Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4: Pros and Cons, First Looks and Thougths

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Let’s try to kill the endless waiting time with a little Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 roundup.

Rico’s Coverage

Rico’s full XF16-80 coverage is online, and it has been tested also on the brand new Fujifilm X-A7.

Rico’s Conclusions (from Part 8 of his coverage)

Pros

  • Ideal focal length range for an “always on” and travel zoom lens
  • Excellent image quality over the entire focal length range
  • Low minimum focus distance (MFD)
  • Appealing Bokeh (my subjective opinion)
  • Solid build and weather-resistant
  • Constant aperture and marked aperture ring
  • Fast and silent autofocus
  • 6-stop-OIS with automatic tripod and panning detection
  • No hotspots with infrared photography (R72, X-T3)

Cons

  • Slightly larger and heavier than the XF18-55mm kit zoom: ideal for cameras like the X-T3 and X-H1, but maybe a little too bulky for the X-T30, X-T100 or X-A7
  • The pronounced digital barrel distortion correction at 16mm results in a minor but visible sharpness reduction at the edges and in the corners

Additional XF16-80mm f/4 coverage

  • bjornmoerman – Fujifilm XF 16-80mm f4 REVIEW – Comparison with XF18-135
  • ivanjoshualoh – XF16-80mm
  • billfortney – The New Mid-Range King
  • myfujifilm – Thoughts on the Fujinon 16-80mm f/4 by Anton Bosman
  • fujifilm-x – A Quick Look at XF16-80mmF4 R OIS WR by Huseyin Aldirmaz

The lens itself will ship soon:

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NOVOFLEX Automatic Reverse Lens Adapters for Fujifilm X (FUX-RETRO)

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In addition to the new bellows for Fujifilm X, Novoflex has also launched the Novoflex Automatic Reverse Lens Adapters for various mirorrless mounts including Fujifilm X, the FUX-RETRO Reverse Lens Adapter.

For owners of Fuji X-Mount wide-angle or zoom lenses, the FUX-RETRO opens up the world of extreme close-up photography with outstanding quality.

The FUX–RETRO lets you mount the lens in reverse position on the camera. The ring transfers all control functions.

This is a wider setting range than is possible with a macro lens.

The FUX–RETRO is supplied standard with a 58 mm filter diameter. Stepping rings are available for other filter sizes.

In order to protect the sensitive rear lens element we supply a high quality, multi-layered protection filter coming with the FUX-RETRO.

Technical specifications:

Size: 75 mm (2.95”)
Weight: 160 g (0.35 lbs)
Maximum extension: 550 mm (21.65”)

Check out details at Novoflex here.

via novoflex facebook

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Camera Industry and Future Trends: “Fujifilm Does it Right and Will Grow Strong”

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Stephan Wiesner, a very popular German youtuber and photographer, has published his 2019 camera roundup and future trend predictions, which include also Fujifilm.

Just as it happened for the Italian guy, who left Fuji for Sony, and then switched back to Fuji, also in this case you are lucky, because also German (as Italian) is one of the three languages I manage better than English.

So, if you have no idea what Stephan is talking about, down below is a transcription for you. You are welcome.

Now let’s wait for a video to share in my third language ;).

Sony

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Viltrox EF-FX Adapters Firmware Updates Relased

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Viltrox has published two firmware updates for their EF-FX1 and EF-FX2 adapters

Thanks Mistral75

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Fujifilm Camera Remote Update adds Fujifilm X-A7 Support

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Fujifilm Camera Remote

Fujifilm camera remote 4.0.2 has just been released:

  • Now it supports X-A7
  • Bug Fixes and performance improvements.
    *Above feature varies depending on what camera you use

Download the iOS version / Android version.

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