Firmware Update for Fujifilm X-T5, X-T50, X-S20, X100VI and GFX100SII

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What a shame.

First they broke the camera with a firmware update, and now the charge us $700+ to get if fixed.

Oh wait, no. That’s actually what Sony did :D.*

Back to us: Fujifilm has just released the firmware update that they promised would come within this year. Right in time for Christmas ;).

Down below you can check out which cameras got a firmware update and what they bring.

*Note: Sony is great and fantastic. I just made this joking comment to show that all brand can mess it up with firmware updates. We just tend to look only at our little small Fujifilm world, but if we were to look around elsewhere, we would find issues with firmware at any brand. This does not change the fact that Fujifilm messed it up and acted slow.

Firmware Details

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Viltrox AF 35mm f/1.7 Officially Announced – First Look Reviews

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Viltrox has just launched the Viltrox AF 35mm f/1.7.

Main Features:

  • High-efficiency autofocus: STM motor with screw-type guide rod
  • Lightweight and compact size for easy carrying
  • High-quality standard lens with F1.7 wide aperture and pure blur
  • Reliable video performance: extremely low breathing effect
  • Optimized lens hood with longer length, better light-shielding effect

Down below you can see plenty of reviews about it and also a shoot-out against the TTArtisan AF 35mmF1.8.

Great price, great performance… but no aperture ring. A dealbreaker for me, but probably not for many other people.

Reviews

  • alwinkok – Viltrox 35mm f1.7 – Spicing Up The Budget Segment
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Laowa 55mm F2.8 and 100mm F2.8 Tilt-Shift 1X Macro Lens for GFX Launched

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We did leak them back in November here, now they are reality: the Laowa 55mm F2.8 and Laowa 100mm F2.8 Tilt-Shift 1X Macro Lens for GFX.

The most comprehensive description and sample images can be found at the dedicated Venus Optics pages linked below. And also the first reviews start to appear, which I will update while they come in below.

Reviews & Launch Videos

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TTArtisan AF 27mm F2.8 Now also in White

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The TTArtisan AF 27mm F2.8 comes in yet another color: polar white.

At the moment you can find it at Amazon here, BHphoto here and Pergear here.

  • fujifanboys – POLAR WHITE 27mm F2.8 AF by TTartisan

I go for the orange version one all day :)

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Fujifilm X-Pro6 in 2026 with 6th Generation Platform? Let’s Talk About it!

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We told you that there won’t be any Fujifilm X-Pro4 or Fujifilm X-Pro5 in 2025.

The fact that it takes so long made many in the comments to this post speculate that Fujifilm might just skip the 5th generation platform and use the 6th generation platform for the Fujifilm X-Pro6.

And not only some of our readers, but also guys with excellent connections to Fujifilm such as Gordon from Cameralabs in the Petapixel podcast and Ritchie from FujiXWeekly speculate that Fujifilm will skip the 5th generation and go straight for the 6th generation with the X-Pro3 successor (X-Trans VI and X Processor 6).

Now, this goes against the pretty much only thing we have heard officially from Fujifilm about the next X-Pro, which is what Fujifilm Guy Billy said.

Billy said that he can see the X-Pro getting the 5th gen specs, but the reason for the wait was that it had to be something very special.

My take?

I try to avoid speculations in this matter, because I know it matters so much to many. Which is why I will stick to rumors. And for now, I have no rumors about the Fujifilm X-Pro4, X-Pro5 ro X-Pro6 (or however it will be called), except for the fact that it won’t come in 2025 but Fujifilm is working on an improved hybrid viewfinder.

Of course the fact that it takes so long for the X-Pro3 successor to come opens up the possibility for an X-Pro on 6th generation steroids. Or maybe Fujifilm will keep the 5th gen platform as suggested by Fuji Guy Billy, but look into other ways to make it “special”, with new ergonomic solutions, some of which we could see first on the Fujifilm GFX100RF as we rumored here.

But whatever it is, I will not make any speculations right now, because people tend to mistake my random speculations for solid rumors and then turn mad on me if those speculations do not materialize. That’s OK for me most of the time, but not in regards to the Fujifilm X-Pro3 successor.

But you guys can loosen your fingers, open your mind, and type all your thoughts and speculations in the comments below.

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