So here it is, the very last day to profit from the amazing XF lens deals. There is no more time to hesitate, but high time to decide.
The price for the lenses is so good, that some FR-readers already ordered them from Europe… and, despite taxes and shipping, they saved hundreds of Euro!
And here is the whole list of savings. Place your order now (even for lenses that are back-ordered at the moment) and save up to $1400 on XF lenses. Also many X-cameras are in offer, as you can see down below. Just look for your deal at BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS and Pictureline.
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too bad, I missed these lens deals as I bought my lenses at original prices.
I’ve been waiting for 10-24mm lens. I usually use a B+W MRC UV filter to protect all my lenses. For this Ultra Wide lens, will a regular filter cause any extra vignetting? should I get a B+W slim filter to reduce the chance of vignetting?
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
Hold one of your existing BW filters over a corner of the lens and see what happens.
thanks Tim, good suggestion except I don’t have 72 mm to try on this lens. and I think I need to screw the filter to the lens to get a real life test. if I hold my 77mm over the lens, it’s not the same thickness of the filter rim as the filter rim that is already screwed to the lens.
You have a 77mm filter, and this lens is 72mm? Just hold the filter over the lens, don’t be shy, try it.
Thank you fujirumors and Fuji!
I sold my Sony Nex 5N and the crap kit lens and bought a new Fuji X-E1 with 18-55mm f/2.8-4 R Zoom for one hundred less than the cost of the lens alone. That’s like being paid $100 to take the X-E1 back. Insane!
I also grabbed:
XF 55-200 3.5-4.8
XF 14mm 2.8 R
XF 27mm 2.8
XF 18mm f/2.0
All totaled I saved $1,550 or 36% on the hottest, best system on the planet
None of the extra lenses have arrived yet but I imagine I will get rid of a couple lenses, probably the last two.
Any insights or suggestions? I have so much to learn.
Bill
PS I used your links for every purchase. 🙂
Welcome to the X-world, X-shooter Bill. I’m pretty sure you’ll have a lot of fun with your new camera and lenses.
And thanks also for using the shoplinks in this post. It’s a great support for this blog.
hi Bill, congrats on the new system. I too switched from Canon when the X-E1 came out. it’s a great camera, especially with all the firmware updates. focus is fast enough with firmware update so I haven’t felt the need to upgrade to the X-E2 or X-T1.
make sure you update your camera and all the lenses to the latest firmware. I would suggest that you get the XF 10-24mm f4 lens which potentially can replace the 14, 18, 27mm. sure it’s 1 or 2 stops not as fast (only f4) but it has image stabilization with probably 3-4 stops advantage which is more than compensating for low light. unless you want to get a shallow depth of field with the prime lenses ( with their large apertures), but most of the time with wide angle lenses, you tend to shoot landscape at f8-11. So for wide angle use, the 10-24 mm actually has better low light capability due image stabilization. Read Rico’s X-pert corner review of this lens. I think he said something similar.
I have thought about combining the X-T1, 18-55/2.8-4 and an eventually upcoming 55-135/4. However I realize that the combination would not give me the short DOF that I am sometimes after and maybe a 55-135/4 would not be so much smaller and lighter than the 50-140/2.8 anyway. Likely the X-T1 and the 16-55/2.8 would make a good travel combination, provided that the 16-55/2.8 does not turn out too heavy. As long as it balances well on the X-T1 it should be fine. Of course I am counting on Fuji to provide excellent IQ in the two coming 2.8 zooms and the fast wide angle lens. Since I would like to use the X-T1 as a light weight compact travel camera I will likely skip the 50-140/2.8 since it looks like it will need to be quite large and heavy to give us the IQ we have come to expect from Fuji XF lenses. I may add the anticipated 16/1.4 later instead for low light and shorter DOF.