And we saw: the Fujifilm X-T5 instantly jumped into the top selling camera ranking on MapCamera.
Well the same thing is happening at Kakaku, which is a pretty popular shopping aggregator in Japan.
At Kakaku, the Fujifilm X-T5 has climbed the ranking up to the second spot, beaten only by the Nikon Zf.
I own the Fujifilm X-T5 myself and it is a camera I can blindly recommend to everyone. It’s Fujifilm at the next level and a huge upgrade over my Fujifilm X-T4 (which I have sold)!
And quite frankly in my opinion the X-T5 is still vastly the better pick over the Nikon Zf for the reasons I’ve explained here.
The success of the Nikon Zf and Fujifilm X-T5 shows that it pays off for companies to make vintage-styled high performing modern cameras.
Which is why I don’t understand why Fujifilm is no longer offering a retro-styled GFX camera. I am sure such a camera would become an instant best seller.
Oh well, let’s hope in the Fujifilm GFX100SII, which should come pretty soon according to our sources.
via Kakaku
Time to launch our first survey of 2024.
And I thought we make it Kaizen firmware poll.
Now, I am well aware that in terms of firmware requests there could be endless possibilities. So guys, feel free to unleash your firmware wishes in the comments.
But for the purpose of this article I decided to keep the survey as small and “realistic” as possible.
This means I will include in the survey only features that Fujifilm has already implemented on some of their 5th generation cameras, but not all of them.
We are talking of the fully automatic subject detection mode present in this little and lovely Fujifilm camera and a couple of features present only on Fuji’s most high end camera.
It’s a total of seven features that hopefully will find its way also on the Fujifilm X-T5, Fujifilm X-H2 and Fujifilm X-H2S.
NOTE 1: I think all features above are pretty clear. Maybe only “custom focus zones” could create some confusion, so here is an extract of the GFX100II owners manual (vs X-T5), so you know what is meant.
NOTE 2: I have no rumors about future Fujifilm firmware updates (sadly).
NOTE 3: I think that articles like this one can help to push Fujifilm to release more firmware updates if….
So, vote and comment as much as you can :).
I picked my top wish already and it’s this one!
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