New Fuji X PRo 1 and Leica lens book (and Vietnam travel report).

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Amazon (Click here) is now accepting preorder on the new “Mastering the Fujifilm X-Pro 1” book. Release date is December 28, 2012. You can also get it at Amazon UK (Click here). The same book will be released earlier and in original German language at Amazon Germany (Click here). And Fujirumors reader Jan found a book named Leica M Lenses Guide for the X PRO 1 on eBay Netherland (Click here).

P.S.: Thetravelphotographer posted a short impression review of his last trip in Vietnam with the Fuji X PRO 1

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Lenstip tests the 60mm macro: “it is the best X lens!”

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We had no doubt the 60mm macro lens was the best of the first three X lenses launched back in January along the X PRO 1. Lenstip published the full review and said: “Out of three lenses, launched along the Fujifilm X-Pro1, the 2.4/60 model has the best pros to cons ratio“.Here is the pro and cosn list:

Pros:

  • solid and high quality casing,
  • very good resolution in the frame centre,
  • good resolution on the edge of the frame,
  • excellent correction of chromatic aberration,
  • slight spherical aberration,
  • good coma correction,
  • negligible astigmatism,
  • moderate vignetting,
  • good transmission.

Cons:

  • noticeable distortion,
  • unreliable autofocus,
  • work against bright light could have been better.

Links to the lens at Amazon and BHphoto.

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Fuji roundup (SLRmagic, X PRO 1 vs E-M5)

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Image courtesy: ThePhoBlographer.

As you know not only Fuji and Zeiss but also SLRmagic announced new X mount lenses. One of them is the 23mm f1.7 HyperPrime and you can see some picture of the lens attached on the X PRO 1 at ThePhotblographer. This is a manual focusing lens and it will be available for purchase in February 2013 for $399.

ThePhoBlographer also posted a double X PRO 1 field report:
1) Weekend of Extended Use With the Fujifilm X Pro 1 and Olympus OMD EM5 (Click here)
2) Shooting Candidly With the Fujifilm X Pro 1 (Firmware 2.0) (Click here)

US reminder: There is still that $300 saving deal on the X PRo 1 purchase at Amazon (Click here). But despite that huge deal the X-E1 is far more popular according to Amazon rankings. The X-E1 probably hit the right price-features spot.

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