Brightin Star is already offering a Brightin Star 50mm f/1.4 and you can find it here on Amazon.
But that’s a manual focus lens.
Now they have officially unveiled the Brightin Star AF 50mm f/1.4 autofocus lens for several mounts including Fujifilm X mount. They say it is “coming soon”.
Brghtin Star lenses are sold at Amazon here.
Ok, so I guess it’s to update our list of third party autofocus lenses.
We already told you that the next XF lens that Fujifilm will launch will be the replacement to the Fujinon XF18-55mm f/2.8-4.
And we also told you here not to expect an XF18-55mm f/2.8-4 MKII.
In fact, according to our trusted sources, the XF18-55 replacement will be an XF16-50mm lens.
I know what you think.
You think “that sounds more like the replacement to the Fujinon XC 16-50mm“.
But no, it’s not, because the replacement to the Fujinon XC16-50mm is already out and it’s this lens here.
And more importantly, the XF18-55mm production will be stopped once the XF16-50mm is out, making the 16-50mm effectively the replacement to the XF18-55mm as the main kit lens.
Personally I am happy to see it going a bit wider (16mm vs 18mm).
And while some might not be happy about the slightly shorter long end, consider that the XF18-55 is not a lens capable, wide open, to resolve all 40MP of the latest APS-C X series cameras. If the replacement, the XF16-50mm, turns out to be sensibly sharper than the 18-55, then you might lose some zoom range on the long end, but you’ll be able to compensate in part for that by being able to crop in more and still get a nice clean, sharp image.
I have no solid information on the aperture range.
As soon as I have more details on this lens (but also other upcoming XF lenses), I will inform you here on FujiRumors.
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We recently told you that Fujifilm is preparing a huge start in 2024:
Now, of course most of the talk and speculations in our previous articles was gravitating around successors to existing camera lines.
And it makes a whole of sense to focus on refreshes of current cameras, nothing prohibits us to dream big and think and completely different cameras.
So what I will do is to share three cameras that I think would turn out to be an instant and massive success for Fujifilm.
And I am not talking of weird and risky concepts. I am talking of cameras that would sell very well for sure in my opinion.
So, let’s go through them and let me think what you think about.
Also, feel free to drop your own ideas in the comments.
The news is this: the new Viltrox AF 20mm f/2.8 has been officially announced.
You can now get it for Sony E and Nikon Z mount here:
Main Features:
I have been told that the Fujifilm X mount version will “maybe be released/available within 2 months“.
