dcsang
Canadian & Not A Dentist
On Friday I walked into my local camera store; you know, the one where "everybody knows your name" (in this case, "everybody" usually means all the sales guys. . . ) and I was curious about the timing of the Fuji 14mm and 18-55mm that can be sold separately from the XE-1.
You see, the local camera store had "The Fuji Guys" in on Thursday last week and they had with them a pre-production 14mm. Sadly I wasn't around to see it but it certainly got me to wondering "Does this mean they're going to have them in stock soon??"
Upon meandering in to store, saying my requisite "hellos", I bellied up to the counter to ask one of the sales manager guys about the lenses. "What say you good man? I was, uh, sitting at work browsing B&H's website just now, skimming over various lenses by Fuji, and I suddenly came over all anxious."
"Anxious Sir?"
"Distressed" I said.
"Eh?"
"The lenses..." I replied
"Ahhhhh.. lenses!!"
I proceeded "Yes. I thought to myself, "a little Fujinon 14mm will do the trick," so, I curtailed my Walpoling activites, sallied forth, and infiltrated your place of purveyance to negotiate the vending of some Fuji glassware"
"Come again?"
Frustrated I told him "I want to buy the 14mm"
"Oh, I thought you were complaining about the bazouki player!"
That said, it turns out that Fuji is horribly behind on production of both these lenses - the zooms have been "eaten up" by the XE-1 kits and the 14mm is not due until sometime in January according to the camera store guy and having just checked the B&H website again, the 14mm is not due until January 31 2013.
So if you're like me and love cheese... you'll be waiting a while for these two lenses to be available on their own. 🙁
Cheers,
Dave
You see, the local camera store had "The Fuji Guys" in on Thursday last week and they had with them a pre-production 14mm. Sadly I wasn't around to see it but it certainly got me to wondering "Does this mean they're going to have them in stock soon??"
Upon meandering in to store, saying my requisite "hellos", I bellied up to the counter to ask one of the sales manager guys about the lenses. "What say you good man? I was, uh, sitting at work browsing B&H's website just now, skimming over various lenses by Fuji, and I suddenly came over all anxious."
"Anxious Sir?"
"Distressed" I said.
"Eh?"
"The lenses..." I replied
"Ahhhhh.. lenses!!"
I proceeded "Yes. I thought to myself, "a little Fujinon 14mm will do the trick," so, I curtailed my Walpoling activites, sallied forth, and infiltrated your place of purveyance to negotiate the vending of some Fuji glassware"
"Come again?"
Frustrated I told him "I want to buy the 14mm"
"Oh, I thought you were complaining about the bazouki player!"
That said, it turns out that Fuji is horribly behind on production of both these lenses - the zooms have been "eaten up" by the XE-1 kits and the 14mm is not due until sometime in January according to the camera store guy and having just checked the B&H website again, the 14mm is not due until January 31 2013.
So if you're like me and love cheese... you'll be waiting a while for these two lenses to be available on their own. 🙁
Cheers,
Dave
