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Fujinon XF27mm F2.8 Lens, Black

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There is no aperture ring. You have to use a dial on the camera to set it, or to set it to Auto aperture control for A and P modes

The only downside of the XF 27mm for portrait use is the sluggish performance in AF-C. With face/eye detection on, I find the hit rate quite low on a moving toddler. In standard AF-C, I have to keep my dogs very still. 27mm | ISO-320 | 1/340sec | f/2.8 27mm | ISO-160 | 1/1400sec | f/9 27mm | ISO-160 | 1/85sec | f/2.8 27mm | ISO-160 | 1/950sec | f/8 27mm | ISO-320 | 1/800sec | f/2.8 27mm | ISO-160 | 1/900sec | f/8 27mm | ISO-800 | 1/80sec | f/2.8 27mm | ISO-160 | 1/1600sec | f/2.8 27mm | ISO-320 | 1/125sec | f/3.2 27mm | ISO-320 | 1/220sec | f/8 Street Photography and Architecture

elements in 5 groups, a common double-Gauss variant extremely popular for normal lenses since about 1950. The unique perspective of the 27mm offers an effortlessness that I have never experienced with any other lens. The ability to simply visualize a shot and capture it naturally exactly as you pictured is what makes this lens so special. The 27mm provides a full-frame equivalent of 40.5mm, which is as close to perfect normal as you’re going to get within the native Fujifilm ecosystem. In modern photography, the perfect normal focal length seems to be underappreciated—referenced in passing, but ultimately overshadowed by more common focal lengths. But the 27mm has the potential to rekindle consumer interest and bring the perfect normal lens out of the shadows. And I can personally confirm that the perfect normalness of this lens is part of what makes it unique compared to more widely used focal lengths like 35mm or 50mm.

Alright …. let’s get right to the point … this lens is sharp … I mean EXTREMELY SHARP. From the widest aperture, this lens competes in the most excellent class. Bokeh is a word used for the out-of-focus areas of a photograph, and is usually described in qualitative terms, such as smooth / creamy / harsh etc. I think there is a higher chance you’ll be bringing your camera along for your travels. Fujifilm XF 27mm f2.8 on an X-T1 It’s considered one of Fuji’s sharpest lensesWhat little barrel distortion there is can be corrected for more critical use by plugging these figures into Photoshop's If this 1,200×900 pixel crop is about 6" (15cm) wide on your screen, then the complete image printed at this same very high magnification would be about 21 × 31" (1.7 × 2.6 feet or 50 × 80 cm).

Unlike more recent Fujifilm lenses, though, the same mechanism doesn’t prevent you from accidentally switching from f/16 to A. I thought this would annoy me, but in practice I didn’t find it to be a problem, as I very rarely stop down as far as f/16 on APS-C anyway. These are just snapshots; my real work is in my Gallery. These are all shot hand-held as NORMAL JPGs; no tripods, FINE JPGs or RAW files were used or needed.As you can see, this lens is, in my opinion, a MUST-HAVE for all Fujifilm photographers as it is compact and versatile. It replaced my X100V, even if I lost a light stop, which is not a game-changer (F2.8 is sufficient for low lights with a good increase in iso). Bokeh, the feel, character or quality of out-of-focus areas as opposed to how far out of focus they are, isn't that great, but nothing every gets that far out of focus, so don't worry about it. The Fujifilm XF 27mm F2.8 R WR lens has an internal focusing (IF) system that uses the same audible high-torque coreless DC motor as on the original lens.

Some say it’s as sharp as the Xf90mm F2, which many say is the sharpest lens in the Fuji range. I confirm it here. The level of detail is incredible, especially for such a tiny lens. Who would have believed it? it is excellent, both in the centre and corners, from F4. That first paragraph could be the entirety of this article. It says everything that you need to know (although my full review of the 27mm f/2.8 lens can be read here). If there could only be one lens in our household, it would be this one! But why? What makes this lens special? I am not comparing the optical formula. The optical design is not relevant in this case. It is how they present it. They are stealing an industrial design again, again and again and use it for their marketing. They jump on the marketing train of other companies. Light falloff is completely invisible even wide open at f/2.8, as shot on the X-T1 which is probably correcting it automatically.The TTArtisan 27mm f/2.8 has no visible distortion, which is good because no camera can correct for it if it had any significant distortion. If this 1,200×900 pixel crop is about 3" (7.5cm) wide on your phone, then the complete image printed at this same extreme magnification would be about 11 × 16" (0.9 × 1.3 feet or 25 × 40 cm). Crop from above 4 MP image at 100%. If this is 6" wide on your screen, the complete image would print at 25 x 17" (64 x 42 cm) at this same magnification. Lens sharpness has nothing to do with picture sharpness; every lens made in the past 100 years is more than sharp enough to make super-sharp pictures if you know what you're doing. The only limitation to picture sharpness is your skill as a photographer. It's the least talented who spend the most time worrying about lens sharpness and blame crummy pictures on their equipment rather than themselves. Skilled photographers make great images with whatever camera is in their hands; I've made some of my best images of all time with an irreparably broken camera! Most pixels are thrown away before you see them, but camera makers don't want you to know that. weather resistant. These days I honestly think there are better options than this lens if you want to go wide and stay compact, such as the lens listed below.

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