LEAKED: First Image of Fujifilm Half Frame Camera

What you see above is the first image of the Fujifilm Half Frame camera. I have received it via email a few hours ago.

We can see an exposure compensation dial, an optical viewfinder and f/2.4 maximum aperture.

The look resembles the one of the Leica M cameras.

The specs so far:

Wouldn’t it be nice if this was a proper Fujifilm X30 successor called Fujifilm X40 or Fujifilm X50, with a 1″ X-Trans sensor?

Fujifilm Half Frame Camera Mock-ups and Addressing Skepticism

Afters months of remaining unnoticed, FR-reader Mistral spotted the patent for a new Fujifilm digital camera that has to be the long rumored half frame camera.

We reported here.

I have also received emails asking me if mock-ups circulating are real. But I am sad to report they are all fake.

And fake are also all the Fujifilm X-T6, Fujifilm X-Pro4, Fujifilm X-H3, Fujifilm X-H3S, Fujifilm X-T60 rumors and what not.

And just to show you how easy it is to make up realistic looking fake stuff, I have created fake Fujifilm Half Frame images using ChatGPT based on the data provided in the public registration.

Anyway, this gives me the opportunity to address some of the skepticism shared after our previous article.

Seems to big for a 1″sensor

We confirm it has a 1″ sensor. And keep in mind, it is still smaller than the Fujifilm X-M5. And that camera is really small.

There comes a point in which shrinking a camera further probably makes no sense, as it would make it very uncomfortable to handle. I mean, you can shrink cameras, but you can’t shrink human hands. Could Fujifilm have made it smaller? Probably yes. Would it make sense? Maybe not, if you want to still retain some decent ergnomics.

Half Frame is Misleading

Don’t shoot the messenger guys. I just tell you how Fujifilm will market it.

But the fact that it has a vertical LCD is a strong indication that it is indeed intended to work as a half frame camera, especially considering that we have also shared details on how it will work.

If it works as we described, then “half frame” could indeed be a proper term to me.

That’s it from my side… and I wish you an absolutely fantastic day.

Fujifilm Half Frame Camera Registration Shows Sketches with Vertical LCD and Dimensions (FF240003)

For months this new camera registration has remained undetected by everybody.

Undiscovered, until fellow FR-reader Mistral stumbled on it and passed us this info (THANKS).

So what it is about?

On the 26th of February 2025, the camera registration FF240003 was published.

And looking at the details and sketches of the camera, it has to be the long rumored Fujifilm half frame camera, which we first rumored in October 2024.

Here is what we can see:

Overall we can now say it will look closer to the digital version of the Pentax 17 half frame rather than the Yashica Samurai X3.0.

So now we have two unreleased camera registrations:

  • FF250001 – Fujifilm X-E5 or Fujifilm GFX Eterna
  • FF240003 – Fujifilm Half Frame Camera

All of these cameras will still come in 2025.

But will there be even more? We investigated this question here.

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Fujifilm Gear Coming 2025 – Updated List and What’s Missing!

via fcc

Fujifilm GFX Eterna Additional Specs Disclosed: Variable ND Filter, NP-W235 Battery and More

At the NAB show, Fujifilm has unveiled a few additional specs for the upcoming Fujifilm GFX Eterna.

  • Variable ND Density Filter: ND0.6 – ND2.1 (ND4 – ND128)
  • NP-W235 Battery with support for hot swapping external batteries or transition to DC input during use
    plus Battery automatically charged via external power source
  • Supports CFexpress Type B and SD-Cards
  • Supports Tascam CA-XLR2d-F XLR
  • Frame.io support
  • Additional Specs shared previously
  • 15ms rolling shutter (4K 16:9)
  • supports 4:3 open gate
  • a 5 inch Fujifilm made monitor included
  • dual base ISO, ISO800 and ISO3200

Along with the Fujifilm GFX Eterna, Fujifilm will also launch the Fujinon GF32-90mmF3.5 in 2025.

via ProNews via Petapixel

Fujinon XF23mm Pancake Specs Shared by Fujifilm and New Renderings

Back in early 2024 Fujifilm shared a list of 10 potential future Fujifilm X mount lenses.

And not only that, they also gave us approximately the main specs for such lenses.

One of those lenses already hit the market and it’s the Fujinon XF500mmF5.6. Now let’s compare the early Fujifilm specs to the final specs.

  • Super-Telephoto Prime lens XF 400mm or longer
    – 100-110mm diameter
    – 240-280 length
    – weight 1,300-1,400g
  • Fujinon XF500mmF5.6
    – 104 diameter
    –  255 length
    – weight 1,330g

We can see that the data provided back then by Fujifilm is very close to the specs of the final version.

So let’s see what the specs were that Fujifilm shared for the rumored to come in 2025 Fujinon XF23mm pancake lens.

Fujinon XF23mm pancake specs

  • size 20-40mm
  • 60-65mm diameter
  • Weight 80-100g

Let’s compare these specs to ones of the XF27mmF2.8 R WR and the XF23mmF2 “Fujicron”.

Looking at the specs it could be either a XF23mm replica of the XF27mmF2.8 R WR or be a bit larger, going more in the “muffin” direction as we can see in these XF23mm renderings.

FR-reader Hiergeist made a sketch based on the data provided by Fujifilm and you can see the result above.

You can see there is still quite some margin in terms of size (20 to 40mm length).

Feel free to let us know which size you prefer.

Also above you can see the silhouette of a potential XF23mm pancake as shared by Fujifilm early last year.

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