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Pros & Cons
Pros
Lens is sharp, but not the sharpest of lenses. It's not optically perfect, but it has a lot of character at the largest apertures. The lens is very sharp and quick to focus.
People love to hate this lens, but recently people are revisiting it as a great street photo pancake lens. The fujinon glass lives up to the name, as expected. This is the lens i like to leave on the camera. This my always-on-camera' lens now.
The image attached is an indication of sharpness. My sample is sharp across the frame with straight verticals and horizontals at the edges providing i am mindful of my composition. It feels and sounds as another reviewer stated, like metal grinding ag... Read More
For museums and churches, there is almost no lens that can beat it for freehand shooting. Works well for street and even certain portraits. Great for low light photography.
Mm is good for taking full body portraits, it has a low profile and is great for catching those candid shots of people in motion. If you're a landscape photographer, the 14mm is a better choice all the way around. I love wide angle lenses -- this is a... Read More
Cons
My x-pro-1 has no 18 mm. Just 21, 24 and 28mm. Is this a problem?
Highlights
Quality
I shot numerous beautiful landscape and street photos but this lens surprised me with the quality of the images i took of peopl... Read More
Rather than sharpness the quality of the bokeh really changes the mood of a picture
If your main concern is technical quality youre a technician not a photographer
This seems to avoid the binding of the ring when turning with the left hand only
Price
18mm is a very under rated lens but for the price is very nice and sharp lens
Shipping
I had the returnexchange label printed within 15 minutes of opening the amazon shipping package
Packaging/appearance
I jumped on the xpro 1 early after release and wasnt able to get a hold of the 351
Competitiveness
I like the field of view for this lens as its a 27mm full frame equivalent
Back in the film days i had an entry level nikon with an eseries 28mm that i carried all over
It gains 13 stop compared to most competition but loses that 11 reproduction ratio this lens has 12 ratio rating
I would probably wait for the newly announced fuji 56mm f1
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- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 79.7% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 216 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 26 2022.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Overall the lens is sharp though sharpest at the center with a definite falloff towards the edges
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Most people wont notice this and i only do if im pixel peeping up close
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Again at the edges youll see chromatic aberration little purple halos if the scene is backlit
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If youre looking for a super sharp technically perfect wide angle lens this isnt the lens
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
For that id go with the 14mm
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Of course its a stop slower and double the money
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If youre a pixel peeping snob probably best to move on
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