C. Frost XF 18mmF1.4 Review: “This Lens Must Have Traveled Back in Time from Some Technological Advanced Future”
Christopher Frost reviews the XF18mmF1.4 R LM WR and he seems to be moderately satisfied with the performance of this lens ;).
In short:
- gorgeous built quality second to none
- manual focus turn smoothly but responds jerky
- fast autofocus and completely silent
- very small lens for such a well built and fast lens
- spectacular sharpness all over the frame from center to corner even at f/1.4
- one of the sharpest APS-C lenses he has ever seen. What an achievement by Fujifilm
- negligible distortion
- at f/1.4 strong vignetting
- close up image quality at f/1.4 is excellent
- almost no coma smearing
- bokeh looks lovely and smooth
- even at f/1.4 no real chromatic aberration, Fuji performed some magic trick
- he feels this lens fell from a space ship or has been transported back in time from some technological advanced future
- it is virtually perfect
- much better IQ than the XF16mmF1.4
- stellar optic and highly recommended
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- XF 18mm f/1.4 R LM WR: BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / Focuscamera