City: US, Pasadena
well worth the wait. Initial photos show clear, sharp macro shots. Narrow depth of field as expected. Heavier than I expected and yet those photos make up for the weight. OIS is superb. Price? Its a Fuji lens, what else is there to say. Looking forward to summer bugs and such.
Received the 80mm lens in what appeared to be a virgin container with no evidence of tampering. The lens received was contaminated inside. The lens contamination appeared to be a metallic material or a blemish inside the first lens glass element at the opposite end of the mount (front element). The lens appears to have left the manufacturing facility with either a defect in the glass or a spec of metallic contamination inside the sealed lens. I plan to replace the lens and will update the ratings / image quality experience once I receive a replacement lens.
I think I god 2 bad copies or Did Fuji just made a lemon macro AF lens?? Please note all photos you see here were all taken Manual Focus to achieve this results. I never had a great shot with AF and OIS turned On. To many shots missed with out of focus after focus confirmation is on, It seems that the lens confirm the focus with the green light on the camera and when I take the shot the OIS moves the sharpness away something is off with the lens, on regular mode photos are sharp but I bit soft @ F2.8 in my opinion. When used in macro mode with AF I dont think the lens is performing very well and for me this the OIS doesnt work on macro mode or shifts the focus away after focus confirmed. I tried manual focus and get better results moving back and forward I have better sharp photos but not watt I expected for 1200.00 lens to be working manual focus. This Lens has great glass and built quality is very good and heavy lens also not well balanced with small cameras. I took photos for about 3 weeks testing with my XT-20 and end up returning 2 lens and get a manual 85MM Meike lens manual focus that does same or better job than this lens. I want it to have this lens for sure but for this price Fuji drop the ball. This is my personal opinion and I posted some samples so you people can see that I actually use this lens.
Absolutely amazing piece of kit. I have never shot macro before, but it was always something Ive been interested in so I decided to spring for this lens during the sale. I took all three of the attached photos within the first 7 days of owning this. Produces incredibly sharp images, and an absolute joy to use and own. Im just a novice photographer so I will leave the more technical reviews to others, but the images Ive taken and the images others have taken using this lens speak for themselves.
An incredible lens - sharp, bright, fun to use, and very well made. it works as a macro lens, of course, but also is useful as a short telephoto - similar to the 90mm lens. It is an excellent addition to the Fuji XF lens line-up. I love it. -=Rick
What a great lens!
While this lens offers excellent image quality ultimately I decided not to keep it because it didnt offer me the flexibility that I needed at this price point. Obviously, my comment has nothing to do with the quality and specs of the lens itself. I was looking to fit this lens into my set up rather than buying a lens that would meet my needs in the best way possible. Id say it fit my needs 80% but because I was afraid Id miss some shots because of the absence of zoom I decided given my budget Id rather get the money together for the 50-140mm than work with the 80mm. The weight of either is pretty similar.
This lens is absolutely spectacular. Its so incredibly sharp at all apertures. Wide open it does produce swirly cats eye bokeh, but once you stop down to f/5.6 the bokeh becomes smoother. Out of focus rendering is dreamy and rich. Colors and microcontrast, excellent. It does hunt a bit in low light, but in good light the AF is super fast and smooth. The focus limiter helps. The images rendering is STUNNING! The lens is rather large, even larger than the XF90mm. But its not cumbersome or ridiculously heavy. The OIS works flawlessly, and I can get razor sharp images at 1/20 shutter speed, which is a huge advantage over the XF90mm. The reviewers that are complaining about poor image quality must have received bad copies. Im here to tell you that this lens is epic, and the IQ is second to none.
As a landscape and product photographer using the Awesome Fujifilm X-System, I am totally impressed with this new Macro lens! It is built like a tank, Weather-sealed, with OIS, a fast aperture, and IMHO, it is the sharpest lens Ive used in 40 years of photography! Using it for landscape and product images obtains the best the sensor can provide. Combine its stellar image quality and detail rendition with a solid tripod and good technique, and you have what I consider the best image quality that the APS-C format has to offer! Highly recommended!
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