FUJIFILM AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCES NEW FUJINON XF23mmF2.8 R WR

SYDNEY, 12 JUNE 2025 – FUJIFILM Australia Pty Ltd announces the launch of the “FUJINON Lens XF23mmF2.8 R WR” (XF23mmF2.8 R WR) as part of the "XF Lens" lineup for the X Series of mirrorless digital cameras. The XF lenses are renowned for their compact and lightweight design and outstanding image quality delivered with Fujifilm’s proprietary colour reproduction technology. 

The XF23mmF2.8 R WR is an ultra-compact and lightweight lens with an easy-to-use focal length of 23mm (equivalent to 35mm in 35mm format), an overall length of only 23mm^*1 and a weight of approximately 90g. While achieving high-resolution performance compatible with the approximately 40.2 megapixel "X-Trans™ CMOS 5 HR"*² sensor, the ultra-compact size was achieved by using the latest lens manufacturing technology to make the lens thinner and by slimming down the exterior and structural parts to the absolute minimum.

The lens is versatile enough to handle standard, wide-angle, close-up, and various other types of photography with a single lens, while at the same time offering high usability and toughness. This provides a high image quality photographic experience with ease in all situations, including snapshots, travel, portrait, landscape photography, and capturing everyday moments. Its compact size, lightweight design and versatility make it a lens you will always want to carry with you.

"The newly announced FUJINON XF23mmF2.8 R WR is the next product in the Fujifilm X Series to bring portability and performance to life. Weighing only 90g and 23mm long, this is one of our smallest lenses available. The 23mm focal length (35mm equivalent in 35mm format) is perfect for capturing your everyday moments, as well as a fantastic portrait lens. With a wider view than our FUJINON XF27mmF2.8 R WR, this lens is ideal for when you need to fit more in your frame without fitting more into your bag." said Shaun Mah, General Manager, Electronic Imaging and Optical Devices, FUJIFILM Australia. 

*1  Same size as XF27mmF2.8 R WR.

*2  X-Trans is a registered trademark or trademark of Fujifilm Corporation.

Ultra compact and lightweight design with high resolution performance

• Adopting 8 elements in 6 groups lens including two aspherical lenses minimises aberrations from the centre to the periphery and achieves high resolution performance.
• Despite its high resolution performance, the lens has been made optically compact by slimming down the lens using the latest processing technology. Furthermore, the exterior design has also been made thinner by increasing the number of metal parts in the exterior components. This lens has a total length of only 23mm, which is the same as XF27mmF2.8, the thinnest XF lens, and it weighs just 90g, making it compact and lightweight.
• The 11 aperture blades allow you to enjoy snapshots that highlight the subject with beautiful circular bokeh effects, as well as close-up shots of small objects.

Close up photography and high precision, high speed AF

• The minimum object distance is 20cm, which is achieved while maintaining a small size. This allows you to take pictures in all kinds of situations, such as those close-up food photographs, or capturing details of flowers and other small objects.
• The lens uses a full group focusing system, which suppresses aberration variation depending on the focus position, enabling high image quality photography even at close range.
• A powerful DC motor is adopted to achieve high-speed auto focus. The camera can be carried anywhere for a photographic experience that never lets you miss a moment.

Stylish, easy-to-operate design and toughness

• The exterior of the product has been carefully crafted for its texture and colour, and a front slant design has been adopted to achieve a stylish, high-grade appearance.
• The manual focus ring is equipped with a high-precision sensor that enables MF adjustment even with a small number of revolutions, allowing for delicate operation of the MF ring.
• Despite the short overall length of the lens, a fixed ring is set between MF ring and the aperture ring so that they do not interfere with each other; when turning one ring, the other ring does not become entangled, providing comfortable operability.
• Knurling on the rear of the cover allows easy grip of the lens for easy lens replacement.
• The lens barrel is dustproof, drip-proof, and resistant to temperatures as low as -10°C with 9 sealing points on each part of the barrel. The lens barrel can be used safely in light rain or dusty environments.