Fuji 35mm, 60mm or 56mm - Do these really exist?

scottduffy · 1 Jan 2015

Jeez getting fed up trying to track these fecking things down. I've placed more wanted ads than Angelina and Brad but nothing. Fuji Forums, AV forums and here and no luck. Can't possible buy new with the savings to be had on used lenses so i'm forced to wait or i could always switch back to Canon !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

simonblue · 1 Jan 2015

They will come up,their are a few on Facebook photo page

stumac · 1 Jan 2015

With the cash back deals you can get the 35mm for £300 . Used they are around £250 I not much in it

scottduffy · 1 Jan 2015

Facebook photo page? Never heard of it.

simonblue said:
They will come up,their are a few on Facebook photo page

simonblue · 1 Jan 2015

scottduffy said:
Facebook photo page? Never heard of it.

Link here
https://www.facebook.com/groups/second.hand.photo.gear/?notif_t=group_r2j_approved

scottduffy · 1 Jan 2015

Thanks mate.

freecom2 · 1 Jan 2015

stumac said:
With the cash back deals you can get the 35mm for £300 . Used they are around £250 I not much in it

Bizarrely, several used examples have gone on eBay for more than this!

And since you're looking at multiple lenses, the cashback offer may be extremely good value.

scottduffy · 1 Jan 2015

I just noticed this myself mate, the cashback offer of £500 for a triple purchase. By my reckoning i can order the 56,60 and 35 for a total of 1537.96 so minus £500 = £1037.96. If i moved on the 35 and 60 for around £250 each or probably a bit more actually then i could be getting a brand new 56mm for roughly £500. Sounds like a no brainer to me.

T_J_G · 2 Jan 2015

I struggled to find a decent 56mm second hand, ended up paying more than I wanted to but still cheaper than going grey.

BacktotheFuji · 2 Jan 2015

Ah, see, people don't tend to flog their best lenses unless changing systems. The 35mm are 56mm are superb.

freecom2 · 2 Jan 2015

scottduffy said:
I just noticed this myself mate, the cashback offer of £500 for a triple purchase. By my reckoning i can order the 56,60 and 35 for a total of 1537.96 so minus £500 = £1037.96. If i moved on the 35 and 60 for around £250 each or probably a bit more actually then i could be getting a brand new 56mm for roughly £500. Sounds like a no brainer to me.

With those sums, it seems like a no-brainer. The Fuji X used market is still strong, although I think moving the 60mm will be more difficult than the 35mm.

manualfocus-g said:
Ah, see, people don't tend to flog their best lenses unless changing systems. The 35mm are 56mm are superb.

There was a whole flurry of 35mm in the last few months in the Classifieds, although with the current cashback offers it makes used examples poor value. I saw one from an online camera shop that was £269 + £10 delivery, which only made it £21 cheaper than new UK stock after cashback.