Fujifilm 15-45mm
XC f/3.5-5.6 OIS Power Zoom
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Fujifilm XC 15-45mm f/3.5-5.6 OIS PZ, collapsed (black version; also comes in silver, 52mm filters, 4.6 oz./131g, 0.42 feet (5.1" or 0.13 meters) close focus at 15mm setting and 1.15 feet (13.8" or 0.35 meters) close focus at 45mm setting, $299 new or about $160 used if you know How to Win at eBay). bigger or fill-screen. I'd get mine at Adorama, at Amazon or at B&H, or used at eBay. You can get it in black or in silver at any of those links by clicking the option.
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These are just snapshots and there are many more throughout the review; my real work is in my Gallery.
These are all shot as NORMAL JPGs; no FINE JPGs or raw files were used or needed. I never need raw files, but suit yourself.
Kona Ice Truck at the Park at Night, 09 August 2019, 8:45 PM. Fujifilm X-E3, Fujifilm XC 15-45mm at 15mm at f/3.4 hand-held at 1/45 at Auto ISO 5,000 (LV 3.5), Perfectly Clear. bigger or camera-original © file.
2008 Ford Mustang Shelby GT-C, 11 August 2019, 10:42 AM. Fujifilm X-E3, Fujifilm XC 15-45mm at 45mm at f/8 at 1/1,700 at Auto ISO 400 (LV 14¾), as shot. bigger or camera-original © file.
Provencal tablecloth, 11 August 2019,11:23 AM. Fujifilm X-E3, Fujifilm XC 15-45mm at 45mm at f/5.6 at 1/600 at ISO 200 (LV 13⅓), 100% dynamic range, as shot. bigger or camera-original © file.
Orange Path, 11 August 2019, 6:51 PM. Fujifilm X-E3, Fujifilm XC 15-45mm at 15mm at f/3.5 hand-held at 1/20 at Auto ISO 320 (LV 6.4), as shot. bigger, or camera-original © file.
La Virgen de Guadalupe, 11 August 2019, 7:07 PM. Fujifilm X-E3, Fujifilm XC 15-45mm at 19mm at f/5.6 at 1/40 at Auto ISO 200 (LV 8⅓), 100% dynamic range, Perfectly Clear. bigger or camera-original © file.
Méxican Lights, Solana Beach, 11 August 2019, 7:18 PM. Fujifilm X-E3, Fujifilm XC 15-45mm at 45mm at f/5.6 hand-held at 1/8 of a seconds at Auto ISO 2,000 (LV 3⅔), Perfectly Clear. bigger, full-resolution or camera-original © file.
The ectoplasm along the top is a spinning fan blade.
White Flight, 12 August 2019, 11:14 AM. Fujifilm X-E3, Fujifilm XC 15-45mm at 45mm at f/5.6 hand-held at 1/30 at Auto ISO 800 (LV 7), Perfectly Clear. bigger or camera-original © file.
Seven Palms, California Desert, 17 August 2019, 6:54 PM. Fujifilm X-E3, Fujifilm XC 15-45mm at 29mm at f/5.6 at 1/400 at Auto ISO 200 (LV 12⅔), 100% dynamic range, as shot. bigger or camera-original © file.
Tampico Market, California Desert, 18 August 2019, 2:23 PM. Fujifilm X-E3, Fujifilm XC 15-45mm at 15mm, -⅔ stop exposure compensation, f/3.5 at 1/90 at Auto ISO 400 (LV 8⅙), Perfectly Clear. bigger, full-resolution or camera-original © file.
To control the dynamic range between the neon signs and the dark shadows I shot with -⅔ stop exposure compensation to make it a bit darker to hold the highlights (as you can see in the camera-original © file), and then I used Perfectly Clear which I knew would bring up just the dark shadows and midtones without blowing-out the highlights. This is much better than lowering the overall contrast; this preserves full contrast everywhere while taming the lighting range. I saw all this in my head before I shot, and of course I shot this as a NORMAL JPG; amateurs tend not to realize that you can do all the same dynamic, exposure and white balance processing on JPGs exactly the same way you can with clumsy raw files.
Andalusian Palm and Tile Mansion, España, 20 August 2019, 8:04 AM. Fujifilm X-E3, Fujifilm XC 15-45mm at 15mm, -⅔ stop exposure compensation, f/5.6 at 1/1,700 at Auto ISO 400 (LV 13¾), Perfectly Clear. bigger, full-resolution or camera-original © file.
I realized that so long as I held the highlights in my camera-original © JPG file that Perfectly Clear would let me see all the way into the deepest shadows, with no need for old-fashioned multi-shot tripod-mounted HDR. I added some color to the Fuji's typically drab colors (even though I always shoot my Fuji cameras at +4 color saturation) in Photoshop CS6. The rest of these shots are as the colors came from the X-E3; in this shot of the Palm Mansion I wanted to let you all see the warm morning sunlight draping across this fine Spanish home.
Andalusian Palm Mansion at Dusk, 20 August 2019, 8:06 PM. Fujifilm X-E3, Fujifilm XC 15-45mm at 15mm at f/8 for 30 seconds at ISO 200 (LV 0), 100% dynamic range, Perfectly Clear. bigger, full-resolution or camera-original © file.
The tops of the trees were blowing around in this time exposure and are supposed to be blurry.
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As my sample images show, this tiny, inexpensive and stabilized all-plastic lens has excellent optics. I snapped these photos in less than a week-and-a-half of casual shooting. This 15-45 uses an exceptionally large rear element to contribute to its corner-to-corner sharpness. (The glass is glass, not plastic.)
I've had no problem licensing images made with plastic kit lenses like this to major clients for thousands of dollars each. If you can't produce great results with this great little lens, the problem isn't this lens. Lenses are artists tools, exactly like painter's brushes or musical instruments. You have to be an artist to make art; the tools alone don't create anything except more debt.
It's a Power Zoom (PZ), just like Sony's very similar 16-50mm PZ, with a motor to zoom the lens. You control the motor either the regular way with the front ring, or just turn and hold the rear ring in either direction for the lens to motor in or out at either of two speeds, perfect for smooth movie zooms.
It's super-sharp, as sharp as my older XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4, and focusses fast and super-close.
This is a perfect lens for small, light cameras that can take huge, sharp pictures. It's a fraction of the size, weight and price — and this PZ lens goes much wider than any of the 18-xx zooms! Pair it with the equally excellent, lightweight and inexpensive XC 50-230mm and you're prepared for everything.
This 15-45mm collapses automatically as you see here when the camera goes to sleep or you turn it off. It automatically extends about an extra 0.8" (20mm) when you turn the camera on, and it extends as quickly as the camera turns on so there's no waiting.
I'd get my Fuji 15-45mm at Adorama, at Amazon or at B&H, or get it used if you know How to Win at eBay. You can get it in black or in silver at any of these links.
Fujifilm 15-45mm OIS PZ, collapsed. bigger or fill-screen.
New
Fuji's first tiny plastic Power Zoom for their X-mount cameras.
Smallest and lightest X-mount lens.
Good
You can zoom it with the tip of your pinky as you shoot with one hand!
Excellent sharpness and distortion control.
Much wider than every other 18-xx mm zoom.
Super-close macro ability.
Two zoom rings, one of which becomes the manual focus ring in Manual Focus.
Tiny, weightless and inexpensive.
A tiny, inexpensive lens that makes unforgettable pictures.
Bad
Offshored to The Philippines; not made domestically in Japan.
Missing
No aperture ring, but two zoom rings!
No hood or case included.
No OIS switch.
No in-camera Lens Modulation Optimizer, but doens't need it either.
No high price.
No weight.
No problems.
Nothing but clear, sharp colorful pictures!
Specifications
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I'd get my Fuji 15-45mm at Adorama, at Amazon or at B&H, or get it used if you know How to Win at eBay. You can get it in black or in silver at any of these links.
Name
Fujifilm 15-45mm OIS PZ, collapsed. bigger or fill-screen.
Fujifilm calls this the Fujinon Aspherical Super EBC XC 15-45mm f/3.5-5.6 OIS PZ:
Fujinon is Fujifilm's brand name for their lenses.
Aspherical means it uses aspherically-shaped lens elements for sharper pictures.
Super EBC is Fujinon's brand of multicoating, standing for Super Electron-Beam Coated.
XC is Fuji's line of optically excellent but inexpensive plastic-barreled lenses for their X-mount cameras.
OIS means Optical Image Stabilization.
PZ means Power Zoom; it zooms with a tiny internal motor.
∅52 means it takes standard 52 mm filters.
Fujifilm also calls it model number XC15-45mmF3.5-5.6 OIS PZ.
Optics
Fujinon 15-45mm internal optical construction. Aspherical and ED elements.
10 elements in 9 groups.
2 ED extra-low dispersion elements, which help reduce secondary axial chromatic aberration.
3 aspherical elements.
Super Electron-Beam Coating (EBC).
Filters
Plastic 52 mm filter thread.
Coverage
APS-C.
Diaphragm
Fujifilm 15-45mm OIS PZ. bigger or fill-screen.
7 rounded blades.
Electronically actuated.
Stops down to f/22 in 1/3-stop clicks, regardless of focal length setting.
Focal Length
15~45mm.
On Fujifilm's APS-C cameras it sees the same angle of view as a 23 ~ 70mm lens sees when used on a 35mm or full-frame camera.
See also Crop Factor.
Angle of View (APS-C)
89.6º ～ 35º diagonal.
Autofocus
No external movement as focussed, so no air or dust is sucked in.
Focus Scale
No.
Infinity Focus Stop
No.
Depth of Field Scale
No.
Infrared Focus Index
No.
Close Focus
0.42 feet (5.1" or 0.13 meters) at 15mm.
1.15 feet (13.8" or 0.35 meters) at 45mm.
Maximum Reproduction Ratio
1:4.2 (0.24×) at 15mm focal length.
Almost as large at the 45mm setting.
Reproduction Ratio Scale
No.
Caps
Regular 52mm front and basic rear transit cap.
Hood
None included.
Case
None included.
Size
Maximum diameter
2.46" (62.6mm) Ø.
Extension from flange
1.74" (44.2 mm) collapsed.
2.57" (65.2 mm) set to 15mm focal length.
2.37" (60.3 mm) set to 27mm focal length.
2.44" (62.1 mm) set to 45mm focal length.
Weight
4.605 oz. (130.6g) actual meaured weight.
Rated 4¾ oz. (135 g).
Quality
Made in The Philippines.
Announced
Promised for
Included
52mm front lens cap (p/n 16389719).
Translucent plastic snap-on rear cap.
Packaging
Corrugated cardboard. See Unboxing.
Fujifilm's Model Number
XC15-45mmF3.5-5.6 OIS PZ.
Price, USA
$299 new or about $160 used if you know How to Win at eBay, August 2019.
Unboxing
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I'd get my Fuji 15-45mm at Adorama, at Amazon or at B&H, or get it used if you know How to Win at eBay. You can get it in black or in silver at any of these links.
The box and lens are completely unsealed. There is no way to know if anyone else has been fiddling with your lens, swapping parts and accessories, or even if it's a dropped, returned, damaged or used lens.
This is why it's critical to buy only from an approved online source, since they ship from automated warehouses where no shifty salesmen or customers ever get to touch your new camera before it ships. While new $5 CDs, DVDs, Blu-Rays and bottles of milk and drinking water are sealed and quite obvious if anyone's opened them, paradoxically Fuji doesn't bother sealing anything, so your only insurance is to buy only from a trusted online dealer.
Performance
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Overall Autofocus Manual Focus Breathing
Bokeh Distortion Ergonomics Falloff
Filters Flare & Ghosts Lateral Color Fringes
Maximum & Minimum Apertures Mechanics
I'd get my Fuji 15-45mm at Adorama, at Amazon or at B&H, or get it used if you know How to Win at eBay. You can get it in black or in silver at any of these links.
Overall
This is a great little super-sharp lens. Don't judge this book by its all-plastic cover and super-low price.
Autofocus
Autofocus is fast enough, and silent.
Manual Focus
The manual focus ring is the thinner front ring, but only when manual focus or manual focus override is active; otherwise the thin front ring is also a zoom ring.
Manual focus is entirely electronic; the manual focus ring isn't connected to anything other than a digital encoder.
Focus Breathing
Focus breathing is the image changing size as focused in and out. It's important to cinematographers that the image not breathe because it looks funny if the image changes size as focus gets pulled back and forth between actors. If the lens does this, the image "breathes" by growing and contracting slightly as the dialog goes back and forth.
The image from this 15~45 gets slightly larger as focussed more closely.
Bokeh
Bokeh, the feel, character or quality of out-of-focus areas as opposed to how far out of focus they are, is fair. Defocus quality (bokeh) doesn't matter since this lens never has much that far out of focus anyway.
Here are photos from headshot distance wide-open:
Davis 6250 weather station, 09 August 2019. bigger or camera-original © file.
Davis 6250 weather station, 09 August 2019. bigger or camera-original © file.
As always, if you want to throw the background as far out of focus as possible, shoot at 45mm and f/5.6 and get as close as possible.
Distortion
The Fuji 15-45 has no visible distortion, except for some minor to moderate barrel distortion at the widest end. Otherwise there is some slight barrel distortion at most settings that's invisible unless you go out of your way to find it.
Use these Correction Factors in Photoshop to correct them further for scientific use. These aren't facts or specifications, they are the results of my research that requires hours of photography and calculations on the resulting data.
at 10' (3m) |
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15mm |
+1.80 |
20mm |
+1.20 |
28mm |
±0.00 |
45mm |
+1.00 |
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Ergonomics
Fujifilm 15-45mm OIS PZ, collapsed. bigger or fill-screen.
This lens is easy: the front ring works as either a traditional Focus or Zoom control depending on the settings of the focus system.
The big rear ring is always a power zoom control with two speeds as you turn it one way or the other to have it zoom towards wide or tele. This is awesome as you can zoom it with the tip of your pinky as you shoot with one hand!
Being all plastic makes mounting and unmounting much smoother.
It extends and retracts automatically as your camera wakes and sleeps. Be sure to turn off your camera before removing the lens if you want to put it away retracted.
The red mounting index is never as clear in person as you can see enlarged here, so like all Fuji lenses, you're pretty much on your own in the dark trying to find it. It's flush, so you can't find it by feel.
Falloff
Falloff is completely invisible, even with the LENS MODULATION OPTIMIZER turned OFF.
I've greatly exaggerated the falloff by shooting a gray field and placing these on a gray background; it will not look this bad in actual photos of real things:
Falloff with LENS MODULATION OPTIMIZER turned OFF:
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Filters, use with
There's no need for thin filters. I can use two stacked regular filters and only get a little vignetting at the widest setting, and it goes away as zoomed just a little bit.
Go ahead and use your standard rotating polarizer and grad filters.
Be careful with polarizers at the widest end; the sky's natural polarization can appear as a dark band in the sky.
Flare & Ghosts
There are little to no ghosts or flare.
This is an excellent lens; see Sunstars for samples.
Lateral Color Fringes
There are no color fringes as shot on Fujifilm's cameras, even with the LENS MODULATION OPTIMIZER OFF.
This is outstanding performance.
Lens Corrections
Neither my X-T30 or X-E3 have the ability to turn on the LENS MODULATION OPTIMIZER; it shows as a grayed-out menu option and remains OFF.
This is great; this lens performs this well without needing electronic correction.
Macro Performance
Macro gets very close. It gives the largest image at the 15mm end, and makes images almost as large at the 45mm end as well.
At f/3.5
It's pretty sharp at f/3.5, as well as getting so close that I had to be careful not to get the lens' shadow (lower right) over the subject:
Casio G-Shock Solar Atomic Watch at close-focus distance at 15mm at f/3.5, 26 August 2019. bigger or camera-original © file.
1,200 × 900 pixel crop from above. bigger or camera-original © file.
If this 1,200 × 900 pixel crop is about 3" (7.5cm) wide on your phone, then the complete image printed at this same extreme magnification would be about 11 × 16" (0.9 × 1.3 feet or 25 × 40 cm).
If this 1,200 × 900 pixel crop is about 6" (15cm) wide on your screen, then the complete image printed at this same extreme magnification would be about 21 × 31" (1.7 × 2.6 feet or 50 × 80 cm).
If this 1,200 × 900 pixel crop is about 12" (30cm) wide on your screen, then the complete image printed at this same extreme magnification would be about 42 × 62" (3.5 × 5.2 feet or 1.05 × 1.6 meters).
At f/8
It only gets sharper at f/8:
Casio G-Shock Solar Atomic Watch at close-focus distance at 15mm at f/8, 26 August 2019. bigger or camera-original © file.
1,200 × 900 pixel crop from above. bigger or camera-original © file.
If this 1,200 × 900 pixel crop is about 3" (7.5cm) wide on your phone, then the complete image printed at this same extreme magnification would be about 11 × 16" (0.9 × 1.3 feet or 25 × 40 cm).
If this 1,200 × 900 pixel crop is about 6" (15cm) wide on your screen, then the complete image printed at this same extreme magnification would be about 21 × 31" (1.7 × 2.6 feet or 50 × 80 cm).
If this 1,200 × 900 pixel crop is about 12" (30cm) wide on your screen, then the complete image printed at this same extreme magnification would be about 42 × 62" (3.5 × 5.2 feet or 1.05 × 1.6 meters).
Minimum & Maximum Apertures
Maximum Aperture |
Minimum Aperture |
|
| 15mm | f/3.5 |
f/22 |
| 20mm | f/4 |
f/22 |
| 26mm | f/4.4 |
f/22 |
45mm |
f/5.6 |
f/22 |
Mechanical Quality
Fujifilm 15-45mm OIS PZ, collapsed. bigger or fill-screen.
It's 100% plastic, except for the gold contacts and the screws and glass.
Yes, hit it from the side against a brick and it probably will break, but the plastic mount is much smoother mounting and unmounting.
The black version (as shown here) is black plastic, and the silver version is silver paint over black plastic.
Sharpness
Lens sharpness has nothing to do with picture sharpness; every lens made in the past 100 years is more than sharp enough to make super-sharp pictures if you know what you're doing. The only limitation to picture sharpness is your skill as a photographer. It's the least talented who spend the most time worrying about lens sharpness and blame crummy pictures on their equipment rather than themselves. Skilled photographers make great images with whatever camera is in their hands; I've made some of my best images of all time with an irreparably broken camera! Most pixels are thrown away before you see them, but camera makers don't want you to know that.
If you're not getting ultra-sharp pictures with this, be sure not to shoot at f/11 or smaller where all lenses are softer due to diffraction, always shoot at ISO 200 or below because cameras become softer at ISO 400 and above, avoid shooting across long distances over land which can lead to atmospheric heat shimmer, be sure everything is in perfect focus, set your camera's sharpening as you want it and be sure nothing is moving, either camera or subject. If you want to ensure a soft image with any lens, shoot at f/16 at ISO 1,600 at default sharpening in daylight of subjects at differing distances in the same image.
As I've shown at sample images, this 15-45mm is super sharp at every setting. No worries here.
Here are Fuji's MTF charts, which agree with what I see:
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MTF at 15mm at 15 cyc/mm. |
MTF at 15mm at 45 cyc/mm. |
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MTF at 45mm at 15 cyc/mm. |
MTF at 45mm at 45 cyc/mm. |
Spherochromatism
Spherochromatism, also called "color bokeh" by laymen, is an advanced form of chromatic aberration in a different dimension than lateral color. It can cause colored fringes on out-of-focus highlights, usually seen as green fringes on backgrounds and magenta fringes on foregrounds. Spherochromatism is common in fast lenses of moderate focal length when shooting contrasty items at full aperture. It goes away as stopped down.
I don't expect to see much with a lens this short and slow, and I don't:
Mondaine A132.30348.11SBB at close-focus distance at 45mm at f/5.6, 09 August 2019. bigger or camera-original © file.
1,200 × 900 pixel crop from above. bigger or camera-original © file.
The black marks on the crystal are actually a fingerprint I didn't notice until I saw these images full-size!
If this 1,200 × 900 pixel crop is about 3" (7.5cm) wide on your screen, then the complete image printed at this same large magnification would be about 10 × 15" (25 × 38cm).
If this 1,200 × 900 pixel crop is about 6" (15cm) wide on your screen, then the complete image printed at this same high magnification would be about 20 × 30" (50 × 75cm).
If this 1,200 × 900 pixel crop is about 12" (30cm) wide on your screen, then the complete image printed at this same extreme magnification would be about 40 × 60" (1 × 1.5 meters).
Image Stabilization
Optical Image Stabilization (OIS, IS or VR (Vibration Reduction)) works well, giving me two stops of real-world improvement at 45mm and four stops of real-world improvement at 15mm.
"Percent Perfectly Sharp Shots" are the percentage of frames with 100% perfect tripod-equivalent sharpness I get when I'm shooting hand-held while standing with no support. Hand tremor is a random occurrence, so at marginal speeds some frames will be perfectly sharp while others will be in various stages of blur — all at the same shutter speed. This rates what percentage of shots are perfectly sharp, not how sharp all the frames are:
At 15mm
| % Perfectly Sharp Shots | 1 |
1/2 |
1/4 |
1/8 |
1/15 |
1/30 |
1/60 |
1/125 |
| OIS ON | 0 |
10 |
83 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
| OIS OFF | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
67 |
100 |
At 45mm
| % Perfectly Sharp Shots | 1/2 |
1/4 |
1/8 |
1/15 |
1/30 |
1/60 |
1/125 |
1/250 |
| OIS ON | 0 |
0 |
5 |
50 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
| OIS OFF | 0 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
40 |
67 |
83 |
100 |
Sunstars
With a 7-bladed rounded diaphragm at large apertures, I get 14-pointed sunstars on brilliant points of light at most apertures. They are sharpest at larger apertures and become both stronger and more diffuse at the smallest apertures.
Ignore the crazy rainbow effects at f/22; these are sensor artifacts caused by taking a picture directly of the sun and exposing for the dark underside of the palm tree.
Click any to enlarge:
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It extends and retracts automatically as your camera wakes and sleeps, so be sure to turn off your camera before removing the lens if you want to put it away retracted.
I'd get my Fuji 15-45mm at Adorama, at Amazon or at B&H, or get it used if you know How to Win at eBay. You can get it in black or in silver at any of these links.
I love this little plastic lens. It produces magnificent results and weighs nothing. All lenses should be this good!
I use a clear (UV) protective filter instead of a cap so I'm always ready to shoot instantly. I only use a cap when I throw this in a bag with other gear without padding — which is never. The UV filter never gets in the way, and never gets lost, either.
The very best protective filter is the Multicoated Hoya HD3 52mm UV which uses hardened glass and repels dirt and fingerprints. It's expensive, but it will last forever long after this lens is gone.
For less money, the B＋W 52mm 010 is an excellent filter, as are the multicoated B＋W and the basic multicoated Hoya filters and the most basic Hoya multicoated filter, but the Hoya HD3 is the toughest and the best.
Filters last a lifetime, so you may as well get the best. The Hoya HD3 stays cleaner than the others since it repels oil and dirt.
If I was working in nasty, dirty areas, I'd forget the cap, and use an uncoated 52mm Tiffen UV filter instead. Uncoated filters are much easier to clean, but more prone to ghosting.
All these filters are just as sharp and take the same pictures, the difference is how much abuse they'll take and stay clean and stay in one piece.
I'd get my Fuji 15-45mm at Adorama, at Amazon or at B&H, or get it used if you know How to Win at eBay. You can get it in black or in silver at any of these links.
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I'd get my Fuji 15-45mm at Adorama, at Amazon or at B&H, or get it used if you know How to Win at eBay. You can get it in black or in silver at any of these links.
Fuji's 15-45mm press announcement.
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