I just came back from my work, when FR-source drphotorumor shared this information with me. As to expect, other lenses shown in the new roadmap will be weather sealed too: the 16-55mm f/2.8 and 50-140 f/2.8!
In the meantime also digicame-info is working restlessly. Over at his website (click here) he just announced some prices for the grips (in Yen, obviously). All in all, I’d expect the vertical grip to cost between $/€ 200 – $/€ 250.
- Estimated retail price of the vertical position battery grip VG-XT1 of X-T1 for about 25,000 yen.
- Estimated retail price of the hand grip MHG-XT of X-T1 for about 13,000 yen.
My friends, it’s coming, and I hope my students will aplogize me, when tomorrow I’ll go at work just a “little bit” tired. I’m ready with coffee and some good music in the background…. and a lot of excitement!
You’ll have to manage your impatience just for a few more hours. Soon everything will be real!
And you should not miss today’s X-pert corner first look at the 56mm here.
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What is the MHG-XT handgrip that Digicame-info is talking about?
I read somewhere that two different grips will be available. Not sure what the difference will be and whether both will be available in all markets.
yes 2 a grip like for other cameras and a battery grip with controls .
I think it`s the Arca Plate with grip
A half grip, like the one for the nikon f4 option would have been nice:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Nikon_f4.jpg
Compared to what we already know/rumoured, I’d like to see:
1. tracking focus is greatly improved
2. dual SD slots (doesn’t sound likely)
3. Pricing of $1300 for body only
4. a bundle option with grip at discounted price
“4. a bundle option with grip at discounted price”
Oh yes….. and if they feel really generous, 4. plus a 56mm f/1.2 discounted bundle price 🙂
0 Lux EVF would be nice !
I’m hoping for $1200 for body.
I don’t know why everyone is excited about $1300 price, that’s quite expensive considering processor, sensor etc, are from x-e2.
I sold my X-E1 and am ready to buy X-T1 first day it’s available, but $1300 (+tax in Canada is over $1500) will give me pause. Somehow $1200 feels better and I can justify it to myself easier 🙂
** Currently I can get X-E2 for $825+tax in Canada, so that’s making it harder to justify X-T1 price
You must live in Quebec like me. 15% taxes is INSANE.
I remember when we paid taxes on the studio’s D3X when they came out… It was enough to buy a non-pro DSLR!!!!
Compared to the Olympus OM-D E-M1 the Price is fair;-)
Welcome to Sweden. 53% tax on all your earnings above €46000 on our yearly salary. Otherwise “just” 32%. Then an additional 25% VAT! Crazy.
that’s the price to pay for top notch schools and health care 😉
Ha-ha, why you crying? Here in Bulgaria the minimum annual salary is…1980euro…without taxes. 1980 per year, not per month 😉
Bulgaria! have been there twice. Fell in love with Kamen Bryag 🙂
…and if you lose your job, you get free housing, education, healthcare, childcare, umemployement benefit and so an. In most cases these are even constitutional rights ….europeans should stop grumbling about their taxes
Nice! Call me next time to shoot…some beers 😀
zagorka & Rakia :-). Ohhh yes!
Oh, Patrick, you know everything! 😀
@kalli – don’t bet on that because not all europeans are equal when it comes to benefits, even when paying higher taxes than the swedish.
Welcome to Brazil!!! 78% taxes including shipping in this cost. Nobody wins!
wow, thats kinda nuts I paid 1500 for my A7. I never actually thought about the fact that this camera is just a improved x-e2 with a body that is easier to hold. Maybe the body should be 1,100 but I will wait for the reviews to see how good it really is. I really want one.
You seem to have too much money? Can I have some? 😛
If you already got an A7 why would you bother to buy another camera?
$1299 is going to be the official. US price. Wait and see.
yes it seem quite logical for 2 pro level zoom to be weather sealed..
with 14, 23, 60 (may be i will change it for the new 56 1.2) and a 50/140 2.8 i will be really happy 😀
hope it will enough compact.
still hoping for an internal GPS on this XT1
I second this.
GPS is really important. The #1 thing I miss with my X-E1
Battery life drops a little, but with additional battery grip this should not be a problem.
The 10-24 F4 should be weather sealed too
Yap, it definitely should be… Maybe they are delaying to implement that and that caused them much more trouble than initially thought? I don’t know. 😀
Totally excited (and not since we almost know everything) about tomorrow! 😀
seems like it will be
probably why it’s been delayed
Maybe the high quality 10-24mm 2.8 zoom lens (released in early 2015) will be weather sealed. 😉 Would also make a nice set together with the 50-140 2.8 and 35 1.4.
It would be niece that Fuji gives us several eyecup version for the EVF.
I’m really hoping that the 16-55 and the 50-140 will not be too heavy. I would love to carry the f/2.8 zooms for travel.
Take a look on Pentax/Tokina 50-135 and everything would be clear about size and weight
Looks like what I’ve been waiting for…XT-1 and 16-55 f2.8. saving NOW! Shoot M4/3 now and largely jpegs. Love Fuji jpegs….and glass.
Hi
What the price for 16-55 and the 50-140 f2.8
If the Olympus 12-40 f2.8 PRO is 1000$ then the Fuji 16-55 f2.8 will be around 1300-1400$ because of the superior materials used (hope the uncorrected barrel distortion at 16 is not going to be 8% like the barrel distortion of the Oly at 12mm)
just out of curiosity – why do you think that Oly’s fast zoom would have lower quality materials than Fuji’s?
Go in a camera store and compare the 12-40 f2.8 to the 18-55 f2.8-4 🙂
http://www.photozone.de/m43/862_oly1240
Here’s hoping we get some more info on the 16-55 and 50-140 with the X-T1 announcement. Maybe an updated roadmap at least.
Price will probably be at or over $1000 per lens.
16-55 could be as low as $700 (Sigma 17-50 f/2.8 OS) to as much as $1400 (Nikon 17-55 f/2.8). Tough to tell, but my guess is around $1000, since the Fuji 18-55 f/2.8-4 is already at $700 if you buy it by itself.
50-140 could be as low as $950 (Sigma 50-150 f/2.8 OS) or $1100 (Pentax 50-135 f/2.8) or maybe even more (Nikon/Canon 70-200 f/2.8 are over $2000). I would guess in the $1000-1200 range.
Keep dreaming. Prices are not going down. Sigma is an exception. If the Olympus 12-40 is 1000$ for the MFT sensor then the Fuji will be more expensive considering the APS-C sensor and the top-notch materials (the Oly has only exterior metal finish).
Even though there’s no “Pro” in the name, the XT1 appears far more pro than the XPro1. And the retro SLR style will be good for Fuji. You need to be over 60 to be able to fully relate to the rangefinder style as they went out of fashion before the 70s. Got to go with the numbers. No compromise that I see.
RF out of fashion maybe in 135 format 😉
Woo hoo !! Really excited now, I think for a change I won’t have any trouble crawling out of bed tomorrow morning !!
Most likely, I’ll have to pick between 16-55mm f/2.8 and 50-140 f/2.8.. which one to pick.. the choice of having many options make me happy, but my wallet (+ wife) will not happy!
If you have a RF body those lenses will be huge because of the constant maximum apertures…
I’ll buy this spring the X-E2 with the good 18-55 and 55-200 and next year the 10-24. Then I’ll get some primes. The 2.8 zooms will be great but price-wise and size-wise on a RF will not be so good. Fuji cameras are not yet good for sports (I don’t shoot fast-action anyway) so the 2.8 zooms are no use for me. And also the high ISO is great on Fuji cameras!
Andy, if you think the 55-200 is small enough for you then you might just as well go for the 50-140 2.8, trust me it won’t be much larger. You can expect it to be slightly smaller than the canon 70-200 f4 lenses. For me it is as a travel lens small enough when it is paired with a 14mm and 23mm prime. Though you’re probably right that if you pair this lens with the other zooms you are easily approaching dslr-land size wise.
Price wise, for some, a 50-140 2.8 lens can negate the need for several dedicated portrait lenses like the 56 1.2 or a possible 90 1.8 and thus be really reasonable.
But I am sooooo hoping that Fuji will add aperture markings on its fixed aperture lenses, I have no idea why they didn’t do it with the 10-24, it just doesn’t make any sense…
Another thing that doesn’t make sense is the fact that the 10-24 is not weather sealed. It only makes sense if Fuji will develop a 9-16 f2.8 OIS (or non-OIS) with weather sealing for the new X-T1
I am hoping that the weather sealing is the reason behind the whole delaying of the 10-24 or superior IQ. Not that it bothers me, but for all the folks who are eagerly awaiting it!
Unfrotunately, if I remember correctly, a Fuji rep already said that although the new ones will have markings they won’t include them on the 10-24 even though all the delay. Let’s hope they reconsider! 😀
That would be an interesting lens, though I must admit that I would prefer a 10-24 2.8 since I am more the reportage guy and the 17-35 2.8 was a lens that hardly ever went of my d700…
Yes, these lens may be too big or uncomfratbale to hold on my X-PRO1, but I’m pre-ordering the X-T1 as well, so they can stay on the X-T1!
I would really like to see more companies letting automatic ISO even in Manual Mode, this makes too much sense to not be a standard. For a long time I was only using legacy lenses on a mirrorless camera and that’s how it worked. I would let the camera in shutter priority, the aperture would be manual and the ISO would be automatic and I’ll change it by changing the exposure. It’s so practical.
Pentax had this for a long time. They call it TAv mode which is shutter-aperture priority. But I guess letting one to chose auto ISO is much simpler. 😉
You are not sane.
Great! Didn’t see that coming, a big good surprise for me!