Excellent video my friend. Love how detailed are your pointers. Will go hunting for that setup now. Thank you.

Dude! This is the exact video I needed, I’ve been looking for this for a couple of weeks but haven’t found a video that compares these specific lenses/focal lengths. These 2 and the 18-55 are on the wishlist

Very well done informative video. I've been shooting street and travel with the 23f2 for about two years. I love the pictures I get with this lens: perfect focal length, great image quality.

The 35mm f2 is also a super good performer and I think i little bit shorter/smaller than the 23. And an underrated fuji lens is their 18-55 f2.8-4, its actually really good, better than most other kit lenses i would guess and great build quality with mostly metall and glass. So if you like zooms i would really recommend that lens, perfect for traveling!

Perfect timing as I’ve been thinking about getting the x-pro3

I bought the 18 f2 as my first Fuji lens a decade ago for it's 'pancake-ness' and the f2. Ended up becoming my fave Fuji lens. If you like a small kit and are not hung up on edge-to-edge sharpness, this is a fantastic lens. The manual focusing does *really* suck though.

Have and love both these lenses

Really nice photos, man!

Awesome I have the 23 but i now really want an 18 mm since i do mostly street photography

I used to have both 23 & 35mm f2 - sold them......now Im using 18 f2 & 35mm 1.4 + xt1 and cannot be more happy. They are so much better, fun to use, more magic and not boring like those new lenses.

@hellni79

Жыл бұрын

got 23, 35 and 50 f2. they all give me a "flat" sensation, they were amazing size/builtwise, silent fast focus,WR, but in the end the image was lacking something. Now I have the 35 1.4 and I'm getting far better feelings straight out of camera. Old had the new 23 1.4, that was crazy good but too big for me, now I'm looking to give a companion to the 35...maybe this 18?

I recommend a vented lens hood for the 23 F2… it visually rocks!

Ah, the 23mm f2, my favourite.. (well my only since I broke the 18-55) can't imagine life without it..

I've got almost all Fuji's primes. But 18/2 is my favorite lens

That 23mm F2 is super sharp, I'm thinking of getting the 35mm F2 & the 50mm F2.

Fantastic. Thanks. You should try to make a test about Zeiss Touit 32mm... You could have a huge surprise...

I have all the f2/2.8 Fujicrons including the 18 f2 and minus 90mm f2. They are excellent lenses that are too often in the shadows of the 1.4 or faster lens. However I bet anyone can get great results with these for the same use case.

Gotta try that original 35mm 1.4 on that xpro

@aljoschawolff4069

Жыл бұрын

Its lovely! Perfect for portraits and the smallest and sexiest looking of all 1.4 fuji lenses. Nothing for video, but for photographers who look for aestetics of a camera....

I have both of these lenses plus too many more (12 XF lenses). Today I went out to cover an art festival in town and after some thinking, I chose the 18mm f/2 on my X-T3 and an XF 50mm f/2 in my waist bag. The 18mm never left the camera, I was just in the zone for that angle of view today. Funny, in my film days I never bonded with the 28mm lens, preferring the 24mm. With Fujifilm I have both 16mm lenses (f/1.4 and f/2.8), but for some reason I tried the 18mm and really like it on the street. If you are thinking of what lens to get, with primes I think you should really NEED to change lenses. I'd never have both the 18mm and 23mm on an outing, too close. Maybe look at the 50mm f/2 which would form a good duo with either of your other lenses. It would offer a tighter framing, a bit of compression and much better selective focus if that is needed. It is from the same generation as your 23mm f/2 so all the operational aspects are the same, but it is a tiny bit longer and has a deeper reversible hood. It is brilliant from f/2 with nice blur in the background.

@jmtphotographymedia

Жыл бұрын

I typically use the following combos 18/35 f2, 23/50 f2, 16 2.8/35 f2, 16/35/50 Works out well.

X100V with the WCL then you’ll get both focal length for cheaper and can share the filters between the two focal length, minus the ND filter which was built into the camera.

Can you please give the link of the lenshood attached with ur 23mm f2 lens?

I'm new on my Fujifilm journey this month. I bought the X-T5 with the 18-80mm kit lens and was honestly a bit puzzled what people were raving about. Not that the 18-80 is a bad lens, its fine, it just wasn't what i expected. I then picked up the 23mm, I was put off the 18mm due to comments on reviews. I agree that the 23mm looks weird. I then saw some more balanced reviews of the 18mm f/2, picked it up and immediately understood the fun of the fuji system. Images from the 18mm are just so good, modern and nostalgic at the same time. It hasn't left the camera since getting it.

i also have both lenses. most of the time i use the 18mm. 23mm only when its raining heavy. 18mm, i find the the af faster. i also prefer the colour, contrast, and sharpness on the 18. 23mm, wr only when it is raining. for some reason i find the 18mm's af more reliable than the 23.

@ahaka2022

Жыл бұрын

i just used my 23mm a few days ago. and when i checked the fotos on the computer. i realized most fotos are out of focus. either my 23mm is defective. or its just terrible at autofocus. 23mm is a big no for me. only advantage is weather sealing.

Super! 23mm... 🎉

Nice pictures! You have a good eye. The esthetics of larger lenses on smaller bodies.... I think that's your personal idea, I don't see that, not worried about that really. But I'm used to seeing film/videocameras, microphones with odd shapes. It's just tools to me, and overall, fujifilm has a nice (no nonsense) esthetic about it.

Where do I get the hood for the 23mm?

Does the 18mm have frame lines in the OVF?

the lens hood link you shared is the wrong lens hood. Like the video truly insightful

Range focusing vs zone metering 😊

Was that seagull really there in the golden gate bridge shot or did you PS it in?

The lens hood is the only camera component I prefer to be plastic. Plastic shields and protects the lens as well as metal. It absorbs shock, and if dropped will tend to snap off or break without damaging the lens. Aesthetically the ‘square’ lens hoods look cool, but practically I’ll go with plastic.

@bellvuehillapart9782

Жыл бұрын

Fully agree. I use the OM lens hood on my 23mm - it’s small so doesn’t make the lens stick out & protects the front element perfectly.

Do you use a nd filter or filter for the 23mm? Thanks!

If i already had 18mm f2, im going to buy my second lens. Now i had sigma 30mm on my bucket list, but i used have 35mm f1.4, i don’t like it’s not wide enough for me. But LOVEE ift for portrait photo… i like & still leadn street photography btw😅

Link for 23mm square hood i dont see it 😢

Been using 18f2 since last two years and so statisfied. It's perfect for the street and travel.

@shivamnema05

Жыл бұрын

You put a ND filter on top of 18f2 and it's weather resistant.

A lot of pixel peeper YT reviewers in the past has talked negative of the 18mm f2. I've had mine since 2012 and I cant see myself parting with it for something "better". Like you said, it's all about the story telling and composition and this lens has been perfect for that, plus I feel it gives a great 28mm equiv. character that new "upgraded" lenses are lacking imo. Do I wish it was WR same as my beloved original XF35mm f1.4 I also got in 2012? Hell yes but it is what it is... I am seriously trying to figure out how to apply some sort of DIY ring gasket to these lens' outer ring. Speaking of the 35mm, I also have the f2 (WR) version but don't use it much as I always reach for the older and magical f1.4

Have you reviewed / compared any “budget” lenses to these? I’m thinking about buying a Fuji lens in my fave focal length and then supplementing with some budget lenses until I’m ready to start purchasing some more expensive one.

@brycericci

Жыл бұрын

A good budget lens that Ive personally used is the TTArtisans 23mm F1.4. It’s a completely manual lens but with zone focusing it’s pretty easy to nail focus. For the price you can’t beat it. I wouldn’t say it’s the best lens or is the most sharp (especially at F1.4) but it’s still a great lens considering it’s only $100.

I find the 27mm 2.8 v2 very tight due to the 40mm apsc equivalence but the sharpness and AF is fast and reliable. Is the 18mm f2 on par with the AF if I use it on the fujifilm XE3? My worries is that the lens would struggle to autofocus during street photography

@tf-ok

2 ай бұрын

18mm is wide enough that you won't have trouble with autofocus

Alright, so I have the 23mm 1.4 original and I'm thinking about trading it in for the 23mm f2. But now I'm considering the 18mm f2. Obviously, you can use either one but which one would you choose if you had to pick one? Professionally I shoot Lifestyle family and portraits. Personally, I shoot around the house and occasionally do street photography. I have the 35mm 1.4 and although I wish it were faster focusing I love the image quality and I get over how loud that focusing system is. I want to 28mm focal length but the 23 is quick and sharp. What would you do?

35 f2 is so freaking sharp

I've been watching Fuji videos, as I'm thinking of getting a second camera. I use a Sony A7iii with a pancake 35mm as my everyday carry, I don't bother with a lens hood as I always have a polarizing or diffusion filter attached which protects the lens. I wear a baseball cap outdoors which gives the lens protection from the sun also.

I had both of those lenses and I shoot a lot of images close up so these 2 failed miserably. Other than that the focal lengths are perfect. The 35mm, 50 and 90 f2 lenses are the best ones from that time period.

Dude did you go to the academy of Art in SF?

@sonpois

Жыл бұрын

btw those are also my go-to lenses :) i might add the 35mm if I'm traveling abroad

The 23mm with the original lens hood on looks like a wang!

18 x 1.5 = 27 mm

My son has a 22mm f2 on his Canon. Wish fuji had that, but hey..

So if they are the ONLY 2 lenses you own for your camera, these aren't your "GO TO" as your title says. Should the Video be titled My ONLY Fuji Lenses?

@SurrealExposure12

Ай бұрын

Why in the world would you buy 500 dollar lenses that aren’t your go to 🤡