Made-in-Japan Fujifilm X100VI, X-T5, X-T50, and X-M5 Now Available to Order at B&H Photo

To avoid steep U.S. tariffs on Chinese-made goods, Fujifilm is relocating production of the Fujifilm X100VI, X-T5, X-T50 and X-M5 for the U.S. market from China to Japan.

This is why now B&H photo is listing the Japan made Fujifilm X100VI, X-T5, X-T50 and X-M5 on their website, and they are marking the Chinese versions as discontinued.

Interestingly they say all this made in Japan gear will be available in 7-14 days (X100VI included).

Fujifilm GFX100RF, X-M5 and X100VI Orders Resumed, but Demand is “Incredibly High”

Due to US tariff policy, Fujifilm stopped to take orders on the Fujiiflm GFX100RF, black Fujifilm X-M5 and the Fujifilm X100VI, as we reported here.

However, it looks like stores are now opening pre-orders again, since you can pre-order it again at most stores.

At the time of this post B&H Photo has still the “request assistance notice on all of these cameras, but that should be gone any moment now.

You can place your order other stores such as at Adorama for GFX100RF here, for black X-M5 here and for X100VI here and at Moment for GFX100RF here, X-M5 here and X100VI here.

Adorama expects to have stock for all of this gear in August 2025.

Moment writes for all of them:

As of June 2nd, 2025, orders for the Fujifilm GFX100RF have resumed. Due to incredibly high demand, there is still a significant Pre-order wait.

Don’t ask me how long this will last. I know some tariffs have been lowered significantly, and that definitely helped to give shipping a chance.

But I have no idea for how long this time window will remain open.

Latest MapCamera Sales Rankings Show GFX100RF, X100VI and X-M5 Success

The MapCamera sales ranking for April are out. Here is the ranking.

  1. Nikon Z5II
  2. Fujifilm X100VI
  3. Fujifilm GFX100RF
  4. Canon PowerShot V1
  5. Fujifilm X-M5
  6. Ricoh GR IIIx
  7. Canon EOS R6 Mark II
  8. Sony A7C II
  9. Ricoh GR III
  10. Nikon Z50II

Half of the cameras in the ranking are fixed lens cameras. Two of them are Fujifilm cameras, the Fujifilm X100VI and GFX100RF, further confirming the huge success of both these fixed lens Fujifilm cameras.

MapCamera also reports an overwhelming number of pre-orders for the GFX100RF, but due to the limited initial shipment, they’ve been unable to fulfill many of them so far. The same applies to the X100VI, of course, and even the X-M5 is facing shipping delays due to demand outpacing the available supply.

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Fujifilm Dominates Compact Camera Ranking at Japan’s Largest Electronic Store (GFX100RF beats X100VI)

Yodobashi, the largest electronic store in Japan, has published its best selling ranking for compact cameras in the first half of April.

  1. Fujifilm GFX100RF
  2. Fujifilm X100VI
  3. Canon PowerShot SX70 HS
  4. Sony VLOGCAM ZV-1 II Shooting Grip Kit
  5. OM SYSTEM Tough TG-7
  6. Sony VLOGCAM ZV-1 II
  7. Ricoh GR IIIx
  8. Sony Cyber-shot RX100 VII
  9. Canon PowerShot SX740 HS
  10. Ricoh GR III

Get Yours:

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Fujifilm X-M5 Black Available for Pre-Order at BHphoto – Order Suspension Coming Soon also for GFX100RF and X100VI

X-M5

Soon Fujifilm will suspend orders for the black Fujifilm X-M5.

But as of now, you can still pre-order it.

In fact, for the first time ever since its announcement last year, BHphoto is taking preorders on the black Fujifilm X-M5.

As of now, you can order the black X-M5 with XC15-45 kit lens, whereas the black X-M5 body only is not yet available for order.

Adorama is taking pre-orders on the black X-M5 body here and black X-M5 with kit lens here.

At Amazon, the silver X-M5 kit is currently the best selling mirrorless camera new release (and 3rd in the overall mirrorless camera ranking) and the silver X-M5 body only is ranked 5th in the same ranking. But the black X-M5 is not available for order.

GFX100RF and X100VI

Also the Fujifilm GFX100RF and X100VI are subject to order suspension.

But at BHphoto you can still pre-order the Fujifilm GFX100RF, whereas you can no longer place orders on the X100VI.

Also Adorama still takes orders on the GFX100RF here and X100VI here, whereas Amazon is not taking anymore orders since shortly after launch and Moment has closed pre-orders for GFX100RF already.

Order Suspension Coming and Price Increase

We told you that Fujifilm is about to suspend all orders for Fujifilm X-M5 black, GFX100RF and X100VI. You can read the article here.

Given the enormous tariffs, also a price increase is likely, but I have no details on that.

I don’t know if GFX100RF and black X-M5 units have already reached US soil before the tariffs. If they did, then it is very likely the only batch of cameras US residents will be able to get at regular launch price.

It might not be a bad idea to order now at regular price and hope to get it shipped by April 24, which is when the GFX100RF and X-M5 black should start shipping.

Second Hand Prices

The only good thing of all this mess, is that very likely second hand prices will go up quite a bit. So if you were planing to sell some gear, soon you should be able to sell it at a higher price.

But that’s a very meager consolation, considering that for many camera stores, especially the smaller ones, these tariffs might represent an existential threat.

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.

XF500mmF5.6, X-M5, X100VI, X-T5, XF16-55mmF2.8 II Reviews and More – miXed Zone

We recently shared a comprehensive review/comparison of the Fujinon XF500mmF5.6 vs XF100-400mm for wildlife photography in this article called “Fujifilm Equipment for Wildlife Imaging: An Evolving and Compelling Choice for Serious Photography“.

Today I will share a few more reviews about the XF500mmF5.6, but also reviews about the Fujifilm X-M5, X100VI, X-T5, XF16-55mmF2.8 II and more.

It’s a rather massive miXed zone ;).

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SmallRig Fujifilm (X100VI) Accessories Now Rebated

 

A couple of SmallRig accessories mainly for Fujifilm X100VI plus the 1934 hot shoe cover (founding year of Fujifilm).

Size Comparison: Fujifilm GFX100RF vs GFX50R vs X100VI vs Leica Q3 vs Sony RX1rII vs Hasselblad X2D

Camerasize has added the Fujifilm GFX100RF to their database. Now you can compare its size to any other camera.

In our case we are going to compare the Fujifilm GFX10RF vs GFX50R vs X100VI vs Leica Q3 vs Sony RX1rII vs Hasselblad X2D.

Overall the Fujifilm GFX100RF is indeed very compact for sporting a sensor that is about 70% fuller than full frame.

I know some wish it would have a hybrid viewfinder, IBIS and a faster f/2 lens. But then, besides the much higher price, they’d probably hate the Fujifilm GFX100RF because it is too big to carry around for everyday shooting, which would be the biggest tradeoff of all.

A hybrid viewfinder would have been nice, but I am also fine with a huge and crisp top notch EVF (the GFX100RF has it) instead of a hybrid viewfinder.

And as Fujifilm explained here, the wide lens (plus almost vibration-free leaf shutter) actually allow to shoot at about 1/40th with sharp results. Not to talk of the terrific ISO performance of the GFX system, which also helps to keep shutter speeds higher. But for final judgment here I’ll wait some technical reviews about it. All I have seen demonstrating low shutter speed tests, is a launch video of Vistek (shared in our live blog), in which he showed samples at 1/30th and he was happy with the sharpness. I guess below that it will become harder to get very sharp results handheld.

But if that holds true, then it is indeed a tricky dilemma for Fujifilm: if images are still sharp at 1/30-1/40th of a second, is it still worth to trade off compactness and price for IBIS?

Out of curiosity I checked the shutter speed in my images of my last summer holiday (travels, landscape and city trips with family). When I shot handheld, I have found one image at 1/80th of a second (a picture of my son at sunset in Pienza, Tuscany). Then there are images I shot on tripod anyway because shutter speeds are so low that IBIS can’t help.

So I guess for my use case, IBIS would be nice to have, but the lack of it won’t have a terrible impact on my photography. In most of my images there are people in the frame (my kids, etc), so I can’t go too low with shutter speeds anyway.

Check out the size comparisons below.

Size Comparison

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