Fuji announced the first mid-tele zoom lens with image stabilization for the Fujifilm X system, XF55-200mm F3.5-4.8 R LM OIS. The zoom range is equal to 83-300mm, and the minimal focusing distance is 1.1 meters, so it might have a nice close-up ability. Some people already tested the lens, and it seems that the autofocus speed is on par with XF18-55mm lens - that's very good news for me. The sample photo taken with Fuji XF55-200mm lens are also available.
It is the biggest and the heaviest lens in their current lineup, 118mm long, 580 grams / 1.28 lb. The lens wouldn't be available for some time. The prices should be around $700 in the US. The lens is positioned between cheap "standard" plastic tele lenses and high quality lenses such as 70-200mm F4 from Canon and Nikon or ZUIKO 50-200mm F2.8-3.5 from Olympus. The XF55-200mm is slightly faster than a typical kit zoom, but the major difference supposed to be in the quality. I cannot recollect any other high quality tele lens for mirrorless cameras except for Panasonic Lumix G X Vario 35-100mm F2.8 OIS but the zoom range is quite different from the Fuji's.
I have ZUIKO 50-200mm F2.8-3.5 SWD lens, and I do like it. ZUIKO is significantly brighter at long end, but Fuji cameras are less noisy, so I can use iso 800 instead of 100 on my Olympus E-30, and in-lens image stabilization may help, too. Generally I am not interested in shallow DoF. The Fuji lens is twice lighter, too.
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