Preorder links:
XF 23mm at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
News and Press:
Fujifilm GLOBAL press release,
FUJINON XF23mmF1.4 R key features
- 35mm equivalent F1.4 lens
- Fully compatible with FUJIFILM X-Mount
- 1 lens group consisting of 3 cemented lens elements and 1 aspheric lens element
- Built-in high-torque DC coreless motor
- Seven round-edged aperture blades, which offer 22 stops in 1/3 EV steps
- Lens elements treated with Fujifilm’s multilayer HT-EBC (High Transmittance Electron Beam Coating)
13 Responses
My goodness, I might just switch to Fuji just to get me hands on this lens! Great job Fuji people!
– Olympius
This is how quality looks!
Crap sony is better!
@Hendricks … unskilled comments from a SonyFanBoy. You’re a joke!
Great lens indeed!
Nice lens Fuji! Kept very compact and light.
The choice between the Sony Zeiss 24mm and this 23mm is still tough though. The Sony is significantly lighter (225gr Vs 300gr) and has significantly better close focus distance (16cm vs 28cm)… The shallower DOF the Fuji will generate is not super important at this FOV IMO and the light gathering diff. on digital sensors gets small under f2. IQ and handling wise it’s probably going to be a matter of taste.
Fuji’s camera/lenses have a macro mode. Are you accounting for that?
Yes, 60cm in normal mode and 28cm in macro mode according to their website (only 0.1X max magnif.):
http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/x/fujinon_lens_xf23mmf14_r/specifications/
The Zeiss SEL24 has macro lens flavoured 15.75cm close focus distance (0.25X max magnif.), without manually having to go into a macro mode and it is always internal and dead silent and fast focussing.
It is two different styles. The Sony is more modern and straight forward to use, while the Fuji press the retro buttons, where the DOF scale especially is nice. I tend to prefer the lighter Sony package.
I’d prefer the fuji system overall, compared to nex.
Pricing?