Fujifilm Lens XF 50mm R WR Silver

Purchased this XF 35mm f/2 lens as my first lens to go with my Fuji X-H2S. I couldn't be happier with my choice. It really is an all-around great versatile lens. I have used it for landscape, portraits, and everything in between. It isn't really a macro lens, but the close ups are pretty good too. I use it as my travel lens to pack light, capture the moments quickly, family-photo-ready while also being capable for stopping around for intricate shoots. It's not a zoom lens, so expect to move your feet around to get the perfect shot. Great lens. And great value. Once again, Adorama was great with the service and delivery.

I was torn between this lens and the 50mm f/2. I settled on the 60mm because it fit my kit better, and Im glad I did. Its a wonderful performer and I love its rendering.The Good:Amazing sharpness profile. Look at the MTF chart for it on Fujifilms website, its mostly ruler-flat across the frame. Ive found this holds up in real life, images are really sharp regardless of where you look in the frame. I love the rendering - contrast, micro-contrast, color, smooth bokeh and transition zone, the images taken with the lens are always lovely and exude quality. Aberrations are well-controlled - I see no sign of spherical, chromatic, or comatic aberrations, and distortion is minimal. I can see why Fujifilm still regards this as a premium optic in the same category as their ... MoreI was torn between this lens and the 50mm f/2. I settled on the 60mm because it fit my kit better, and Im glad I did. Its a wonderful performer and I love its rendering.The Good:Amazing sharpness profile. Look at the MTF chart for it on Fujifilms website, its mostly ruler-flat across the frame. Ive found this holds up in real life, images are really sharp regardless of where you look in the frame. I love the rendering - contrast, micro-contrast, color, smooth bokeh and transition zone, the images taken with the lens are always lovely and exude quality. Aberrations are well-controlled - I see no sign of spherical, chromatic, or comatic aberrations, and distortion is minimal. I can see why Fujifilm still regards this as a premium optic in the same category as their 35mm 1.4 and 23mm 1.4 lenses. Its also surprisingly small and lightweight, and I love the ability to close focus.The Bad:The autofocus speed of this lens is tricky. You need to have good light hitting your subject and you need to be about 3 feet away for good AF performance. When it gets too dim or youre too close, the AF slows down considerably. These are the rules I must obey while using it on the X-T3 or else the AF is slow to work with, otherwise its quite snappy. I feel the lens software is partly to blame here, it seems to have a dual personality depending on how close you are to the subject. But sometimes the lens tries to focus at macro distances first, and it takes about half a second for it to figure out the subject is farther away. A focus limiter switch would eliminate this and would let the photographer choose how the lens focuses. This lens is also very weak against bright light, I always keep the hood on when using it. I generally find that for backlit landscapes it can produce acceptable images as long as the sun is really low on the horizon or is just barely peeking through from behind an obstacle in the background.The Summary:Wonderful image quality and rendering. Well-controlled aberrations make for high-quality images. The only things letting this lens down are the AF performance and flare control. However, Ive found that on the X-T3 you can get snappy AF as long as youre focusing in good light and youre at least 3 ft away from your subject. This quickly became one of my favorite Fujifilm lenses despite its shortcomings because I love the images it produces and I love the ability to close focus. I would give it 4.5 stars if I could, -1/2 a star due to the flare problems, but I seldom shoot backlit images at this focal length so Ill give it a 5.

This is pretty much the only fast(ish) Fuji prime that I don't have, and as a biologist who loves macro photography, it was always something I was going to buy, but simply never got round to.Well, it takes razor sharp pics, is brilliant at close-ups (not true macro, but good enough). Is great for landscapes and portraits. Reviewers are critical of it's focus speed. I don't know what they expect - let me tell you, on my old X-T1 it focuses plenty fast enough and nails focus virtually every time with 100% accuracy. It is easy to use TTL flash with and is ultra sharp from f2.4 through to the smaller apertures. This is a gem of a lens....I have the Canon 180mm macro and 100mm macro, and have used these extensively. This small ultra light lens is so much easier and far ... MoreThis is pretty much the only fast(ish) Fuji prime that I don't have, and as a biologist who loves macro photography, it was always something I was going to buy, but simply never got round to.Well, it takes razor sharp pics, is brilliant at close-ups (not true macro, but good enough). Is great for landscapes and portraits. Reviewers are critical of it's focus speed. I don't know what they expect - let me tell you, on my old X-T1 it focuses plenty fast enough and nails focus virtually every time with 100% accuracy. It is easy to use TTL flash with and is ultra sharp from f2.4 through to the smaller apertures. This is a gem of a lens....I have the Canon 180mm macro and 100mm macro, and have used these extensively. This small ultra light lens is so much easier and far more fun to use. It takes seriously good images.......just buy it, it's exceptional value for money.