The Fuji X-T1 has been announced an you can preorder it here:
Preorders:
Fuji X-Ti body at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Wex UK (Click here), CameraWorld UK (Click here), Wex Germany (Click here).
Fuji X-T1 with 18-55mm lens at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Wex UK (Click here), CameraWorld UK (Click here), Wex Germany (Click here).
But there are also three new lenses that Fuji displayed today on Tokyo! Here are the images of the Fuji XF 16-55 f/2.8, 50-140 f/2.8 and 18-135 lenses (Source: DC.watch). On top you see the 50-140mm zoom. Below the 18-135mm and after it the 16-55mm lens.
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Those f/2.8 zooms look an awful lot like my Tokina 16-50mm f/2.8 and 50-135mm f/2.8. I wonder if they licensed the designs… (similar to Pentax). It would reinforce my suspicion that Fuji outsources its lens designs. Most of their current lens lineup look like Sigma lenses to me.
The Tokina 50-135mm is fantastic, the 16-50mm appalling.
Either way, the micro four thirds f/2.8 zooms are much smaller, the full frame equivalent f/4 zooms are similar in size or even smaller than this…
Where is the full frame Fuji? 16mp is tiny compared to the new standard DSLR format of 36.6mp and the new Medium Format standard of 50mp CMOS. No?
Since when is 36MP the standard? Did all the camera companies get together and decide this? Did they make an announcement? If so, I didn’t see it.
There are many photographers who know that 6MP is enough, let alone 16MP. Those photographers care more about what’s in their images than how many megapixels they have, because they know that megapixels have nothing to do with image quality or artistic quality.
I hope Fuji stick with 16MP sensors and continue to improve the IQ they can suck out of them.
Agree. The megapixel race is only marketing. Who is printing larger than A3 here? Who is just printing anything? Pixel peeping in your laptop screen is plain stupid.
What about cropping?
With 16 MP you can print A3 size… at over 300 dpi!!! With 16 MP you also can print excellent A2 size copies at 180-200 dpi. Nobody is going to see any defect at normal viewing distances and looking very close, probably you would need a magnifying glass to see some pixelation. And you also can use photo software in case you really need it.
Cropping? No problem.
I’ve made beautifully detailed A2 prints from my 10MP camera without need for interpolation. If you’re using a commercial printer (not inkjet) you need far less than 200 dpi to make an excellent print.
For sure you got good prints! I was just trying to be conservative in my answer. Really 16 MP is more than enough for 99.999% photographers, including news, events, wedding, wildlife, sports and corporate photography. Only some pros of landscape, art or fashion photography could feel they need more resolution.
Sony has done this with Full Frame at a similar price, and bigger than full frame. Why waste time with the EX series – bring out a full frame X-pro1 just after Sony RX1R with lightning fast auto-focus in low light and a built-in flash. X-pro size with an optional battery grip. Keep it quiet unlike the A7R. Thanks Fuji
Don’t waste time with X-pro1 video either, keep it a camera let Lumix do that at £2000 and keep the xpro-1 at 1200. Include compact flash for the Firewire 800 compact flash readers.
Weatherproofing on the X-pro1 also, and a touch screen RX1R with weatherproofing and £1300 price tag.
Those lenses look huge! I already felt like the 55-200 was to big but this 16-55 looks bigger than the new Samsung 16-50 and that lens is even faster at the wide end!
Seeing the size of these lenses reminds one that each format has its pro and contra. The IQ may be better than from m4/3, but the size can not be matched. Still – it is important that Fuji release these pro zoom lenses as these just can not be missing if the system should be attractive to pro users that require the speed and robust construction. It also needs to be said that while large, these are still smaller than similar zooms for FX DSLRs. Physics is hard to beat these days.
Meh everyone is crying about the size of the lenses. They don’t look that much bigger to me than the new Oly 12-40 and 40-150 f2.8’s for m43. And so what if they are bigger? It’s a bigger, better sensor. I love me some m43, but it just seems like whenever there’s a challenge in some way, everyone gets their hackles up and tries to defend whatever it is they might be ‘fanboying’ about at the current time. It’s ridiculous.
And to the guy who doesn’t think 16mp is enough. Really? Are you printing billboards dude? Then get a D800 or an A7r. Pretty simple.
Size of zoom lenses should be smaller than these of at least give custumers the option to choose smaller lenses, just as Samsung does with 16-50 lenses. I much prefer the Samsung approach.
@madmax The lens is larger, because the sensor is larger. You will find that lenses grow with sensor size. 43 lenses are small because of the tiny sensor. Being middle aged, and rather healthy (not fit), I don’t worry about the heft of a D800 and lens too much, but a smaller package with quality would be of interest. I tried the micro four third cameras (OM-D E-M5 and Panasonic GX-7) and I was never happy with the ergonomics or the quality of image. I WAS never happy, not saying they are not PERFECT for others. I loved the lenses and thought they were great however. But, since the x100s and the X-E2, Fuji have really hit it out of the park. Beautiful designs, responsive controls, wonderful ergonomics and amazingly, they keep updating the firmware to keep your older cameras in your hands. This is my next camera.
The point is Samsung´s sensor is about the same size than Fuji´s and if Samsung can make small, good quality “pancake” zooms, why Fuji can´t? If they do this way, customers could choose the right lens for every occasion. In fact, if I decide to buy a Samsung camera (not decided yet), no doubt I´d buy both 16-50 lenses.
Nice to see more lenses for the X series – kind of an all-around lens 18-135 is a nice addition – also a faster zoom at 50-140 – which is great – but the 50-140 shows the dilemma with larger sensors and that is larger and heavier lenses – The 50-100 F2.8 seems heavy enough that it has a tripod ring – which means that it is so heavy that Fuji suggests we use it rather than mounting camera body on the tripod –
I suppose lens size is still manageable as it is not as huge as a FF 70-200mm F2.8 – and therefore I say that the Sony A7/r is just not practical at this time or until they can create much lighter and smaller lenses –
There is a reason why Sony is not producing any fast Zooms – and I think in the FF small body hype that many are ignoring that point and will regret later – APS-C is on the edge off weight and size for the faster zooms – but M43 is very manageable as far as weight and size for fast zooms and they have them –
I am glad Fuji now has a fast zoom – as Sony for their E-mount have not come up with one yet and I am not sure they will – So with the X-T1 I think Fuji will steal many customers away from Sony with now a impressive body and a decent selection of lenses – at least a better lens selection than Sony