TTArtisan AF 56mm f/1.8 for Fujifilm X Mount Autofocus Lens
The new TTArtisan 56mm f/1.8 has just been launched.
It should be available shortly at the official TTArtisan Amazon Storefront here.
In the meantime, you can enjoy the images.
Full List of Third Party AF X Mount Lenses
Fujinon GF14-20mm Coming – Really?
Fujinon GF14-20mm
A long list of “rumored” Fujifilm gear “leaked” on the web and we reported here.
I instantly warned you about a lot of inaccuracies in that list. Wrong stuff that we started to correct.
The first one to be unveiled as wrong is the Fujifilm GFX25.
Anyway, there was another piece of gear on that list, that intrigued people: the Fujinon GF14-20mm.
So let me put it this way:
The best I can say about it for now, is that none of our sources is aware of such a lens.
I don’t call it a “wrong rumor” simply because there is a difference between our sources saying something is fake (GFX25) and our sources saying they are not aware of certain gear.
But the fact that already the GFX25 rumor is wrong (and more on that list will be proven wrong), could be an indication that pretty much anything “leaked” on that list has to be taken with a grain of salt and it’s probably just a compilation of guesses and speculations wrapped into a more tasty rumor package to give it more credibility. I am NOT saying E8M made it up, it is likely that somebody else made it up and passed it to E8M, who then shared it. That’s the way guys try to convince you to publish wrong info.
Anyway, I have to be accurate when I report what our sources say. And they tell me they have no information about such a lens.
For me, this means that I have zero hopes for an eventual GF14-20 to come in 2024 and I am also not overly optimistic to see one in 2025. And if it never comes, I would not be surprised either.
If you need to go wide, your best option for a long time will be the Fujinon GF20-35mm f/4.
What will come for sure though, is what is on the roadmap: the Fujinon GF500mmF5.6 and the GF Power Zoom lens.
GF Lens Patents
The Future of Fujifilm in Patents (X and GFX gear). Filtered below you find the GFX gear related patents.
Fujifilm FF240001 Registration Found (3rd Unreleased Product): The Rumors Go Wild with Fujifilm GFX25, GFX100SII, X-Pro4, X100 and More
On the Chinese Weibo (linked below), the patent for a third unregistered Fujifilm camera has surfaced, the FF240001.
So we are now at a total of three registered cameras that have yet to be released.
- FF230002
- FF230003
- FF240001
From here all possible speculations start and you can read them down below.
How do I know these are just made up speculations and not rumors?
Well, because there are so many errors I will have to correct ;). In short here are the “rumors”.
- What they say is Sure (+ Possible)
- 4 to 6 cameras coming in 2024
- GFX100SII with X-T5 retro style body and no 8K video and lack of many video functions
- X100V successor almost done. 40 MP biggest possibility
- Highly Reliable
- X-Pro4 updated to X-T5 performance with normal flip screen. But another source it has still the mini-LCD on the back. New film simulation
- X100V with IBIS and OIS and 160MP High resolition mode
- Generally Reliable
- X100V with 50mm mode (20MP resolution)
- 2024 is the year of GFX, with GFX100SII and several GF lenses with good focus performance
- GFX25 coming mainly for video shooting (multiple sources confirm this)
- Basically Impossible
- GFX200 with 200 Megapixel
- X-T40 ready to be released with 40 megapixel
- No Reliability Rating
- X-E series update in summer 2024
- GF 14-20mm coming
- 2x TC for GFX
But hey, it’s online. Let’s have fun even if it’s just made up stuff :).
TTartisan 27mm f/2.8 Twilight Flame Limited Edition Announced
TTArtisan has just announced the TTArtisan 27mm f/2.8 Twilight Flame Limited Edition.
It comes with color stickers that you can apply to the camera body to match the lens color.
It should be available shortly at the official TTArtisan Amazon Storefront here.
I own the black version and I have compared it to the Fujinon XF 27mm f/2.8 here.
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DISCONTINUED: Fujinon XF 56mm f/1.2 R APD
XF56mmF1.2 R vs XF56mmF1.2 R APD
The Fujinon XF 56mm f/1.2 R APD is starting to get marked at discounted at stores in Japan as reported by Asobinet here.
This does not come surprising, and here is why.
When Fujifilm launched the original Fujinon XF56mm f/1.2 R (a lens I own too), one of the things that photographers pointed out, is that they would have loved an even smoother and creamier bokeh.
As an answer to this, Fujifilm launched the Fujinon XF56mm f/1.2 R APD with an apodization filter for super smooth bokeh.
But while it delivered buttery smooth bokeh, it had also some shortcomings:
- reduced brightness between f/1.2 and f/5.6 (for example f/1.2 results in an effective lens speed of f/1.7)
- negative impact on autofocus
- more expensive
For a full comparison between the original XF56mmF1.2 R and the XF56mmF1.2 R APD check out this article.
The New XF56mmF1.2 R WR
There is a third 56mm lens from Fuji, the newer Fujinon XF 56mmF1.2 R WR.
Thanks to its new design, it delivers super smooth bokeh without the need of an APD filter, and hence avoids the shortcomings related to the use of an APD filter (reduced brightness, etc).
With the new XF56mmF1.2 R WR, there is no need anymore for Fujifilm to keep the XF56mmF1.2 R and its APD clone in production, so it does not come surprising that the APD version is slowly disappearing from stores (the non-APD version is starting to get marked as discontinued since January 2023 already).