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The Fujifilm XF 18mm f/1.4 R LM WR is a wide-angle lens for APS-C, manufactured from 2021. The focus is done by Linear Motor, it does not have image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 939 €;
14 users have given it an average vote of 9.8 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: Great sharpness even at the edges, absence of distortion, build quality, autofocus.
Cons:nobody.
Opinion:the 28mm. It has always been my favorite wide-angle. I like its angle of view similar to the human field of view that naturally reproduces the expansion of space and depth. Years ago I bought the Fuji 18 f2, small, light and very beautiful with its metal hood, thus completing the triad: 60 f 2.4 - 35 f 1.4 -18 f2. But the latter has never completely convinced me. So I sold it and got the 18 f1.4. After two years of use I am very satisfied with its performance. It is an excellent lens. Great sharpness even at the extreme edges and absence of distortion, fundamental characteristics for a wide angle. Absence of chromatic aberrations and great build quality, metal can be felt all over. The autofocus is very fast and precise, nice color reproduction. I use it mainly with the XT5 and sometimes even with the XT2 which with this lens becomes amazing. As a lover of fixed in my outings I like to combine it with the 35 f 1.4 and the results are always excellent. Of course it is expensive, a bit large and heavy compared to the 18 f2 but it balances well and considering the large aperture, performance and build quality the cost is adequate. A recommended lens.
Cons:Greatness perhaps? For what it offers there is
Opinion:I start from the focal point. It is my second most used focal length, along with the 50mm equiv. I loved and hated the 18mm F2. I was hoping for a remake of the f2, but this one came out. At first I was skeptical about size, but the more I looked at reviews the more I convinced myself to sacrifice portability for what it offers. And I did well! In spite of what it offers it is not so big, or at least it has a construction that makes it space-saving. It's certainly heavy, compared to a pancake optics like your little brother, but not so heavy that you can leave it at home. And I'm little. It is sharp, fast, surgical and has a spectacular yield. It has its own character, crunchy but a progressiveness of the blurred that lacks for example the walkaround optics I had, the 23 f2. It's not just the amount of blurry (more in this, obv) but the quality. I use it with an X-Pro3 that has no OVF 28mm equiv frames, not bad. I got used to it with the 18 f2, with this I worried one thing. How much it interfered in the ovf. Since I always use the window at the bottom right I'm getting used to this BUT without standard hood. Already that for my taste hinders too much, I do not know how the experience with the square light parlaluce but I do not think it changes much. It remains that it can be used perfectly without parlaluce, if you want to use the ovf of the xpro3. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. It's hard to detach it
Pros:Excellent, from many points of view. Sweet spot (best focus), f/2.8, 94 lp/mm, MTF = 0.5. I think it's the best of Fuji.
Cons:Nobody
Opinion:Fujinon XF 18 mm f/1.4 R LM WR: built in 2021, modern design. Compact (68.8mm x 75.6mm) and medium weight (370 gr). Filter diameter ø58mm AF excellent, fast and quiet. On X-T3, freehand, it is better to shoot with times less than 1/54 of s On X-T4, freehand, no shake problem. In the best focus, sharpness (MTF) excellent at full aperture (f / 1.4) and remarkable, about 0.48 at f / 16 even for high spatial frequencies (45 lp / mm). At the edge of depth of field, absolute sharpness with respect to full aperture (f/1.4) and up to f/16 for moderate-low spatial frequencies (15 lp/mm). For high spatial frequencies (45 lp/mm), at the edge of depth of field sharpness (MTF > 0.4) well above the limit of acceptability from full aperture (f/1.4) up to f/16. Sweet spot (best focus), f/2.8, 94 lp/mm, MTF = 0.5. Up to the frequency of 45 lp / mm is never penalized by the resolution of the sensor of the X-T3 or X-T4, that is, for any aperture, the MTF of the lens in the best focus is always lower than that offered by the sensor at the same spatial frequency. The MTF of the X-T4 sensor, evaluated at the spatial frequencies that experimentally characterize the isoMTF = 0.5 of the lens, is not always larger than 0.5. In fact, for apertures from 1.4 up to f/5.6 the MTF of the lens is greater than the related MTF of the X-T4. I think this is one of the reasons why Fujifilm recommends this lens for X-H2 or X-T5 cameras.
Pros:Quick focus, detail and a thousand other things
Cons:I would say nothing for what it offers
Opinion:fabulous optics, once mounted you do not detach it anymore because you really do everything. Fujifilm always keeps the quality of its lenses high, especially the fixed focal lengths, and every time it realizes new projects or updates existing ones, it always borders on excellence. Let's say that by buying this lens you can be satisfied for years
Opinion:Optics to say the least extraordinary, there are no optics that have the same focal length, so comparisons would be inappropriate. If you want it would be the 16 F 1.4, which although it is a great goal, the 18 with two gears more. Sharpness all open (in the center) is amazing, but even in the corners considering the aperture at f 1.4, it is really remarkable. Tested on the XH2-S AF very fast and quiet. To keep it short we say that the " defects " of the 16 here are practically gone P.S. For the price speech, it is true the figure is important, but I think that for this lens it is worth making a sacrifice
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