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The Fujifilm XF 35mm f/1.4 R is a standard lens for APS-C, manufactured from 2012. The focus is done by Lens AF motor (non-ultrasonic), it does not have image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 580 €;
163 users have given it an average vote of 9.6 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: Compact design. Decent materials. Good balance on some bodies (e.g. X-T series). Good looks. APERTURE STOPS ARE LABELLED (unlike some stupid Fuji lenses like 18-55 which have aperture rings ... without stops labelled ... ???)
Cons: Aperture ring too easy to move and lacks a clean sharp 'A' click. Very slow, next to useless "manual" focus. Extremely ugly hood that looks like a Messerschmitt design. It is made of metal so if you hit anything, you can damage the lens, the mount or the body. The hood should be light plastic or hard rubber.
Opinion: The lens is shamelessly expensive. Comparative Canon lens (50 1.8 STM) costs EUR 100 - only 20%, or less, of Fuji lens. It is only a bit justified by Fuji better materials. Sharpness is OK but nothing outstanding (compared to other makes). Colour is +good and distortion seems low (I say seems because Fuji bodies correct distortion on the fly. Blur is OK but not spectacular as the lens is equivalent of FF f 2.1 only. If you want good strong blur, you buy a Sigma 50 ART and a FF body. To sum up - a decent lens, just ridiculously expensive. The 'noises' on my bodies with updated firmwares are still there but they are of no importance - they will not wake up a sleeping child nor disturb a stupid cat. I do not know what the noises are like on old bodies with old firmware but with my bodies they are zero problem. I bought it at EUR 550 only because I could not get it s/h. I think if you can get it s/h at about 200-300 EUR, then it is a good buy.
Six months later: my sample is extremely soft - VERY VERY soft - at f 1.4. I am not sure why Fuji made this softness. It may be creative ??? for maybe ??? portraits but otherwise it limits the usable apertures to 2.0 and smaller. Really shame.
Still, a recommended lens - if you get it second hand at a good price, maybe EUR 200 or so.
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Cons:Rumorini but for those who only take pictures is superfluous .. Rain and dust? never encountered problems...
Opinion:a wonderful optics... My review was born to help those who are undecided about its use instead of the 33 with the new sensor from 40. I'm using it with the X-T5 and I assure you that churns out beautiful files ... and also the autofocus is much more powerful than when I used it with X-T3. My optics: they are the 14 wonderful too, the 16 55 fantastic and this 35 first edition. I recently sold the 23mm f/1.4 R LM WR because, despite perfect, it never gave me "flavor"
Opinion:I have been using it for 3/4 years now, I am fully satisfied. The autofocus is dated yes, but the lens is precise. Excellent sharpness even at TA. Featherweight and minimum size. At the price at which it is sold then it is a must. Of course it will also be thanks to the focal length that is notoriously among the easiest to achieve and this reduces costs and risk of problems. I'm fun of 50 mm, I've been shooting for 7 years, I went through Canon 50 1.8 stm, 50 1.2L, 50 1.4 usm... But this is by far the best 50mm equivalent ever used. Too bad it's not also wr. Vote 10
Pros:Compact, sharp, well built, a companion of adventures
Cons:If you want the perfect lens with the new AF motor and clinical sharpness have made the new 33mm on purpose. Here's a shame is that they hadn't already thought of the WR already in this version.
Opinion:I bought this lens attracted by its fame and the desire for a compact and bright prime. I must say that the rumors are absolutely true, it's a great toy: small, with still the old-fashioned metal hood similar to leica, sharp enough to satisfy 99% of the photograph, not enough to shoot landscape at f1.4. On the X-T3 it gave me great satisfaction, it is exactly the copy in terms of sensations of my canon FD 50mm 1.8 attached to the film, this is to say where its philosophy comes from: the fifty almost pocket-sized all-rounder. Blurred a nervous hair and the areas out of focus have a slight perspective distortion. The focusing motor is an old STM classic, with its known flaws in millimeter accuracy, speed and noise. It almost seems that at fuji they have picked up their old lens and attached an engine to it, to such an extent that some crazy people on the web have made it completely manual, without focus by wire. I must say that on my X-T3 has never given me huge problems as said by many, I have always found it an excellent autofocus, I would not shoot a football match but the AF-C for normal subjects has no problem, I even shot two social advertisements and a documentary in AF-C single point (with the necessary ad hoc corrections in the AF video settings) without giving me problems. At worst the focus by wire with the STM, I have no idea why, is extremely more intuitive and pleasant than linear motor. The problem of speed always remains, but there is no need. Better compact and normal than fast and huge, especially for a 35mm.
Opinion:A magic lens, fabulous from many points of view, portability and weight mean that you can carry it even inside a pocket of a jacket or trousers, fuji in my opinion does not produce more lenses of this kind, especially with regard to weight and portability. The images he creates are poetry. Anyone with a fuji system should try this lens at least once, especially because it is now at excellent prices
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