XF23mm F2 rumors

[frod]

I expect that just like the 35mm it will be smaller, cheaper but not quite as good; the f/1.4 23mm is a very well corrected lens that only measurebators can criticise.

[milandro]

measurebators, interesting term! 

[CRAusmus]

I expect that just like the 35mm it will be smaller, cheaper but not quite as good; the f/1.4 23mm is a very well corrected lens that only measurebators can criticise.

Excellent term.  Some spend way too much time/effort critiquing all the wrong aspects of an image.

[Max_Elmar]

Yes! If it had the same relationship to the "big" 23 as the 35/2 has to the 35/1.4 - that would be a fantastic development. I would most likely buy one. The 23/1.4 is outstanding - but a "little brother" - smaller, slower, less expensive, more even performance, but less peak performance - that would be a very welcome development indeed. A lot of folks have told me it would never happen "because it would cannibalize the X100 series" - but hopefully Fuji has realized the differentiator for the X100 is the viewfinder, not the lens.

[Hermelin]

If you already have the 35 f/2 WB which is close in focal lenght and with same aperture? Would it still make sense to get this lens?

[oscillik]

If you already have the 35 f/2 WB which is close in focal lenght and with same aperture? Would it still make sense to get this lens?

I have the 35 F2 WR and the 23 F1.4.

 

they're not close at all in terms of focal length.

Edited March 6, 2016 by oscillik

[milandro]

They are complementary not alternative.

[gdanmitchell]

You can have a lens that is Cheap, Small, Good ( and I will add light efficient too), but you can only pick two characteristics simultaneously. Anything else is wishful thinking and I don’t do that.

Cheap? You can have a lens that is very good and quite inexpensive and quite good. I suspect that the 35mm f/2 is going to be one of those lenses. 

 

What you cannot have, at least not from what I've seen, is a lens that is cheap, good, small, and with a very large maximum aperture. There are trade-offs, but perhaps not quite the ones you list.

[darknj]

I just want it to be pancake sized!

 

I would pack it with any of the 35 and the 27 to boot and I have enough to play with when doing some streets

[Max_Elmar]

I just want it to be pancake sized!

 

Perhaps not quite as small as the 27/2.8 -- but 18/2 size would be just fine for me. (I really want an aperture ring!)

[darknj]

[...]I really want an aperture ring!

 

We can debate all day long about that point, but I do get your need for an aperture ring. I personally prefer something as low profile as possible as it is easier to fit in a coat pocket or the side pocket of a bag.

[Max_Elmar]

We can debate all day long about that point, but I do get your need for an aperture ring. I personally prefer something as low profile as possible as it is easier to fit in a coat pocket or the side pocket of a bag.

Honestly - I would prefer an aperture ring - but if it really were as small as the 27 - I could certainly learn to live without it. Either way - still a strong "buy."

[Warwick]

I doubt that they'd launch the 23mm f2 without an aperture ring. Like the 35mm f2 it will be a premium lens created to go with the styling and capabilities of the XPro2, and a no-aperture ring lens just won't cut it.

 

 

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[xtrans]

If it would be like the 35mm f/2 WR, I would buy it in a heartbeat.

[fngarcez]

Any News about this rumor?

[darknj]

Any News about this rumor?

 

Photokina in September maybe ? Or late Q2, early Q3 ? Who knows... it's rumors, not hardcore facts :]

[merosen]

Any one heard what the price would be on the 23 F2?

[milandro]

Photokina in September maybe ? Or late Q2, early Q3 ? Who knows... it's rumors, not hardcore facts :]

 

repetita iuvant 

[R.S.]

I would buy a XF 23mm F2 WR in an instant

[Warwick]

Me too

 

 

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[Patrick FR]

sometimes I think there is more interest for the XF23mmF2 than for the X-T2

 

I hope I can give you guys an expeceted release date soon

[johant]

 

 

sometimes I think there is more interest for the XF23mmF2 than for the X-T2

For me, there is.

 

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[xtrans]

I really can't wait for this lens!

[HeavyDuty]

I'm holding off buying an X-Pro2 unless and until a 23/2 WR is confirmed - it's that important to me. I want a 23/35/60 kit and do not like the lenses with a clutch.

[EddieX]

I too am excited.  But do we know if this lens will be WR?  That's one thing that kind of holds me back on the 1.4 lens.