Fujirumors leaked the image and specs of the new XF100-400mm F4.5-5.6 OIS WR lens. The lens will be announced on January 15 (just like the X-PRO 2). Those are the lens specs:
– minumum focus distance from 1.75 m.
– Zoomed out, it will be 270mm long, while on the wide end it will be about 6cm shorter.
– Filter size 77.
– Design: 21 elements 14 groups.
– weight 1375g and have
– Should cost around €1,800
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This is the lens I’d like for my nx1 (actually a 150-400 f4-5.6 would be even better).
If only Fuji didn’t have their x-trans sensor.
Why?
Because, it makes images looking more artificial than needed, visible color smearing (even when using Iridient Developer), false detail, etc. The only benefit of X-Trans, as I see it, is that noise is kept down quite good for the sensor size, but this is more a result of the de-mosaicing of the X-Trans pattern which is bigger than on Bayer CFAs (Color Filter Array). To sum it up better at high ISO-noise, but weaker at resolving fine details, especially small spots of color.
And please don’t anybody tell me otherwise, just compare for instance Olympus OM-D E-M10 with Olympus 60mm macro against any Fuji with X-Trans and the Fuji 60mm Macro, that is really no competition, even though the MFT sensor is noticably smaller than the Fuji APSC-sized one.
210mm in its shortest state? Even FF Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM is 193mm, the older IS USM was 189mm and the same weight as this Fuji.
If you pay $1,800 for a DSLR mount 150-600mm lens, you can get a capable camera body for free. Why should anyone consider such Fuji lens?