Fujifilm XF10-24 mm F4 R Optical Image Stabiliser Lens

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The Fuji 10-24mm WR lens has a traditional aperture ring on the lens barrel, which allows you to set the aperture in 1/3 steps. At f/4 there’s a minimal amount of softness evident but it doesn’t jump out nor does it appear as distortion – this is true in both the 10mm and 24mm focus distances. At f/8 you have a complete edge to edge sharpness. The XF 10-24mm F4 R OIS WR is an ultra-wide-angle zoom lens for the Fujifilm X-series range of APS-C mirrorless cameras.

Move closer : our eyes have a focal length of around 43mm so when we use an ultra-wide angle lens distant objects seem further away and smaller in the frame so if you can move closer to fill the frame it will help. Yosemite Valley, 10:22 AM, 16 May 2014. Fuji X-T1 at Auto ISO 400 and Auto DR 200, 10mm at f/22 at 1/60, Athentech Perfectly Clear. bigger. It is resistant to both dust and moisture and can be used in freezing temperatures as low as -10 degrees Celsius (14°F), greatly enhancing its versatility for landscape and cityscape photographers. On the upside, at the widest focal length, 10mm, the edge sharpness looks pretty good, and that wider focal length is probably what most people would buy this lens for anyway. Weather-sealed lenses also tend to just feel better in the hands. This is no exception. The lens mount and filter ring are constructed from metal, but the plastic barrel feels almost metallic. The three different rings all have a slightly different texture to them, making them easier to feel for without pulling your eye from the viewfinder. AutofocusThis lens is a solid 8 for me. I love Fuji's lenses, and have used most of them. The fit and finish of them is usually outstanding, and the optical quality of their lenses is consistently very good, and sometimes outstanding. I would say this is not their best effort, but that doesn't mean it's a not a worthy offering. Good, useful zoom range combined with a fixed aperture, and ooooh that 10mm wide angle. You can definitely get some expansive shots with this lens. It's not the widest I've used (14mm equiv would be), but close enough and wide enough to really make some astounding images. At f4 we can again compare the performance with the XF 10-24mm which interestingly comes out of the gate looking very strong in the centre. The Sun had come out a little more at this point, so the XF 10-24mm crops are a little brighter, but there’s definitely greater crispness to them at f4 in the middle. Between f5.6 and f8, both lenses essentially deliver the same detail. In the two sample images below, again you will see the XF 10-24mm holding up amazingly well against the XF 23mm f/1.4 R @ f/5.6 with the XF 23mm showing slightly better contrast. The zoom ring is 3/4'' wide, with deep rubber ribs running parallel to the length of the lens. The zoom action is very smooth, going from 10mm to 24mm in a forty-five degree turn, with only a minor amount of force required to transition between focal lengths. The lens does not extend as it is zoomed out. Zoom creep was not a factor in our testing with this lens. For less money, the Canon 72mm UV and B+W MRC 010 are excellent filters, as is the B+W 72mm 010 and the basic multicoated Hoya filters, but the Hoya HD3 is the toughest and the best.

The only gotcha with this Fuji lens is that there is no instant manual-focus override. You have to move a switch on your camera to get to or from manual focus mode. The Fujifilm 10-24mm WR lens boasts a metal mount, high-grade plastic barrel and a non-rotating 72mm metal filter thread.But there are other improvements too. The Optical Image Stabilisation has been improved by 1 stop to -3.5 EV and when combined with XT4 this improves to -6.5 stops – pretty impressive. This is simply not true, as testified to by many who upgraded to the 16-55. The 16-55 is better optically, has better subject isolation at the long end, and more flexibility at the wide end. These enhancements are achieved at the cost of OIS and larger size. While the 18-55 is not as good optically, it is clearly good enough for some.

Note: It should be noted that the X-E1, our Fuji test camera, does feature in-camera correction of CA, vignetting and distortion, and it's important to note that our results here were taken from RAW files. However, when converted with Adobe Camera Raw, as it our usual procedure, ACR carries over these in-camera corrections. It was only by converting the same RAW images with DCRAW (which does not convert the images with these corrections) that we were able to confirm this. This is an ultrawide and even though it can focus to within just a few inches from the front of the lens, it doesn't look that close. In addition, it provides up to a whopping 6.5 stops of compensation when used with a camera that also has in-body stabilization, like the Fuji X-T4 that we tested the lens with. You are able to capture such a wide field and tell so much more of the story with a lens like this. Also, though not as much of an issue for me, the aperture dial on my copy of the lens is loose. Not as in turning; that is fine, but you can move it from side to side a bit on the body, which is a little disconcerting and something I've never seen from my other Fuji lenses with aperture rings. Plus the fact they didn't put the aperture numbers on the dial is just lame. For this price, come on. All fixed aperture lenses should have hard markings, zoom or prime. Period.

Fujinon XF 10-24mm F4 R OIS WR: Features

And let us not forget the OIS, the optical image stabilizer being a huge benefit for the many Fujifilm X Series cameras without IBIS. The XF 10-24mm is weather-resistant and the XF 14mm is not. Distortion is invisible, at least as shot as JPGs on my Fuji X-S10, which should be correcting it automatically. The Fujifilm XF 10-24mm F4 R OIS WR is capable of producing quite nice sunstars when stopped-down to f/16.

Don't use polarizers on ultrawide lenses; the sky's natural polarization will appear as a dark band in the sky. Finally, the focus ring is metal and ridged with a nice buttery-smooth glide making fine focusing easy and tight. In fact, this is my recommendation and personal habit for any lens – it’s far easier to replace a scratch or damaged filter than a whole lens.

If you predict you will be shooting on the wider end mostly and value the compact nature of the XF 14mm f/2.8 R this may be a sound alternative. In the two sample images below you may see that the overall image quality is very similar with only a slight edge to the XF 14mm f/2.8 R. Above left: Fuji XF 16mm f1.4 at f5.6, above right: Fuji XF 10-24mm at 16mm f5.6. 100% crops from centre of JPEGs Diffraction limiting sets in at ƒ/11, but you won't notice any practical difference until ƒ/16 or ƒ/22, where we note generalized softness across the frame. Maybe for other reasons, but not weight. If from what the OP said it was obvious that UW would be a regular need along with the desire to have longer focal lenght, then yes. The focus ring is very smooth to operate. Since the lens features a stepping motor, it uses a focus-by-wire system, so there are no hard stops on either side of the focusing range. The zoom ring is quite large in size and has a rubber cover. When zooming in from 10mm to 24mm, the lens does not change in size – only the front element moves in a little. The aperture ring sits closest to the mount, and unlike some other XF series lenses, it is electronic and does not have any aperture markings. If you choose to manually focus with the XF 10-24mm f/4, a focus scale is provided inside the viewfinder or on the rear LCD of Fuji cameras.