Fall Camera News

Yikes, where does the time go? I have had a busy fall and it is becoming apparent that I have neglected my blog for some time. This doesn't mean that I am running out of images to share. The photos in this post are captured from late October to yesterday afternoon where I enjoyed the hot cup of coffee shown in the last frame. All frames are captured using my Fujifilm X-Pro 1.

Speaking of the X-pro 1 there are lots of exciting things happening in the camera world! Here are a few of the things I am watching. So far I have one lens for the X-Pro 1, the XF 35mm 1.4 R, which gives me approximately a 50mm equivalent in full-frame terms. Fujifilm has released a standard zoom, XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS. So far the photos and reviews I have seen look quite promising.

I am a Canon SLR shooter also and I hope to be testing Canon's EF 24-70 2.8L II later this month. It is perhaps not a fair comparison as we are not comparing apples to apples but the XF 18-55mm comes in at about a third of the cost of the Canon zoom. More about this later.

Fuji has announced an XF 14mm f/2.8 R wide-angle lens. However, it has been delayed so we won't see this lens till late January. Later on, in 2013 I will be watching closely as we will see an XF 23mm f/ 1.4 R and XF 56mm f/1.4 R, which will give us 35 and 85mm equivalent options in full-frame terms. As far as I know, there is no exact release date for these in 2013. On the SLR front, it will be interesting to see results from Canon's new EF 35mm f/2.0 IS and EF 24-70mm f4L IS. It will be hard to get your hands on any of these items before Christmas, which could be a good thing for the Christmas budget.

The photos in this post are captured with a Fujifilm X-Pro1 and XF 35mm f/1.4 R.

For a full review of the X-Pro1: Fujifilm X-Pro1 Review