Large format lenses are a very different proposition to an AF SLR lens which is
really what the X-Pro lenses are. And even with the large format lenses, they
don't make the shutters do they? No-one does apart from specialists. Large
format lenses are simple things - all the development is in optico-mechanical,
not firmware, AF motors and so on. Has Fuji ever made an AF lens?
In essence, the scenarios are -
1. The lenses are made by Cosina or another house on request by Fuji.
2. The lenses are made by another house to a specific design by Fuji (Panasonic
Leica anyone?)
3. The lenses are assembled by another house using Fuji elements and outsourced
subassemblies.
4. The lenses are built by Fuji using their own glass and bought in
subassemblies.
5. Fuji designed and built them from the ground up.
I'd suggest anything from 2-4 is reasonable. 1 would be a dark secret and 5
would be unreasonable. What makes 2 & 3 most likely is Fuji hedging their bets
- if the X-Pro does not work, the design can be sold on a remanufactured for
someone else, recovering potential losses. Otherwise innovation of this type
would never be attempted. Of course, the same arguments apply to the body.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.soultheft.com
On 06/04/2012, at 11:25 PM, Sawyer, Edward wrote:
> Pretty rampant speculation there. Fuji's got plenty of resources, and
> builds their own lenses for tons of other applications, so why not build
> them for still image cameras? Last time I checked Fuji is still making
> their own large format lenses as well...
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