Fujifilm Half Frame Camera Registration Shows Sketches with Vertical LCD and Dimensions (FF240003)

For months this new camera registration has remained undetected by everybody.

Undiscovered, until fellow FR-reader Mistral stumbled on it and passed us this info (THANKS).

So what it is about?

On the 26th of February 2025, the camera registration FF240003 was published.

And looking at the details and sketches of the camera, it has to be the long rumored Fujifilm half frame camera, which we first rumored in October 2024.

Here is what we can see:

Overall we can now say it will look closer to the digital version of the Pentax 17 half frame rather than the Yashica Samurai X3.0.

So now we have two unreleased camera registrations:

  • FF250001 – Fujifilm X-E5 or Fujifilm GFX Eterna
  • FF240003 – Fujifilm Half Frame Camera

All of these cameras will still come in 2025.

But will there be even more? We investigated this question here.

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Fujifilm Gear Coming 2025 – Updated List and What’s Missing!

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Fujifilm GFX100RF Owners Manual Available

The Fujifilm GFX100RF is shipping already since a few days in some countries, as we reported here.

Well, you can now also download the Fujifilm GFX100RF owners manual in PDF here or access it in html here.

Fujifilm Managers Explain GFX100RF Lack of Hybrid Viewfinder, WCL and TCL for GFX100RF, Content Credentials and More

Fujifilm managers talked to DPReview. You can read a summary below and the full interview here.

  • GFX100RF is for street and documentary photography because it is so small and lightweight
  • when they started to design the GFX100RF, they knew the price point already
  • to match that price point it had to be more luxurious than the X100Vi for example
  • so the main plate is milled out of a single block of aluminum, which is top end of manufacturing
  • it allows for more unique design and complex shapes
  • it takes about 5 hours to turn the aluminum block into the top plate
  • Redesigned lens hood with a new adapter ring that only fits one way
  • Rectangular hood attaches easily and aligns perfectly every time
  • rear element of lens is very close to the sensor
  • Fujifilm considered several lenses, but 28mm was best for compactness and image quality
  • allows for handheld shooting with low shutter speeds
  • Fujifilm is currently not thinking at add-on optical lenses like for X100VI
  • depends on customer feedback if wide and teleconverter will be launched
  • aspect ratio dial is a connection between digital and film cameras
  • Fujifilm tries to reach new customers with GFX100RF, and this concept is aimed to that
  • Fujifilm also wanted to offer a tool to change aspect ratio in camera rather than in post
  • a dial was the easiest way to implement aspect ratio control
  • Hybrid Viewfinder?
  • “The hybrid viewfinder’s structure is a little bit complicated, which means the magnification would be much smaller for such a high-resolution camera“
  • “Another reason is the digital teleconverter. If it comes with an OVF, we’d have to cover 20mm of range when using the teleconverter, which would make the guide-lines much smaller. So, from a practical point of view, we decided to install the EVF“
  • Content Credentials Support
  • Fujifilm is still developing and investigating how to implement the CAI and the C2PA
  • it’s unclear if GFX100RF will get this support. Fujifilm says: “If we have to pay to implement it, or if users have to pay… not so many will want it. Then it’ll only be for professional agencies or something“
  • the industry has to come up with a standard

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

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

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.

Which lens should Fujifilm make next? - max. 1 selection

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Approximate Specs of Potential future lenses

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