The Fujinon XF14mm lens, expected for December, will probably hit the market at January 19. The reason of this postponement? The very high sales of the new 18-55 zoom lens. Fuji gives priority to the production of the zoom lens (the kit lens). This are at least the latest news we got from dcwatch (click here for the translated version).

dphotojournal (click here) posted the features of this lens, and look at the video of the Fuji Guys posted yesterday on Fujirumors. Billy explains some specs on the 14mm lens.

Here is the official (translated) announcement of Fujifilm:

Dear customers

Thank you for your patronage bestowed patronage is Fujifilm products.

Well, it had been guided by the moon and the release date Heisei 24 ’12 Fujinon lens “XF14mmF2.8 R”, because it gives priority to the production of “XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS” of strong sales I was going to let me put off on Saturday, January 19, 2013 Release Date.

We apologize for the inconvenience, thank you for your understanding as we look forward.

Hi

As you can see from the image in the post of yesterday, the first X-E1 kits in stock at AmazonUS where through third part reseller for a normal price. Now the price has changed, and there is a price rise of $300! So the new price is $1600 (click here) for the kit. We still have to wait that Amazon fills preorders to see the X-E1 kit in stock directly at AmazonUS. So preorder or wait for the kit to be in stock to save $200 (check availability here).

Billy of the Fuji Guys posted his Fujinon XF lens series review on youtube. It’s a general overview and he begins with the 14mm lens, which was expected for this autumn, but B&H expected availability is for January 31 2013. He explains some specs on the 14mm lens and you can also see some example shots taken with the XF14mm lens.

cheers,

Trustedreviews published the full X-E1 review. But there is also a good news to report. For a short time the X-E1 kit was marked as in Stock too! Right now, X-E1 kits are available through third part reseller at AmazonUS (silver and black version) [BUT BE AWARE THAT THIS KIT COSTS $300 MORE THAN NORMAL. THE RESELLER WILLOUGHBY’S RAISED THE PRICE FOR $300 THE DAY AFTER THIS POST]. Four kits are also available for sale on eBay (via Slidoo).