The Huge GFX Deals End Today (save up to $3,500) and the X Deals Continue

The situation is this:

All the GFX deals end today, except for the GFX50SII deals. The X series deals still keep going.

GFX DEALS

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The WORST Thing About Fujifilm (and Other Brands) according to Chris & Jordan (PP)

In their latest episode, Chris and Jordan run over the worst things of every camera brand.

And after some nice praise for the Fujifilm system overall, they express their main complaint, which are:

  • Menu System needs imrpovements: for example, face detection and subject detection are separate items, slowing you down unnecessarily
  • Fujifilm cameras are more prone to write errors and bad surprises when using certain memory cards. To their credit, though, Fujifilm lists the compatible memory cards. But with other brands, they don’t experience as many issues when using non recommended memory cards

For your convenience:

UHS-II Recommended Cards for 40MP Fujifilm X-T5/X-H2

The detailed list of recommended cards for X-T5 can be found here and for X-T4 here.

New Fujifilm Deals in USA: Save Up to $1,000 on X Gear (X-H2 and X-H2S included in Deals)

Fujifilm USA has added a couple of rebates to the current X and GFX deals.

The new deals give you access to up to $1,000 savings. Included in the deals are the Fujifilm X-H2 and the Fujifilm X-H2S.

And if you wanted the FT-XH File transmitter grip, then this is the time to get it, as it is $400 off! And also the regular VG-XH grip has a hefty $200 rebate.

More lenses joined the X series deals too. The full list can be found below.

X Series Deals

GFX DEALS

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Tamron Summer Savings Join the Huge Fujifilm X/GFX Deals

Tamron Savings

Tamron has launched their Summer Savings. You save up to $200 on their Fujifilm X mount lenses. While two of the deals were already running in the weeks before, now also the Tamron 18-300mm has been added to the bunch. Not included in the promotion is the Tamron 11-20mm f/2.8.

Sirui Nightwalker

Sirui has just launched the Sirui Nighwalker T/1.2 cine lenses at Indiegogo for the price of just $309 (for backers of the campaign).

Tokina & Sigma

Fujifilm USA Deals

GFX DEALS

X Series Deals

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Sony A6700 Announced and it Makes the Fujifilm X-S20 Look Even Better ;)

Welcome Sony A6700

And suddenly I started reading headlines about the Sony A6700 like this:

“Sony didn’t hold back”
“It’s the best APS-C camera you can buy”
“The best hybrid camera for the money”

And since a firm believer of the fact that competition is great for customers, I started looking into the Sony A6700 hoping that it would indeed outperform Fujifilm.

Because if the A6700 would really be better than anything Fujifilm offers, then Fujifilm would be forced to catch up for example by releasing tons of Kaizen firmware updates to close the gap, or by speeding up the release of other cameras they have in the pipeline.

But the more I looked into the details (that many influencers – not all – somehow missed out to mention) the more disillusionment kicked in and I came to the preliminary conclusion that the Sony A6700 just shows us even more how amazing the Fujifilm X-S20 actually is.

Let me quickly explain by sharing a few facts.

  • A6700 has no joystick
    X-S20 has a joystick
  • A6700 LCD screen has about half of the resolution of the X-S20
  • A6700 has about half the fps bursts of the X-S20 (11 fps vs 20 fps)
  • A6700 has not the fully automatic subject detection mode
    X-S20 detects all sort of subjects automatically
  • A6700 has no option for external cooling
    X-S20 is compatible with the cooling fan
  • A6700 has few native APS-C lenses, you must buy the more expensive and bigger Full Frame lenses if you want more options
  • A6700 has no 4K DCI, no Open Gate, no 6K
    X-S20 has all of that
  • A6700 has no RAW video output
    X-S20 has it
  • A6700 is more expensive than the X-S20

Of course, these are just comparisons made on paper.

And on paper, there are areas in which the Sony A6700 wins, for example with its 4K/120p (although with a huge crop that reads out a sensor size smaller than Micro Four Thirds).

So before making any final conclusion, we certainly have to wait for real life comparisons.

Let’s just hope that those comparisons will be as objective as possible, even those that come from huge influencers that are not supported at all by Fujifilm (Fuji doesn’t send pre-production gear nor loaners to quite some of the big YouTubers that Sony instead wisely treats very well).

But what I can say for now is that for me the A6700 does not fully match the Fujifilm X-S20 in quite some areas that for many might be important. For example, a dealbreaker for me are the lack of joystick, no lovely film simulations, no internal RAW converter, lack of dedicated APS-C lens selection and so forth.

As opposed to what quite some YouTuber said, I feel that Sony did hold back with the Sony A6700 in order not to compete too strongly with their Full Frame lineup. A problem that Fujifilm luckily does not have, so they can pack it all into their APS-C cameras.

So I am personally disappointed. I was hoping for a stronger APS-C competitor that would put Fujifilm under huge pressure. Sadly the A6700, although a nice camera, is not that.

That’s my very personal opinion that has no pretension to be the truth. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments.

Fujifilm X100V/GFX100 Successor Rumors, X Summit September 12 & More – What’s Coming and What we Got Right and Wrong (Mid 2023 Rumor Check)

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The Rumor Check

Two times a year we take a look at all the rumors we have shared during the year for two reasons.

  • check how accurate we have been so far
  • give you an overview over all remaining rumors in one single article ranked by reliability

And now that we are half the way through 2023, it’s time to give it a check so that you can check if FujiRumors is worth your time and trust.

  • 30 rumors shared in 2023 so far (many more to come)
  • 4 rumors still to be verified
  • 24 correct rumors out of 25 verifiable rumors
  • 1 wrong rumors
  • 1 rumor out of ranking
  • 96% correct rumors

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RUMOR: No Fujifilm X100V Successor in 2023 (X200, X100VI or X100W-hatever)

Everything is Possible (almost)

FujiRumors broke the rumors:

But we also know one more thing. Fujifilm two registrations filed so far: the Fujifilm FF230001 and FF230002.

Now, assuming that one of the two will be the Fujifilm GFX100 replacement, this leaves all possible options open for the second one.

Well, not really all options. I mean, I simply can’t see a Fujifilm X-H3 or Fujifilm X-H3s coming in September, as those cameras are hardly 1 year old (or less).  And also not the Fujifilm X-T6 or Fujifilm X-S30.

But other than that, we can hope for:

  • a Fujifilm X-T5s with 26MP stacked sensor of X-H2S
  • a Fujifilm X-Pro4 maybe with some curious solutions as many hope for example a monochrome sensor
  • a Fujifilm X-E5 which is not a dead line according to Fujifilm managers
  • the long awaited Fujifilm X-T40
  • the much wished Fujifilm X80 or Fujifilm XF20
  • the revival of Fuji’s entry level cameras with the Fujifilm X-T300, Fujifilm X-A8, Fujifilm X-A30 or Fujifilm X-M2
  • less likely in my opinion the Fujifilm GFX100S successor, Fujifilm GFX50R successor or Fujifilm GFX50SII successor, as I can’t see Fuji launching two GFX cameras on the same day (they never did that in the past, but never say never)

And in fact, I asked you to vote on which camera you’d like to get on September 12 and you can see the results here.

X100V successor is NOT possible

At this point you’ve noticed something: there is no Fujifilm X100V successor (X200, X100VI, X100 whatever it will be called) in the list.

Why?

Well, because despite being one of your top wished cameras (second only to another camera), and despite fake rumors already being shared about the X100V to come on September 12, I can now tell you with 110% certainty that there will not be any Fujifilm X100V replacement coming in 2023.

Trust me on this guys. No X100V successor in 2023.

I guess Fujifilm has no hurry at all to come out with a successor, given the fact, explained by Fujifilm managers, that if the world would stop to order X100V today, it would still take them 3 months to be able to ship all X100V orders placed until yesterday.

Seen from this perspective, the biggest problem of the Fujifilm X100VI (or whatever) is the terrific success of the X100V.

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“I feel lucky and will click the links to see if the X100V is in stock” :)

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Which Fujifilm X Mount Autofocus Lens do You Own? – VOTE NOW

A year has passed from the last survey. New autofocus lenses from Fujifilm but also from other brands have joined in the meantime.

So it’s time to launch an updated survey and see how popular some of the new lenses have become (or not).

Sadly I could not include the Sigma 23mm f/1.4 DC DN X mount in the survey, as that one is not yet available for pre-order. Also the TTAritsan 32mm f /2.8, despite being officially teased since a long time, has not yet been announced and is for now available for Nikon Z mount only.

Another one missing, is the upcoming Viltrox 27mm f/1.2, which will be available mid-August.

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Firmware Suggestions, Lens Wishes and More – FR-readers Wishlist Corner

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.

Wishlist Roundup

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Fujifilm Announces Plan to Deal with Parts Shortage Issue

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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