Fujinon XF50mmF2 Admiringlight Review: “It Continues Fuji’s Excellent Reputation for Creating Quality Optics.” + Kevin Mullins’ Suprising Gem
FUJINON XF 50mm F2 WR Reviews
Earlier Articles shared today on FujiRumors:
- Sony Officially Shows the New 100 Megapixel BSI Medium Format Sensor for Fujifilm GFX 100s – More here
- Fujifilm GFX: See FLM L-Bracket Mounted on GFX (+ 2 More GFX L-Brackets), Touchy Feely, Experience in Mongolia – More here
Kevin Mullins: Fujifilm 50mm F2 ~ A Surprising Gem at f16.click: “This is where the little lens has taken me surprise; I’m using it all the time when shooting weddings and guess what? I’m really enjoying using it. The 50mm F2 is a brilliantly built, epically quick and phenomenally fast lens. I love it.”
Admiringlight: Fujifilm Fujinon XF 50mm f/2 R WR Review at admiringlight: “The 50mm f/2 provides great value and high-end imaging in a small package, and continues Fuji’s excellent reputation for creating quality optics.”
Pros
- Very solidly constructed and compact lens
- Wonderful haptics on the aperture and focus rings
- Reasonably fast and very accurate autofocus
- Quite sharp at any aperture, even into the image corners
- Very pleasing bokeh
- Good control of lateral chromatic aberration, flare and vignetting
- Affordable
Cons
- Longitudinal CA can cause a magenta or green fringe in front of or behind the focus point
- A touch of pincushion distortion
Fujifilm XF50mm: USA BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS EU: AmazonDE, AmazonUK, WexUK, ParkCamerasUK, PCHstore AUS: CameraPro