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- Brand Name: Fujifilm
- Model: X-Pro1 18mm F2.0 Lens
- Maximum focal length: 18.00 millimeters
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X-Pro1 18mm F2.0 Lens
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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful
By Ken
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I purchased my Fuji XP1, 35mm, 60mm lenses from Japan in March and additionally purchased the 18mm lens from Amazon in May.
I use to have Nikon D7000 DSLR, but high quality pro lenses were too pricey and heavy.
I thought carefully of what I wanted. Since I'm not a pro and wanted something light for travel and high image quality is one of my top priority, I ultimately decided to switch to Fuji X Pro 1.
Today, I'll be sharing my experience with 18mm f/2 lens, 35mm f/1.4, and the 60mm f/2.4 macro.
-Fujifilm X-Pro1 18mm F2.0 Lens-
This lens is the smallest, lightest, and the cheapest feeling lens out of the three primes that are released.
Auto-focus seems faster or equal to Fuji's 35mm lens.
Manual and aperture ring feels "disconnected" do to it being focus by wire design and not mechanical.
The rubber lens hood cap, lens hood, and lens cap are poorly made. Long explanation short: it easily comes off.
So I purchased the EzFoto 52mm Tilted Vented Metal Lens Hood and now it feels better (both now metal finish), looks better, and securely fits on to the lens.
I purchased this lens primarily to cover my wide angle needs until Fujifilm releases their 10-24mm f/4 lens (planned for 2013).
After using the lens though, I may keep this lens even after 10-24mm lens becomes released.
The reason is because you can get really close with this lens (.18m) and at f/2.0, you can have the subject separated from the background even at this wide angle; furthermore, the bokeh is creamy and pleasant when you get it right. When focusing very close, slight change in angle would create an interesting composition/perspective for your photos. I think I would be keeping this lens for those creative shots.
-Fujifilm X-Pro1 35mm F1.4 Lens-
This lens is a must have for Fuji X Pro 1 user.
Auto-focus seems slightly slower or equal to Fuji's 18mm lens.
Manual and aperture ring feels "disconnected" do to it being focus by wire design and not mechanical.
Similarly with 18mm lens hood accessories, I switched it for the EzFoto 52mm (Non-Tilted) Vented Metal Lens Hood.
I purchased this lens primarily as a simple walk around lens for me.
Sharp and usable from F/1.4 and the bokeh is creamy and pleasant most of the time.
It gave me the similar experience I had with my Nikon 35mm f/1.8 DX lens, but with better bokeh quality (in my opinion).
Rather than sharpness, the quality of the bokeh really changes the mood of a picture.
In an extreme sense, I was never satisfied with Nikon 35mm f/1.8 lens because the bokeh wasn't to my liking.
I also shot an environmental and studio portrait with Fuji 35mm lens and boy was I happy with my images. ("bokehlicious!")
This may be trivial, but this lens can focus closer than Nikon's (.28m vs.3m). *The closer you can get, the shallower depth of field you get*.
Couldn't be happier with this lens.
-Fujifilm X-Pro1 60mm f/2.4 Macro Lens-
This lens is the least used when I'm outdoors, but when I'm taking still life shots (indoors) this is the most used.
Auto-focus is the slowest. Very difficult to auto-focus very close. However, I use this lens on tripod, set it to manual focus, and check my focus using the magnification function on the LCD for precise focus.
Manual and aperture ring feels "disconnected" do to it being focus by wire design and not mechanical.
Aperture ring, on my copy, actually feels a bit tighter than the other two lenses above.
I purchased this lens, as I mentioned above, primarily for my still life shots.
It gains 1/3 stop compared to most competition, but loses that 1:1 reproduction ratio (this lens has 1:2 ratio rating).
It's a very sharp lens from wide open and produces creamy bokeh for "macro-close-up" shots.
However, for portrait shots, I find the bokeh to be busy most of time and wouldn't recommend it.
I would probably wait for the newly announced Fuji 56mm f/1.4 lens (planned for 2013) for portraits.
Ultimately, if you understand why you are buying the lenses for, these lenses are all high quality glass and image quality definitely won't disappoint you!
I use to have Nikon D7000 DSLR, but high quality pro lenses were too pricey and heavy.
I thought carefully of what I wanted. Since I'm not a pro and wanted something light for travel and high image quality is one of my top priority, I ultimately decided to switch to Fuji X Pro 1.
Today, I'll be sharing my experience with 18mm f/2 lens, 35mm f/1.4, and the 60mm f/2.4 macro.
-Fujifilm X-Pro1 18mm F2.0 Lens-
This lens is the smallest, lightest, and the cheapest feeling lens out of the three primes that are released.
Auto-focus seems faster or equal to Fuji's 35mm lens.
Manual and aperture ring feels "disconnected" do to it being focus by wire design and not mechanical.
The rubber lens hood cap, lens hood, and lens cap are poorly made. Long explanation short: it easily comes off.
So I purchased the EzFoto 52mm Tilted Vented Metal Lens Hood and now it feels better (both now metal finish), looks better, and securely fits on to the lens.
I purchased this lens primarily to cover my wide angle needs until Fujifilm releases their 10-24mm f/4 lens (planned for 2013).
After using the lens though, I may keep this lens even after 10-24mm lens becomes released.
The reason is because you can get really close with this lens (.18m) and at f/2.0, you can have the subject separated from the background even at this wide angle; furthermore, the bokeh is creamy and pleasant when you get it right. When focusing very close, slight change in angle would create an interesting composition/perspective for your photos. I think I would be keeping this lens for those creative shots.
-Fujifilm X-Pro1 35mm F1.4 Lens-
This lens is a must have for Fuji X Pro 1 user.
Auto-focus seems slightly slower or equal to Fuji's 18mm lens.
Manual and aperture ring feels "disconnected" do to it being focus by wire design and not mechanical.
Similarly with 18mm lens hood accessories, I switched it for the EzFoto 52mm (Non-Tilted) Vented Metal Lens Hood.
I purchased this lens primarily as a simple walk around lens for me.
Sharp and usable from F/1.4 and the bokeh is creamy and pleasant most of the time.
It gave me the similar experience I had with my Nikon 35mm f/1.8 DX lens, but with better bokeh quality (in my opinion).
Rather than sharpness, the quality of the bokeh really changes the mood of a picture.
In an extreme sense, I was never satisfied with Nikon 35mm f/1.8 lens because the bokeh wasn't to my liking.
I also shot an environmental and studio portrait with Fuji 35mm lens and boy was I happy with my images. ("bokehlicious!")
This may be trivial, but this lens can focus closer than Nikon's (.28m vs.3m). *The closer you can get, the shallower depth of field you get*.
Couldn't be happier with this lens.
-Fujifilm X-Pro1 60mm f/2.4 Macro Lens-
This lens is the least used when I'm outdoors, but when I'm taking still life shots (indoors) this is the most used.
Auto-focus is the slowest. Very difficult to auto-focus very close. However, I use this lens on tripod, set it to manual focus, and check my focus using the magnification function on the LCD for precise focus.
Manual and aperture ring feels "disconnected" do to it being focus by wire design and not mechanical.
Aperture ring, on my copy, actually feels a bit tighter than the other two lenses above.
I purchased this lens, as I mentioned above, primarily for my still life shots.
It gains 1/3 stop compared to most competition, but loses that 1:1 reproduction ratio (this lens has 1:2 ratio rating).
It's a very sharp lens from wide open and produces creamy bokeh for "macro-close-up" shots.
However, for portrait shots, I find the bokeh to be busy most of time and wouldn't recommend it.
I would probably wait for the newly announced Fuji 56mm f/1.4 lens (planned for 2013) for portraits.
Ultimately, if you understand why you are buying the lenses for, these lenses are all high quality glass and image quality definitely won't disappoint you!
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
I jumped on the X-Pro 1 early after release, and wasn't able to get a hold of the 35/1.4 straight away, so I grabbed the 18 and 60. Because I'm more of a wide or normal shooter than tele, I used the 18 as my primary lens for quite some time. I'm really glad I did, as it forced me to get to know the lens well, and form my own opinion. I'm convinced this lens is severely underrated.
Tack sharp in a wide central sweet spot wide open, excellent macro and microcontrast, fantastic color reproduction, small and light, with a wonderful manner of drawing... Every bit as good as some of the Leicas I own. What's the negative? Reviews are right about one thing--the corners are never as superlative as the center. The lens is clearly optimized for shooting people, not landscape. I imagine the forthcoming 14mm will suffice for the latter, and have edge to edge sharpness and a perfectly flat field.
Flatness of field, really, is the bugaboo of this lens. If you use center point AF and shoot wide open using a focus-and-recompose technique, I guarantee you will be disappointed. The XF 18/2 exhibits fairly pronounced field curvature, so much so that your subject will now be well out of focus. It's critical when shooting the 18 wide open to choose the focus point manually or use the "multi AF" mode which chooses the focus point for you.
With that in mind, get close to your subjects, open the aperture, mind the focus point, and enjoy the wonderful manner of drawing this lens provides. A real winner in capable hands!
Tack sharp in a wide central sweet spot wide open, excellent macro and microcontrast, fantastic color reproduction, small and light, with a wonderful manner of drawing... Every bit as good as some of the Leicas I own. What's the negative? Reviews are right about one thing--the corners are never as superlative as the center. The lens is clearly optimized for shooting people, not landscape. I imagine the forthcoming 14mm will suffice for the latter, and have edge to edge sharpness and a perfectly flat field.
Flatness of field, really, is the bugaboo of this lens. If you use center point AF and shoot wide open using a focus-and-recompose technique, I guarantee you will be disappointed. The XF 18/2 exhibits fairly pronounced field curvature, so much so that your subject will now be well out of focus. It's critical when shooting the 18 wide open to choose the focus point manually or use the "multi AF" mode which chooses the focus point for you.
With that in mind, get close to your subjects, open the aperture, mind the focus point, and enjoy the wonderful manner of drawing this lens provides. A real winner in capable hands!
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By J. D. BROWN
Amazon Verified Purchase
I love this lens! You probably don't need the 50mm lens, this thing and the 35mm F1.4 lens is probably all you need, I love this thing. I use it for street photography and it offers me some of the highest quality photos of any camera I've ever held. I love this lens and use it all the time, unfortunately it was the third lens I bought, I should bought it second, and then never bought the 50mm.
For my purposes this and the 35mm is all I need. Love it, love it, love it. This lens takes amazing photos for street photography, landscapes, and portraits. Simply beautiful!
Get it! Don't listen to the people giving this 1 star because they bought it for the wrong camera, this thing rules!
For my purposes this and the 35mm is all I need. Love it, love it, love it. This lens takes amazing photos for street photography, landscapes, and portraits. Simply beautiful!
Get it! Don't listen to the people giving this 1 star because they bought it for the wrong camera, this thing rules!
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the purchase of the 18 mm. lens. My X-Pro-1 has no 18 mm. focal length setting. Just 21, 24 and 28mm. Read more
the purchase of the 18 mm. lens. My X-Pro-1 has no 18 mm. focal length setting. Just 21, 24 and 28mm. Read more
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