When the Zeiss Touit lenses for Fuji X were launched back in spring 2013, the Fujinon lens choice was still very limited. X-shooters needed more lens options, and the new X-mount Zeiss glass could have been a great addition… however…

… there was one major deal-breaker: the Zeiss Touit were offered in focal lengths very close to the already existing Fujinon 35 and 14mm. Also, the Fujinon’s were cheaper (at the launch, the Touit 12mm cost $1,250 and the Touit 32 came for $900) and probably even superior… all you have to know is written in Rico’s excellent Fujinon Vs Zeiss Touit Comparison.

The X-mount Touits sold extremely bad. The inevitable price drops followed. At the moment, the X-Zeiss Glass is in offer at AmazonUS, BHphoto and Adorama.

But it seems that also the E-mount was not a best seller. In fact, according to SonyAlphaRumors, Zeiss decided not to make any new Zeiss Touit lenses in 2015 and maybe not even in 2016… and I wonder if they will ever make new ones!

Do you own a Touit lens? Would you recommend them to fellow X-shooters?

Here are the 3 Zeiss Touit lenses.

– Zeiss Touit 50mmF2.8 1:1 Macro (price $999): AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama
– Zeiss Touit 32mmF1.8 (price $499): AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama
– Zeiss Touit 12mmF2.8 (price $699): AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama

It’s pretty sure now: 2 years after it’s release, the Fujfiilm X-E2 will get a new firmware update. It should be released in about 6 months from now (October-November).

Also, the X-T1 firmware 4.0, which was rumored to come on June 18, will very likely be delayed to June 22.

Feel free to discuss the X-E2 firmware topic (and much more) at our new Fuji X Forum

I got an email from our beloved trusted Japanese source. It simply said:

“Patrick, you better add weather sealing to your X-PRO2 specs list!”

And so I did ;)

I have NO rumors about it, but I can’t stop thinking that the 35mmF2 WR (scheduled to come in November according to this roadmap) would be the perfect kit lens for a weather sealed X-PRO2.

And the weather sealing? Is it a gimmick or must have? There is a debate about it over at the FXF! Take a look here and feel free to share your opinion, too.

My X-E2 under the rain – Shared here at the FXF

(TS= trusted source / NeS =New Source / AS = Anonymous Source / SRP = source who was right in the past / OS = other sites)

– APS-C sensor (TS + AS + AS)
– 24MP sensor (AS) – More than 16MP (AS)
– 1/8000 of a second mechanical shutter speed (TS)
– Sync Speed faster than 1/180^th (SRP)
– dual SD card slot (NeS)
– coming late 2015 (TS + AS)
– weather sealed (TS)
– Two X-PRO2 version, one 24MP APS-C and one 25-27 MP ASP-X, compatible with XF/XC lenses (OS)
– coming September / October (OS + OS)
– tilt screen (AS)
– WiFi (AS)
– Non organic ASP-C X-Trans sensor (OS)
– Price about 20% to 30% more expensive than the X-T1 (AS)
– 4K video (TS + NeS)
– Faster Processor EXR III (TS)
– smaller than X-PRO1 (OS)

When Fuji announced Firmware 4.0 for the X-T1, many X-shooters made the same question of FXF Member Sodela in this thread: “Are there plans for releasing an update for the E2 lke the 4.0 for the X-T1??”… a very Hot discussion, check it out here.

Well, we have a first official statement of Fujifilm France, who said via facebook, that:

“Following the announcement of the updated firmware of the x-T1, We received a lot of requests for an update to the x-E2. In response to these requests, we plan to publish an update to the x-E2 as soon as possible. The date of publication is not yet fixed and will depend on the changes made by this update, that we will define from the requests of our users.

This [X-E2 firmware] is possible because we know that our Japanese engineers are working on it“

Fujifilm France is more sceptical to what belongs a possible update for the X-M1: “I would not say this, but the X-M1 remains more marginal. We know that it is in the study.”