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The Fujifilm XF 23mm f/2 R WR is a wide-angle lens for APS-C, manufactured from 2016. The focus is done by Stepper Motor, it does not have image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 480 €;
61 users have given it an average vote of 9.5 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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Pros:dimensions, weight, metal barrel, fast af, quiet, tropicalized, ring nuts
Cons:Drop sharpness below 0.5m, soft with open diaphragms, barrel shape, original horrendous and uncomfortable hood.
Opinion:The lens has a microcontrast and color saturation more accentuated than the previous 23 1.4 old, for this reason sometimes the photos can appear too hard and with less personality. But in my opinion perfect for the Xpro system, where it is chosen precisely because of its characteristics, it also does not clash with the OVF viewfinder. As for the aesthetics of the really horrible optics the conical shape, as well as its silly hood (replaced with squarehood), the aperture rings have a perfect shot compared to previous versions. The focus is lightning fast and super quiet, so quiet that you have to stay focused on the focus indicator to understand if it has hooked the subject. The optics are very soft at TA and on subjects below half a meter. It resists flare well and is very correct in general management, but this last point we know is also thanks to the software in the car. Those who choose it know what they want, it is a lens for far street, clearly superior in quality compared to an X100V.
Pros:Lightweight optics, metal construction, very responsive and precise AF, excellent mechanical rings, great for X-Pro optical viewfinder, dust and moisture seals.
Cons:You have to get used to aesthetics.
Opinion:Tried the Fuji 23 2.0. Pros: excellent impression built in an excellent way with perfect mechanical rings, the AF very precise and fast, small and compact I find it ideal for travel or mountain and reportage, excellent for the viewfinder OVF X-Pro despite small hood mounted I would say excellent, also excellent behavior held with side light. Cons: aesthetics not beautiful but agree for the optical viewfinder X-Pro otherwise you always see a part of the optics, made all aperture suffers slightly aberrations and a slight softness but normal for an optics indeed I would say still very acceptable when closing diaphragm recovery very fast. A perspective that reading various comments left me very perplexed? I do not know about my pair certain defects not found but maybe they are qualitative variation pairs however not or controlled distances very close for the reason I do not use these focal length at very close distances. Agree on the new 23 1.4 WR we are on other levels at the large apertures but you pay with dobbio size and weight and also price practically double closing diaphragm always difficult to find differences between the fixed lenses so for me always ideal these small size lenses when I want to travel light and not or need to do night reportage otherwise I recommend the new lenses 18 1.4 or the 23 1.4 WR Fujifilm.
Pros:Wr, fast, holds well in his hand. It gives an idea of greater solidity than the 18 f2, diaphragm ring. Lens hood. Aesthetically beautiful on the xpro series
Cons:Different rendering of the f1.4 old series, not really a cons.
Opinion:I would call it a pleasant surprise. At the beginning of my fujifilm adventure I had tried one that, in hindsight, I think had failed. My fixed wide angle was an 18 f2, which I initially reluctantly exchanged with the 23 f2 for a summer vacation in maritime places. So I would have felt safer with a wr lens. The 18 f2 in fact in addition to not having the wr gasket, has an external focus which makes it become a vacuum cleaner even under normal conditions. To my surprise I fell in love with this little fixed. The different yield is not a lack, since I have this yield on the 35 f1.4. The two are not even as close as you believe, especially in the set portraiture, has particularities of fov that allows you to use them both, without feeling that you are overlapping anything. I read around, among other things, that the 23 f2 has a wider angle of view, in fact the difference with the 18 is minimal. My copy, evidently good, is quite sharp even at close ranges. At full aperture it shows softness about 40 cm away. Not a real problem in practice. The saturated colors go very well with the classic negative and for black and white I prefer it to the 18 f2. Until you try the focus speed of the f2 wr lenses, you don't realize. This makes even old optics perfectly usable, especially on new bodies. However, even before the speed, the accuracy of the fire is the one that struck me the most. It has less microcontrast than the 18, but it has enough to be appreciable. I'm glad I liked it: fast autofocus, wr, solidity and perfectly friction bezel. I wanted so much to like it and so it was. My new street optics
Pros:Colors , sharpness , silent , af , minimum distance , light , tropicalized , angle of view
Cons:Nobody
Opinion:Excellent lens for videos and reportage, very functional, light and tropicalized, offers much more saturated colors than Fuji's 23 1.4 with a smaller minimum distance, on a focal length equivalent to 35 mm on apsc you do not look for the detachment of the planes, as even a 1.4 would be a 35 f2.2, which is relatively useless in the portrait if we consider some important factors taking as a reference ff the sigma art 35 mm f 1.2. So on apsc ML is perfect and as the guy of pro mirrorless reviews in comparison with L 1.4 , this f2 wins big for general yield if you do not pay attention to the only image quality that differs slightly for sharpness with an advantage on colors by the f2 that you can also find looking at the galleries . Now I have accompanied my xt1 with the 16 2.8 wr, the 23 wr f 2 and the 50 wr f1, with a total tropicalization without more problems of dust deposits on the front lenses, while my xs10 will be fixed with this 23 f2 for video and street / reportage.
Opinion:On paper it could be the perfect goal. Focal length equivalent of 35mm (great for everything). Sniper autofocus: precise, fast and very quiet. Tropicalized and robust construction. Compact size. Excellent colors. At maximum opening it is a bit soft but at more closed apertures it improves considerably, revealing a decidedly good yield both in the center and at the edges. Yet, despite these merits, the feeling did not click. I can't describe why. If I wanted to use a phrase made I would not find better than to call it devoid of personality. In practice it is a beautiful soulless, devoid of that "character" that, like many other Fuji, would have been legitimate to expect.
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