Fujinon XF23mmF2 Silver and XF50mmF2 Silver to Be Discontinued

We just reported about how the Fujinon XF16mm f/2.8 R WR silver and the Fujinon XC50-230mm f/4.5-6.7 OIS II silver are starting to get marked as discontinued in Japan.

Well, back in late March, an anonymous source whom I tried to contact via FujiRumors with this article, already anticipated to me that the XC50-230mm silver would get discontinued.

And it told me more.

Also the following two lenses will be discontinued:

It is the same source, who asked me if I ever heard of a certain camera – never rumored before – and I answered this question here (with an offer to eventually contact me 100% anonymously via Signal to talk about it). So I grab this opportunity to renew this offering to the anonymous source, who luckily decided to use a nickname. Thanks.

SG-image AF 25mm F1.8 for Fujfilm X Coming Soon

Late last year SG-image launched their first autofocus lens for Fujifilm X mount, the SG-image AF 55mm f/1.8.

Now they will soon expand their offering by launching the SG-image AF 25mm F1.8.

Some specs as shared by the Chinese weibo account 独立摄影师联合会 here.

  • 32mm long
  • close focus 0.3 meters
  • 145 gram weight

Just another lens from China without aperture ring… exactly what we needed ;). But hey, at least it comes with some fancy colors.

Meet the Fujifilm X-Half – Fujifilm’s Upcoming Digital Half Frame Camera

When I first shared rumors about a 1″ inch sensor Fujifilm half frame camera coming, plenty of readers attacked me saying I mislead people by calling it a half frame camera.

The logic: it’s just a regular 1″ sensor, so it is not a proper half frame camera.

But…

… if the fact that it has a vertical LCD

… and the fact that it is intended to mainly create diptych images

… is not enough

… then here is another hint…

… the name of the camera will be Fujifilm X-Half.

I guess Fujifilm won’t call it “X-Half” because it is half as big as a Fujifilm GFX100RF.

My humble guess is that it will carry the name “X-Half” because Fujifilm will market it as a half frame camera. And if we look at how it works, then this might even make sense.