Fujinon XF8mm f/3.5 Review: Outstanding Sharpness Wide Open, a Super Lens to Use (ephotozine)

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ephotozine has published their Fujinon XF8mm f/3.5 review.

And it’s one of those reviews that, if you suffer from GAS, you better skip. ;)

Summary:

  • central sharpness is outstanding at f/3.5 and f/4, excellent from f/5.6 to f/16 and very good at f/22
  • the edges are good at f/3.5, very good from f/4 to f/11, good at f/16 and fair at f/22
  • Chromatic Aberration is very well controlled
  • no real sign of any color fringing
  • Distortion measures at just -0.62% barrel, which is fantastic for an 8mm lens
  • bokeh quality is very acceptable (although not really the great importance for such a lens)
  • Flare is well under control, even with very bright light sources in the frame
  • Vignetting is present but not excessive for the focal length

Pros

  • Excellent to outstanding central sharpness
  • Weather resistant
  • Low CA
  • Virtually no flare
  • Very low distortion
  • Excellent manufacturing standards
  • Moderate vignetting

Cons

  • Edge sharpness lower than centre
  • No OIS, reliant on camera body IBIS

It looks like Fujifilm released just another winner :). Read the full review with all the details and charts at ephotozine.

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Chris & Jordan (PP) Fujifilm X-S20 Review: The Best Midrange Camera? (Spoiler: Yes!)

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Chris and Jordan from PetaPixel have now published their Fujifilm X-S20 review.

A full comparison with the Sony A6700 and the Canon R7 will follow, but they did drop a few little spoilers that seem to indicate that the Fujifilm X-S20 is the best pick out of the three.

I won’t make a summary of the full review, because this review comes a little bit late and pretty much everything they say is kind of expected and well known at this point. But I will highlight mostly those parts that mention the X-S20 in comparison to competitors.

  • incredibly competitive price compared to other cameras that offer IBIS
  • there are lots of improvements on the photography side (better buffer, much longer battery, better autofocus, more film simulations, etc)
  • substantially better video capabilities compared to X-S10
  • competitors are Canon R7 and Sony A6700
  • Compared to Canon R7, Chris prefers the handling of the Fujifilm X-S20. He also likes tha Sigma and Tamron now support X mount, which Canon has not
  • vs Sony A6700, the Fujifilm X-S20 looks infinitely sexier and has better handling. The A6700 has better AF, but the X-S20 has definitely improved over the X-S10
  • X-S20 is more affordable than Sony A6700 and Canon R7

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Voigtlander ULTRON 27mm F2 Available for Pre-Order (+ Reviews) and Voigtlander NOKTON 35mm F0.9 Release in August

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Back in February, Cosina said they’ll launch the following two lenses for the Fujifilm X mount

Now, the Voigtländer ULTRON 27mm F2 is available at BHphoto here and soon at Amazon here and Adorama here. First (and very positive) reviews about this lens can be found down below.

As far as the Voigtländer NOKTON 35mm f/0.9, today Cosina has announced they will released it in August. All the main specs about this lens can be read here and down below you’ll find the press release.

So we now have 5 lenses from Cosina with electronic contacts.

Press Release

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Fujifilm X100V Limited Disney Edition Launched

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Now that (AFTER MONTHS!!!) the contact form is finally fixed (read the important message here!!!) you can re-send me rumors and news anonymously.

And just minutes after the fix, I got this curiosity from a FR-reader via rumor box (thanks).

Fujifilm has launched a limited edition Disney Fujifilm X100V to celebrate the 100th Disney anniversary. Fujifilm says that there are only a limited number of 100 samples. I will be released on June 29.

You can check out the details (if you really want) at x100v-disney.chinahkphoto.

In the meantime the regular version is nowhere to find, the the Fujifilm X100V successor (call it X100VI, X200, X100Whatever) is coming in not too distant future.

IMPORTANT (!!!) Message to all Sources and FR-readers: Contact Box Didn’t send out Mails for Months (Now Fixed) – PLEASE RE-SEND

LEAKED: Trusted Source Unveils When Fujifilm X100V Successor Will Come

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