Fujifilm has unveiled a extra superior model of its versatile rotating-lens enterprise projector. The ZUH12000 is the brightest member of the corporate’s Z-series and turns into its second 4K mannequin. However it’s the primary to have an interchangeable lens system.
We first previewed Fujifilm’s very odd-looking rotating-lens 5,000-lumen projector in 2018, forward of its launch the next yr. Extra (brighter) fashions subsequently joined the new Z-series, however 2025 noticed the primary to boast 4K UHD decision.
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Now, barely a yr later, the ZUH6000 has been joined by a extra superior model. As its identify implies, the ZUH12000’s laser gentle supply outputs twice the brightness of its 4K sibling, making it a greater match for big industrial services – while not having to fret an excessive amount of about vivid ambient lighting.
Each 4K fashions share the identical unconventional kind issue as the remainder of the Z-series, however the ZUH12000 gives way more flexibility because of interchangeable lens help. This enables customers to decide on which lens works greatest for various settings, like one lens for an workplace assembly room and one other for a big convention corridor.
At launch, the newly unveiled projector could be optioned with three lenses. The versatile ultra-short-throw lens module (FP-ZL034) has a throw ratio of 0.34 to 0.41, and permits the projector to be positioned near the viewing floor. As the primary physique of the lens gives 90-degree rotation and its head can twist 360 levels, the picture could be thrown to partitions, screens, ceilings and flooring with out transferring the projector’s foremost physique. Fujifilm says that this setup is “superb for creating immersive areas.”
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The opposite lens choices aren’t rotational, however are nonetheless designed to ship high-quality imagery. A brief-throw lens (FP-ZL050) sports activities a throw ratio of 0.5 – 0.65, and is reckoned superb for large-screen visuals in restricted areas like assembly rooms. And the standard-throw lens (FP-ZL125) has a throw ratio of 1.25 – 2.0, which could possibly be a superb match for “set up on the rear of a venue or for big‑display projection in spacious halls and auditoriums.”
Fujifilm says that it has additionally enhanced the optical engine within the newest addition to the collection, promising “superior coloration replica and clean gradation expression” in addition to a distinction enhance for deeper blacks, in comparison with the ZUH6000. Connectivity choices embrace HDMI out and in, Ethernet LAN in addition to HDBaseT, serial digital and USB. A sensible streaming platform like Google TV shouldn’t be included, although such issues will not be widespread in skilled supply projectors anyway. Playback and menu controls are situated on the rear.
The mains-powered ZUH12000 is comparatively light-weight at 18 kg (39.7 lb), and measures a reasonably compact 535 x 396 x 189 mm (21 x 15.6 x 7.4 in) – so hauling between venues and setting it up shouldn’t be an excessive amount of of a trouble. For now, Fujifilm hasn’t launched pricing particulars.
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Nevertheless, with the ZUH6000 mannequin costing US$25,000, it is a fairly protected guess that this new taste goes to make fairly a big dent in any financial institution stability. However that is maybe to be anticipated for a tool clearly aimed on the enterprise market, not for on a regular basis shopper use.
Equipped promo footage point out it’ll be out there in black solely – although the ZUH6000 can also be out there in white so we’ll have to attend and see. Fujifilm will showcase its high-end projector on the upcoming Built-in Techniques Europe present in Barcelona, Spain – which runs from February 3 to six.
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