01-06-2014, 11:57 AM
Just announced:
56 f1.2 (999$)
Upcoming in 2014:
High speed Wide Angle Lens (probably 16mm, since it sits between the 18mm and 14mm)
16-55 f2.8
50-140 f2.8
18-135 f3.5-5.6
Upcoming in 2015:
Super Telephoto Zoom lens
My impressions:
- The 56mm is not as costly as I feared, nor as affordable as I hoped. The press release doesn't mention optical distortion correction unfortunately, but neither did the 35mm or the 14mm, so it can go either way.
- Fuji still hasn't broken the $1k barrier, though that will probably change with the upcoming high-end zoom lenses.
- Still missing a telephoto prime: something in the 135-150mm equivalent range. It's a classic 35mm film lens focal length, both Leica and for SLR, and one of the best mirrorless lens is found in that range: the Olympus 75mm f1.8.
- I guess the 18-135mm will be weather-sealed and sold as the kit lens for the *rumored* upcoming weather-sealed camera. The timing works and having a Zoom with a large range weather-sealed just makes sense.
- The f2.8 pro zooms will have to be weather-sealed as well: it's the only way to make the upgrade from the 18-55mm f2.8-4, an extremely well reviewed lens, seem worth it.
56 f1.2 (999$)
Upcoming in 2014:
High speed Wide Angle Lens (probably 16mm, since it sits between the 18mm and 14mm)
16-55 f2.8
50-140 f2.8
18-135 f3.5-5.6
Upcoming in 2015:
Super Telephoto Zoom lens
My impressions:
- The 56mm is not as costly as I feared, nor as affordable as I hoped. The press release doesn't mention optical distortion correction unfortunately, but neither did the 35mm or the 14mm, so it can go either way.
- Fuji still hasn't broken the $1k barrier, though that will probably change with the upcoming high-end zoom lenses.
- Still missing a telephoto prime: something in the 135-150mm equivalent range. It's a classic 35mm film lens focal length, both Leica and for SLR, and one of the best mirrorless lens is found in that range: the Olympus 75mm f1.8.
- I guess the 18-135mm will be weather-sealed and sold as the kit lens for the *rumored* upcoming weather-sealed camera. The timing works and having a Zoom with a large range weather-sealed just makes sense.
- The f2.8 pro zooms will have to be weather-sealed as well: it's the only way to make the upgrade from the 18-55mm f2.8-4, an extremely well reviewed lens, seem worth it.