Fujifilm X-H2S Sensor Details :: X Summit May 31 :: XF150-600mmF5.6-8 and XF18-120mmF4 :: Split X-H2S & X-H2 Announcements :: Top 10+ April Articles

April was a month rich on rumors, with the Fujifilm X-H2S rumors being on top of your interest.

However, there was so much more. In fact, so much, that for this edition, we extended our usual top 10 of the months list to a top 15 list.

And on more thing: in May, there will be even more and eve hotter rumors, including the answer to some of the most urgent questions I often read in the comments. I am just working on getting it all multiple confirmed and getting in all the permission from sources.

  1. Fujifilm X-H2S Coming 2022
  2. Fujifilm X-H2S with 26 Megapixel STACKED Sensor
  3. Fujifilm X Summit on May 31 with Huge Announcements
  4. Would it be Madness? Selling X-T4 and X-E3 to get the Fujifilm X-E4?
  5. Fujifilm X-H2S is the Name of the New 26 Megapixel X-H Camera Coming 2022
  6. Fujifilm to Release Fujinon XF150-600mm f/5.6-8 (in XF200mmF2 alike Color)
  7. Upcoming XF18-120mm will have Constant f/4 Aperture
  8. Fujifilm X-H2 coming with New 26 Megapixel Sensor
  9. Fujifilm X-H2 Coming with Two Vertical Battery Grip Options
  10. Fujifilm X-H2 Concept Rendering
  11. Fujifilm X-H2s and Fujifilm X-H2 to be Announced Separately (X-H2S coming First)
  12. Fujifilm X Summit on May 31: Still Unknown if Fujifilm X-H2s, X-H2 high res, XF150-600, XF18-120, XF56MKII, GF20-35 Will All Drop There
  13. Fujifilm Stacked sensor Patent (for Fujifilm X-H2S)
  14. Fujifilm X-H2 and Fujifilm X-H2S will NOT have In-Camera Active Sensor Cooling System
  15. Hey Fujifilm X-H2, Look at What Your Predecessor Can Do (and an Apology to All FR-Readers at My Birthday Today)

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FUJIFILM sets its Highest Record with 24 Products Winning the “iF Design Award”

Plenty of Fujifilm products have been awarded with the iF design award. In terms of photographic gear, the winners are:

Wasted money, Fuji!

Press Release

FUJIFILM Holdings sets its highest record with 24 products winning the internationally prestigious “iF Design Award”
– Recognized for beautiful appearance, advanced performance and excellent operability in products of various business fields
April 27, 2022

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Top 10 Fujifilm Camera Flops (and Errors to Avoid in Future) :: Tons of Firmware Updates :: Sigma X Mount Lenses :: Top 10 February Posts

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Here are the top 10 articles for February.

  1. Fujifilm Releases Firmware Updates for X-T4, X-T3, X-S10, GFX100S, GFX100 and GFX50S
  2. Top 10 Fujifilm X Camera Flops and 10 Errors Fujifilm Should Avoid in Future
  3. BREAKING: Sigma to Launch Three X mount Autofocus Lenses Soon
  4. BREAKING: Sigma X Mount Lenses to be Announced in February
  5. Sigma vs Zeiss Touit X Mount: Why Sigma is Not Making the Same Error Zeiss Did
  6. RUMOR: These are the First Three Sigma X Mount Autofocus Lenses
  7. Important Notice: Firmware Bug on Fujifilm X/GFX Cameras can Block Access to Files Saved on SD Cards (Fix Coming Shortly)
  8. Sigma 18-50mmF2.8 for Fujifilm X Currently Under Development
  9. Fujinon XF23mm f/1.4 R LM WR Reviews, XF70-300 vs XF100-400, Hands-on with XF33mmF1.4 and XF27mmF2.8 R WR and More
  10. Fujifilm Firmware Updates for X100V, X-E4, X-Pro3, X-T30II, GFX50R, GFX50SII

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Fujifilm X/GFX New Firmware Updates Released and How to Update (Panic-Free) via Camera Remote App

Earlier today Fujifilm has released firmware updates for six Fujifilm X and GFX cameras. You can read all details and access the download links here.

According to a survey we have launched recently, most of you guys prefer to use the good old-fashioned SD-Card way to update your gear.

Personally I’ve switched to updating via camera remote App. The reason is simple: it’s much faster, easier and convenient than updating via SD-Card.

So I definitely recommend to give it a try.

But how does it work?

Well, Fujifilm has given precise instruction on how to do it, but there is one thing that should be mentioned in addition to Fuji’s instruction to avoid updating via App becomes a frustrating experience.

Don’t make the error to connect your phone to the camera the same way you do it when you want to transfer images from your camera to your phone (hence connect via Wifi and fiddle around with the App and Camera to establish a connection).

Nothing of all that is needed.

You can simply leave your camera in live view. Just make sure that it has Bluetooth enabled. Everything will happen automatically and needs just few clicks once you have downloaded the firmware file on your phone.

So the process looks like this:

  1. make sure Bluetooth is enabled on your camera and on your smartphone
  2. download the firmware for your camera on your smartphone
  3. once downloaded, click “update” on your phone first and then “OK” on your camera
  4. you camera will ask you to connect via WiFi to your phone. Click “Connect” on your phone [in my video below you read “verbinden”, which is the German word for “connect”]
  5. once connected via Wifi, your phone will start to transfer the firmware file to your camera
  6. as soon as your camera has received the full file, it will automatically start with the firmware update [you don’t need your phone anymore once the firmware upgrade started on your camera]
  7. switch off the camera when the camera tells you to do so

It’s very easy, and for your convenience I have made a short video that shows the process down below.

Many are afraid that there could be issues due to network instability or what not. But don’t worry about that. You only need Wifi connection to quickly transfer the firmware file from your phone to the camera. The firmware update itself is performed by your camera independently only once it has received and saved the full firmware file from your smartphone to its own memory. So don’t be afraid of losing connection with the phone during the firmware update itself. Your camera is doing its stuff by its own at that point and the smartphone is not needed anymore.

Remember:

  • use a fully charged battery on your camera
  • updates are cumulative, so no matter what firmware update you currently have on your camera, you can right away update to the latest version (hence skip intermediate firmware updates)

Voigtländer Nokton 23mmF1.2 X Additional Specs and Images

Yesterday we reported how Cosina, in addition to the current Voigländer Nokton 35mm f/1.2 X, is about to launch also the Voigländer Nokton 23mm f/1.2 X.

Now Cosina has published the main specs and a new product image (see above) of this lens at their website in Japanese, which I now report here on FujiRumors machine translated.

A large aperture quasi-wide-angle lens with the latest optics using one double-sided aspherical lens and two abnormal partial dispersion glass. Although it is a compact size, it has excellent resolution from the aperture opening, and large blur due to the large aperture of F1.2 can be obtained.

Just as the 35mm version, also this one has electronic contacts to transfer certain information such as EXIF data.

I love the look of this lens, and actually also of the Voigländer Nokton 35mm f/1.2 X. And although I am tempted to get one, I so far have not treated myself with one, since I’d pay for features (the electronic contacts) that do not work on my Fujifilm X-E3.

This is why I got the much more affordable TTArtisan 23mm f/1.4, which you can see attached to my X-E3 here.

At the bottom of this article you will also find which Fujifilm X cameras are currently supported.

Specs & Supported Cameras

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New Voigtländer Nokton 23mm f/1.2 for Fujifilm X Coming Soon

Voigtländer Nokton 23mmF1.2 X

Last year, Cosina launched the Voigtländer Nokton 35mmF1.2 X, with no autofocus, but with electronic contacts which allows for transfer of EXIF data and more (more details at the bottom of the article).

Now Cosina will also launch the Voigtländer Nokton 23mm f/1.2 APS-C lens for Nikon Z and Fujifilm X mount.

Also in this case, there will be electronic contacts but not autofocus.

It’s nice to see that Cosina understands us Fujifilm X shooters (or most of us) better than what Sigma does, and did put the effort to design the X mount version with an aperture ring. I wish the new Sigma X mount trinity would have an aperture ring too. But it’s no dealbreaker in my eyes. I shot my 27mmF2.8 without aperture ring for long and with great joy (but I replaced it now with the new XF27mmF2.8 with aperture ring).

For me, shooting Fujifilm is not only, but also about the experience. This is also the reason why I got the TTArtisan 23mm f/1.4. It’s the look and feel of it, attached to my X-E3 or X-T4, that simply makes me enjoy shooting with it every now and then.

And surely the new Voigtländer NOKTON lenses for Fujifilm X hit the same nerve, with a lovely vintage design and the bonus of electronic contacts that make it an appealing option for X shooters.

Personally, though, the Voigtländer options is not on my radar, because my Fujifilm X-E3 camera is not supported (yet). The full list of supported X series cameras can be found at the very bottom of this article.

New from Sigma

via dc-watch and digicame-info.

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Voigtlander NOKTON 35mm F1.2 X – Important information regarding data communication: There are restrictions associated with different camera models.

  • Transfer of EXIF data possible  – (note * 1) (note * 2)
  • Focus magnifier (focus peaking) –  possible Distance display possible
  • Distance display – possible
  • Image stabilization – possible on all models with an image stabilization
  • function Parallax compensation – only possible with X-Pro3 Body

Communication compatible models und Firmware (note *3)

  • Body Firmware X–H1 v1.10 or later
  • X-T4 v1.00 or later
  • X-T3 v1.00 or later
  • X-T2 v4.10 or later
  • X-Pro3 v1.00 or later
  • X-S10 v1.00 or later
  • X-E4 v1.00 or later
  • X-T30 v1.00 or later

Important Notice: Firmware Bug on Fujifilm X/GFX Cameras can Block Access to Files Saved on SD Cards (Fix Coming Shortly)

Press Release

Feb.2.2022 
FUJIFILM Corporation

FUJIFILM Corporation has identified a firmware incompatibility between specific X and GFX series cameras listed below. This incompatibility can result in macOS users being unable to directly access files if they were initially saved to SDXC memory cards in-camera.

To address this anomaly, Fujifilm is creating a firmware patch, which is expected to be available for free download by X Series and GFX System users soon.

In the interim, please review the following information carefully for further information and recommended next steps.

I. Firmware Incompatibility Overview

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Top 10 Gear to Look Forward in 2022 and Your Top Wishes for 2022 (Anything Goes – Almost)

Coming 2022 (For Sure)

So what can we look forward to in 2022?

Well, here are the 10 things we can be sure to enjoy this year (even if some of them are “just” rumors until now).

  1. Fujifilm X-H2
  2. Fujifilm X-H2 – no joke, twice
  3. Fujinon XF150-600
  4. XF 56mm f/1.2 MKII
  5. XF 18-120mm
  6. Viltrox 13mm f/1.4 AF X Mount
  7. GF 20-35mm – possible aperture range shared here
  8. Sigma X mount lenses
  9. More AF X mount lenses from Tamron
  10. TTArtisan 32mmF2.8 X autofocus mount lens

Your Fujifilm Wishes for 2022

Ok, I can hear your questions:

Well, some of those questions I think Fujifilm managers quite categorically already answered in the past, such as the monochrome questions and full frame question. But hey, managers also categorically said that X mount is not compatible with IBIS, and look, at the end we got IBIS, and it is even one of the best in the industry.

I am also working on some other of those questions, and I already have first answers that I won’t share just yet as I want to have it not only twice, but multiple confirmed. I can’t go wrong when I share certain things ;).

But we will talk about all that soon enough.

What I would like from you now, is that you share your top wishes for 2022 in the comments. Anything goes, as long as it has something realistic to it. So for example, wishing for an X-E5 when we just got an X-E4 is not very realistic. Also a big and heavy Fujinon XF600mmF2 probably won’t make much sense, unless you would pay any amount for it and train a lot to be able to carry it around.

Other than that, from cameras to firmware or lenses… whatever your heart desires and wishes, feel free to share it in the comments down below.

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