Fujifilm is developing a medium-format, 102-megapixel cinema camera, the company said in a surprise announcement.

The 102MP sensor will be paired with Fujifilm's X-Processor 5, also brought over from its more stills-focused cameras. That sensor is "approximately 1.7 times larger" than 35mm sensors, which themselves are considered relatively big for cinema cameras.

In 2024 alone we've seen the launch of the ever-popular Fujifilm X100VI, the Fujifilm X-T50, the Fujifilm GFX100S – complete with its gargantuan sensor – and the recent content creator-focused Fujifilm X-M5.

The FUJIFILM GFX ETERNA, which the company plans to release in 2025, will feature a large format sensor, “GFX 102MP CMOS II HS”, which is approximately 1.7 times larger than a 35mm sensor. Fujifilm will showcase the “GFX ETERNA” as a reference exhibit at the comprehensive media event “InterBEE 2024”,

So it seemed like the most obvious decision in the world that Fujifilm – which is not only one of the OG film camera makers, but is one of the world's biggest makers of the actu

I bet you have asked many times over the years, “When will Fujifilm make a dedicated cinema camera?” Well, my friends, today is the day. FUJIFILM

Fujifilm is developing Fujifilm GFX Eterna, its first digital filmmaking camera, with a planned release next year. The camera will use the large-format GFX 102MP CMOS II HS sensor. It is about 1.7 times larger than a 35-millimeter full-frame sensor in combination with the X-Processor 5 high-speed image processing engine.