Months after rumor sites revealed that Fujifilm is working on a replacement kit lens for its X Series mirrorless camera, the company has finally made it official with a development announcement at this year's X-Summit in Tokyo.
We don’t have much on this new lens yet, with Fujifilm just dropping the key details of focal length and aperture – so we can expect the lens to be an XF 16-50mm f/2.8-4.8. The new lens will replace the now ten-year-old Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 R LM OIS, which is considered by many (myself included) to be one of the best “budget” kit lenses for any system – so the 16-50mm lens has a high bar set for it.
