Fujifilm XF 18-135 F3.5-5.6 WR Lens + Fuji X-E1 $999 (after $200 Cashback) from digiDIRECT

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MissKitty on 07/11/2014 - 20:49 digidirect.com.au (342 clicks)
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Great deal on the X-E1 and the 18-135 super zoom, which is more or less as good as it gets for that kind of lens. The lens is weather resistant and has 5 stop OIS.

Cheapest price for the XF 18-135 alone is $839 after cash back from Camera Pro. So you are essentially getting a camera with pro image quality (if not quite pro speed/practicality) for $160, which is nuts.

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  douglasb on 07/11/2014 - 21:01

  18-135mm is nice, the F3.5-5.6 isn't. Bitter experience has taught me that a zoom lense with an aperture that varies over the zoom length is a horribly frustrating thing to deal with. Sorry, I don't mean to rain on your parade, but after buying the (then) $11,000 Canon L zoom lense with the aperture 'range' that I have in the back of the cupboard here somewhere, I swore I'd devote my life to warning people off of that sort of thing! :-) A long zoom lense that has a fixed aperture over the whole zoom will cost more, but the relative lack of frustration is worth the extra dollars! :-)

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    MissKitty on 07/11/2014 - 21:04

    +3

    It's a lens for travel, and for people shooting outside in daylight. The weather resistance is a big feature. As is the 5 stop OIS.

    Of course the primes are way better, and of course the upcoming 50-140 2.8 is better. But that lens is also twice as heavy and twice as large, and more than twice the price.

    It all depends what you want it for.

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    [Deactivated] on 07/11/2014 - 23:04

    Can you name a 28-200mm equiv constant aperture zoom lens?

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      Tycn on 07/11/2014 - 23:07

      http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sony-cybershot-dsc-rx10 :)

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        [Deactivated] on 08/11/2014 - 01:02

        +1

        That's not APS-C.

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    vinc on 08/11/2014 - 01:08

    Agree. Prime lens are the right things to buy.

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  nekov on 07/11/2014 - 22:08

  I read that the OIS on this lens is awesome…
  The X-E1 however is slow to focus but it's practically a freebie with the lens… good find.

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  Tycn on 07/11/2014 - 22:49

  Not much point bundling a weather sealed lens with a non weather sealed body. I think the 18-55mm kit is still better, and it also happens to be cheaper.

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  cieumeo on 08/11/2014 - 00:47

  For the price there is nothing to complaint….as long as you have the x-t1 already. Good combo for travel and all-general-purpose with weather seal.

  You can alway sale the body….for at least 200 aud i think.

  Pros :
  Weather seal
  OIS
  Built

  Cons:
  f3.5-5.6