rayyan
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This post relates only to the Fuji X series of cameras..specifically the xe-1, x-100s,
xt-1 and the xpro-2.
I have also bought and used the following lenses...18-55, 35/1.4, 23/1.4, 56/1.2,
60/2.4, 16-55 and the 90/2.
Mostly on the xt-1 and xpro-2.
I do not intend to post images, as most have been posted in this forum.
From Africa, Asia, South America, North America, Canada, Paris, Scandinavia, Finland, Iceland, Belarus, Russia, Georgia.
Not Forgetting New Zealand and the PRC.
Let me say, I hate the 35mm ( 135mm FF equivalent ) hence the 23/1.4 is collecting dust as is the x100s. The 23/1.4, people swear by it. I swear at it. As I do at the 56/1.2... good weight to throw at people. The 60/2.4...well the less said the better. Passable in good light. Excellent image quality. But again not for me.
The 23/1.4 and the 56/1.2 have excellent image quality too! I don't like one of these focal lengths. The 56/1.2 is slow to focus, misses focus often and once past the big aperture openings, the bg is not to my liking.
The 35/1.4, also belongs to the initial group of Fuji lenses. It is not very fast to focus...cf the 35/2. But 50mm is how I see the world, most often. All the images from Georgia..were made with this as the only lens I carried.
It has a rendering I like. Super. This was also the only lens I tookwith me to China.
Quite a few images have been posted in this forum.
Now to the 16-55/2.8! What a beast of a lens. And what a lens! But I tire of it after a few hours of carrying it. Reminds me of my Nikon 2.8s! Superb renditions, the 16mm comes in handy. Fast, WR, silent. But more for short outings or events for me. btw, it makes a super landscape lens as well as for events and carry around. No ois is a disadvantage along with the size and weight.
The 90/2. What can I say. Superb. Bokeh to die for. Sharp as a surgeon's scalpel.
And did I mention fast. From the get go, till diffraction sets in, this shall perform.
A bit heavy and looks daunting with the lens hood. And no vr! I think Fuji made a mistake here. But worth every penny to me as a portrait and medium telephoto.
The 14/2.8. As good as they come. Light but typical super Fuji quality lens. Lovely
piece of glass. Shall not disappoint you.
Now the venerable 18-55. A notch below the 16-55. That's how I would rate it. A wonderful piece of glass. With its vr, I can handhold it at 55mm and 1/20 secs! Me. I cannot hold a water glass steady. So the f/2.8 advantage is somehow mitigated. I know, I know...what about moving objects...well just blur them
The dreaded ' painterly ' effect. I have seen it. In the thousands of images I have made, I have seen it maybe a very few times. Now I don't worry about it.
I shall be leaving to a distant land shortly. I wanted to take my Nikon Df. But after trying various cameras and combinations...I decided on the Fuji.
The xpro-2.
The xt-1 as standby.
18-55, 35/1.4, 14/2.8. The 90/2 shall travel too. Very likely, but not definite.
There you have it. My impressions of the Fuji system I have and continue to use.
xt-1 and the xpro-2.
I have also bought and used the following lenses...18-55, 35/1.4, 23/1.4, 56/1.2,
60/2.4, 16-55 and the 90/2.
Mostly on the xt-1 and xpro-2.
I do not intend to post images, as most have been posted in this forum.
From Africa, Asia, South America, North America, Canada, Paris, Scandinavia, Finland, Iceland, Belarus, Russia, Georgia.
Not Forgetting New Zealand and the PRC.
Let me say, I hate the 35mm ( 135mm FF equivalent ) hence the 23/1.4 is collecting dust as is the x100s. The 23/1.4, people swear by it. I swear at it. As I do at the 56/1.2... good weight to throw at people. The 60/2.4...well the less said the better. Passable in good light. Excellent image quality. But again not for me.
The 23/1.4 and the 56/1.2 have excellent image quality too! I don't like one of these focal lengths. The 56/1.2 is slow to focus, misses focus often and once past the big aperture openings, the bg is not to my liking.
The 35/1.4, also belongs to the initial group of Fuji lenses. It is not very fast to focus...cf the 35/2. But 50mm is how I see the world, most often. All the images from Georgia..were made with this as the only lens I carried.
It has a rendering I like. Super. This was also the only lens I tookwith me to China.
Quite a few images have been posted in this forum.
Now to the 16-55/2.8! What a beast of a lens. And what a lens! But I tire of it after a few hours of carrying it. Reminds me of my Nikon 2.8s! Superb renditions, the 16mm comes in handy. Fast, WR, silent. But more for short outings or events for me. btw, it makes a super landscape lens as well as for events and carry around. No ois is a disadvantage along with the size and weight.
The 90/2. What can I say. Superb. Bokeh to die for. Sharp as a surgeon's scalpel.
And did I mention fast. From the get go, till diffraction sets in, this shall perform.
A bit heavy and looks daunting with the lens hood. And no vr! I think Fuji made a mistake here. But worth every penny to me as a portrait and medium telephoto.
The 14/2.8. As good as they come. Light but typical super Fuji quality lens. Lovely
piece of glass. Shall not disappoint you.
Now the venerable 18-55. A notch below the 16-55. That's how I would rate it. A wonderful piece of glass. With its vr, I can handhold it at 55mm and 1/20 secs! Me. I cannot hold a water glass steady. So the f/2.8 advantage is somehow mitigated. I know, I know...what about moving objects...well just blur them
The dreaded ' painterly ' effect. I have seen it. In the thousands of images I have made, I have seen it maybe a very few times. Now I don't worry about it.
I shall be leaving to a distant land shortly. I wanted to take my Nikon Df. But after trying various cameras and combinations...I decided on the Fuji.
The xpro-2.
The xt-1 as standby.
18-55, 35/1.4, 14/2.8. The 90/2 shall travel too. Very likely, but not definite.
There you have it. My impressions of the Fuji system I have and continue to use.