Size Comparison: Fujinon XF 16-80mmF4 vs XF 18-135/XF16-55 and GF50mmF3.5 vs GF63/GF45

I took the leaked images of the Fujinon XF16-80mm f/4 and Fujinon GF 50mm f/3.5 and made a size comparison with other Fujifilm lenses (see below).

The Fujion XF 16-80mm f/4 weights 440g and the XF18-135 weights 490g.

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Fujinon XF16-80mm f4 and GF50mm f3.5 Announcement July 18 at 1 AM New York Time

I own you the time, so here it is:

The Fujinon XF16-80mm f/4 and GF 50mm f/3.5 will be announced July 18 at 1AM New York Time.

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In an ealier post, we share price and some specs of these lenses. Check it out here.

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LEAKED: Fujinon GF50mm f/3.5 and XF 16-80mm f/4 – Price, Specs and Images

Nokishita just leaked the first official images as well as initial specs of the Fujinon GF50mm f/3.5 and Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4.

Fujifilm “XF16-80mm F4 R OIS WR”

  • are 12 groups of 16 elements
  • shortest focus disctance 35cm
  • maximum 0.25x
  • filter 72mm,
  • φ 78.3 x 88.9mm
  • weight 440g
  • $ 799.95 (in Japan it costs 102,060 yen which would be converted to 943 USD)

Fujinon GF50mm f/3.5

  • 134,460 yen (converted 1,240 USD)

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LEAKED: Full Fujinon GF50mm f/3.5 Press Release: Price $999 and Shipping September 26

Fujifilm USA pulled the trigger a bit too early, and published the full press release of the Fujifilm GF50mm f/3.5.

It’s all copied down below, so do not panic even if they remove it :).

The official annoucnement is tomorrow, July 18, at 1AM New York time

GF50mm f/3.5 Press Release

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Fujifilm GFX 50R with GF50mm Hands on Photos, Lab Test Shots, First Looks and FUJI GUYS Photokina 2018 Wrap Up

Fujifilm GFX 50R

ePhotozine published a couple of hands-on photos of the Fujifilm GFX 50R with GF 50mmF3.5.

I am pretty sure ePhotozine just did it just to trigger my GAS even further, because I kind of fell in love with the Fujifilm GFX 50R while trying it out at the Fujifilm booth.

They also shared hands on images of the GF45-100mm and GF 100-200mm here.

Down below Lok’s Fujifilm GFX 50R first look and here are the dpreview sample images.

And despite all the reviewers make a brilliang job covering the Fujifilm GFX 50R, they have a hard job this time, since it has the exact same performance of the Fujifilm GFX 50S. The only difference is the design, and I strongly invite you to test it out by yourself, because what I loved to handle on the booth, you might hate it.

And in no case I would recommend this camera to left eye shooters, since you are going to cover the screen with your face, and you can forget to swipe the touch screen to access your custom functions while you have your eye on the viewfinder. The swipe function will be used a lot, since there is not D-Pad, where to assign custom functions.

With that said, if you are a rangefinder lover, then you probably already are right eye dominant and the corner viewfinder placement.

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How Many Cameras and Lenses Does Fujifilm Release Every Year? And What it Could Mean for 2025

Some asked us how much gear Fujifilm releases every year.

So we decided to check back the last 3 years (2024 included, since there won’t be any more announcements) to see what the current pace at Fujifilm is. Below are the results.

Gear released in 2024 – 4 cameras and 4 lenses

Gear released in 2023 – 2 cameras and 4 lenses

Gear released in 2022 – 3 cameras and 4 lenses

So, overall we see: we get 4 lenses a year for X/GFX system combined.

2024 was more focused on the X series with 3 lenses for the X system and only one lens for the GFX system.

As far as cameras goes, we can get 2 to 4 cameras a year.

What does it mean for 2025?

CAMERAS in 2025:

As of today, the state of the rumors as far as cameras coming in 2025 goes is the following:

If Fujifilm maintains the pace it set in 2024, there could be room for one or maybe even two more camera releases in 2025, considering that the 1″ sensor camera might not be counted in the lineup we discussed earlier, which focused solely on APS-C and medium format models.

LENSES in 2025:

Fujifilm has quite consistently released around four lenses each year, combining both X and GFX series models.

So far I have no rumors about future lenses, which means you have four slots you can fill in with your wishes. :)

If anyone out there can maybe give us a hint on future X and GF lenses, feel free to reach out to FujiRumors. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Overall, 2025 remains a significant mystery, but I’m hopeful that our trusted sources (and maybe some new ones) will be able to shed light on some of the unknowns and provide insights that will make us even more excited for what’s to come.

Until then, keep shooting, keep enjoying life… and every now and then, keep checking in on FujiRumors ;).

US Dollar Price for Fujinon XF16-55mmF2.8 II and XF500mmF5.6

We leaked the price for the Fujinon XF16-55mmF2.8 II and the Fujinon XF500mmF5.6 in £ and € already in this article.

Well, I have received information about the price in US Dollar, which is not yet multiple checked but I share it anyway, because the announcement is close and I don’t know if I’ll be able to get it multiple confirmed. So take it with a grain of salt for now.

But the price I hear is the following:

If accurate, then the price of the new Fujinon XF16-55mmF2.8 II in USA will remain identical to the one of its predeccessor. That’s not the case in Europe, where we will get a €/£ 50 price jump.

As far as the XF500mmF5.6, it should cost $500 less than it’s sibiling, the Fujinon GF500mmF5.6. That’s more or less in line with the pricing in Europe, where we have about the same price gap between the two lenses.

I have no information about the Fujifilm X-M5 price, but I’d say it’s likely to cost around $799, considering it costs €899 in Europe. But that’s just an educated guess, not a rumor.

BREAKING: Fujifilm X-M5, XF16-55mmF2.8 II, and XF500mmF5.6 Pricing Revealed in £/€

Here is the price of the upcoming gear in £ and €.

We notice a couple of interesting things:

  • I find the Fujifilm X-M5 gently priced. Even with kit lens you don’t go beyond the 1K mark in £ and €.
    Keep in mind: the Fujinon XC15-45mm has OIS, so you get optical stabilization with this combo
  • despite being basically twins (with slight differences in terms of weight and size as we can see from the press release), the Fujinon XF500mmF5.6 is a bit more affordable than its G mount counterpart, the GF500mmF5.6 which costs £3,499 in UK and €3,899 in Germany.
  • at launch, the original Fujinon XF16-55mmF2.8 did cost £1,099 in UK and €1,299 in Germany. The new version will come with a slight price increase in Europe (+£50 more in UK and +€50 more in Germany)

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Fujifilm Japan is Aware of Autofocus Issues and is Working on a Fix

Fujifilm Working on Fix?

Fellow Fujifilm X shooter Steven reached out to Fujifilm and asked them if they do plan to release a firmware fix for the autofocus issues that came up after the latest firmware updates.

Well, here is the reply he got (as I could verify from the screenshots he sent me, thanks!).

Thank you for your message and for taking the time to give us your feedback. We take all comments about our products very seriously. We are aware of several videos and posts on social media regarding AF performance.

Our R&D team in Japan is investigating a solution and we hope to have an update on this very soon.

Here on FujiRumors we did complain about the autofocus issues. And we also highlighted a quick solution: Fujifilm should just offer a “downgrade” to the initial firmware, which was really working well.

I don’t know what kind of solution Fujifilm is working on (a simple downgrade or major AF redesign). But what I know is that Fujifilm can’t mess it up this time.

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