Fujirumors got some interesting news about the next XF 56mm f/1.2 R APD lens:
– The lens will feature a sort of Sony/Minolta’s alike STF (Smooth Transition Focus) tech.
– The 56mm R APD will have a Fuji nanotechnology apodizing filter that produces smoother bokeh
– Lens price will be around $1400-1500 in USA
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It is nice and such a lens will surely be welcomed. However it brings me to the question: Why didn´t Fuji put this “super bokeh technology” to regular 56mm/1,2 lens? In my opinion people buy an f1,2 lens for portraits and for shooting wide open, to get the best background blur and bokeh. So why didn´t Fuji make the “bokehlicious” lens straight away?
Because the apodizing element will make the transmission at least 1 stop weaker. That’s why. It’s a compromise between the bokeh and the transmission. There is no free lunch.
Exactly, not a mainstream lens. iudex, look at Sony’s 135 mm STF lens. It is an f/2.8 lens, but t/4.5, meaning you lose over a stop of light for the added ability to blur.
Hardly believable – The 56mm is already Fuji’s best lens and not even a year old.
Also Fuji still needs to complement its lens line up. I call this rumor utter BS.
interesting, but I find it hard to believe it’s really needed… how much more bokeh can you squeeze out of an already very nice lens with excellent bokeh rendering? I say don’t waste Fuji consumers’ money and save that $400-500 mark-up on another lens instead… concentrate on more high quality WR lenses.