Fuji just updated its lens and accessories catalogue and added the XF10-24 and XF56mm. Click here to check it out.
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I am very curious about the price…
I’m afraid that fact that they changed the max aperture from 1.4 to 1.2 should help them “justify” a higher price tag…
I don’t see it beeing less expensive than the 23mm 899€/$
Neither do I.
€1299,- would not surprise me.
yep, lot of money for an APS-C lens …
At least Fujifilm have a very good range of excellent APS-C lenses. Waited for years for interesting Nikon APS-C lenses but they never came…
The 56mm looks like quite a nice size overall. Yes it will probably be the most expensive XF lens but who didn’t see that coming? I believe the cost will be justified against the rest of the range.
How BIG does that 10-24 look though… what a monster.
Not all that big, It is what it is 10 MM at the wide end zoom with OIS and compared to my F 4 24-105 L Canon it is a small lens.
Why do you compare It to the 24-105 ? should compare the size of the sigma/canon 10-20/22mm.
It does look similar in size to Canon’s EF-S 10-22mm, which I am using right now. In reality, it will likely be smaller; and will definitely be smaller when factoring in the EF-S adapter.
If the 56mm is sharp center to corner wide open, it will ne very popular, as long as it is under a $1000.
Personally, I hope they introduce a 100mm f/2.8 macro with OIS, which is 1:1 macro, to replace my EF 100mm f/2.8 IS.
After that, it would be smart for Fuji to introduce a full frame X-Pro 1 like interchangeable lens system. Then people will have a choice between a full frame system and an APS-C system. If they do, they should introduce it with fast prime 21mm, 35mm, 55mm, 85mm, and 135mm, which would likely be better than anything Sony will be offering. Of course it would be bigger than an X-Pro 1. But, a full frame option (for around D600/6D price range) is necessary, in my opinion, to satisfy those who love the full frame look.
Why would it have to be bigger? The Leica M9 has a 35mm sensor and is nearly the same size as the X-Pro 1.
These are all normal sizes Gaff, or they’re awesome actually. Are you comparing to m4/3 or something? Look at the Canon EF-S (apsc) 10-22 about same as this 10-24, and then slightly modify the Canon 50/1.2 to apsc and you have the very compact Fujinon 56/1.2 we see here. These aren’t toy lenses you know they need proper glass. 🙂
Even in m43, form factor for quality UWA zoom isn’t perfect. The Lumix 7-14mm f4 is a nice lens, certainly smaller than the upcoming Fuji, but there’s a huge protruding front lens that makes it almost impossible to use filters. Now, the 9-18mm Olympus is really small, but it is much less wide, darker (f4-5.6), and lower IQ.
The Nex 10-18mm is smaller than the Lumix, but somewhat underdesigned. I’m sure the Fuji will be optically superior.
That 56 is huge. Of course, I expected it to be pretty big, as I have a Hexanon 57/1.2 that I use on my Fuji right now, and it’s quite the chunk of glass…and it’s not AF of course.
That said, barring insane price, I’m probably going to get it…Fuji’s been making excellent glass, and if I can get great performance wide open in an AF lens at that length/aperture, it’ll be fantastic. Size has me reconsidering my original plan, though, which was to sell the 60 macro when the 56 came out.
In the same PDF there is an old image of the 56mm lens when it was still F1.4, looks like physical size is about the same while glass of course is a bit bigger: http://file.qoion.com/56f14.jpg
Of course it’s huge that’s the point of that thing, it’s not going to be F1.2 by magic. 🙂 😀
They look nice, but they are big! I´m afraid fuji might have missed the sweet spot for the speed/size trade off on these two lenses…
The 56 f1.2 is intended to be THE portrait lens. I can understand why size was less of a constraint given the aperture (widest so far for xf), common usage (portraiture), and existence of another relatively compact lens at a close focal length.
Well, I was almost ready to buy the 55-20 to complement the 18-55, but then I realised that 55 is just in the middle of the range I like when traveling. A 20-80 F4 would be best, but if they would add a 24-80 to complement the 10-24, that would fit too. And, I’m looking forward for the XF56, though I fear it will be outside my budget.
The 10-24 is just way too big, but I’ve known that since early mockups….it’s the size of a typical UWA lens on a DSLR. 72mm filter threads and long. No thanks…I’ll keep the smaller 14mm on my Fuji, and use the absolutely miniscule Olympus 9-18mm on my OM-D for times I need wider.
It looks somewhat close to my Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 in size though it also covers a larger range and has O.I.S.
Minus the DSLR …
Why do people keep expecting lenses to be smaller, it doesn’t work like that. Mirrorless or not it’s a APSC size sensor so it needs APSC size lenses, otherwise the performance will drop along with it.
Sony NEX 10-18/F4 also covers APSC sensor and has 62mm filter and weighs only 200 grams.
Is it sharp center to corner. If not, who cares. Aside from the 18mm, Fuji has been introducing high quality lenses, unlike Sony. Fuji just needs to design it’s own sensors to avoid using dated sensors, like the Sony 16mp one they have been using to date. If so, as they are planning to do with the organic sensor, they will likely have the best mirrorless systems, in my opinion. While Sony is pushing ahead with a soon-to-be announced full frame NEX, don’t hold your breath on a full set of high-quality fast primes to go with it or a balanced design.
I am not a big Sony fan myself. However, Sony 10-18 is known to be a great lens. Just take a look at these samples by T. Radcliff of stuckincustoms.com http://stuckincustoms.smugmug.com/Portfolio/i-6RPpC5V
Also gets the worst superwide in history award.
Trey R. also shoots multi-exposure HDR and processes the living heck out of his images…
The size of XF10-24 makes me pretty much set on XF14.
I’m pretty sure that it’ll be a very good lens though.
I also think so too. The Fuji zooms are pretty good and the O.I.S works better than I expected in them.
Yes, I wouldn’t doubt about getting the 14mm. It’s fantastic. I have it, and it’s just the right angle of view to balance wideness with distortion. It’s also an incredible amount sharper than the Sigma 8-16 I had before on Canon, the edges of the frame are just something else.
The only nitpick would be that the aperture ring feels a little loose.
56mm is the other lens I have been waiting for (the other one is 14mm).
Curious, may I presume the 56mm will be released around the same time X-Pro2/X-Pro1s announcement?
I agree with you, because its f/1.2 I wonder if they’re trying to get the X-Pro2 to hit 1/8000th shutter.
surprised by the size of 10-24. 72mm filter? My former Canon 85L II had 72mm filter size and weighed a kilo, making it hard to balance. I am surprised here, since there are plenty of fairly compact UWAs to cover APSC size sensor (Sigma 10-20 comes to mind). Even Tokina 11-17 which is F/2.8 is not that large.
On the other hand, 56 1.2 has only 62mm filter size! Looks smaller than I thought it would be! Pleasantly surprised!!!! I am salivating looking at 56 1.2. This may be one portrait lens where photographers will buy into Fuji X system just to own that lens!
I also have been waiting for the 56mm, I don’t care about the price, the second it comes out I’m going to order 2. In fact, I’ve already sold my olympus omd-e5 and its lenses so I can buy the 56mm lens.
10-24 too big!…..but it’s normal…with ois…
I’ll keep the smaller 14mm on my Fuji and 23 1.4
Too bad about the size of the 10-24, I shot with a Sony 10-18mm E-mount for a week and the size and weight was great, maybe fuji should have made the range smaller.
That would be the 14mm, very short range. 😉 Has the perfect angle imho, not too much. Oh well, this way there’s something for everyone. Imho the 24mm (35 equiv) normal angle might be quite valuable to prevent switching lenses too often. For example I could probably manage a day shooting landscape with a 10-24mm alone if needed, but a 10-18mm might just fall short – requiring the 18-55 along with it.
Anyone else notice that the aperture ring on the 10-24 follows the same convention as the other zooms? I was hoping it would have the aperture marks on the ring like the primes, since it is a constant aperture lens
That’s a very good point. Not sure why it doesn’t – do Fuji suspect it would be too confusing to have more than one set of numbers?
I guess that the though the fastest aperture is the same, the slowest isn’t. It would be very confusing having the possibility to set an aperture for the 24mm that doesn’t exist for it.
Note that the X-M1 and X-A1 are effectively the same shape – they share the same grip accessory and leather case.
It appears like the 56mm might have the clutch focus ring like the last two XF prime lenses Fuji has released. It’s my hope that Fuji starts incorporating the clutch into all of their future XF primes.
I think the size on the 56mm is pretty damn good, as it only appears slightly larger than the 23mm/
Why are there no aperture markings on the 10-24?
If it’s constant f4 there shouldn’t be any reason to to have them.
Was wondering the same thing. Honestly disappointed to see this
who said it was planned to be 1.4?
and what will be after 56/1.2 ? any ideas?
85mm would seem like a logical choice, and after that some telephoto lens, like a 200 f2 🙂
I would think 90mm, so it’s FL is exactly equivalent to the classic 135mm long portrait lens.
1.4 was on the original roadmap. I’ve also been wondering why the roadmap hasn’t grown..
it was a veeery long time ago
These two lenses plus the recently released 23 f/1.4 on the upcoming X-E2/E1S would be my ideal set-up. Probably buy one of the telephoto lenses down the road. It may be just enough to convince me to leave m43. Although, Olympus’ IBIS is an amazing little piece of tech. Being able to shoot handheld at a half-second exposure helps make up for that smaller sensor.
with that size/weight, if 10-24 doesn’t beat sony’s lens, im going sell my fujis
Sony is more a specialty lens. For me, it’s a big plus in this lens being able to get to a 35mm equivalent.
The Canon 11-22mm is nice and small with OIS. Yes it is 1 stop slower on the long end, but it covers a similar range and is tiny.
If this pans out as a sharp lens, the 56 F1.2 and next version x1-pro will be in my near future. Love my x100s.
I hope they will release it for €599. They will sell a lot at this price.
I wish they had a compact and light 50mm f2 lens instead of this 56/1.2. I don’t care about the price, but I do care a lot about the size and weight. Something like Summicron, Planar, or Heliar with auto focus would be just perfect. I see no reason why I should buy this big, heavy and expensive (my guess: $1200) 56/1.2 lens. It seems like a gimmick to me. Sorry.
Already available: 60mmF2.4 from Fujinon and soon a 50mmF2.8 from Zeiss. That leaves the 56mmF1.2 for those who want a faster option.
Btw, I also have a 58mmF2 from Helios, it cost me only 16 pounds on eBay, amazing bokeh. 🙂
I guess I’m old fashioned, but I still need a true 50mm f2 (or f1.8). F2.4 or F2.8 is not good enough, while F1.4 or F1.2 is overkill and is always a compromise. And a true 85mm or 100mm would be nice too. I love my X100, but Fuji have lost me with their confusing midrange and telephoto prime lens roadmap for the X mount. Zooms and wide angle are OK, but that’s not enough. I’m still sticking with a DSLR for portrait primes.
I guess u are old fashioned. Even 56/1.2 is I only F 1.8 full frame equivalent in terms of depth of field. Your suggestion of f2 only for a crop sensor is too limited in my opinion
Precisely my thoughts. F`1.2 on crop isn’t apples to apples with full frame DOF wise.