DPReviewTV Fujinon XF 8-16mm f/2.8: “Optically Fantastic, but for Most People the Fujinon XF 10-24mm F4 is a Better Choice”
DRPreview TV reviewed the Fujinon XF 8-16mm f/2.8. Here are their findings:
- professional line of Fujinon lenses
- well-built, heavy and expensive
- well suited for cameras like Fujifilm X-H1
- manual focus ring feels sloppy
- no OIS, but it’s typical for lenses in this range. But they miss it anyway, unless used on X-H1 with IBIS
- XF 10-24 more well suited for lighter bodies and has OIS
- no filter threads, typical for lenses that wide
- powerful autofocus motors. Fast and accurate
- coma very well corrected, excellent for astrophotography and cityscape
- vignetting and distortion very well corrected
- sunstars are not bad, but not the best they have seen
- close focusing is similar to the XF10-24 (9 feet)
- XF8-16 optically fantastic, very sharp
- 8mm at f/2.8 a little bit weird in the corners, but stopping down cleans up beautifully
- wide open it is sharper than the XF10-24, but stopped down difference gets smaller
- It’s admirable that Fujifilm gives us lenses that give us full frame equivalent look, like the Sony 12-24mm f/4 G
- the Sony 12-24 is lighter and $300 cheaper
- if you want FF look in APS-C, you are not going to save money
- for most people, the XF 10-24mm F4 is a better choice, since landscape you stop down anyway
- XF 8-16mm F2.8 is a niche lens
Fujinon XF 8-16mm f/2.8 (save $100): BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS, Focuscamera
Fujinon XF 10-24mmF4 OIS (save $100): BHphoto, AmazonUS, Adorama, FocusCamera