The rising trend for compact cameras has similarly driven up prices – and many photographers are instead hacking mirrorless cameras with a pancake lens to create a smaller system without the wait or high price of trendy cameras. But is the trend towards compact cameras also driving up sales for tiny pancake lenses? The Fujifilm XF 27mm f/2.8 R WR is a small pancake lens that’s arguably the best way to make a Fujifilm mirrorless camera feel more like the trendy X100VI – but I can't find it in stock at major retailers in the US.
The Fujifilm XF 27mm f/2.8 R WR is a small lens that makes a mirrorless camera feel a bit more like a compact camera. The lens is close to the 23mm f/2.0 specifications for the built-in lens on the Fujifilm X100VI. I’ve been eyeing the 27mm over the last few months as a way to potentially make the camera that I already have feel like a X100VI for $400 / £419 / AU$646, but it seems the lens is out of stock at major retailers in the US.
