Godox has just launched the Godox V1 mid.
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Viltrox has released firmware updated for the Viltrox AF 56mm f/1.2 Pro and Viltrox AF 35mm f/1.7.
Below you can find all the details and download links.
When I wrote the FujiRumors 14-year anniversary article, I mentioned that our journey wasn’t without difficult moments—and that Fujifilm, at times, made some serious mistakes.
The biggest one in recent memory was the 2024 firmware debacle, which severely degraded autofocus performance. It then took Fujifilm several months just to restore AF behavior to pre-bug levels. While things have improved significantly since then, Fujifilm still has some catching up to do compared to the top brands. And since FujiRumors is independent, free, and fully at the service of this amazing community, we won’t hesitate to remind Fujifilm of that from time to time 😉.
But if we look further back, I’d argue that the biggest mistake before 2024 was Fujifilm’s decision to keep the X mount closed, preventing third parties from offering autofocus lenses.
What’s interesting is that, while some companies still actively block third-party access to their mounts (Canon RF full frame) or even take legal action against lens makers (as Nikon did with Viltrox), Fujifilm eventually recognized that this kind of protectionism was a mistake. Opening the mount was the right call—and ultimately a move that benefited the entire system.
So, luckily, here we are today, able to share a major lens roundup covering a wide range of third-party autofocus lenses. And let’s hope autofocus G mount lenses will follow soon ;).
And that’s not all.
Manual focus lenses also play an important role in the overall lens ecosystem, so we’ll be including those in this roundup as well.
Fellow Fujifilm Film Simulation group member Patryk has created a Reala Ace based film simualtion recipe which he calles “Realaty”.
Other fellow members like Stefi have already dialed it into their own Fujifilm cameras and started using it.
Here is the idea behind it:
“Realaty” everyday film recipe.
Film Simulation: Reala Ace
Grain: Weak, Small
Color Chrome: Strong
Color Chrome Blue: Off
Dynamic Range: 400
White Balance: Auto, R: +3, B:-2
Color: +2
Highlights: -1
Shadows: +1
Sharpness: -2
High ISO NR: -4
Clarity: 0
Fujifilm has just published a video discussing OKAY, a short film shot entirely on the Fujifilm GFX Eterna 55, directed by Andrew Kightlinger, with cinematography by Oren Soffer — also known for his work as the cinematographer on The Creator.
Below, I’ll share the trailer for OKAY, along with the video in which Fujifilm discusses the project with the filmmakers behind the short film.
You can check out OKAY also on IMDB here.
