Fujinon XF18mmF2 MKII Patent Spotted
The Fujinon XF18mmF2 R is one of Fujifilm’s oldest lenses and also loved lenses in the X system.
- World Press Photo 2020 award winner Alain Shroeder shoots mostly with the XF18mmF2
- Travel X: 700 days + 54 countries with the X-PRO1 + 18mmF2:
And yet, it starts to show its age and long has the Fujifilm community wished for a XF18mmF2 MKII version.
Well, now the patent (details below) for a new and weather sealed Fujinon XF18mmF2 has now appeared online and spotted by the Japanese website asobinet.
- inner focus
- high speed autofocus
- weather sealed
in 99% of cases, patents say nothing about real future products. But let’s hope this will be the second time in 14 years of blogging and hundreds of patents covered, that a patent will actually turn into a real product.