| sent on August 23, 2021
Pros: Very versatile lens in the landscape photos for which it was born, which thanks to the 24 focal length avoids having to change the lens for some possible street shot, right weight, tropicalization even if not impeccable.
Cons: Many of the defects of the previous series have remained, the shot must be calibrated very well especially if there are geometric subjects or people near the edges. The lens widens a lot on the final part, so the lens hood is very bulky.
Opinion: A lens created for landscape photos, an excellent travel companion or excursion. With the focal length at 24 it allows you to also take some street photos even if for this there are much more suitable lenses, and also venture some portraits on the fly without changing the lens, something that would not be done with fixed wide angles. Obviously the results are not Pulitzer Prize. The lens unfortunately maintains many defects of the old, the distortion at the edges especially at 10 mm there is, in the landscape photo you do not notice much, but if there are people near the edges you have to calibrate the photo well, be careful not to tilt the camera too much up or down, let's say it is not a foolproof bomb, but it allows you to do many things with a single lens, which does not allow the 8-16, too specific ... In the street you can play a bit to make some nice effects, but always calibrating the distortion, which however is reduced to longer focal lengths. The maximum aperture is fixed at f4.0, the thing does a lot PRO, but I did not quite understand the advantage where it is ... having had an f2.8 at 10 mm would have allowed you to take pictures even to the stars. However, I repeat, for excursions it is excellent, the tropicalization works very well on the whole lens body, a bit of doubt leaves me on the area of contact with the camera body, I have an XT3 so tropicalized too, but I happened to find myself under an unexpected summer rain, which lasted a few minutes but it splashed a lot ... I dried it externally but after 1 hour there was condensation on the sensor, nothing inside the lenses, but on the sensor yes, disassembled the lens was damp the contact edge between body and lens, it had never happened to me with the 100-400. Excellent rings, very precise, fast autofocus, in general it is a good lens, although I did not fall in love with it lost... I also take various photos inside, but you have to be very careful what you do for distortion. is it the best lens for fuji? NO But it is a lens that I would call hybrid between a wide angle and a handyman. Its best it gives in the landscapes, but it allows you to start from home with a single lens, something that you would not do with a fixed 10 or 12, nor with an 8-16. Weight ok, similar to the 18-55, size a hair larger. It has that shape that widens at the end, so even the hood becomes quite bulky, and mounted on the contrary is horrendous. I to put it in the neoprene case I have to disassemble it, which I do not do with 18-55 ... result that always leaves them in the backpack apart when you just can not do without it ... |
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