As you know, Fujifilm has launched a dedicated Fujifilm Photokina microsite, where you can check out all the events planed for photokina.
Now they also published an official press release with all the details.
Well, actually not really all the details, since they don’t tell you that they will display also the Fujifilm GFX 50R, which will be announced on September 25 at 07:30 AM New York time :).
Here is the press release:
Here on FujiRumors, we shared the first Fujifilm GFX 50R rumors back in December 2017.
Since we shared the rumors, I have read lots of unrealistic expectations regarding this camera by some FR-readers. And while a few of you guys might have been mislead by incorrect rumors (not shared by FujiRumors), some others simply put too many expectations into a camera, the Fujifilm GFX 50R, which will not be a revolution over the Fujifilm GFX 50S (but you will really like it anyway ;) )
So I thought to set things right, and say a few things.
The Fujifilm GFX 50R will be announced September 25th at 07:30 AM York time. That’s when Fujifilm has its press conference ahead of photokina.
Let’s start with the price.
I have it 100% confirmed by multiple trusted sources, that the Fujifilm GFX 50R will cost around $4,500. Forget the grain of salt… that’s a fact! ;)
The final price has not yet been set, but there won’t be huge variations from that “around $4,500” (the GFX 50S currently sells for $5,849 with a $650 discount).
And now the rest.
RUMORED BY FUJIRUMROS SOURCES
We already knew about the Fujifilm GFX 50R that:
And here is the new stuff. All trusted. No grain of salt needed.
Finally we will have the first rangefinder-styled Fujifilm with tilt screen :)
RUMORED BY CAMERABETA WEIBO (link here)
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Fujifilm GFX 50s (save $650): BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS
Fujifilm X-T3 (save $130 w/grip): BHphoto, AmazonUS, Adorama, Focuscamera
According to the source (相机Beta), who 2 days ago leaked the first image of the Fujifilm GFX 50R, the Fujifilm GFX 50R will be released in October (meaning shipping, not announcement).
UPDATE: A Chinese reader told me that the word should be translated with “announced” and not “released (or shipped)”. Bad google translation apparently.
The Fujifilm GFX 50R will be an “affordable” rangefinder styled medium format camera. The final price has yet to be decided, but as we reported 2 days ago, just the 50 MP sensor used in the GFX costs $2,000 (same price also for the Hasselblad X1D). So my guess is that Fujifilm will have a hard time to sell it below $4,000.
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Fujifilm GFX 50s body (save $650): BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS
Recently I was talking to sources, asking how moch the Fujifilm GFX 50R will cost.
I didn’t get an answer yet (no final price for the Fujifilm GFX 50R has been set yet), but I got to hear an interesting tidbit.
The 50 megapixel medium format sensor of the Fujifilm GFX alone costs $2,000!
This comes from trusted source, hence you don’t need to take any grain of salt.
With that said, it seems clear to me that it will be hard for Fujifilm to price the Fujifilm GFX 50R below $4,000, since you have to build also an entire camera around that $2,000 sensor and ship it all over the world, pay the labor cost etc.
*** Fujifilm GFX 50R Real Life Image ***
Quick notice: unlike suggested elsewere, the Fujifilm GFX 50R won’t be announced on September 23 ±1 day but on another day.
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Fujifilm GFX 50s body (save $650): BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS
