Fujifilm launches FUJINON Lens XF56mmF1.2 R WR

TOKYO, September 9, 2022 – FUJIFILM Corporation (President and CEO, Representative Director: Teiichi Goto) announces the launch of the “FUJINON Lens XF56mmF1.2 R WR” (XF56mmF1.2 R WR) in late September. The lens joins the line-up of XF lenses, interchangeable lenses for the X Series of lightweight and compact mirrorless digital cameras, renowned for their outstanding image quality based on Fujifilm’s proprietary color reproduction technology.

The XF56mmF1.2 R WR is a fast mid-telephoto prime lens with the focal length of 56mm (equivalent to 85mm in the 35mm film format). It succeeds the maximum aperture of F1.2, a popular feature of its predecessor “FUJINON Lens XF56mmF1.2 R” (previous model), while boasting significant improvement in image-resolving performance and close-up capability. The fast lens produces beautiful bokeh adding dimension to visual expressions.

The XF56mmF1.2 R WR consists 13 elements in eight groups, including two aspherical elements and one ED element. The design minimizes chromatic, spherical and comatic aberrations to provide higher image resolving performance than the previous model from Minimum Object Distance (MOD) to infinity. Its F1.2 maximum aperture produces a shallow depth-of-field to add an artistic flair to images. The surface of the aspherical lens elements is processed at high precision to reduce the onion-ring effect for beautiful bokeh. The minimum focusing distance has been reduced by approx. 20cm from the previous model to approx. 50cm^*1, allowing users to go up close to the subject in portraiture as well as snapshots and tabletop photography.

The addition of the XF56mmF1.2 R WR enhances the lineup of XF lenses even further, broadening the coverage of photographic categories to enhance users’ photographic pleasure, provided by the X Series of mirrorless cameras equipped with the APS-C sensor.

• *1 Distance from the sensor surface to the subject. The minimum distance from the front end of the lens is approximately 41cm.

• The lens is designed to take maximum advantage of the compact and lightweight “X Mount System”^*2, weighting just 445g and measuring 76mm despite being a fast lens with the maximum aperture of F1.2. It reduces users’ strains in walking around with the lens mounted on a camera, adding an extra sense of mobility.
• The lens barrel is weather-sealed in nine places to ensure dust and weather resistance, and newly adopts the ability to operate at temperatures as low as -10℃. The front lens element is applied with fluorine coating to repel water and offer protection against stains. This means users can enjoy the lens with peace of mind to take photos outdoors in light rain or in dusty places.

• *2 A camera equipment system based on the X Mount, adopted by the X Series of mirrorless digital cameras equipped with the APS-C sensor.

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