XF56mm: “This is Fujifilm at its best!” (Patrick La Roque) + best seller at AmazonUS!

The lens is rapidly climbing the ranking, which is now 5th at the overall lens ranking at AmazonUS right now!

XF 56mm f/1.2 ($999): USA AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama – EUROPE: wexUK / PCHstore / DigitalRev

X100S black ($1299): USA AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama – EUROPE: wexUK / PCHstore

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Check out Patrick La Roque’s first impression of this lens at his website here: [UPDATE2: the article was removed. You can still read it here / google cache]

“Sharp. This thing is sharp wide open, sharp closed down. I haven’t tried but I believe it’s probably sharp with the lens cap on — yeah, hyperbole. Seriously, this is Fujifilm’s at its best! […] You can get the end of an eyelash in focus while the eye goes soft — which is the whole point really.”

Thanks to the FR-reader Jon R who spotted this review.

[UPDATE2: the article was removed. You can still read it here / google cache] [UPDATE 1: as spotted by Tjeerd, Patrick said via twitter: “Bit of a communication bug: I’ve taken down the 56mm first look. Huge apologies. FYI it IS amazing. More soon.”]

image courtesy: laroquephoto