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The Fujifilm XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR is a standard lens for APS-C, manufactured from 2019. The focus is done by Stepper Motor, it has image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 766 €;
62 users have given it an average vote of 8.9 out of 10.
MOUNT
This lens is available with the following mounts:
Fujifilm X-mount: this lens is compatible with mirrorless APS-C Fuji.
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Cons: - never sharp at 16mm (!!!),
- heavy,
- big,
- bloody EXPENSIVE.
Opinion: Tested the lens in a 'try and buy' from a local photo shop. I did not buy it. It was IMPOSSIBLE to get a sharp corner to corner image at 16mm at any aperture. !!! All shots at 16mm had soft corners. ALL. I opened the RAW files and had a look and the answer is obvious - the lens takes barrel shaped images at 16mm - the distortion is so huge that I could not believe it and started reading online for confirmation. The camera corrects this huge barrel distortion but the result is soft and useless corners!
I have a 18-55 lens that has horrible OIS and has no WR and so I hoped to get this one to get weather resistance (I often shoot at the sea and at times I do get completely wet with the camera). However, the 18-55 is sharp at 18mm when closed to about f5.6 or f8. In fact I am almost sure 18-55 beats 16-80 at most focal points. And it costs only about EUR 200 (s/h).
Another problem is the size and weight - on a XT-2 body this lens feels as heavy as a dslr camera ... And it makes the camera front-heavy.
So I returned the lens to the dealer. I can see that somebody else here returned their copy to Amazon too!
I will not mention the price (here, in Spain, EUR 900 !). C'mon Fuji - you give us another average lens at ridiculous price! I am considering going back to another brand now that both Nikon and Canon started making mirrorless bodies.
Edit 2020 February: Now I have had another, different, sample of this lens for a test. It was, very unfortunately, as bad as the first lens. Mediocre corners, huge distortion at 16mm and pretty useless sharpness at 80mm and full open ;-((((( Price 890 EUR in Spain. Ha ha ha. Fuji is joking maybe. This lens is permanently OFF my shopping list. I am buying a 16-50 2.8 lens now which is stellar in comparison and costs about the same!
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Cons:not particularly handy for an ML apsc if you do not need a tropicalized optics.
Opinion:I do not like to write reviews but here I would like to give my contribution to positively re-credit this lens so awaited and then discussed due to some disappointment. In my opinion its reason for existing lies in versatility because it covers the statistically most used focal lengths .... and I think this is really a great value. In addition (it has already been said) it is tropicalized, has an excellent stabilizer, a valid AF. But then the flaws? well, maybe the price. However, being optical in kit, there are excellent recent used. I bought it for 470 euros from a practically new kit. The size? Yes, the 18-55 is more maneuverable but has less hiking and is not tropicalized. Sharpness? In my opinion it is good, I perceive it better than 18-55. The blurred also. I leave aside the comparison with the 16-55 first of all because I have never tried it and then because it is an optics with very specific characteristics for professional use, for better or for worse completely different from the 16-80. So it is a great lens to exploit on vacation, in reportage, in free time. A valid alternative to 18-55. Between 18-55 in the second-hand market there are about 180 euros of difference but if you want a little more IQ, excursion and, why not, tropicalization, the money spent in more is really worth them all.
Pros:Optical quality, excellent stabilization and tropicalization, excellent sharpness you can use screw filters
Cons:Aperture ring a bit hard, but nothing changes me
Opinion:I gave away the fixed to take this new lens all do for convenience, I own Fuji for years and then I turned lenses, but this after all the negative voices I heard, in my opinion they are all words, this lens is anything but, excellent sharpness already at f4, and works very well closing 2 stops even you have edges, the stabilization is excellent on x-s10 despite the fact that the body is also stabilized. In my opinion, ( sick of detail and sharpness ) and a valid lens to be a zoom, higher than the Fuji 18-55
Opinion:Honest optics but still kit not to be stabilized and built really well. sticker a little, I recommend leaving the corrections active in the car if it is annoying. I see it as a handyman's lens suitable for amateur photos who want to take it on the road or for even mountain trips. Combined with xt3 for portrait I see it a little too soft despite the stabilizer and af are excellent.
Opinion:Just taken, very interesting optics, a good compromise for an all-rounder, some small flaws but it's a zoom and I think you can not get much more as long as you spend more. I'm still in the testing phase, for now I'm very satisfied, I hope I don't have any bad surprises... [ I have to reach 350 characters but I don't have much to add :-) ]
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