The Australian store digidirect has set the price for the XF 18-135 WS lens to $1,149. So it will have, according to digidirect, the same price of the [shoplink 21554]XF 56mm[/shoplink].
At the moment I don’t have information if this will be really the final price.
At the store artencraft, the EU price for the X-T1+18-135 will be of €1799 (€200 more than the the X-T1+18-55)
On June 19th Fujifilm France organizes a show, obviously marketing because it says ….
Des animations photographiques originales
Des performances artistiques
Des rencontres avec les experts de FUJIFILM.
Annonce du lancement d’une grande opération inédite dans le monde
de la photographie…
This translates to :
Original presentations
Artistic shows/exhibitions
Meet the Fujifilm experts
Announcement of the launch of a vast operation never heard-of in the photography world
A pure Fujifilm marketing slogan or is really something big coming soon? June 19th is near, we will soon see what “vast operation never heard-of in photography world” means. I just hope it’s something better than the X-Robot of Fujifilm Middle East (you already forgot it?) ;-)
In the meantime, let your X-dreams and phantasy soar free in the comments.
thx a lot to the FR-reader who shared it via email with Fujirumors.
Fuji X-T1 in stock check: [shopcountry 21553]
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Times for home-made solutions and fixes for the D-pad buttons could soon be over.
In fact, according to a new source, Fuji has prepared a “button upgrade” option that will be available to buy for any existing X-T1 owner. Pricing should be available and finalized in no more than 2 weeks.
The new source wasn’t able to tell me if this would require the camera to be sent to service.
NOTE: just some of the very early first production X-T1 are affected by the “mushy” buttons. If you are not one of those who grabbed one of the very first cameras, then this rumor is of no interest for you.
stay tuned for more and follow Fujirumors on Facebook, google+, RSS-feed and Twitter
confidential Fuji document shows the upcoming deals. Thanks again to the source, who shared it with us
Extended X-E2 deal
No stress. You have a bit more time to think about whether to grab or not the X-E2 kit for $1199 ($200 off) and the body for $849 ($150 off). The deal was extended and will expire in June 28th.
X-E2 body: AmazonUS, BHphoto (with freebies and 4%reward), Adorama (with freebies), Pictureline and DigitalRev.
X-E2 kit DigitalRev (they sell it for $1,119) AmazonUS, BHphoto (with freebies and 4%reward), Adorama (with freebies) and Pictureline.
EU–citizens can grab the offer at DigitalRev, as the discount there is valid worldwide. So you can buy the body for €820 in Germany / £ 579 in UK, while the kit costs €1.000 in Germany / £739 in UK. You can also check out all the Fuji deals at PCHstore right now. The X-E2 body for example comes for €810.
Upcoming XF18-55 and XF55-200 deals
The last big XF lens deals ended April 8th. Fuji must have sold tons of lenses, especially the [shoplink 12889]XF 35mm[/shoplink] and [shoplink 13829]XF 27mm[/shoplink], which are still out of stock in many stores.
But the next deals are coming very soon according to a source, which has now been upgraded to “trusted”, as it was always right.
And this time the deal will include the [shoplink 12887]XF 18-55mm[/shoplink], which was, toghether with the brand new [shoplink 21554]XF 56mm[/shoplink] and [shoplink 20414]XF 10-24[/shoplink], the only XF lens not included in the last big lens deals, which ended April 8th. It will be $100 off starting from June 8th.
Also $100 off starting from June 8th, the [shoplink 12892]XF 55-200[/shoplink].
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more US-X-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)
At BHphoto you can get the X-PRO2 screen protector now and the camera in about 6 months (according to mirrorlessrumors) ;-)
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Big Fuji show at the photokina, at least according to mirrorlessrumors here: They say that Fuji will announce both, the X-PRO2 and X200 (both, according to mirrorlessrumors, with non organic new ASP-C X-Trans sensor) at the photokina (September).
They also say, that the X30 will feature a 1” sensor (while xjrumo said here the sensor will be bigger than 1”) and come earlier (dpr rumored here July 3rd).