Thursday 04 February 2016

XF14mm f2.8 on X-Pro1 & X-Pro2

This is a quick post to host some camera phone snaps for a discussion about the new X-Pro2 and whether it has frame lines for the XF14mm f2.8 - a nifty little lens I like a lot.  It is in response to a nice Ian MacDonald Photography review of the X-Pro2 where he shows the viewfinder frame lines and the 14mm isn't there!

](http://www.hyam.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_20160204_080251.jpg) This is the XF14mm f2.8 on my X-Pro1

](http://www.hyam.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_20160204_080218.jpg) This is the view of the floor through the viewfinder with the 14mm attached.

The XF14mm was launched more or less at the same time as the X-Pro1. It is an odd focal length (21mm equivalent) and I reckon it was matched to the angle of view of the optical viewfinder (OVF). The X-Pro2 OVF has more-or-less the same magnification as the X-Pro1 if not a little wider (x0.36 vs x0.37) so it should cover the same angle. I reckon they have just left it off the focal length preview screen but they may have dropped it altogether. I'd love to know as I've put a pre-order in and had envisaged using this combination.

Update: 17th February 2016. I wrote to Fujifilm UK and they responded with the following:

We can confirm, when the 14mm lens is attached to the X-Pro2 and when using OVF, frame lines are identical to the X-Pro1.

So it looks like thunderbirds are go on this one.