What you see here is the Handevision 40mm f/0.85 X-mount lens which is now in Stock for the first time in [shoplink 24970 ebay]Germany on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. Handevision also announced that worldwide shipment will start soon and added some image sample son their website: handevision.de/en/impressions/.

Ok, it’s fast and image samples look decent too…but 1799 Euro? Who will buy it?

via MirrorlessRumors.

Fuji Japan announced a new lens rental service. You can rent all current XF lenses for a maximum of a week for 1,080 Yen. There is no word yet if in future such a service will be offered in other countries too.

US-X May Deals

X-PRO1 body (save $200): AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline /
X-M1 (body OR super combo kit) (save up to $300): AmazonUS (Superkit: silver – black – brown)/ BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline /
X20 (save $50): AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline
XF 18mm (save $100): AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline
XC 50-230 (save $50): AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama /
X-A1 (save $100): AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline
X-E1 body ($499): AmazonUS black –silver / BHphoto sliver–black (+4%reward)
X-E2 body and kit (save $200): START MAY 25th

Samyang announced four new X-mount wide angle lenses (including one new Cine Lens). These are the full details with links to the only store accepting preorder right now (BHphoto):

– 8mm f/2.8 UMC Fish-Eye II lens in Fujifilm X mount (Click here).
– 10mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS CS lens in Fujifilm X mount (Click here).
– 12mm f/2.0 NCS CS lens in Fujifilm X mount (Click here).
– 8mm T3.1 Cine UMC Fish-Eye II lens in Fujfilm X mount (Click here).

Other Samyang lenses for Fuji X-mount:

Samyang 8mm (ver.1): [shopcountry 12946] Samyang 300mm mirror lens: [shopcountry 14844] Samyang 16mm f/2.0: [shopcountry 15934] Samyang 24mm f/3.5 Tilt Shift: [shopcountry 15963] Samyang 85mm f/1.4: [shopcountry 21522] Samyang 14mm f/2.8: [shopcountry 21527]

The worldwide shipping of the X-T1 will start very soon. I’ve received feedback from readers that stores are ready to ship it also in Europe and North America now. Those who pre-ordered quickly may already be able to shoot with it this weekend!Have fun with it ;-).. and lemme know if you agree with all the review sites who assigned to the camera the best ratings, as you can see at the bottom of this post (and also read in riflessifotografici’s latest review here)

X-T1

X-T1 body only ($1,299): USA: AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline / EU: wexDE / wexUK / PCHstore /
X-T1 with 18-55 ($1,699): USA: AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline / EU: wexDE / wexUK / PCHstore /
X-T1 Vertical Battery Grip ($ 249,99): USA: AmazonUS / BHphoto / EU: wexDE / wexUK /
X-T1 Hand Grip ($129.95): USA: AmazonUS / Bhphoto / EU: wexUk / wexDE

New firmware updates for bodies and lenses are available at Fuji’s website.

For all bodies:
Addition of compatibility with “XF56mmF1.2 R”.
Improvement of AE accuracy with “XF56mmF1.2 R”.

For all XF and XC zoom lenses:
Improvement of OIS function for movie shooting when panning and tilting a camera.
Improvement of OIS function for still image shooting.
Improvement of AF response during continuous shooting with X-E2 and X-T1.
You can check them all out at Fuji’s global site here.

Download, test and share your findings in the comments.