From left: Fujinon XF 18-135 mm f/3.5-5.6 OIS 16-55 mm f/2.8 XF and XF OIS 50-140 mm f/2.8 OIS
The polish site Optyczne shared these pictures of the mockup XF lenses shown at a Fuji presentation. Quite some great lenses Fuji will release here! Wish other systems would follow Fuji way of “thinking” lenses. Fuji seems to be always spot on with their few but great lenses.
From left: Fujinon XF 56 mm f/1.2, XF 10-24 mm f / 4, XF 18-135 mm f/3.5-5.6 OIS
16-55 mm f/2.8 XF and XF OIS 50-140 mm f/2.8 OIS
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The 56mm is not very big, for such a fast lens.
That´s right, on the other hand the new fast zooms are huge. With 77 mm filter the 16-55 is bigger than other f2,8 zoom lenses (my Tamron 17-50/2,8 has 67mm and it is a DSLR lens). Likewise the telezoom is big, especially considering the fairly small zoom reach. It´s great Fuji introduced such fast zooms and I applaud them, but I cannot reject the idea such big lenses are inappropriate for CSCs.
You are right. Way too big for everyday shooting. This is not what a CSC system should be. Fuji needs urgently some collapsible zooms. I applaud Samsung for launching 2 16-50 zoom lenses, one of them really compact.
Do you really think they’re meant for casual shooting, instead of being targeted at working professionals?
I still think that fast primes are the way to go for ilcsc (mirrorless). And fuji really shines on this front. Having zooms is a nice option, but if you are ready to have such a big lens, then you’d better have also a big body to balance it (hence a dslr could be the ‘better’ choice in that case).
the size of the 16-55/2.8 is the reason why i WONT be replacing my mft system
That is alot of nice glass.
I’d like to see the same PR photo with bodies attached just to get a sense of the size
of the 2.8’s.
These introductions get me weighing the costs of the glass vs. my sensor’s ISO capability (currently – non-Fuji), and the level of IQ that satisfies me.
One thing for sure, it is a good time to be a photographer at any skill level.
I guess I’ll be one of the few liking that the 16-55mm f/2.8 and 50-140mm f/2.8 will be just big enough to avoid nasty software tricks by using good (hopefully, great) optics.