Fujifilm is, for the first time ever, going to make pixel shift work on X-Trans cameras.
In fact, we hear from trusted sources that the 40MP Fujifilm X-H2 to be announced on September 8 at 2PM New York time will offer pixel shift multishot.
With pixel shift, the Fujifilm X-H2 will take 160 megapixel images.
LIVE BLOG – September 8 at 2PM New York Time LIVE on fujirumors.com
Japanese Fujifilm manager Jun Watanabe gave an interview in Japanese to Map Camera.
The whole video is in Japanese, but luckily dclife shared a summary of the main points, which you can read in original Japanese here.
Here is the version in Google translated English, with a special note to the headline of the article that reads:
We are working on WOW product development
Does Fujifilm plan to release a Cinema Camera?
I don’t have any plans so far, but this time “X-H2S” has improved considerably including video performance and functions, so first of all, I would like to see the evaluation and reaction using “X-H2S”.
[…] I feel that videos and still images are fusion quite a bit, so this kind of “X-H2” I feel that hybrid cameras like “S” will be the future trend, and hybrid cameras, not cinema-only cameras, will also be mainstream.
Fujifilm is developing commercial lenses and cine lenses for PL mounts and E-mounts for the broadcasting and film industries. Are you thinking of developing lenses for other companies’ mounts?
At the moment, there are no plans to develop other companies’ mount lenses, and we will focus on our own mount lenses. […] there are still places where the lineup of lenses is not enough and there are still places where we have to improve the lens performance, so I would like to focus on our lineup first.
Message from Mr. Watanabe on the 10th anniversary of X-mount
Thank you very much for your continued patronage of our X series. I would like to continue to pay attention to everyone’s expectations and so that everyone, including me, would like to work on offering “WOW” products so that they can say, “I really want to buy this.” I would appreciate it if you could. I look forward to working with you again.
Well, that reference about the WOW products definitely sounds intriguing.
But it won’t be an X-H2 event only, nor an exclusive X series event.
Nope, also Fujifilm GFX shooters will have something to look forward to.
In fact, according to our trusted sources, Fujifilm will announce the Fujinon GF20-35mmF4 on September 8, too.
As an owner of the incredible Fujinon GF32-64mmF4 myself, having a zoom that starts more or less where my current lens ends and goes all the way down to 20mm (15.8mm FF equiv.) making it the widest GF lens available, is something that is really tempting to add to my G mount lens arsenal.
Because even if I currently can’t go beyond 64mm with my GF32-64, thanks to the 100 megapixel on my Fujifilm GFX100S I can crop the heck out of my files and get closer while retaining sharp and crisp images. But I can’t capture things that are outside what my lens can see, so a wider option could definitely come in handy for my landscape photography.
When I shared the rumor that the Fujifilm X-T5 won’t be announced during the X Summit on September 8, there was understandably quite some disappointment and some of you guys waiting for the X-T5 seem to have mostly lost any interest in the September X Summit event.
And while I can relate to that (I am also much more interested about the X-T5 rather than the X-H2), you should keep in mind that while September 8th will be mainly an event for the Fujifilm X-H2, we will learn a lot also about the Fujifilm X-T5!
And since the Fujifilm X-T5 will share the same sensor and processor of the Fujifilm X-H2, the X-T5 will perform identically to the X-H2 in many crucial areas such as:
it is unclear as of now if the X-T5 will have the same video features of the X-H2 (for example 8K video)
it is unclear if the X-T5 will have the same continuous bursts speed of X-H2
it is unclear if the X-T5 will have a selfie screen or change the screen design over X-H2
and much more…
So even for people potentially interested in the Fujifilm X-T5, watching close at the performance of the Fujifilm X-H2 will be very important as it will unveil a lot about the performance of the X-T5 itself.
After Fujifilm disclosed the date of the next Fujifilm X summit and announced it September 8 at 2PM New York time, people started emailing me but also expressing their hopes on our social media channels, that we will get the Fujifilm X-T5 on September 8.
Sorry guys, but what we can tell you with 100% certainty that there won’t be any Fujifilm X-T5 announcement in September.
The main course of the meal on September 8th will be the Fujifilm X-H2. And of course there can be more, as Fujfiilm has already officially announced the following gear to come in 2022:
