Fuji Waiting (im)patiently for the 8mm f/3.5 announcement

[AndyMcD]

I’m assuming (hoping, actually) that the new UWA will be announced later this month in the Fuji summit. I’ll be really tempted by it if the price is reasonable and the specs look good. Otherwise it will be back to trying to find a decent Laowa 9/2.8 I think.

It feels to me like this lens will be at the mid-level of their lens line up, so hoping it might be priced around the same as the new 30mm macro, but I worry it might end up closer to the 16/1.4 price.

I don’t normally get this hung up on new lens announcements but this one is in my current GAS itch area around getting a decent UWA.

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

Seems like a f/3.5 prime shouldn’t be terribly expensive. I would expect a price around the 23/35 f2. Maybe?

 

[AndyMcD]

Fuji rumours are saying that the 8/3.5 is 100% certain to be announced formally on May 24th. Just waiting on an indication of price now…

 

[AndyMcD]

Seems like a f/3.5 prime shouldn’t be terribly expensive. I would expect a price around the 23/35 f2. Maybe?

Fujirumors are saying $799 which is the same price as the 33/1.4 I believe. Will wait and see, but at that price I will probably drop back to the Laowa 9/2.8 instead I think.

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

Fujirumors are saying $799 which is the same price as the 33/1.4 I believe. Will wait and see, but at that price I will probably drop back to the Laowa 9/2.8 instead I think.

That’s too much, IMO. At least for a 3.5 anyway. Sounds like it could at least be really compact since that shouldn’t need big glass.

 

[AndyMcD]

Price is confirmed at $799 with availability by end of June.

It looks pretty small and light, minimum focus distance is 0.18m but it is weather sealed.

I have ordered a Laowa 9mm f/2.8 that should be here tomorrow

 

[DM Larson]

Kudos to Fuji, this looks like a great lens.

 

[Ghostbuggy]

The price has been also a let down for me. Since the lens looked to fit quite well into their "Fujicron" line of lenses, I was expecting a retail price of somewhere between EUR 400 and EUR 500. Inflation be damned let it even be EUR 550 or something. However the European price is set to not less than EUR 899 MSRP.
Just for comparison: The new 23mm f1.4 WR is also €899, the 90mm f2 is €999 or the 33mm f1.4 WR is €789. So that's quite a premium priced lens here.

Personally I'm afraid I'll pass for now and maybe, like Andy, I'll look into some MF options from 3rd party brands.

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

The price has been also a let down for me. Since the lens looked to fit quite well into their "Fujicron" line of lenses, I was expecting a retail price of somewhere between EUR 400 and EUR 500. Inflation be damned let it even be EUR 550 or something. However the European price is set to not less than EUR 899 MSRP.
Just for comparison: The new 23mm f1.4 WR is also €899, the 90mm f2 is €999 or the 33mm f1.4 WR is €789. So that's quite a premium priced lens here.

Personally I'm afraid I'll pass for now and maybe, like Andy, I'll look into some MF options from 3rd party brands.

Seems like it needs to be an f/1-something to get that asking price. I don’t even see that it has OIS. It must have really good optics or Fuji HR needs to target the marketing department during the next random drug test round.

 

[AndyMcD]

The price has been also a let down for me. Since the lens looked to fit quite well into their "Fujicron" line of lenses, I was expecting a retail price of somewhere between EUR 400 and EUR 500. Inflation be damned let it even be EUR 550 or something. However the European price is set to not less than EUR 899 MSRP.
Just for comparison: The new 23mm f1.4 WR is also €899, the 90mm f2 is €999 or the 33mm f1.4 WR is €789. So that's quite a premium priced lens here.

Personally I'm afraid I'll pass for now and maybe, like Andy, I'll look into some MF options from 3rd party brands.

I was expecting it to be same price as the 33/1.4 but it is a big jump.