FUJINON XF 50mm F2 WR Reviews

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Kevin Mullins: Fujifilm 50mm F2 ~ A Surprising Gem at f16.click: “This is where the little lens has taken me surprise; I’m using it all the time when shooting weddings and guess what? I’m really enjoying using it. The 50mm F2 is a brilliantly built, epically quick and phenomenally fast lens. I love it.”

Admiringlight: Fujifilm Fujinon XF 50mm f/2 R WR Review at admiringlight: “The 50mm f/2 provides great value and high-end imaging in a small package, and continues Fuji’s excellent reputation for creating quality optics.”

Pros

• Very solidly constructed and compact lens
• Wonderful haptics on the aperture and focus rings
• Reasonably fast and very accurate autofocus
• Quite sharp at any aperture, even into the image corners
• Very pleasing bokeh
• Good control of lateral chromatic aberration, flare and vignetting
• Affordable

Cons

• Longitudinal CA can cause a magenta or green fringe in front of or behind the focus point
• A touch of pincushion distortion

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