More info about New 14 and 18-55

[GaryLH]

http://forum.getdpi.com/forum/fuji/3...55mm-14mm.html

Just saw this post... Has the pictures of lens on camera and spec info from Fuji guys twit.

Gary

[gavinlg]

Wow. These look incredible. The zoom weighs 330g so is mega-lightweight, and looks to be really small too.
Note the depth of field scale on the 21mm lens too. The more I see from the X system the more I lean into buying it.

[BobYIL]

Originally Posted by gavinlg

Wow. These look incredible. The zoom weighs 330g so is mega-lightweight, and looks to be really small too.
Note the depth of field scale on the 21mm lens too. The more I see from the X system the more I lean into buying it.

Oooo! Focusing distance scale on the 14mm! This means only one thing: No need to rotate the focusing ring hundred times as in the other Fuji lenses!! Perhaps the engineers are working to "upgrade" the existing fixed focal length lenses into this design..

It would really be great news to have those lenses function like the AF-SLR lenses do manually and with focusing distance scale, just like the M lenses (and one day to introduce XP2 with fast AF like the OM-D )

[rbelyell]

I tried out an xpro in a camera store yesterday with the 35/1.4. Store was dark, and it was rainy outside. I focused on every small dark object i could find and not the slightest problem. Focusing was quick every time.

Am curious about focusing scale though. There is one on the x100, at the bottom of the EVF that imo makes scale focusing very easy. Is there one also on the xpro1? I didnt notice one yesterday during my brief tryout.
Tony

[gavinlg]

Originally Posted by rbelyell

I tried out an xpro in a camera store yesterday with the 35/1.4. Store was dark, and it was rainy outside. I focused on ecery small dark object i could find and not the slightest problem. Focusing was quick every time.

Am curious about focusing scale though. There is one on the x100, at the bottom of the EVF that imo makes scale focusing very easy. Is there one also on the xpro1? I didnt notice one yesterday during my brief tryout.
Tony

Yep there is one, just gotta specify that it shows in the OVF in the menu, and then to turn it on and off you just cycle the view mode.

[jsrockit]

I wish Fuji didn't have to make these lenses SLR sized. Can't wait for the pancake.

[umcelinho]

ugh. "media not found"... anyone has the images saved?

[GaryLH]

Originally Posted by umcelinho

ugh. "media not found"... anyone has the images saved?

Differenent link to same pictures of lenses on the camera

http://www.fujirumors.com/fuji-guys-...irst-pictures/

How about link to their new brochure instead then...

http://www.fujifilm.com/products/dig...talogue_01.pdf

Gary

[umcelinho]

Thanks, Gary!

that 14mm looks really nice...

[texchappy]

I wonder how long it will be until info on the 55-200 comes out. I’m intrigued by how it would work with this system and what the details are.

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I think the 56/1.4 (83/1.4 equiv) portrait lens will be the one I want. All I gotta do is get an X-Pro1 to go with it.

[GaryLH]

Originally Posted by texchappy

I wonder how long it will be until info on the 55-200 comes out. I’m intrigued by how it would work with this system and what the details are.

The sept photokina announcements from Fuji and everyone else is going to be interesting this year

Gary

[shadesofgris]

Originally Posted by BobYIL

Oooo! Focusing distance scale on the 14mm! This means only one thing: No need to rotate the focusing ring hundred times as in the other Fuji lenses!! Perhaps the engineers are working to "upgrade" the existing fixed focal length lenses into this design..

It would really be great news to have those lenses function like the AF-SLR lenses do manually and with focusing distance scale, just like the M lenses (and one day to introduce XP2 with fast AF like the OM-D )

I'm excited about the focus scale on the newer 14mm too. I'm actually hoping the focusing ring has physical stops so you can feel where the long and short end are, instead of like modern SLR USM/HSM lenses that infinitely spins.

Hopefully Fuji also will have focus scale on the 23mm 1.4 (with a focusing tab!) and create a "MkII" version of the 35mm 1.4 (I would double dip into that lens if they did).

[GaryLH]

Originally Posted by shadesofgris

I'm excited about the focus scale on the newer 14mm too. I'm actually hoping the focusing ring has physical stops so you can feel where the long and short end are, instead of like modern SLR USM/HSM lenses that infinitely spins.

Hopefully Fuji also will have focus scale on the 23mm 1.4 (with a focusing tab!) and create a "MkII" version of the 35mm 1.4 (I would double dip into that lens if they did).

Focus scale and f stop dof marks on all their new lens would be the icing on the cake.

Gaty

[texchappy]

B & H has the 14 and 18-55 listed on their website now (new item, not yet available).