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Fujinon XF 18mm f/2 R (Fujifilm) - Review / Test Report - Sample Images & Verdict |
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Lens Reviews -
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Sample Images
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| Make |
FUJIFILM |
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| Model |
X-Pro1 |
| ISO Speed |
1600 |
| Focal Length |
18.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/5.6 |
| Exposure |
1/110s |
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| Make |
FUJIFILM |
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| Model |
X-Pro1 |
| ISO Speed |
400 |
| Focal Length |
18.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/11.0 |
| Exposure |
1/220s |
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| Make |
FUJIFILM |
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| Model |
X-Pro1 |
| ISO Speed |
800 |
| Focal Length |
18.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/2.0 |
| Exposure |
1/90s |
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| Make |
FUJIFILM |
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| Model |
X-Pro1 |
| ISO Speed |
200 |
| Focal Length |
18.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/11.0 |
| Exposure |
1/90s |
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| Make |
FUJIFILM |
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| Model |
X-Pro1 |
| ISO Speed |
200 |
| Focal Length |
18.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/2.0 |
| Exposure |
1/85s |
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| Make |
FUJIFILM |
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| Model |
X-Pro1 |
| ISO Speed |
250 |
| Focal Length |
18.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/8.0 |
| Exposure |
1/150s |
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| Make |
FUJIFILM |
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| Model |
X-Pro1 |
| ISO Speed |
400 |
| Focal Length |
18.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/11.0 |
| Exposure |
1/160s |
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| Make |
FUJIFILM |
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| Model |
X-Pro1 |
| ISO Speed |
200 |
| Focal Length |
18.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/11.0 |
| Exposure |
1/200s |
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| Make |
FUJIFILM |
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| Model |
X-Pro1 |
| ISO Speed |
200 |
| Focal Length |
18.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/11.0 |
| Exposure |
1/180s |
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| Make |
FUJIFILM |
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| Model |
X-Pro1 |
| ISO Speed |
1600 |
| Focal Length |
18.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/5.6 |
| Exposure |
1/70s |
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Verdict
The Fujinon XF 18mm f/2 R is certainly a cool little lens for the Fujifilm X-Pro mirrorless system. After all small is beautiful these days. However, performance-wise it is a bit of a mixed bag. The center performance is great throughout the mainstream apertures and the border quality is also very decent. However, the corner quality leaves something to be desired at f/2 and f/2.8. This may be acceptable given the typical applications at such large apertures though. The corner quality is technically pretty good at f/4 but due to some field curvature you should stop down to f/8 to achieve good results here. Lateral CAs are a bit on the high side. Same goes for the distortions which are fairly extreme when looking at the pure output of the lens but if you stick to camera JPEGs or the Fuji RAW converter this is taken care of for you (at cost of corner quality). While we didn't really look deeper into the technical quality of the bokeh it seems to be quite nice based on what we have seen during the use in real life situations.
The build quality of the Fujinon is very high and it matches nicely with the Fujifilm X-Pro1. It still stays a little short of the carved-out-of-rock-like Leica quality but then we are also talking about a different price level here. A weakness of the Fuji system is certainly the speed of the AF which is slower compared to the state-of-the-art elsewhere. Given the optical performance the price tag is a little too high although the comparatively high speed and the pancake-style may ease some pain here.
Mechanical Quality:
★★★★★
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