Fujifilm XF56 mm F1.2 R Lens

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You can get an idea of the size difference between the original Fujifilm 56mm F1.2 and the Mark II below. Compared to lenses before it, the XF 56mm F1.2 is a serious hunk of glass. As primes go, it still has the most impressive front element. It’s a bit chunky, and feels substantial. While not exceptionally heavy, I’d still at least consider my choice of camera body with the XF 56mm F1.2. Aperture and Focus Rings The Fujifilm XF 56mm F1.2 R WR doesn't exhibit any barrel or pin-cushion distortion, as you can see in the photo below. Macro In our view, their efforts have been very successful - see the examples below to judge for yourself. Sharpness

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This lens has a fast and near silent autofocus that is thanks to the inner focusing system. Fujifilm's inner focussing system can DC coreless motor are what makes the rapid autofocusing possible. This is particularly impressive when used on the likes of the Fujifilm X-Pro3, Fujifilm X-T3 or the Fujifilm X-T30. 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. What's in the box? The lens exhibits some vignetting at f/1.2. However, by f/2 vignetting is almost imperceivable. It is completely gone by f/2.8 as you can see here: Just to share the experience in street shooting. I usually get closer to the subject step by step until I get the shot (see the final take in comment). We use Imatest SFR (spatial frequency response) charts and analysis software to plot lens resolution at the center of the image frame, corners and mid-point distances, across the range of aperture settings and, with zoom lenses, at four different focal lengths. The tests also measure distortion and color fringing (chromatic aberration).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. Fringing is consistently low across the entire image frame, regardless of aperture. Aberrations just become visible once you stop down to f/8 and narrower apertures. Autofocus is quite fast and extremely accurate in good light. However, in low light, I found that the lens sometimes struggled to find focus, hunting in front and beyond my subject. Considering that this is a pretty complex lens, it is understandable that it is not as snappy to focus as the much smaller XF50mmF2 R WR lens with its linear motor. The Fujifilm XF 56mm f/1.2 R, with its 85mm full-frame equivalent focal length, is ideally suited for portrait, wedding and studio photographers. Its wide f/1.2 maximum aperture creates a shallow depth of field with immensely pleasing out of focus areas, well suited for subject isolation. The only potential complaint. Vignetting is heavy on the widest apertures. More often than not I don’t have an issue with this, and in situations when I want falloff to be minimal, I’ve stopped down to where it is minimal. Flare

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I tested the Single, Continuous and Manual focusing of the Fuji 56mm f1.2 using an XT1 body, and compared it against the XF 18-55mm f2.8-4, the Zeiss Touit 32mm f1.8, and out of curiousity, also against the Leica Nocticron mounted on an Olympus OMD EM1 body. The bokeh exhibited by the Fujifilm XF 56mm f/1.2 R is beautiful and is what sets it apart from so many other lenses. It is creamy, buttery, and smooth. The transitions from sharp to out of focus areas are smooth and extremely pleasing, as seen in many sample images of this review. X-T2 + XF56mmF1.2 R @ 56mm, ISO 250, 1/125, f/1.2 X-T2 + XF56mmF1.2 R @ 56mm, ISO 640, 1/250, f/1.2 X-T2 + XF56mmF1.2 R @ 56mm, ISO 2500, 1/125, f/3.6 Vignetting With a lens element this large—one of the most impressive of all X-mount lenses—you can expect some flare without the hood attached. As with other lenses like the XF 35mm F1.4, I love the flare this lens can produce. As mentioned above, the supplied hood does an excellent job of eliminating this. AberrationsSomething to do with smoother bokeh… Crazy to think there are three different variations of the same lens within the XF ecosystem. (And it’s only 10 years old!) Chromatic aberrations, typically seen as purple or blue fringes along contrasty edges, are not really a problem for the Fujifilm XF 56mm F1.2 R WR lens, except in areas of very high contrast. Vignetting 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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My favourite lenses at the moment are the Fujifilm 16mm f/1.4 on one X-T2 and the Fujifilm 35mm f/1.4 on another. For me, that is the perfect travel photography setup and, with the 35mm, you can still get absolutely beautiful portraits. I’ve seriously been considering whether the Fujifilm 56mm f/1.2 has a place in my bag at all and, certainly for travel photography, that Fujifilm 50mm f/2 is calling my name. Since I started my photography journey with Fujifilm in 2021, I have wanted to get ahold of the Fujifilm 50mm F1. After all, there are only a few lenses within the XF Mount that can produce comparable bokeh to more-expensive, full-frame systems, and the Fujifilm 56mm F1.2 was certainly starting to show its age. Possibly one of my own most personally anticipated releases from Fujifilm is the new Fujifilm 56mm F1.2 R WR (Mark II) lens. I make a promise to you, the Fujifilm 56mm f/1.2, that I will use you much more regularly and keep persevering with you in terms of my travel photography! As you can see, the lens is pretty sharp wide open, with its performance reaching peak levels by f/4 – and that’s its sweet spot for those who want to get excellent performance across the whole frame. Bokeh

I was going through my old photos this afternoon and came across this shoot from 2019. It was a lighting workshop set up by the Photographic Society of New Zealand (PSNZ).