01-23-2015, 10:47 PM
Hm.. Prices are a funny thing because there are so many things that influence them and the market - as in demand and supply - probably plays a rather limited role in the case of lens pricing (it is a very rigid/imperfect market from a theoretical point of view). Therefore, it is difficult to make cross-comparisons of lenses for different systems made by different manufacturers based on optical design and performance. Yet we still do it a lot - including myself 
Regarding the Fuji 10-24: It may be a pricey lens and probably excessively so, but that is actually part of Fujifilm's strategy (and Olympus' and Sony's with FE). Their target customers are (mainly) men who are 40-60 years old and make 100.000$+ a year (these numbers are from an interview with an Olympus sales rep who was talking about the OM-D line, which is Fujis main competitor). So, Fuji probably doesn't want to deliver the best bang for the buck, because they don't need to. Which is really kind of a shame for Fuji users like me.. or Klaus
The Canon 10-18 STM and the Tokina lenses are targeted at a very different audience and therefore priced more competitively.
Regarding the Fuji 10-24: It may be a pricey lens and probably excessively so, but that is actually part of Fujifilm's strategy (and Olympus' and Sony's with FE). Their target customers are (mainly) men who are 40-60 years old and make 100.000$+ a year (these numbers are from an interview with an Olympus sales rep who was talking about the OM-D line, which is Fujis main competitor). So, Fuji probably doesn't want to deliver the best bang for the buck, because they don't need to. Which is really kind of a shame for Fuji users like me.. or Klaus
The Canon 10-18 STM and the Tokina lenses are targeted at a very different audience and therefore priced more competitively.