I will buy if this is the price

That's my thought. Since it is much cheaper than used unit. I can sell it if i don't want.

This post has been edited by Xiia0Ban: Oct 1 2015, 06:25 PM

Hazy days along Jln Tun Razak, XT-1, 10-24mm

[/url]DSCF1958 by Ahmad Ab Hamid, on Flickr[/IMG]

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Hi can let me know how to buy it?
Im interested on it

It's cash rebate offered by Fujifilm Australia and I just found out that it is only available for Australia residents.

Just got back from vacation. Awful trip.. caught in a typhoon, horrid weather in the first few days, all my photo plans gone and when the weather became better. I was caught a bad flu and was in no mood to shoot stuffs except for family snaps.

I did however gotten to know the 12mm samyang more so posting here to share some thoughts

First of all, "autofocus" is lightning fast. Just stick it at the vertical line marking before infinity for shooting sceneries etc even at f2. Zone focussing is never simpler.

Walking around with kids full body shots... 1m@f8. Low light then have to adjust just a tiny bit. Magnified view pressing the thumbwheel helps

Most importantly.. blind selfies with the kids had never been so easy. Put the focus ring on 1/3 of the way after 0.5m to 1m and its perfect arms length focus even at f2.

Focussing aside, its sharp but not as sharp as fuji's own lenses and not so contrasty.

Below are all 12mm samyang out of camera jpegs except for some straightening.


DSCF5687 by vmwt, on Flickr

DSCF5688 by vmwt, on Flickr

DSCF5574 by vmwt, on Flickr

DSCF5478 by vmwt, on Flickr

DSCF5456 by vmwt, on Flickr

DSCF5696 by vmwt, on Flickr

This post has been edited by sniper on the roof: Oct 4 2015, 03:41 PM

_DSF4799 by 温 韪祯, on Flickr

Wow very nice. Didnt know the samyang focus is easy

Great compact lens for travelling light.
27mm is adequate for a wide range of shooting too.
AF is fast.






This post has been edited by Pacmangoku: Oct 4 2015, 06:23 PM

How about food photography? It seems like it has long MFD compared to other lenses. If I am getting it I would be using it whenever I'm hanging out with friend at cafe. That's one of the reason why I go for this compact lens.

18mm is very good for food photography due to its short MFD, that's the reason why I love it.

MFD ~30cm. Can't comment much if it's any good for food photography. Not a foodie myself.

guys i will be making my decision in purshasing either one of these two cameras (X100S vs X-E2) in the next week. which would you guys recommend? I understand that X-E2 will be more versatile but the X100S is just so charming. Both are comparable in price (X-E2 with kit lens 18-55mm). Would the X100S with its fixed lens make a good everyday camera (mostly travelling and food photography)? Will the XE-2 perform like an X100S with an added prime lens? i'm still an amateur to photography btw.

This post has been edited by chuakz: Oct 4 2015, 09:30 PM

If its gonna be your only system camera... X-E2

If its gonna be your "mojo" camera when you already have a dslr with a bunch of lenses sitting in the dry cabinet... then X100S

thanks. i'm also leaning towards the x-e2 but then the x100s is just so damn tempting. better follow my head this time round then.

But 18mm prime is just too wide for me. :/

Seems like not that bad even though the MFD is around 30cm.


I've contacted Fujifilm Australia regarding to the cash rebate which is only for Australian residents.
Hopefully non Australian residents with their bank card like me are entitled for the rebate.

When you shoot it closer, it doesn't look wide.

12mm dof is huge so unless ur shooting really really near, don't really need to adjust focus actually.

would the x-e1 be a big downgrade from x-e2? considering that also due to the better offers.

Phase detection, Wifi, another stop of exposure compensation.

It depends on how much these are worth to you. Not sure if later firmware improved the EVF refresh rates though