Fuji Goodbye to Primes I guess

[Tim Williams]

Gearing up for the Fall Classic in November and Sebring in March, I am going to have to embrace the Zooms. 16-55 and 50-140. The 50-140 I'm good with, the 16-55 may take some time to get friendly. I'll keep the 18-55 for a walk around and the 16 1.4 just because.

 

[Bobby T]

That is a great kit! The 16-55 will do well for you.

 

[Tim Williams]

16-55 on the way. Nothing like jumping in the deep end.

 

[Tim Williams]

Good thing I'm getting Cortisone shots in the back tomorrow lol.

 

[TraamisVOS]

Good thing I'm getting Cortisone shots in the back tomorrow lol.

If you said that in a NY Italian accent, it would sound like some guy named Cortisone sent by Don Corleone is going to do shoot you in the back tomorrow cos you owe the mafia some money.

 

[gordo]

I think you'll like the lens once you get used to it.

 

[ericdraven]

The Fujifilm XF 16-55mm 2.8 is a Red Badge Lens and it's a Work Horse... You will enjoy shooting with it a lot....
Fast and Sharp, Water Resistant... Performer in Low Light as well...

But It all depends on what your shoot...

The XF 50-140mm 2.8... Love It!!!


Shot with Fujifilm XF 16-55mm 2.8

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[drd1135]

There's really no IQ problem with modern zooms. Primes are often faster and smaller for equivalent focal lengths, but of course the advantage of zooms is they come with extra focal lengths.

 

[tonyturley]

I have gone back and forth. The XF 18-55 and 55-200 had great IQ, but I think I'm done with zooms. They certainly have a convenience advantage over primes, but I plan to focus on small and light. If I ever buy into Fuji ILC again, it would be an X-E3 with a Fujicron, but I don't plan to do that unless the X100S dies.

 

[drd1135]

I actually cancelled my pre-order for the 16-80, but that was because I decided it only made sense to see some reviews. I'm still very interested as I wonder if this will be the normal zoom that finally does it for me.