At CP+ 2025, we had the opportunity to meet Jun Watanabe, Makoto Oishi, and Tomohide Yazawa, product managers at Fujifilm.
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CIPA took advantage of CP+ 2025 to unveil its annual report. Overall, shipments were up 10% on last year. The market is also being driven upwards by strong demand from China.
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Fujifilm makes a big impact at the X-Summit in Prague by unveiling the GFX 100RF, an expert medium format compact camera that combines the DNA of the GFX 100 II and the X100 VI.
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Fujifilm has unveiled the X half, a pocket-sized vintage-style compact camera with a 1” sensor, capable of combining two vertical photos into one composition thanks to a clever lever mechanism.
8.3
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The first compact camera with a medium format sensor, the Fujifilm GFX100RF is nothing if not ambitious. We used it for several weeks, and here is our full review.
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Sony surprises everyone by unveiling the RX1R III, the latest iteration of its full-frame compact camera. This new version features a 61 MP sensor, a noticeably improved autofocus, all packed into the same tiny body. 10 years later, the direct competitor to the Leica Q3 has arrived.
7.6
out of 10
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The surprise of summer 2025, the Sony RX1R III revives Sony's full-frame expert compact cameras. Here is our full review.
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At CP+ 2026, Sony exhibited a cross-section of the RX1R III. This provided an opportunity to discover how engineers in Tokyo managed to fit so many components into such a small space.
