Fujifilm XF16mmF1.4 R WR
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About this item
- 24mm in 35mm format equivalentTo adjust focus, rotate the focus ring while viewing the effects in the camera display The focus distance and depth-of-field indicators can be used to assist manual focus
- Angle of view: 83.2°.Minimum working distance of less than 6 inches, Max magnification : 021x
- Weather-resistant design with 9 sealing points in 8 areas
- Nano-GI coating alters the refractive index between glass and air to reduce ghosting and flare
- FUJIFILM X-Mount is compatible with all FUJIFILM interchangeable system cameras
Reviews
★★★★★
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Fuji's best lens. People on the Internet say it
Fuji's best lens. People on the Internet say it, so it must be true... right? If I could have only one Fuji lens, this might be it. Which is crazy because it's a pretty wide point of view. But when you work this lens the way it's meant to be worked, it turns the mundane into magic. My attached photo is a straight out of camera JPG from my X-T2 and XF16mm lens. Classic Chrome, +2 on highlights, shadows, and sharpness. -2 on noise reduction. I spot metered on the coffee cup. Shutter 1/500, aperture f1.4, auto ISO. Such a mundane scene and it just bangs images like this out all day long. It's even good at taking photos of people if you abandon the rule of thirds and center your subject.
★★★★★
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Not only does it live up to the hype, it EXCEEDS them...
I normally like to take my time with these reviews and write out a long, thoughtful narrative. But it's past my bedtime and I have to be up early tomorrow, so I'll make this quick.
This lens is spectacular. I switched to Fuji two years ago and I kept hearing how great the 16mm was, but I told myself I didn't really have a need for anything that wide, so I went with the 23mm f/1.4, 35mm f/2, and the 56mm f/1.2. But after shooting fashion portraits for two years and recently getting into video, I was starting to realize how much I missed having a wide angle.
So I finally bit the bullet and got this lens, and I regret absolutely nothing. Yes, it's a bit pricey, but it's worth every single penny. Distortion is minimal and so well-controlled, it's super sharp and fast to focus, and HOLY CRAP can it focus close to your subject! Seriously, the minimum focusing distance is a hair under six inches.
I'm super happy with this lens and so glad it's finally part of my collection. Can't wait to shoot with it again. (Tomorrow though, for now, it's bedtime.)
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★★★★★
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You Should Own One
This lens is absolutely amazing. If you shoot anything where you would need a wide lens then I recommend this lens to you. It is sharp throughout (from corner to corner and also through the aperture range). I love the manual focus ring and I really dig the clicks on the aperture ring. I was surprised at the quality of construction. This lens is heavy duty and when you first hold it you can tell the quality of the build. The bokeh is spectacular (as you can see from the sample photo).
★★★★★
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A perfect landscape/architecture lens
Fantastic. A very nicely balanced lens, sharp, quick to focus. The best part is the 1.4 aperture and the close focus distance, this mixed with the 90mm means you rarely, if ever miss a perfect shot.
Update: many months and 10,000 photos later (maybe not that much) this lens is still truly a favorite, while shooting in the northwest I really took this through its paces, I accidentally dropped my camera (16mm and xpro 2) in a tide pool, well the camera and lens did just fine and are still in perfect working order. Gorgeous lens and it produces gorgeous photos
★★★★★
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The hype is real... great lens!
I was so happy that Fujifilm was putting out the new 16mm f/2.8, because I wanted a 24mm equivalent lens for my recently acquired XT-2, and did not wish to spend big bucks on this f/1.4 version. I already have a full Nikon system, including fast pro-grade 24mm Nikkors, so I just wanted to go cheap for the Fuji.
To my benefit, the f/2.8 version has (as expected) been slow to issue and my patience grew short, so I pulled the trigger on this lens... bye, bye tax refund. I am so impressed in every way with the f/1.4 model, that I will long forget the price difference from the slower lens, but after seeing the selective potential of f/1.4, I know that two steps slower would have been limiting. Additionally, the optics of this lens are every bit as good as the testimonials that can be readily found everywhere that cameras are discussed. The hype is real.
★★★★★
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The size makes it easy to handle
My first "legit" lens... Sharp as you want it to be! Shoot all the way to f16 and this lens will give you an image that is just a pleasure to zoom into. It will obscure your view if you use the OVF on the X-Pro2 but that's not what you're getting it for. This is also a pleasure to shoot from the hip. The size makes it easy to handle, and the DOF scale on the lens helps in zone-focusing. Great for street and portraits. Bottom line, its worth the price tag if you never plan on selling it, and want to make sure you are starting from a new lens. Get a used one and give it some love, the previous owner of that lens probably just couldn't handle its style.
★★★★★
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Very nice 24mm equivalent for the FUJI system
I bought this lens because I found I lacked a decent wide angel lens for indoor group shots - weddings, group events, etc. I used the xf 18-55 lens and a samyang 12mm f2 recently on a shoot. I found the 18mm lacking in sharpness and detail, and just not wide enough on some in door shots. Plus, the OIS doesn't help when photographing kids.
The samyang 12mm lacked auto focus and manually focusing at f2, indoors, with bad light, can be challenging. Plus my eyesight is not very good anymore.
The 16mm is a gorgeous lens. It is well made, well built, and has that premium look to it. Couple of things I saw that bothered me at first.
1. The lens has a distinct focusing noise. Must be from the micro-motor that Fuji put in it.
2. The hard stops on the focus ring turns past infinity focus.
I got over these 2 things. The focus noise is just noise, nothing hampering the operation at all. The focus ring hard stops not matching with the infinity mark seems to be a trait of all FUJI xf lenses (if they have hard stops) and perhaps of all AF lenses in the modern era. The infinity mark does denote infinity focus, so its fine.
The bokeh on this lens is very nice. Shot on f1.4 with a subject close by produces creamy background. Having a wide angle that can produce nice subject isolation is very cool. I was missing that on the 18mm.
The focus in good light is pretty fast. Not blazing fast, but decent. Low light auto-focus slows down a bit, like all fuji lenses. If I had to compare, it is comparable to the xf 18-55 lens. Not as fast as the 35mm f2.
The image is sharp at f1.4. Sure there is corner softness and vignetting, but I crop in my pictures anyway. Very sharp by f2.8 and f4.
But we spend the extra money on the extra f-stops, so we might as well use them. In this lens, it does not disappoint.
I'd recommend anyone looking for a nice 24mm f1,.4 equivalent to buy this lens before the lens sale stops on oct 1st. Its well worth the $799.
★★★★★
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Also a Fuji Classic
You'll see a lot of praise for this lens and it's all true. This is an amazing lens. Once you see the results from one of these 1.4 lenses, you feel like you need them all. It feels good in hand and it's a pleasure to use. It gets close. It goes wide. Manual is a snap with the clutch. The rendering is stellar.
★★★★★
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A must have lens for Fujifilm X shooters
This lens is simply a must have if you are a Fujifilm X system shooter. Image quality is superb and the wide field of view is useful for many types of photography. I have used it for environmental portraiture, travel, and landscape photography. The build quality is excellent, with full metal construction. It feels of quality in the hand and is very enjoyable to use. It features a super close focusing distance of about 6 inches, which can produce some really cool photos. My only gripe is the focusing is not as fast as the newer Fujinon f2 primes, but it's not a huge deal given how outstanding the optics are. This lens and the Fujinon XF 56mm F1.2 are my go to primes.
★★★★★
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Special Sauce
I have used so many camera lenses and systems over the last four decades from high end large format Sinar's to Hasselblad's to Nikon's and Canon's flagship DSLRs to modern mirrorless cameras. While much of an image is due to the vision of the artists, there are lenses that have that magic quality. This lens has it. You can read 1,001+ reviews stating how awesome this lens is or just buy it. The performance of this lens simply doesn't disappoint. I have never felt limited on the XT-3 body capturing any type of moment, including fast moving action, with this combo.
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Question & Answer
Question :
What does prime lens means ? Does it mean i cannot use it for far object ?
Answer :
In day to day usage, most people will talk about the main two categories of lenses as "primes vs. zooms." And, while not totally wrong, it can be a bit misleading in the context of your question.
The more accurate description would be "fixed vs. variable focal lengths", but that is, admittedly, more of a mouth full.
The focal length of the lens gives you an idea of the field of view that a lens provides. A *longer* focal length will make far away objects appear closer/bigger in the frame, and it's what most people colloquially refer to as "zoom", and what Photographers would call "telephoto."
Likewise, a *shorter* focal length lenses give the appearance of "zooming out" and getting more of the scene into the frame. Photographers call that "wide angle."
A prime lens then, is one that has a fixed focal length. A zoom lens has variable focal lengths.
If your goal is to see far things closer, then you need to be careful to not just get any "zoom lens."
For example, a 16mm-35mm lens is a "zoom lens"....but few non-photographers would call anything on that lens "zoomed in." That's a wide angle, variable focal length lens.
If you want to see far away things close up, then you should look for a telephoto lens, which means, roughly, 100mm and longer.
In that scenario, you could very well get a great prime lens (i.e. not a "zoom"), that still brings far away things closer into the frame.
So the key reason that this lens may not be for you is because it has a 16mm focal length, which is wide angle....it's not, per se, because the lens isn't a "zoom lens."
Hope that helps.
Question :
is it compatible with nikon d5300, i heard fuji lenses are compatible with nikon??
Answer :
I don't believe so. You may have heard the opposite: there are lots of adaptors allowing you to use Nikon lenses on Fuji cameras, but I don't think you can use a Fuji lens on a Nikon DSLR. (I think the fundamental problem is that the X-mount lens expects to be positioned much closer to the sensor than a DSLR body will allow, since it's designed for a mirrorless system. This explains why it's hard to build an adaptor --- the adaptor would put the lens even further away from the body, making the problem worse!)
Question :
How is this lens for video? i have the fuji x-t2. i can't seem to find much info about this lens and how it functions as a video lens. thanks.
Answer :
All of the qualities that make it a great photo lens will also apply to video, including fast autofocus and easy change to manual focus by pulling the focus ring back. Some videographers feel that they need the aperture ring "declicked" for smooth transitions. No idea how pricy or complicated it would be to get this done with this lens, but the clicks are not too firm here.
Question :
Would i need a nd filter like the tiffen variable nd filter for daytime to shoot in 1.4 and bright sun? (xt2)
Answer :
If you're not shooting anything that would prevent you from using the electronic shutter, then you won't have any issue at all. 1/8000 mechanical is still pretty quick though. You'll probably do okay.
Question :
Is this lens too bulky to use regularly with the fuji xe3? is the balance of the pair okay?
Answer :
This is FUJIS best lens,GET IT!
Question :
Is this good to pair with X-T3 for night sky photography like the northernllights?
Answer :
With it's fast speed, it would be perfect for the night sky
Question :
Is it worth adding this 16mm to the 10-24mm and 18mm? i'm thinking it would benefit just the shallow dof and handheld night shooting...
Answer :
The 16mm is great for a number of situations the 10-24 doesn't handle well. The 10-24 does have the benefit of OIS, but that faster shutter speed benefit with the 3 stops of extra light are really helpful in any situation with a moving subject (even stars!). The weather resistance is another big plus. When I travel I only take this lens and the 35mm f/2 WR. I've run through rain storms, gone under waterfalls, hiked through windy and dusty canyons, all with no sign of water or dust intrusion. The shallow DOF is fun to play with while getting a lot of context still in the frame. Bottom line: this is bulletproof option if you're in inclement conditions with bright to little light and can zoom with your feet.
Question :
In terms of distortion how does this lens perform?
Answer :
I'm very satisfied with this lens, crisp images.
Question :
Which is it the spec say both 15 cm and 15 mm minimum working distance, big difference?
Answer :
The minimum focus distance of this lens is 15cm (that's 5.91"). Whoever told you 15mm was wrong. This is not a macro lens.
Question :
between the 14 and the 16 which would you advise
Answer :
They are both great it depends on your goal. The 14 is smaller and lighter. The 16 is optically a bit better but not much. The 16 is also faster at 1.4 obviously. It’s just give and take.
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