Tamron Will Launch Six Lenses in 2024, and here are the Three Patented Tamron APS-C lenses

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Tamron has shared its financial result. In there, they write that they will launch six new lenses in 2024, as highlighted by SonyAlphaRumors.

And in future they might even launch 7 lenses a year.

Of course Tamron covers many mounts, so don’t expect all these lenses to come for Fujifilm.

But there are some dedicated APS-C lenses that Tamron has patented and I will share down below for you.

Feel free to let us know your favourite of the three.

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Fujifilm X100VI – What About Weather Sealing?

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The Fujifilm X100V is fully weather sealed only if used with:

And the question I often get these days is: will the Fujifilm X100VI be fully weather sealed also without adapter rings and filters?

Now let’s start by saying that the X100V camera body itself is already weather sealed. And even if there have been minimal changes to the camera body, I think it’s safe to assume that also the X100VI body will be weather sealed.

But a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and the weakest link in the X100V is the lens, which in itself is not fully weather sealed and hence needs the AR-X100 adapter ring and the Protector filter PRF-49 to enjoy full weather sealing.

So has Fujifilm improved on it on the X100VI?

Well, also in this case I have no rumors about it. But I have a rumor that says that the X100VI will use “the same lens” of the X100V.

And if correct, then this means it will be a wonderful sharp lens, but it will also inherit the same “imperfection” of the X100V: it will only be fully weather sealed if used with adapter rings and filters.

That’s why, in my X100VI vs X100V specs comparison, I made my “educated guess” that the X100VI will still need filters to be fully weather sealed.

But again: just an educated guess to try to answer your questions as good as I can with the information I have so far.

Fujifilm X100VI Rumor Recap

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Fujifilm X100VI vs X100V Specs Comparison

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I noticed in the comments that some fellow Fujifilm shooters ask questions about the Fujifilm X100VI (for example here), that we actually have answered already.

And I get it, there have been so many rumors that it can be hard to keep track with all of it.

That’s why I have decided to create a dedicated X100VI vs X100V specs comparison sheet that is based on our rumors and in some (rare) cases on educated guesses on my side (and they are marked as such in the sheet itself).

You can access the file here.

Fujifilm X100VI Rumor Recap

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Fujifilm Q3 FY2023 Financial Results: Professional Imaging Revenue Up 18.4% YoY

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Fujifilm has released the financial reports for Q3 2023 (the fiscal year in Japan ends March 31).

They mention the great sales of Fujifilm X-S20, X-H2, X-H2S and X-T5, as well as strong sales of Fujifilm GFX100II.

  • Revenue increased by 13.8% year-over-year to ¥368.6 billion and operating income rose by 41.7% year-over-year to ¥88.9 billion, due to brisk sales of instant photo systems and digital cameras
  • Revenue rose due to strong sales of X-S20 launched in June 2023 and GFX100 II launched in September 2023, in addition to brisk sales of X-H2, X-H2S and X-T5 released in the previous fiscal year

Nice to see the professional imaging division growing, but I always wonder how strong it could have grown if only they would have been able to ship all the gear that was mostly so hard to find in stock.

Full report here.

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