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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New Fujifilm Deals in USA: Save Up to $1,000 on X Gear (X-H2 and X-H2S included in Deals)

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Fujifilm USA has added a couple of rebates to the current X and GFX deals.

The new deals give you access to up to $1,000 savings. Included in the deals are the Fujifilm X-H2 and the Fujifilm X-H2S.

And if you wanted the FT-XH File transmitter grip, then this is the time to get it, as it is $400 off! And also the regular VG-XH grip has a hefty $200 rebate.

More lenses joined the X series deals too. The full list can be found below.

X Series Deals

GFX DEALS

Fujifilm EUROPE Deals

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Tamron Summer Savings Join the Huge Fujifilm X/GFX Deals

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Tamron Savings

Tamron has launched their Summer Savings. You save up to $200 on their Fujifilm X mount lenses. While two of the deals were already running in the weeks before, now also the Tamron 18-300mm has been added to the bunch. Not included in the promotion is the Tamron 11-20mm f/2.8.

Sirui Nightwalker

Sirui has just launched the Sirui Nighwalker T/1.2 cine lenses at Indiegogo for the price of just $309 (for backers of the campaign).

Tokina & Sigma

Fujifilm USA Deals

GFX DEALS

X Series Deals

Fujifilm EUROPE Deals

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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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