Save up to $300 on the XF 55-200 + HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: X-E2 (ePHOTOzine) and XQ1 (photographyblog)
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DEALS
It’s black friday time and there are plenty of good deals in the States. So here is the next one, in addition to the crazy X-deals here at AmazonUS, at BHphoto here and at Adorama here (you can save up to $1,400 on the lenses bundled also with the brand new X-E2 body!). For a detailed overview click here.
It may be of interest for some of you out there, that you can now save $200 on the XF55-200 at AmazonUS here. PLEASE NOTE: the item is currently out of stock, but you can pre-order it. If you click on the link I gave you, you’ll see an XF55-200 sold by a third party reseller. But, on the right side, you can read “More buying choices”, and there you’ll see the discounted XF55-200.
Pictureline has another deal: buy the X-E1 with kit lens ($200 off) and save $300 on the other zoom lens, the XF55-200 (+$30 savings on Adobe Lightroom 5). To see this deal click here.
Also the French X-E2 double kit deal will be available soon here (via DR) at AmazonUS! €1,899 for the X-E2, 18-55 and 55-200!
ADOBE: Adobe Europe is doing a 40% discount on LR5 today and only today. After that it will be 30% until 4th of december.
X-E2 and XQ1 REVIEWS
– Highly Recommended (4½ stars): ePHOTOzine X-E2 review here: “Most importantly the Fujifilm X-E2 delivers excellent image quality and there is a slight but subtle improvement over the previous model, with the new LMO delivering sharper images from the kit lens. […] With an emphasis on quality the camera and lenses are quite expensive, however the price is quite easily justified not only by the image quality on offer, but the high build quality of the camera and lenses. Highly Recommended.”
– Mike just wrote me: “I put up a first impressions review ( non technical! ) of the XE-2 on my blog in case anyone is interested.” A football match? A kids party? A fashion shoot?. From the kids party chapter: “I was very surprised how many good shots I got, the fuji did an excellent job and I really noticed the improved focussing speed. I think the low light focussing has been improved quite significantly. I tried a few tests at home as well and the Xe-2 didn’t hunt as much and was much faster to focus than the XE-1. It’s not perfect still but it’s much, much better.” Upgrade or not from the X-E1? The AF-improvement justifies an upgrade, according to Mike. Read more here.
– Highly Recommended: the XQ1 review at photographyblog here: “The image quality from the large 2/3-inch CMOS sensor with no low-pass filter is markedly better than virtually all other compacts, with the exception of the [shoplink 13127]RX100[/shoplink] / [shoplink 15087]RX100 Mk II[/shoplink]. […] If Fujifilm had released the XQ1 in 2012, instead of the flawed XF1, they would definitely have had a big hit on their hands. As it stands at the end of 2013, though, the incredibly popular Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100, with its bigger sensor, pretty much has things sewn up, especially considering that it now only costs a little more than the XQ1’s launch price.“
X-E2 – USA: AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / DigitalRev / Pictureline / EUROPE: wexphotographicUK / DigitalRev / Fotomundus24 GER / PCHstore / AmazonDE (via DR)