I thought I make a quick list of cameras and lenses that we could see in 2021, and what we surely will not get in 2021.
ATTENTION: It’s a mix of rumors, speculations and hopes. So read carefully to distinguish one from another.
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We reported back in September that Fujifilm Europe launched a giveaway to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the X series, and more specifically of the Fujifilm X100 series.
Now the giveaway is coming to and end. You have 2 weeks left to join the giveaway and win it.
Images of the limited edition Fujiflm X100V can be seen below. You can check out all details and join the giveaway here.
And here is one more :)
You can win one (1) Fujifilm X100V and ten (10) Peak Design Fujifilm X straps at the benyanphotography giveaway here.
This is a separated giveaway, and you don’t need to use the giveaway box above to enter. Just visit this site and you’ll read all the details. Ship internationally.
As you know, the Fujifilm X100V features a redesigned 23mmF2 lens, by adding a second aspherical element in oder to increase corner sharpness and image quality at close focusing distances at wide apertures.
Now the patent for this new lens has been spotted.
But interestingly, that same patent also includes examples of a “20mm F2” and “21mm F2” lens.
Here are the variations of this lens as found in the patent as spotted by the Japanese site asobinet.
I find the 23mm focal length perfect for the X100 line, but if Fujifilm is really looking into slightly wider options, then I’d go with an 18mm lens, like the Ricoh GR cameras or the Fujifilm X70 and XF10.
| Example 1 | Example 2 | Example 3 | |
| Focal length | 23.689 | 23.553 | 23.670 |
| F value | 2.06 | 2.20 | 2.06 |
| Angle of view | 62.0 | 61.6 | 61.2 |
| Image height | 14.20 | 14.20 | 14.20 |
| full length | 38.35 | 37.85 | 37.57 |
| BF | 4.861 | 3.869 | 4.560 |
| Example 4 | Example 5 | ||
| Focal length | 20.875 | 21.727 | |
| F value | 2.06 | 2.06 | |
| Angle of view | 67.8 | 68.2 | |
| Image height | 14.20 | 14.20 | |
| full length | 34.39 | 36.10 | |
| BF | 2.905 | 5.404 |
I already said it in my X-S10, Attack on Sony article: the Fujifilm X-S10 makes a whole lot of sense.
And yet, I do understand one of the critiques made to Fujifilm: their line-up is huge and potentially confusing.
There are indeed some lines, that in some occasions do not not differentiated themselves enough from each other.
But this is an issue Fujifilm realized and I feel that they are taking care of it, for example:
Fujifilm understands the problem and is finding ways to separate the lines better.
And yet… there are some lines that should be dropped, in my opinion.
Let’s take a look it at, by using an official Fujifilm media sheet that has been sent to me, which shows a pyramid with all Fujifilm X series cameras listed and ordered by Fujifilm itself.
Fantastic achievement for Fujifilm!
The TIPA Award is an extremely tough competition, where products are brutally tested by the best experts on the planet. Companies are eager to win the TIPA award, and sometimes they want to pay to get it, but the incorruptible and visionary team of TIPA experts, guided by the one and only goal to deliver the most unbiased and professional feedback to customers, does not bend to the will of multimillion dollar companies. They award only the most prestigious products ever!
Ok, now let’s get serious.
Lots of companies payed again lots of money to win a totally meaningless award. TIPA created as many categories as needed to make everybody happy (who paid). Hence you will find frankly ridiculous category differentiations, such as “best professional APS-C camera” (Fujifilm X-Pro3), “best expert APS-C camera” (Sony A6600) and “best advanced APS-C camera” (Nikon Z50). The whole point of these award commissions is to make money by selling award licenses, meaning the right for companies to use the award logo to promote their products.
All the truth, and how exactly these awards work, in this article.
What a pity… all that money Fujifilm could have spent in firmware updates!
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via tipa
