Photozone tested the one Fujinon lens, that made all the other X-mount lenses useless: the Fujinon XF23mm F2. :) .
Their conclusion:
“The Fujinon XF 23 f/2 R WR is a nice little prime with lots of strengths, but some weaknesses, too. The build quality is very good, except for the included plastic hood. Apart from that, the lens feel sturdy and solid, but remains compact and light-weight. AF is very fast and virtually silent.
Sharpness is impressive across the whole frame. Image distortion and lateral CAs are well controlled.
Vignetting is very high, though. Autocorrection takes care of that to a good part, however this kind of software correction doesn’t come for free and can lead to visibly higher noise levels in the image borders and corners.
Bokeh is ok, but not great, however many wide-angle lenses struggle in this regard.
In summary, the lens delivers very good and solid performance and thus deserves a 4-star rating“
Sony a9 vs Fuji X-T2: Which Has Better Color? at Denae & Andrew youtube(using PROVIA on X-T2)
Sony Vs. Fujifilm – Colors
The Blind Test
Andrew wants us to play a bit, so why not, I’m in :)
He will show you some images, taken with Fujifilm X-T2 and Sony A9, standard color profile (on the Fuji X-T2 it’s Provia). He won’t tell you which images has been taken by which camera. You just write up what you prefer, and at the end check out the results.
Of course I did it, and I don’t know if it’s because I’m used to the Fuji look or not, but Fujifilm turns out as winner in 67% of the cases for me (14 for Fuji, 7 for Sony).
Especially in the portrait shots series I almost every time prefered the Fuji output over Sony’s (when Andrew shot nature/flowers, my results were more balanced).
On the other hand, Andrew prefered 11 times Sony and 10 times Fuji.
This shows that personal preference plays an important role…
… but let me add also this…
Don’t Forget the Film Simulations!
Fujifilm has put a terrific effort and lots of knowledge into developing the Fujifilm film simulations. Velvia (for landscapes), Astia (for portraits), Acros (for black and white) and Co are all ment to give you great out of the box images for certain situations.
So why not use them?
These film simulations give us not only great results in terms of colors (the famous “Fuji Colors”), but they are also a whole lot of fun to use. Personally I often just like to play around with the internal RAW converter and change film simulations on my images, maybe while I’m in the train back home after a day of shooting.
I believe that, if Andrew, in the first part of his review, would have used the Velvia profile on the Fuji and the Vivid on the Sony, I’d have liked Fuji colors in his test even more than the current 67%. As mirrorlessons wrote on their X-Pro2 Vs. Sony A6300 comparison (which I’ve shared here on FujiRumors):
“if we compare both vidid profiles (also called Velvia on the X-Pro2), we can see that the Fuji produces a warmer, more saturated result.”
Now, I perfectly get it why Andrew used only the standard profile. It’s of course a valid test. But the thing is, that in real life sometimes I like to fine tune my images, and the fastest and often best way to fine tune the colors, is to use one of Fujifilm’s film simulations.
Guys, do you want to experience the magic of Fujifilm colors? Then have fun and use the film simulations :)
Read also
“Skin Tones – Fuji 56/1.2 vs Sony 85mm GM, Canon 85/1.2 L, Zeiss Batis 85, & Panasonic Leica 42.5/1.2” at fujirumors.com
“The Great JPEG Shootout by TheCameraStoreTV” [also here using Provia only] at fujirumors.com
The World of Film Simulations explained. More at fujirumors.com
& More
There is one more Sony Vs. Fujifilm SOOC color comparison. You can find it at How To And Reviews Youtube. But please note that he uses Canon glass on his Fujifilm. I think to really judge the colors a system gives you, he should have used Fujinon glass.
Fujnon glass has a great color rendition. For example, when I use my Samyang 12mm on my X-T1 for landscape photography, the image look less vivid then when I use Fuji X-mount glass (of course always with Velvia setting).
Don’t get me wrong, for that price, the Samyang 12mmF2 is a no brainer and it’s all in all a lovely lens I didn’t reget a second I bought it. But sometimes I miss the “little extra” Fujinon glass gives me, not only in terms of sharpness, but also in terms of color rendition.
I guess I better start looking around for a good deal on the XF 10-24 ;)
Mike Leung shared here
Point me to heaven
Giant Playground, Keetmanshoop, Namibia
GFX 50s, GF23 F4
Fujifilm GFX
In my last Fujifilm GFX roundup, some of you guys noticed that all images I shared were taken with adapted glass on GFX.
Sure, if all you care is the ultimate sharpness and clinically perfect image output, go for any of the Fujinon GF lenses. They are nothing but perfect and will just blow you away (just as X-mount glass does).
But maybe, sometimes, what you want is not the ultimate sharpness, but a certain “character”, a certain “look”, a unique rendering only some old vintage glass can give you.
And it seems that the Fujifilm GFX 50s is just the perfect system, if you want to breathe life into your old glass. It’s fun, it’s flexible (also thanks to the focal plane shutter), and it’s the most affordable medium format system in the known universe.
And hell yes… I do think I should really start again my GFX fundraising campaign, because otherwise I’m afraid that when I’m back teaching, things like these will happen all over again ;) .
Enough said, Patrick, let FR readers enjoy some good GFX stuff… so here it is :)
Damien Lovegrove Monochrome studio portraits at prophotonut
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