Fujifilm XF56 mm F1.2 R Lens

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However, in low light, I found that the lens sometimes struggled to find focus, hunting in front and beyond my subject. There's also an iris diaphragm with eleven rounded blades, Fuji's proprietary Super EBC Coating to reduce lens flare and ghosting, a flourine coating on the front element to repel water and fingerprints, a powerful DC motor for quick AF response, and a metal mount and focusing ring. In the past, an apodization filter has only been used on a manual focus lens, this is the first to use high-precision contrast AF. Macro, which can be a fantastic lens in its own right, albeit it slower in both aperture and autofocus speed. Keep that lens hood on and try to avoid the sun reaching the front of the lens if you want to avoid ghosting and flare.

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Here is a picture of the bokeh balls test again, but this time I wanted to let you know that this was shot at 1/250/s, at F1. In 2012 she relocated to Houston Texas for two years and then moved to Gautier, Mississippi in July of 2014 for another three years. To enable wide apertures to be used even in bright environments, an ND filter is included that adjusts brightness in three levels. Mid-frame and corner sharpness aren't quite so amazing, but the results are still above average for an APS-C lens.

Thanks to the IF mechanism the front of the lens does not rotate on focus, which is very good news for anyone looking to use the lens in conjunction with a polariser or graduated neutral density filter.

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In testing it complemented the new Fujifilm X-H2/S camera very well, forming a well-balanced and relatively lightweight package and more than matching the body in terms of its build quality. As you can see in the photo below, it’s a perfectly-balanced match for the XT1 and other larger X-series bodies, but if you’re shooting with one of the smaller bodies you may want to try it for size. is a high quality short telephoto prime lens for the X-system, compatible with all X-mount bodies from the X-Pro1 to the XT1. Of course, this is autofocus is very quiet and with a near-silent shutter sound, you're able to take photos unnoticed in quiet locations.

Indeed I could quite happily shoot with the 56mm using manual focus and peaking, and in low light it often proved quicker and more successful than using the AF, especially with the lackluster face detection. X Series interchangeable lens cameras are equipped with Film Simulation modes, which have been developed using Fujifilm’s knowledge from 80 years of manufacturing to deliver film-like colors and tones. This is particularly impressive when used on the likes of the Fujifilm X-Pro3, Fujifilm X-T3 or the Fujifilm X-T30.

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Now it’s true the 56mm’s focusing motors are shifting heavier glass elements than the kit zoom, but when comparing it side-by-side against the Leica Nocticron on the Olympus OMD EM1, I was struck by not only how much faster the MFT combination was for Single AF acquisition, but also how much quieter – and with little to no operational vibration either. maximum aperture creates a shallow depth of field with immensely pleasing out of focus areas, well suited for subject isolation. However the Nocticron’s blurred highlights suffered from less outlining than the 56mm and to my eyes were creamier too.A lot of it is personal choice, plus of course again unless you have – or are weighing-up – both systems, any comparison is purely academic. If your subject is standing 3 meters away, with the 50mm F1, at F1, you are going to have a depth of field of about . Additionally, I did not see any major difference in the rendering between foreground to subject and subject to background. Both lenses have marked aperture rings, manual focus rings towards the end of the lens, and an aperture-lock switch.

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The storm rages, but it’s an excellent time to sit, relax and read a good book, or, if you’re a photographer, tell everyone you’re thinking of reading a book and having a very specific adult beverage. Remember that they have been resized for the web and the nature of compression that comes with that. with weather-resistance, and I decided I would complete these two reviews within the span of a few weeks of each other. lens produces creamy bokeh, while its 56mm focal length, equivalent to 85mm in 35mm film format, offers a comfortable shooting distance from the subject.When you try to reverse-mount the hood, it feels like you could easily cross-thread the bayonet mount and snap off the thin pieces of plastic that hold it to the camera. With their apertures wide open both the 56mm and Nocticron rendered blurred specular highlights as oval / cats-eye shapes towards the edges, but this effect was much more pronounced on the Nocticron.