XF 56mm f/1.2
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– FR-reader Roger just told me that popflash (see their eBay store here) expects a few XF 56mm units on Wednesday.
The lens is already available at fotohanskeuzekamp (Holland) here.
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X-T1
X-T1 body only ($1,299): USA: AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline / eBay / DigitalRev / EU: wexDE / wexUK / PCHstore / eBay / DigitalRev /
X-T1 with 18-55 ($1,699): USA: AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline / eBay / DigitalRev / EU: wexDE / wexUK / PCHstore / eBay / DigitalRev /
– One more review… and once more highly recommended. Cameralabs concludes their review here by saying that:
“The Fujifilm X-T1 is an outstanding camera, boasting superb image quality, a fantastic viewfinder and continuous autofocus which actually works, letting you successfully capture subjects in motion. […] It’s one of the best cameras around at this price point whether mirrorless or DSLR and one I can highly recommend. […] The X-T1 certainly delivers one of the most satisfying and enjoyable experiences at its price point, or indeed at price points twice as much. I’m confident it’ll delight both high-end enthusiasts and pros, the latter possibly buying it as a backup to a top-end DSLR and who’ll almost certainly end up using it more and more as time goes on. The Fujifilm X-T1 is very deserving of our Highly Recommended award. “
– Tom Grill completed a full hands-on review of the X-T1, giving it a pro workout in a couple of lifestyle shoots alongside a Nikon D4. Check it out here at aboutphotography: “The first thing everyone mentions about the X-T1 is its ground-breaking viewfinder, and I have to say it definitely lives up to the hype. […] The most difficult situation for continuous focus tracking is when a subject is moving towards the camera. […] The X-T1 performed this task equal to a pro-level DSLR camera, even at its highest 8fps speed. […] Auto-focus has been improved to best-of-breed and on par with many pro level DSLR’s. […] Bottom line is I can stop my search for a compact alternative to a pro-level DSLR camera system. Fuji gift wrapped it for me with the X-T1.”
– Josh McLeod: “Hi Patrick. I recently converted from shooting with a DLSR to Mirrorless… namely Fuji X-E1 and X-T1 (and Olympus E-M1). If there is anything of interest on my website/blog about the Fuji for your readers I am more than happy contribute to the Fuji community. www.joshmcleodphotography.com“
– Carl: “Bill Fortney, professional photographer and teacher, has been sharing all week about the T1 that he has taken to St Croix. Not only are there lots of pictures, there is teaching about the T1 and he shares his “settings” and why he uses those settings.” Read setting up your X-T1 menus here at billfortney.
– The FUJI X-T1 – Is it the best camera for manual focus ever? at soundimageplus here: “Returning to the manual focusing it’s not that surprising that this should be a superb camera for that. As has been well documented the screen is one of the best, if not the best, EVF’s out there. Since manual focusing is dependent on how well we can see the point of focus then this obviously gives the camera a real advantage. Add in the souped up super-contrasty peaking facility and it’s not hard to see why this is such a great camera for MF. It’s quick, it’s accurate and with practice it should take not much longer to focus than using AF.”
XF lens deals
(great deals also if you pre-order from Europe. Read more here.)
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XF 14mm: $200 off (price $700) at BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / Pictureline
XF 18mm: $200 off (price $400) at BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / Pictureline
XF 23mm: $150 off (price $750) at BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / Pictureline
XF 27mm: $250 off (price $200) at BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / Pictureline
XF 35mm: $150 off (price $450) at BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / Pictureline
XF 60mm: $250 off (price $400) at BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / Pictureline
XF 55-200: $200 off (price $500) at BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / Pictureline
37 Responses
Two XT 1, 14 ,23,35 and in a few days the 56mm mm and i am ready to go for the next wedding 5 kilos instead 18kilos for my Nikon gear.XA XA XA!!!!!
I would be extremely pleased if that 56mm f/1.2 could make it into my hands this week somehow. Given Amazon’s extremely conservative estimate on shipping, I get the impression that first shipments will be very small. Perhaps I can snag one via some relatively unknown small shop or something…
Fingers crossed.
anyone has a good estimate of when the 16-55 f2.8 will come out? how about the other WR lenses…?
Based on past roadmaps, I would look for it to be showing up after the Summer, perhaps announced before the photo shows in the Fall and maybe available in October or November. I would be happy to see it sooner, but, do not expect it.
Why is the 10-24mm so delayed ? when can we expect to see this lens available?
Fuji said a few weeks ago to expect it at the end of March. They said demand was higher than expected so it will take them time to ramp up more. I actually believe it was the X-T1’s demand that pushed off the 10-24’s manufacture.
I picked up a 35mm to hold me over but I’m still waiting for the X-T1… definitely looking forward to getting the 10-24mm though, love to shoot wide.
Quick question: anyone know of a shop in Toronto that has the X-T1 in stock? I have a friend who’s in town for two days and I’d love if I could buy it at the lower price it sells for in Canada :). Thx.
Not a chance. Dealers haven’t even received their first shipment yet and all of those are needed to fill pre-orders. Your odds of walking into a store in Toronto and buying one this week is next to nil.
Hasn’t made it out here in BC either – you could always take his money and offer to ship it to him? If he wants to pay with a credit card he could use your address as a shipping destination and then you could forward it to him once it arrives.
I’ve got my 56mm today 😀 Thx Amazon-Germany
I Like the Bokeh (crop of four candlelights).
I just shot a wedding this past Saturday with the X-T1 and there is no way comparisons should be made with the AF being on par with pro level DSLR bodies. This just isn’t the case at all. Does the X-T1 focus accurately? Yes. Does it focus extremely quickly in bright, high contrast situations? Yes. Does it focus quickly in brightly backlit situations? Not a chance. Is the focus speed on par with DSLR in dark situations? No way.
While I am extremely happy with this camera and it is my new favorite body for all around use, there is no way that I’ll be shooting weddings with the X-T1 only.
Hi CoffeeWithChris
Did you read the post by Tom Grill?
Can you tell me who is right?
Can’t compare shooting lifestyle model session to a wedding where some available light situations would require ISO 6400, f/1.4, 1/50second
My experience is counter to yours and am forced to disagree.
Having shot Fuji for a while, I’ve noticed many people error in the way they utilize the focus area size. Perhaps you struggled due to having too large of a focus area.
Whatever the case, I am finding the X-T1 to be every bit the capable camera as compared to any DSLR besides the very top end $6-7k beasts once you learn its nuances.
Very true. Quite often problems with obtaining the correct focus locking is down to the size of the focus box. Continuos focusing = larger box makes it easier to maintain lock without the subject disappearing out of the selection area (depending on how busy the backgrounds are. Reduce size a step at a time if they are busy)
While single shot works better with smaller boxes, easier to nail the exact location without accidentally focusing on objects behind.
I’ve tried focusing on objects in near darkness and it hits it every time…. and accurately. Some lenses do have a tendency to go back and forth… the 60mm, sometimes the 35 but the others seem quite rapid.
Maybe the 35 is what was causing my issue. Like I said, it’s an awesome little camera. Also, missing focus was never an issue for me outside of the speed of focus. I was using the camera in manual focus mode, with dual screen display in the EVF, small display set to focus peaking, and using back button to activate AF. I was shooting exclusively with the 35mm f/1.4.
The 23 & 56 should be a lot bette. Also, make sure the focal point is set in the middle nine for the PDAF to work. Makes a big difference when going outside this area. I think there will be a large amount of playing around required finding the best settings etc but so far, the results have been encouraging.
Accuracy was never a problem, just quickness. I am using the camera in manual focus mode, with dual screen display in the EVF, small display set to focus peaking, and using back button to activate AF. I was shooting exclusively with the 35mm f/1.4.
All of those things you’re doing are going to give you slow AF. Speedy AF is not at all important in manual mode one touch AF and the 35mm f/1.4 is one of the slowest lenses (due to the entire lens assembly moving for AF).
The best way to see the performance prove itself is to get a faster lens (most are faster, even the 55-200 is suitable for this), put it in AF-C, use the center nine points where there is hybrid af support, enabled CH high speed continuous shooting, point it at something like a skateboarder and shoot and watch it awe as nearly every shot in your whole span is in focus (assuming you had a reasonably sized AF area square and the subject had some contrast, even DSLRs need a contrasty target).
Sample of the aforementioned: https://plus.google.com/+ZacheryJensen/posts/LNZ6yAmXz4X
I’m not even sure the two misses are really misses, it may have just focused further down on the bag than I had intended. That was a really off-the-cuff shot without any planning. I just twisted around, pointed and squeezed. Which plays into my point. Only faster DSLRs have been able to manage that type of usage in my experience. This isn’t isolated. My use of this camera has given me every bit of confidence in its capabilities. It’s just a matter now of learning the nuances to a “T” to ensure the best results in the field.
Let me restate yet again. Yes, I get that this camera is awesome. There are limitations though, just like any camera out there has limitations. Skateboarding example has nothing to do with the situations that I mentioned having problems in. Anyway, 23mm f/1.4 is on the way, so we’ll see what happens next.
Buy the system that offers the lenses you want, not the buttons you want.
The 56mm is a nice looking lens for sure, but at £900 for an 85mm f1.8 equivalent that will only ever work on APSC, it’s just far too expensive. Canon’s equivalent (very highly regarded and compatible with both FF and crop-sensor bodies) is £309!
So… after all the relentless pre-release praise and hyperbole from Fuji’s carefully selected reviewers, I’ve now bought a 5D3 and a bunch of L-series glass. The AF system is much more capable, and there’s nothing in Fuji’s lens line-up that comes close to the performance of Canon’s 50mm f1.2 or the 135mm f2. Not to mention the 85mm f1.2. Yes, they’re big and heavy, but if Fuji ever make any lenses which are genuinely equivalent in terms of capability and performance, those will be big and heavy too.
to be fair, the sharpness, colors and build quality of this lens are much closer to the the 85 1.2 L (which I also have, next to the 56mm….) and not the 85 1.8.
I agree, although I can’t speak for the Canon equivalents. I do own the Nikon cameras (FF and crop) and good glass (e.g. 135 mm f2), but haven’t touched it since I got my X100s three months ago. It made me (re)think photography, framing, lighting and brought back the challenge in and joy of photographing. I will be selling my high end DSLRs and will continue photographing with my compact, inconspicuous, technically less than perfect X100s, E1 and T1. Why? Because I love it that these cameras – and excellent glass! – challenge me to be a photographer again and because people don’t feel intimidated when I photograph them…
My advice is… don’t be hasty. I did exactly the same as you – bought an X100 and was astonished at the quality I could get from it – fell in love and carried it everywhere, while my Nikon kit (also including the 135mm DC!) sat under the bed, unused. I added an X-E1, 18-55mm, 35mm and 60mm to my X-series collection, and eventually sold all my Nikon stuff. I remain very impressed with the Fuji kit, but I’m not as fluffy-eyed as I was at the start. It produces amazing quality images – compared to most other cameras of similar size, and certainly good enough for *many* professional applications, but it does have serious limitations. While I was originally in love with the kit, it was almost like a religious relationship – I wouldn’t tolerate a bad word about it and I blindly accepted all the inadequacies and all the compromises it required, because it was such fun to use.
However. I can now see clearly again. I took my new 5D3 and a couple of lenses over to Paris last week for its first outing, and here’s a shot with the 135mm f2, taken on it’s first day of use. It was very quickly snatched – I glanced at what was happening, lifted the camera and pressed the shutter release in an instant:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24757611@N06/12802697033/
I know, 100%, for sure, that I could *never* get a shot like that with the Fuji kit. It’s just beyond the Fuji’s capabilities. Maybe if I’d asked my son to repeat his ‘big jump’ many times I might have got lucky and found a single sharp shot out of a dozen failures but it would look completely staged, and I don’t want to record my son’s childhood in a series of staged, rehearsed and repeated poses.
Honestly, after having been a Fuji disciple for the last two years, I have to say that the 5D3 is much more solid, more capable, more precise, more responsive, more reliable machine, with a comprehensive range of better lenses. That last statement might seem bold, but it occurred to me that Fuji’s 56mm, the new flagship lens, has been in the hands of professional users/reviewers for a couple of months now, and I’ve yet to see any really impressive images from it. I’m sure it’ll be a good lens, but don’t fall for the ‘blows full frame out of the water’ nonsense.
In short, don’t sell your Nikon glass just yet – you might regret it a little further down the road.
Two different systems with different advantages. X-T1 won’t perform as a FF DSLR, and a FF DLSR won’t be as handy, lightweight, inconspicuous as a X-T1. You choose according to your needs. I agree with you that it’s not correct when ppl try to say that X-T1 has the same performance as a FF DSLR, but it certainly has other advantages over it. I have both, and use Fuji as a backup or when I want to go light. Cheers
No, a 56mm 1.2 is not the equivalent of an 85mm 1.8 in anything but focal length and DOF. Insofar as the amount of light getting to the sensor is concerned, 1.2 is 1.2 and I’ll take the 1.3 stops of ISO advantage anytime, as I don’t truly buy into the ‘FF is a full stop better than crop’ theory.
Does anyone know how far the remote wifi control will work? (wondering when I read that they tried the X-T1 for bird watching)
Here’s a post that gives 30′ as a range: http://f-sunny.com/x-t1-and-fujifilm-camera-remote-app/
Thanks for the link! good article. A pitty that it can’t be used for bulb mode over 30 seconds!! :(… I was planning on use the remote app for long expusure shots instead of the cable release since the sutter button is not threaded. Let’s hope fuji can fix this on future releases of the app.
It does seem bizarre that it won’t do longer than 30 second exposures – I hope that they tweak the app since I do a lot of long 30 second + photography.
Just tried X-T1 + XF56 @f/1.2 shooting professional models. The bokeh, sharpness and color rendition are very well indeed!
More photos here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikegor/sets/72157641756342435/
Just tried X-T1 + XF56 shooting professional models. The bokeh, sharpness and color rendition are very well indeed!
More photos here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikegor/sets/72157641756342435/
Picked up my 56mm today (The Netherlands) and immediately shot my professional model. Poor lighting (ISO 5000, f 5.6, 1/80) and unfortunately my model has quite a big nose, so it’s not entirely in focus… But I’m definitely impressed…
lmao. before clicking the ‘view’ bottom, i was expecting a female, and was going to comment: “hopefully she doesn’t come on here.”
http://www.wexphotographic.com/buy-fuji-56mm-f1-2-r-xf-fujinon-lens/p1547145
in stock here