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The following opinions have been automatically translated with Google Translate.  | sent on January 21, 2023 Pros: Value for money (in kit), more than good yield on the wide angle; stabilization; compactness and lightness Cons: Yield from 30mm onwards; plastic bayonet; plastic construction Opinion: A good lens-kit: it is not worth buying it new (about 300 Euro), but used or in kit can be a good choice. In fact, on the wide-angle side, the yield is surprising and just at 15mm (22.5mm equivalent on FF). There is obviously a bit of distortion, but the yield is certainly good and the sharpness is very good. Yield that instead drops after 30mm: at the end of the stroke (45mm) the lens is a bit soft and must be diaphragmated. Plastic bayonet like the rest of the lens, it is lightweight and very small. He suffers from flare. In short, a lens not to be despised if you know its limits and especially if it interests the wide-angle side more. |
 | sent on December 05, 2022 Pros: Easy handling, weight, sharpness, value if purchased used Cons: Bayonet build quality, zoom. Opinion: Although the construction material is cheap, as already mentioned by others, the glass lenses ensure good sharpness, to which is added a respectable autofocus (and in any case not inferior to other kit lenses) and a shorter focusing distance, almost to make it look like a macro. Its strong point, in addition to lightness and minimum bulk, is the aperture of 15mm (equivalent to about 24 mm on full-frame) which is much appreciated by those like me who love wide angles and try their hand at urban landscape photography. Great for travel or everyday photography, given its small size, in short, a lens not to be mistreated, just know the limits, which for me are still lower than the merits. |
 | sent on September 15, 2022 Pros: Small, very light, economical, very good optical yield. Cons: Power zoom, plastic construction, accentuated flare. Opinion: Taken in 2019 in kit with an X-T100, in the end I changed the camera body, but I was careful not to give away this light and excellent zoom that, net of an objectively economic and plastic construction, gives excellent quality images combined with a very interesting focal range, especially from the wide-angle side (equivalent to a 23-69 on the full format). As already noted by others, the main defect of the lens probably lies in its absurd, uncomfortable and inaccurate motorized movement, but fortunately the problem can be easily solved by assigning the secondary zoom function to the manual focus ring: in this way the zoom, while remaining electrically controlled, will reproduce the mechanical movement resulting much more fluid, Precise and fast. Small and light, it is not a pancake but little we miss. Good reactivity of focus, poor resistance to flare, especially in the presence of artificial lights. Being a lens of the economic line XC, obviously the diaphragm ring is missing. To note the fact (annoying for some, frankly not for me) that the lens does not communicate the precise focal length to which you are working (but you can easily adjust with a bar, even if not graduated, which appears in the viewfinder). Very cheap, practically given away if purchased in kit, it is an extremely underestimated goal, but at these figures a real best buy if you have the patience to get in tune with the peculiarities listed above. |
  | sent on April 26, 2022 Pros: Lightweight, compact, economical, excellent value for money, very good sharpness for its class. Cons: Low light, (but one does not buy it for brightness). It must be known to take full advantage of it. Opinion: The lens came in kit with the Fuji X-T200 that I purchased as a complement to the Canon 6D II kit. At first I was at the point of sending back both the lens and the camera several times. But rereading the manual and also some fuji posts in this forum, in the end I am very satisfied with this small but performing lens. I will briefly summarize the problems encountered. Shooting in abundant light conditions with the image stabilizer enabled I obtained unacceptable images in terms of sharpness, thinking that it was the fault of the lens; instead I discovered later that with the X-T200 (but it seems that it is the rule with Fuji mirrorless in general) you should not use the IS with very short times, like 1/500-1/1000 or shorter, especially with the electronic shutter. So I learned to disable the IS of the chamber in normal or abundant light conditions. The other problem was that I couldn't get decently sharp images at 15mm focal length at the top right of the frame, in subjects close to infinity or otherwise distant. Increasing the focal length the problem disappeared, but at 15 mm (22.5mm equivalent, which I use a lot) and only for subjects close to infinity, so especially in landscapes, the image appeared annoyingly devoid of sharpness in the upper right area from 3/4 from the center to the edges; a nice hassle. Well, in the end I discovered the cause: by making the focus in AF with the center point, the lens fails to focus endlessly at the edges, as if the focal plane were curved. But especially in the upper right corner (at least in my model) evidently that part of the frame suffers more than other areas this out of focus. So I found the solution: using manual focus with focus peaking combined with the depth of field bar, the sharpness improved significantly; decently sharp images over the entire frame, compatibly with this class of lens (at extreme angles you can not expect the sharpness of a 1500 € lens). For 15mm landscapes I'm fine with using manual focus peaking, precise and fast, so I decided to keep the lens. To conclude, it is a rather sharp lens that does not disfigure in comparison with more quoted lenses that I have in my Canon FF kit. |
 | sent on January 27, 2022 Pros: lightness, portability, sharpness, minimum focal length Cons: Zoom operation, focal not adjustable Opinion: Purchased in kit with Fuji xt30. I snubbed it for quite a while then carried around for its compactness and lightness, from this irreplaceable point of view: collapsed is practically a pankake and on the neck it is non-existent. Its strong point is sharpness. For me it is ideal for the street, used at 35 mm, where it does not weigh its low brightness, using it mostly at f 5.6.Il problem is to get the corresponding focal length right (but by eye you can easily do it). I almost did not use it in wide because I no longer do landscapes, but from some tests it looks good even on that side. The only valid alternative, for the weight and for my type of shots, is the xc 35. If you buy in kit it is practically given away. I consider it a great travel lens. |
  | sent on October 07, 2021 Pros: sharpness, weight, size, cost, glass lenses, compactness(collapsible lens), stabilized, minimum focusing distance, 15mm wide angle Cons: plastic bayonet, hood can be purchased separately Opinion: Although the construction material is economical, the glass lenses ensure a sharpness equivalent to the XF 18-55mm, but with a more performing autofocus and a shorter focusing distance. Surely having the 15mm (equivalent to 23.5mm on full-frame) is very convenient in the city and in confined spaces. Great for travel or everyday photography, given its small footprint. |
 | sent on February 22, 2021 Pros: Focal width, compact and light, good at 15 mm. Used cost. Cons: Electric zoom. Opinion: Taking an XT1 I found myself choosing from the three possible zooms. In the end I opted for this 15-45, especially for its focal hike, it's actually a 22.5 from the wide side and that's a lot of stuff. It is sharp, especially as a wide angle, which is then what I use 90%, it is compact, it is light and taken used it costs very little. Of course, the electric zoom is brigand, but I am surprised that no one has emphasized an important detail: just assign the manual focus ring the movement of the zoom, and here we can adjust it more slowly and precisely, as we like. After this disappears the problem of the electric zoom. If I want something quick, I'm going to act with that, if I want more precision, with the manual ring. If you don't want to spend big money and don't want excessive weight and footprint, that's perfect! Of course taken used, new does not have a proportionate cost. |
 | sent on January 06, 2021 Pros: Excellent quality, size and weight, price to be used Cons: Construction quality, brightness, electronic zoom. Opinion: The first temptation was to compare it to sony's aps-c kit... wins on all fronts. It's a surprising lens... had almost free used in kit with an X-E3... very practical in light outputs, does not make you regret more expensive optics, while being not very bright ... beautiful general surrender, absolutely nothing to say... the only notes are on the realization very saving (but given the cost is not a con) and the electronic zoom that I do not digest on any brand ... unrespons reactive and precise, even if you get used to it in the end. With this lens, the X-E3 comfortably enters the pockets of a sweatshirt and allows you to make excellent shots. I find it exceptional in relation to price. |
 | sent on October 12, 2020 Pros: Compactness, 15mm sharpness, value for money Cons: Power zoom Opinion: A lens that tends to be sold in kits, but it should not cast doubt on its optical performance. Excellent image quality especially for 15 mm shots, where it has little to envy to the older brothers. It loses a bit of quality if you push yourself to bigger focal points. The construction is certainly not that of the XF series, but at the same time its compactness will not affect the overall weight in the slightest, thus benefiting in favor of portability. A sore note the power zoom, although after a while you get used to it. In any case, the overall rating is more than positive especially because with about 300 euros you take home a Fujinon lens with excellent quality-price. |
 | sent on September 29, 2020 Pros: focal range, compactness Cons: power zoom Opinion: Versatility, compactness, cost, optical quality at the minimum focal, stabilization. These are the characteristics that I most appreciate about this lens along with the 23 mm eq that made me prefer to the 18-55. Very useful on the go I use it mainly in the panoramas and I have to say the quality of the shots surprised me and satisfies me. I can't say the same about the pleasantness of use and motorized zoom whose fast adjustment with the big dial I just can't use it; I would have liked the indication of the focal set |
 | sent on August 29, 2020 Pros: FOCAL, WEIGHT, SIZE, STABILIZER Cons: PLASTIC MATERIALS, FLARE RESISTANCE, SHARPNESS AT MAXIMUM FOCAL Opinion: IT'S A VERY USEFUL GOAL ON THE GO. THE MINIMAL FOCAL DOESN'T MAKE YOU REGRET A DEDICATED WIDE-ANGLE... OBVIOUSLY IT SHOULD BE USED FROM F 5.6/8...ALSO WEIGHT AND SIZE MAKE IT COMFORTABLE IN ALL SITUATIONS. TOO BAD FUJI DOESN'T MAKE A PLUS VERSION USING SLIGHTLY BETTER MATERIALS. BEST BUY IN KIT! DATA THE MINIMA FOCAL OF 15MM (REALLY COMFORTABLE IN CITY) is the GOAL THAT USE MORE! |
 | sent on August 28, 2020 Pros: Image quality, lightness, cost. Cons: Missing indication of focal point in use Opinion: Having the care to close the diaphragm at 5.6/8, the image quality is great for all the focal points. As for the focal indication, I solved by noting the position of the Zoom indicator in the viewfinder and reading the corresponding focals (reported in the EXIF data). It doesn't make me regret the 18-55 I had. |
 | sent on April 14, 2020 Pros: Small, light, wide field angle, general optical yield, price (especially used), stabilization Cons: motorized zoom, a little dark Opinion: Taken used, for only 100 euros, in excellent condition from the kit a friend who bought the 16-55, I immediately found well as to general optical quality, color yield, sharpness and microcontract. Great angle of field which is similar to that of a 23 mm. F.F. format (that's why I bought it!). Great for general use, for panoramas, even for portraiture, it does not disappoint even in close-up photos (I also used it combined with automatic Meike extension tubes without problems and with good results, especially at the maximum focal). Despite the low brightness I find it very good even for street, maybe setting and fixing first the most congenial focal. The sore points, on the other hand, are the "power zoom" and the electric maf that slow down somewhat the respective operations compared to those carried out manually. |
 | sent on April 14, 2020 Pros: size, image quality, kit price, stabilizer Cons: power zoom, not very bright Opinion: I was pleasantly surprised by this lens although it is generally snubbed a bit by everyone. I was ready to sell it but after trying it I thought again, indeed at the price at which it is sold in kit (about 150e) I think it really is a very good deal. It's small and light (it's true, once in use it doubles but I think it's something that doesn't matter to anyone) and sharp enough. I consider it an excellent lens for all those outings without special needs, where the prerogative is to travel light and carefree. Of course, there are downsides in my opinion. First on all the construction, in the hands passes just the feeling of plastic toy. Then it is rather dark and you knew, however the modern cameras allow you to pull a lot on the iso plus the addition of stabilization allows you to get shots still acceptable even with little light. Finally its nature... be a PZ so it has a startup time, short... but there is. This is subjective but it took me a few shots to find the right sensitivity and not continuously splash between 15 and 45mm. I almost forgot, just for the start times it is a "problem" to use it with the intervalmeter with not quite short time because after tot seconds the machine (at least I speak of my x-t30) enters suspension which results in a continuous lengthen-shorten of the lens. |
| sent on October 30, 2019 Pros: Image quality Cons: The construction level is not high, but you knew. Opinion: I still can't imagine that such an economic lens can produce images with extraordinary sharpness. It is true it has its building and functional limitations, but the sharpness produced is not afraid of comparisons. It was purchased in kits, and its value (from kit) I think is around 150 euros. It is not really the case to sell it (from used its value will be 100 euros ) so I decided to keep it and use it, given the quality it churns out. |
 | sent on September 13, 2019 Pros: Lightness and very small size Cons: "Opening" and "closing" mechanism that slows down and off Opinion: Certainly the 15-45 is not a professional optics and you can also perceive it in part from the construction a little "plastic". However I must say I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the images which turned out to be absolutely above my expectations. Of course, in case of low brightness, the low maximum aperture is felt, even if the stabilization of the lens works quite well. The negatives relate to the time of ignition and shutdown that is affected by the "opening" and "closing" mechanism of the lens and the electric zoom mechanism to which you have to get used to. In general I am more than satisfied, especially considering the very small size and featherweight that make him an inseparable travel companion. |
 | sent on April 02, 2019 Pros: Optical quality-wide side focal-focus hike-close-up side Wide-amazingly small and light Cons: It is so small only at rest, to be used must first lengthen-it takes a second at the ignition to move into operating mode-so much plastic, it looks like a toy-lacks the indication of focal-noise when turned on Opinion: At rest is very small, it "opens" when you turn on the camera and retracts when you switch it off. For some this delay is unacceptable but for me it is only time to bring the car to the eye. Quick and responsive to the controls, you can adjust with the coarse ring (large focal changes) or the small one (small adjustments). Only in manual focus mode the small ring-nut controls the focus instead. Speaking of focus, it is noteworthy that in wide angle focus is a few inches away: You can not call macro but offers interesting perspectives. In my opinion the fact that the zoom is motorized is not a handicap, you just have to take your hand (or have used consumer cameras or compact cameras). They could have added the indication of the focal, at least in the viewfinder if not impressed on the barrel, instead they opted for a simple bar that merely indicates the position between the extremes W and T. By making videos I discovered an important flaw: it emits a continuous noise when the camera is turned on, inevitably recorded by the microphones on the camera body. I have not found a way to delete it, the noise is also turning off stabilization and autofocus, even in playback mode. Obviously to this we add the noises of zoom and focus, both motorized. I wonder if I received an unlucky specimen or so "by design". Are they so all Fujinon? Compared to the XF 18-55 is less bright, ugly, clumsy to use; The autofocus is slower, the stabilization less effective, the noises more pronounced. But I still find it preferable in general: it has a more useful focal range (for family, groups of people, sefie, landscapes), is lighter (about half), compact (it shortens when not in use), scales well on the X-T10/X-T20/X-T30, is easy to use even with A single hand (to turn the ring nuts just the tip of the middle finger of the hand that wields the camera), focuses from very close (wide side) and the optical quality is still good. More portable, versatile and economical. |
 | sent on January 27, 2019 Pros: Lightweight, small footprint, multi-purpose focal Cons: Brightness, dull Power zoom, no lens hood and difficulty in finding it at low prices Opinion: I can't compare it in terms of resolve and detail to other lenses since it's the only one I own for x mount. The focal hike is very convenient while traveling, lets you take great panoramic photos (15mm) as well as some good portrait at 45mm. It is a dark enough lens for nighttime use, which is balanced by the stabilizer that allows you to shoot even at 1/15, but that does not help anyway in the case of moving subjects. In the presence of a lot of light is excellent, but at 45mm does not detach much the subjects from the background because of the aperture to f 5.6. Same consideration applies to the depth of field that can not be reduced much to 45mm, accomplice the fact of being on APSC sensors. Among the merits it is necessary to mention the really insignificant weight and the very small footprint, which are however possible thanks to the presence of the Power zoom: The ring offers a result a little "click" in the adjustment of the focal but is instead very smooth Adjusting the manual focus. It is possible to mount a circular filter without having vignetting (specifically the Hoya Pro Polarizer or the Hoya UV filter), but not more than one. It is difficult to find a suitable lens hood as almost all generic ones cause vignetting at 15 mm. There is no indication (not even in the room during the Scstto) on the current focal point of the lens. It can be viewed only after shooting in the EXIF data of the same. |
 | sent on January 27, 2019 Pros: Ideal for travel photography. Cons: I would have preferred a construction of the XF class even paying a little more but not giving up the 15 mm. Opinion: The strong point is definitely the range of focal lengths that starts at 15 mm, which correspond to about 22.8 mm on the full frame. Those three millimeters that separate it from the more classic 18-XX makes a difference abysmal, especially on the road and in all those situations that do not leave so much time to think and less than to change the lens (typically on the road, which represents, however, for many Most of the occasions to photograph). If you then have time and you want to do portraits then you would buy a fixed focal as the 50 to complement. This is to say that the 18-55, although in some respects higher (under construction) is not an alternative. On the long side, i.e. the 45 mm, these are more than adequate in travel and also for portrait. By opening everything you also have a bit of bokeh. The alternative would be the 16-55 2.8 but on the one hand loses 1mm wide side and on the other is much heavier. The latter factor not to be overlooked. I took a plane with only hand baggage (it happens going on vacation to take cheap flights). The XT-100 with this lens I put it in my vest's pocket (despite limits on hand baggage). I couldn't have done it with a bigger lens. The optical quality is very good (also thanks to the distortion software correction). The motorized zoom, for my liking would have been better was manual. In conclusion Fuji should consider the possibility of making a 15-45 version with XF-type construction even at a larger price. The rest is perfect. |
 | sent on April 26, 2018 Pros: Sharpness, wide angle of view (23 mm eq), light weight and portability, stabilizer, minimum distance MAF (12-13 cm) Cons: Motorized zoom ring (imprecise to handle), excessive reflections at night, plastic construction Opinion: I bought this lens with the purpose of having a wide angle (15 mm correspond to 23 mm in FF) with an acceptable distortion level, autofocus and it was native to the system, in a price range is very low (€269) compared to other fixed wide that surely will have a whole other returns, but also a completely different price. Used at full aperture the lens is already sharp in the Center and the edges, but between f/5.6 and f/11 is a blade across the frame. Definitely not good for shooting at night because of the diaphragm that is anything but bright, unless you use a tripod. Considered as a 15 mm f/3.5 with image stabilization, autofocus, and excellent sharpness I think he has few rivals, considering that then a range of focal lengths that is very useful for travel photography, and exits all-around. Uncomfortable focal selection with motorized ring, I'm hoping a firmware update that could set a fixed focal range (15-16-18-23-35-45) in addition to the continuous zoom. Very plasticky but in line with the price. Bokeh that are not treated as a significant feature of this lens. I recommend it in toto, maybe more than 18-55 I own and that gives an entirely different idea of strength, but it also has a range of focal lengths slightly less functional than the travel photography in General. |
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