Why a Digital XPan Fujifilm TX-3 Camera is NOT Needed

Look guys,

I am fan of the idea of Fujifilm launching the Fujifilm TX-3 digital XPan camera in 2028.

I support this idea and I hope that that rumor will become true in a few years from now.

And I am not the only one.

FR-reader Pavel has written a wonderful article about why a digital XPan is needed and has shared lots of gorgeous samples.

I have also added my own thoughts to this debate.

But FujiRumors is a community. And in a community we can have different ideas.

And we love to give space to people who have a different view on certain things, even if those views do not match with my ideas.

And today it’s Timothy (Instagram @gibsonetal), who dropped me an email and told me why a digital Fujifilm TX-3 XPan camera is not needed.

I’ll share this thoughts below and you are free to drop your feedback in the comments below.

No ultra-wide TX-1 or XPAN? Just get an anamorphic lens!

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Fujifilm Working on a All New Digital Camera (Never Rumored Before)

We already told you that Fujifilm will revive a camera line that we all thought dead.

But they are way more busy than that. ;)

In fact, according to our trusted sources, Fujifilm is also working on an all-new digital camera that has never been hinted or rumored before.

So we are not talking of a successor to an existing (or past) camera, nor about the rumored XPan camera or the fixed lens GFX.

It will be something completely and 100% new.

Fujifilm to Revive a Camera Line in 2024 that Most of Us Thought Axed

Recently we reported about a new Fujifilm camera registration (FF240002).

Well, our sources have something to say about it ;).

The camera that hides behind this registration is the successor to a camera line that most of us (maybe even all of us) thought dead and axed forever.

The camera will be announced in the second half of 2024.

It’s your time now to dream! Let us know which camera you’d like to get.

No Fujifilm GFX100R Currently Under Development? A Huge Mistake and a Future Idea

We recently reported that the Fujifilm GFX100R (or any GFX50R replacement) is currently not under development.

And as we told you already, the best thing I can say is that at this point I believe it is currently debated inside Fujifilm if the line should continue at all (or not).

So today I’d like to speculate about the Fujifilm GFX100R, because I think Fujifilm would do a huge error if they’d axe the line.

So I hope this article (and especially your comments) will motivate Fujifilm to keep the GFX-R line going.

And in case Fujifilm needs it, I’ll share also a GFX-R mockup created by Aperture Value (video below).

In the mock-up he refers to it as a potential fixed lens GFX camera. But that’s not relevant for the purpose of this article.

What is relevant for us in his mock-up is:

  • the hybrid viewfinder
  • Retro Controls

I want kindly ask Fujifilm to make a Fujifilm GFX100R that is basically a medium format X-Pro, with hybrid viewfinder and retro controls.

I think it would become a huge success, especially considering that no other modern Fujifilm GFX cameras offers retro controls or a hybrid viewfinder, and as such, it would be the one camera people would grab if they’d want medium format image quality in a vintage package.

So, dear Fujifilm. Don’t hesitate. Do it! And take our money.

Laowa to Launch World’s First Zoom Shift Lens

Venus Optics is teasing the world’s first Zoom Shift lens.

The official announcement will happen on July 8.

There are no additional details about it, but as some FujiRumors readers noticed, looking at its size it looks like an APS-C lens, so let’s hope it will come also for Fujifilm X mount.

Look, I usually applaud when new lenses for Fujifilm show up. The more the merrier, right?

But it has also to be said that often third party lenses are either rebranded lenses of already existing glass or they are just too similar to what Fujifilm, Viltrox & Co already offer.

So I am particulary happy to welcome the new Laowa lens, as this one is really something unique.

via Venus Optics Weibo