Fujifilm GFX100RF Starts Shipping: Customer Feedback and Slowest Shutter Speed for Sharp Photos

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The Fujifilm GFX100RF has started shipping in some countries. In the images you can see above, you can see the brand new Fujifilm GFX100RF shipped to FR-reader Mark in Germany.

His first feedback about the camera:

First impressions: It is beautifully light for a medium format camera. Doesn’t look as bulky in real-life as in some photos. EVF is nice and big for a rangefinder-style. Dials are a bit stiff for my taste, but better than accidentally changing them I guess.

Speaking of feedback, down below I will link two videos from Italian YouTube channels (Marco Fazio and Riflessioni Fotografiche).

They tested the Fujifilm GFX100RF for 2 days at an event of Fujifilm in Venice and Burano and they both, independently, came to the same conclusion: you can shoot at as low as 1/20th and still get sharp pictures.

This is in line with what Vistek, Luca Petralia, Docma and many other said: at about 1/30th or even 1/20th you still get sharp images.

I guess it depends on your style of shooting, but out of curiosity I checked the shutter speeds of hundreds of my last images as I reported here, and I found only one at 1/33th, a few at 1/50th to 1/80th, but the almost totality of my images is well above that.

So for me 1/20th is a mark that I basically do not reach for handheld shooting anyway hence I could live very well without IBIS on the GFX100RF with its 28mm equivalent lens and leaf shutter for minimal vibrations created by the camera.

Anyway, Fujifilm has published its own chart showing at which point IBIS would be beneficial for the Fujifilm GFX100RF. In that chart, Fujifilm seems to play on the safer side, giving about 1/40th as the minimal mark for sharp images. In real life, though, people seem to be able to shoot at 1/30th or 1/20th.

As said, the 1/20th and even 1/40th mark is very hard to hit for me. But check your images and see if you regularly shoot below 1/20th.

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Trump Tariffs and How it Affects Fujifilm

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Trump Tariffs

These days there is a lot of talk about how the Trump tariffs will impact the camera industry.

Some make more educated reasoning, others just use Chat GPT to fake themselves expert in this sector writing articles that contradict themselves.

Of course I have received lots of questions on how Fujifilm is going to react on tariffs, but I am not sitting in the Fujifilm HQ in Toyko, so I have no idea how they are preparing for it.

What I know, though, is that Fujifilm has mainly factories in China (34% tariffs), Japan (24% tariffs) and the Philippines (34% tariffs).

The factory in the Philippines is used for certain X series lens manufacturing, whereas Japan and China produce both, lenses and cameras.

Fujifilm Strategies

Fujifilm could try to move as much of the manufacturing to Japan as possible, to be subject to “only” 24% of import taxes rather than 34% of China and the Philippines.

But other than that, there is not that much Fujifilm can do (except for a very audacious move I’ll explain below).

And it remains a big question if Fujifilm will now make massive investments to move the entire manufacturing to USA.

Even Trump Tariffs Supporters Say: Pain is Coming

Now, FujiRumors is not the place for any political talk. I know some of you might consider this a brilliant move by Trump, others a very bad idea.

But whatever your idea is, there seems to be a consensus that there will be a moment of “pain” for consumers.

Trump supporters say “short term pain for long term gain“, and Trump foes will say the pain is here to stay for a long time.

But both agree: a period of pain is coming.

And pain, for consumers, means one thing only: prices will get higher!

How high?

That’s hard to say.

The tariffs probably do not apply to the final retail price, but more likely to the import price of goods. So if we buy a camera for $1,500, but it gets imported at $1,000, the 24% or 34% tariff will be applied to the $1,000 (at least that’s my understanding).

That’s still a hefty price increase, though.

Global Cost Redistribution

What Fujifilm could do (just an radical idea of mine), is to introduce what could be called “global cost redistribution“. So instead of raising prices by 24-34% only in USA (a crucial market for Fujifilm), they could let’s say increase prices by 7% only, but globally.

It would be a fairly contained price increase and protect the very important US market and at the same time marginally affect other markets.

Sure, the risk is to alienate customers and dealers in Europe and Asia, who will feel unfairly penalized for a US policy decision.

Maybe Fujifilm could have a more hybrid approach, so add a 15% increase to US products, and a 5% increase only at other markets.

Should You Buy Now?

But whatever is going to happen, a price increase (short or long term) is very likely to happen even according to the most fervent supporters of Trump tariffs.

So should you buy gear now?

Well, if you were considering to buy some gear anyway, then by purchasing now you’ll make sure to escape the very likely to happen price increases coming in the near future.

And if you do so, feel free to support FujiRumors by using our affiliate links.

What Would FujiRumors Do?

What will I do?

Well, the one gear I am REALLY interested in is not yet available (but will be soon). So I have no other choice than to wait and whatever the price will be, get it at that price.

But if I was located in USA and considering to purchase certain gear, I’d proceed and get it to secure it at the current price.

And once prices increase (which will happen even according to Trump supporters), second hand prices will go up too, just in case you want to resell your gear.

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Future Fujinon X Mount Lenses Proposed by Fujifilm (with Suggested Specs) – Vote What Should Be Next

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Last year Fujifilm shared a list of 10 X mount lenses that are under consideration.

You guys voted and guess what? Fujifilm delivered (or will deliver soon) your top two most requested lenses.

The first one they gave us was the Fujinon XF500mmF5.6 and the next one will come this year, and it’s the Fujinon XF23mm pancake.

Now there are eight more on the list, and I thought it is high time to launch a new survey with the 8 remaining lenses to see if your wishes have changed also considering that in the meantime we got lenses from third parties like the Tokina atm-x 11-18mm f/2.8, which might change your priorities on what we need from Fujifilm next. Also, maybe the release of super compact cameras like the lovely Fujifilm X-M5 might now increase demand for certain lenses such as compact XC lenses.

So, feel free to vote what you want below.

Also, thanks a lot to Hiergeist for making a chart with approximate size of these potential future lenses based on preliminary details shared by Fujifilm itself, like size, weight and diameter.

You can read the potential specs shared by Fujifilm for all those lenses here.

My personal favorite?

Well, you might know how much I LOVE this lens here, so probably my top pick would be the one lens, that could replace it, such as the XF16-200mm. But let us know yours by voting below.

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Approximate Specs of Potential future lenses

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Fujinon XF23mm Pancake Specs Shared by Fujifilm and New Renderings

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Back in early 2024 Fujifilm shared a list of 10 potential future Fujifilm X mount lenses.

And not only that, they also gave us approximately the main specs for such lenses.

One of those lenses already hit the market and it’s the Fujinon XF500mmF5.6. Now let’s compare the early Fujifilm specs to the final specs.

  • Super-Telephoto Prime lens XF 400mm or longer
    – 100-110mm diameter
    – 240-280 length
    – weight 1,300-1,400g
  • Fujinon XF500mmF5.6
    – 104 diameter
    –  255 length
    – weight 1,330g

We can see that the data provided back then by Fujifilm is very close to the specs of the final version.

So let’s see what the specs were that Fujifilm shared for the rumored to come in 2025 Fujinon XF23mm pancake lens.

Fujinon XF23mm pancake specs

  • size 20-40mm
  • 60-65mm diameter
  • Weight 80-100g

Let’s compare these specs to ones of the XF27mmF2.8 R WR and the XF23mmF2 “Fujicron”.

Looking at the specs it could be either a XF23mm replica of the XF27mmF2.8 R WR or be a bit larger, going more in the “muffin” direction as we can see in these XF23mm renderings.

FR-reader Hiergeist made a sketch based on the data provided by Fujifilm and you can see the result above.

You can see there is still quite some margin in terms of size (20 to 40mm length).

Feel free to let us know which size you prefer.

Also above you can see the silhouette of a potential XF23mm pancake as shared by Fujifilm early last year.

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Fujifilm Surprised by X-M5 Popularity and Shortage is Not Intentional

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X-M5 Shipping Status

The Fujifilm X-M5 was announced back in October 2024.

The silver Fujifilm X-M5 started shipping in November, whereas the black version is supposed to start shipping in April.

The silver X-M5 struggled with delivery shortages, whereas the black version never ever shipped, as it was supposed to hit stores only in April 2025.

So much so, that some stores like BHphoto have never taken preorders for the black Fujifilm X-M5.

Fujifilm X-M5 Reviews

With that said, those who got their hands on the Fujifilm X-M5 mostly seem very happy with it. That’s looking at the customer reviews on the various stores:

Sure, there are always those, who complain. But sometimes I don’t get those complains.

Like when on Amazon one customer complaint heavily that it has no viewfinder. I mean, that’s something people should be aware of before they buy the camera. So why give it a bad review because of that? If a viewfinder is a must have for you, then the X-M5 is a no-go.

I mean… if I choose to buy a car with a manual transmission, does it make sense to criticize it for not having an automatic transmission?

Fujifilm Managers About X-M5

At Fujifilm X summit in Prague, Yuji Igarashi, Manager of Fujifilm’s Professional Imaging Group, had a talk with PetaPixel about the Fujifilm X-M5, as you can read here.

The manager said:

  • producing the X-M5 is less complex than the X100VI
  • Fujifilm will try to catch up with demand
  • the X-M5 is very popular
  • situation won’t be as bad as with X100VI
  • months after release it is still hard to purchase
  • Fujifilm isn’t intentionally limiting camera production

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