Tomorrow (September 5) at about 6-7AM London time Fuji will announce the new XF 23mm lens. And I just got more details and US pricing of the lens. Here it is:

FUJINON XF23mmF1.4 R key features:

• 35mm equivalent F1.4 lens
• Fully compatible with FUJIFILM X-Mount
• 1 lens group consisting of 3 cemented lens elements and 1 aspheric lens element
• Built-in high-torque DC coreless motor
• Seven round-edged aperture blades, which offer 22 stops in 1/3 EV steps
• Lens elements treated with Fujifilm’s multilayer HT-EBC (High Transmittance Electron Beam Coating)
• Weight: 10.6oz
• Length: 2.84”
• will be available in October 2013 for $849.95

Be sure to be online on Fujirumors tomorrow!

A source just told me that the new (and long expected) XF 23mm will be released tomorrow, September 5. I don’t know at what time exactly until now, but the price should be around €929. So it seems that this lens could cost, at least in Europe, a bit more than the [shoplink 12888]XF 14mm[/shoplink].

As soon as I know the price in dollar, I’ll let you know.

Follow FR tomorrow via facebook, twitter and RSS feed, I’ll give all the rumors, hands-on reviews and informations about this lens and also tell you when the stores are taking pre-orders in a special live-stream post. I hope this time Fuji will ship it faster than the [shoplink 12892]XF 55-200[/shoplink] and X100S.

cheers
Patrick

Over 1 month ago I’ve already posted the first image of the upcoming XF 23mm f/1.4 here. Now digicame-info was able to get more images about the next Fuji prime here (tranlsation). As we already know, the lens comes with distant scale and has a filter tread of 62mm. The lens should be announced in a few days.

As you know from this FR-post here, the UK store ParkCameras is taking preorders on the 23mm, 10-24 and 56. The 23mm price there is of £679, £50 cheaper than the [shoplink 12888]XF 14mm[/shoplink]. The most expensive XF lenses at ParkCameras are the 56 and 10-24.

And here is how this lens looks like on the X-PRO1.

P.S.: Stay tuned on Fujirumors via facebook, twitter and RSS feed. The IFA in Berlin is ready to start!

cheers
Patrick