Switching to Fujifilm in 2018? Here are the Top 2 Lenses To Start With, Recommended by FR-readers – POLLS

TOP FUJINON LENSES

Hi all…

Today I need your help :)

Why? Because one of the most asked questions I get via email is more or less like this:

“Hey Patrick, I am switching to Fujifilm. Which lenses do you recommend to start with?”

or

“Hey Patrick, next month I will travel to destination XY. Which lenses should I bring with me?”

I always have a hard time to answer these, because I tend to recommend lenses that I like and prefer for my way of shooting. And of course different lenses are good for different types of photography. And different people prefer different lenses.

So I had an idea.

I can escape the responsibility of making all alone lens recommendation in future, by launching a few polls here on FujiRumors, so that all of you guys can vote your own two favorite lenses.

So, if I get the question again via email in future, I will still be happy to give my humble advice, but I can also link to this post, so that people can have a larger feedback, than just my own.

How It Works

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Fujinon XF80mmF2.8: Sharper is Impossible. Better Than XF90mm… but is it Too Sharp for Portraits?

Up to date, the XF90mmF2 and XF16mmF1.4 are considered to be Fujifilm sharpest lenses on the market. But the Fujinon XF80mmF2.8 is going to raise the bar even higher. That’s at least what we can hear at the German ishootyou youtube, where they already had the opportunity to test the lens.

Interesting to note is that they consider the XF80mm to be too sharp for portraits. Really, how can sharpness be a problem? The reviewer compares it to spicy food. If you make your meal too spicy, you don’t get a nice well-balanced organic taste. A too spicy meal distracts your attention from the real taste of the meal to its spiciness only.

Watch it all here (with image samples), but if you are in a hurry now or do not understand German, you know… I’m a kind guy… so I translated the main points for you down below :)

  • Macro lenses are great allrounders, also for filming, and the XF80mm has great OIS
  • OIS is so good, that you can shoot Macro handheld. Fujifilm has the best OIS that the reviewer knows of
  • Extremely Sharp. Maybe even too sharp for portraits
  • Bokeh on XF90mm is better (round bokeh bolls). On XF80mm it’s has more an egg-form bokeh
  • The clinical sharpness and not optimal bokeh, make the XF90mm still the better choice for portraits. But it’s excellent for Macro, video and still a flexible tool
  • The 80mm raises the bar… and one can only look forward to the performance of future XF lenses

And here are a few more XF80mm reivews and hands on.

  • I get emails from readers linking to this Fujifilm PDF about the Fujifilm Macro extension tubes. I know, we already reported about it back October 12 here :) . The XF 80mm Macro is in the table for MCEX-tubes. With MCEX-16 magnification will be x1.27 at minimal 8cm distance between lens and object.
  • Fuji XF 80mm f/2.8 Macro Hands On First Impressions: PhotoPlus 2017 at Eric Rossi youtube
  • Fujifilm XF 80mm F2.8 (it’s a Beast!) at Damian Brown Youtube

Fujinon XF 80mmF2.8 Macro: USA: BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS, FocusCamera EU: AmazonDE, AmazonUK, WexUK, PCHstore AUS: CameraPro

XF Lens Deals

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Fujifilm Instax Share SP-3 Printer Announced – First Look and Top Features

Fujifilm just announced the Fujifilm Instax Share SP-3 square printer.

Pre-orders start soon and it will be available on November 17. As repored earlier today, Fujifilm also launched the Fujifilm Instax Wide Monochrome film, available at BestBuy (and soon also at BHphoto, Adorama and AmazonUS)

Instax Share SP-3: AmazonUS, BHphoto, Adorama
Instax Square Film: AmazonUS, BHphoto, Adorama

First Look Reviews

Full Press Release

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Full List of Fujifilm USA XF Lens Deals

USA is last… but it’s coming too. And here is the full list of XF lens deals.

There will be also camera bodies in offer (probably only bundled with lens), but for now, let’s focus on the lens deals.

*XF18mm (save $50): AmazonUS, BHphoto, FocusCamera, Adorama
*XF27mm (save $50): AmazonUS, BHphoto, FocusCamera, Adorama
*XF60mm (save $50): AmazonUS, BHphoto, FocusCamera, Adorama
*XF35mmF1.4 (save $50): AmazonUS, BHphoto, FocusCamera, Adorama

*XF14mm (save $100): AmazonUS, BHphoto, FocusCamera, Adorama
*XF 16mm (save $100): AmazonUS, BHphoto, Adorama
*XF23mmF1.4 (save $100): AmazonUS, BHphoto, FocusCamera, Adorama
*XF56mm (save $100): AmazonUS, BHphoto, FocusCamera, Adorama
*XF90mm (save $100): AmazonUS, BHphoto, FocusCamera, Adorama
*XF10-24mm (save $100): AmazonUS, BHphoto, FocusCamera, Adorama
*XF55-200mm (save $100): AmazonUS, BHphoto, FocusCamera, Adorama
*XF18-135mm (save $100): AmazonUS, BHphoto, FocusCamera, Adorama

*XF56mmAPD (save $150): AmazonUS, BHphoto, FocusCamera, Adorama
*XF16-55mm (save $150): AmazonUS, BHphoto, FocusCamera, Adorama
*XF50-140mm (save $150): AmazonUS, BHphoto, FocusCamera, Adorama
*XF100-400mm (save $150): BHphoto, AmazonUS, Adorama

*Starts October 15 at 00:01 AM New York time.

Switching from Nikon, Canon (and iPhone) to Fujifilm :: PhaseONE vs Fuji X-T2 vs iPhone7 & More (miXed zone)

Cover Stories

Fujifilm X-T2 & More

Facebook Groups

Fujifilm X-E3: Reviews, Bugs and Settings Tips and Tricks

Feedback Time

So the Fujifilm X-E3 is out, and out Fujifilm X-E facebook group is running hot with feedback about the X-E3.

Lot’s of great feedback, but also some bug reports. Follow the discussions at the Fujifilm X-E facebook group.

The Flickering

N. Kusumadi
shared at the X-E facebook group here

Anyone else encountering this flickering bug when Face and or Eye detect AF is enabled on the X-E3? I thought it was something to do with fluorescent lighting but it happens outdoors too!
I’ve tried it with the XF16-55mmF2.8 and the XF16mmF1.4 now and can reproduce it under certain conditions.

1) Set the camera to DR400
2) Switch off the camera and switch it on again

Would you guys mind trying this out? DR Auto, 100 or 200 doesn’t produce this…

Fujifilm X-E3: USA: BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS, FocusCamera EU: AmazonDE, AmazonUK, WexUK, PCHstore

Review/Setting Tips

  • Fujifilm X-E3 Tips and Tricks: My Best Settings at nandakusumadi

Fuji X-E3 detailed and extensive hands on review at Maarten Heilbron Youtube

Nikon D500 Vs Fujifilm X-T2 Bird Photography :: X-T2 Goes Barrel Racing :: X-T2 Wildlife Photography Heaven :: Sony A9 Vs. Fuji X-T2

The Fuji X-T2 Goes Barrel Racing at michaeldbruton

Answering to readers emails

Today’s roundup is dedicated to Fujifilm’s all time best seller, the Fujifilm X-T2. And it seems that it is making many people happy, as you can see in the links below.

And to those, who ask me if they should wait for the X-T2 successor, maybe the rumored X-T2S or even the Fujifilm X-T3, I can only say that once a replacement will be out, the X-T2 won’t become a worse camera. Actually probably even better, thanks to Fuji’s Kaizen support. So why wait… get it, and enjoy it :)

Cover Stories

  • Bird photography with the Nikon D500 + Tamron 150-600G2 and comparing it to my X-T2 + 100-400/1.4x tc at robertdoeleman
  • An Ode to FujiFilm, Wildlife Photography Heaven, Fujifilm X-T2 Auto focus at peterdelaneyphotography
  • Challenging Lighting Situation. Sony A9, 70-200 f4 & Fujifilm X-T2, 50-140 f2.8 at Denae & Andrew Youtube

& More X-T2

Fujifilm X-T2: USA: BHphoto, AmazonUS, Adorama, Focuscamera, BestBuy CANADA: AmazonCA EUROPE: AmazonDE, Calumentphoto DE, AmazonUK, AmazonITA, AmazonFR, AmazonESP, PCHstore, WexUK AUSTRALIA: CameraPro

Community

Where is the Fujinon XF 18mm F2 MK II ? … and About Fujifilm Lens Roadmaps

Where is the Fujinon XF18mm F2 MK II

In these days, I’m getting the following question very often via email, and I thought it would be better to dedicate it an own article: why is there no Fujinon XF18mmF2 MK II on Fuji’s new X-mount lens roadmap?

The answer: it is on Fujifilm’s internal roadmap, but not yet on the public one.

Interal Roadmaps Vs. Public Roadmaps

In the past, Fujifilm publicly shared comprehensive long term lens roadmaps. But as you know, Fujifilm tends to change plans rather often, also based on feedback from the community. So it happened that lenses promised in the public roadmap were scrapped or changed (remember how Fuji cancelled the 120mm, which was on the roadmap?)… changes, some people did not like.

So, in order to avoid to annoy some people by roadmap changes, Fujifilm decided to share only those lenses in the public roadmap, that are 100% sure, final and next to be released.

But, of course, long term internal roadmaps still exist, like the G-mount roadmap we have leaked here on FujiRumors back in April 2017, where you can see many GF lenses, including the GF250, which is now officially part of the roadmap since September 2017.

The long rumored XF18mmF2 MK II reminds me a bit to the XF 8-16 rumor story.

We shared the first rumor of the 8-16/2.8 back in May 2016. But it took Fujifilm 17 months (!!!), to finally put it in the roadmap, in September 2017.

So keep in mind, that when you read a lens rumor (or any rumor) here on Fujirumors, it does not mean the lens is just around the corner and we will 100% see it in the next roadmap update. It might take some time to see it become real… if ever ;)

Fujinon XF 18mm F2, Where is the Love ?… While Waiting for the XF18mm MK II

have a GREAT day,
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