On January 15, Fujifilm officially announced the EF-X500 Flash, and said it will come in May (press release & specs here)
Well, I have to inform you, that our sources said the flash has been delayed to Summer 2016 (and hopefully there won’t be further delays).
Another example about how rumors or even official Fuji statements (or roadmaps) can be right at the time of sharing, but wrong afterwards, just because Fuji changed plans. That’s the main reason why my rumor hit rate is of “only” 84% ;) .
Do you remember when I told you that the XF120mmF2.8 has been delayed to the end of the year?
Well, that was just the beginning of the end for that lens. The lens never convinced Fujifilm. Too big and too heavy. The money, my dear X-shooter friends, is in the smaller lenses, like the XF35mmF2 and the upcoming XF23mmF2!
That’s why, according to a trusted source, the XF120mmF2.8 has been canceled. The source told me that Fuji will go for a “focal length below 100mm”. And now we can confirm that it will something between 60mm and 85mm (but more likely around 75-85mm). The lens should still be 1:1 Macro.
But even if it comes from trusted source, take it with a grain of salt…. Fujifilm can change plans anytime or even scratch lenses from the roadmap (or change specs, like with the XF56mmF1.2, which originally was an F1.4 lens on the roadmap)
Some of you’ll now protest and say: “Patrick, this is just a made up clickbait rumor, that lens is in the official Fujifilm roadmap”! You’re free to do that. But when Fuji updates its roadmap, I’ll gladly look back at those comments ;)
Fujifilm has a clear focus: make smaller and more compact primes! And looking at this Poll, also FR-readers see this as an absolute priority.
Recently, here on FujiRumors, you could see the first images of the Fujifilm X-T2. One of the features visible in the leaked images and that created a bit of confusion was the new articulating screen.
After seeing this image, some FR-readers had huge doubts. “Why would a screen come out in that direction?” and “am I the only one that absolutely hates the sideways articulating screen?” (images in this post)
However, as other FR-readers pointed out in the comments, it seems that the Fujifilm X-T2 does not have an articulating screen, but more likely features the same or similar tilt mechanism of the Pentax K1, called “Flexible-Tilt Screen” or “cross-tilt screen“. As described at BHphoto:
The Pentax K-1 has a unique 3.2″ cross-tilt LCD monitor, which can tilt upward 90°, down 44°, and left and right 35° for numerous positions.
The Pentax K-1 solution sounds great to me… perfect for landscape, portrait and macro work!
However, also the “flexible-tilt screen” has it’s limits compared to articulating screens. The Pentax K1 screen can not be used to take Selfies and you can’t protect the LCD-screen simply by rotating it 180°, as you can see in one of the Pentax K-S2 images here. Moreover, Videographers might prefer a swivel screen, too.
At the bottom of this post, I’ll share 2 videos: the first one shows how the flexible-tilt screen works, while the second one should reassure those, who think this mechanism could easily break (go to minute 0:12).
Difficult to say if it is bigger or not than the X-T1 (looks like a tiny bit bigger to me). For sure we can see a joystick, over the joystick the Q button. The Grip looks slightly different, and the SD-card slot looks bigger (space enough for a two SD-cards I guess). ISO dial goes up to 12800.
Mirrorlessrumors spotted this news: Zenit just launched an E-mount lens, the Zenitar 50mmF0.95. However, Gavriloart says they will release it for other mirrorless systems too. Mirrorlessrumors says:
I guess MFT and X-mount camera owners can certainly expect to get this lens in their respective native mounts.
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