After Adorama, finally now also BHphoto has the Fujinon XF 56mm f/1.2 in stock here and the XF 10-24mm here.
The X-T1 is still hard to find. FR-reader Joakim Johansson (website) was tired to wait and here is what he did:
“I purchased an XT-1 and 35 1.4 from Hong Kong, on ebay. I purchased the camera from T-Dimension, on Monday at lunch (Swedish time). It was sent on Tuesday from Hong Kong, and I received it today at lunch, which is around 48 hours. I purchased it for £745 which is really cheap! It’s the 35 1.4 on the camera, and that lens was ordered at the same time from dzone2 for £300, same there, from Hong Kong and it got here with the camera
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I’ve ordered some lenses overseas from Amazon, but I wouldn’t really do it for the actual camera bodies.
A camera has much more electronics that can fail than a lens. Where a lens problem should be noticeable from the start (mechanical failures, connection/comms problem with camera), camera failures often show up over time.
Fujifilm offers a 1 year worldwide warranty. So a European should lose a year’s warranty (EU standard coverage) for manufacturer defects right away.
And it gets more tricky if you involve eBay like above. There will be a _complete loss of warranty_ (zero, nada) if you buy it from another country AND that is also not from the original retail chain with a valid receipt included. Fujifilm does not offer warranty in this case. So I hope people ordering from eBay are approximately 120% sure they aren’t ordering from imported goods where the receipt is gone, a “third hand” order.
This is from Fuji:
What happens if I bought the camera somewhere different from where I live?
We can repair your camera under the terms of your warranty as long as you have a receipt which shows both the date and country of purchase.
I got a full warranty receipt from T-Dimension and they will cover shipping to and from Hong Kong if anything breaks and need to be fixed under warranty, no problem. So you’re pretty much wrong there except the EU Consumer Law, but that is not a warranty.
Hi Joakim,
What about the custom duties? How much did you pay?
I’ve bought my xt1 in a local shop in Milan, but I was looking for the 23mm f/1.4.
Thank in advance,
Francesco.
I’ve been waiting since I got rid of my Canon 6D in February. This wait is getting ridiculous and there’s NO news on when Fuji is shipping X-T1’s to the States.
If i knew the wait would’ve been this long, i would’ve kept the 6D and brought a couple of lenses for that instead.
PhotoCraft near my house has 8 copies. I drove from DC to pick one up yesterday. These guys are family owned and cater mostly to photogs. Yeah, it’s a nice lens.
https://www.ephotocraft.com/
How can I get rid of the giant hornets?
Come on, where are some hints on the new fast wide prime due out later this year??????
I’d love to think this is because the x-t1 is great (which it is!!!) but i wonder how much the light leak fix is screwing with Fuji’s planned supply.
I have bought two cameras from t-dimension. Both times product in perfect condition and shipping times almost the same as swedish online store. Even after taxes are paid it got much cheaper than in sweden. Never had to use any warranty tho.