Fujifilm XF 16–55mm F2.8 R LM WR Review: Still Worth It?

The Fuji­film XF 16–55mm F2.8 R LM WR aspires to com­pete with full-frame 24–70mm ƒ/2.8 stan­dard zooms by offer­ing a fast, no-com­pro­mise option for Fuji­film shoot­ers. On the sur­face, its full-frame equiv­a­lent focal length of 24–84mm might seem like an advantage—offering more reach than a con­ven­tion­al 24–70mm. How­ev­er, that promise is mis­lead­ing. As I point­ed …

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Fujifilm XF 50–140mm F2.8 R LM OIS WR Review: Built to Last

Intro­duc­tion The Fuji­film XF 50–140mm F2.8 R LM OIS WR is the tele­pho­to piece of the tra­di­tion­al “holy trin­i­ty” of zoom lens­es, whose place on full-frame sys­tems is occu­pied by the 70–200mm f/2.8 zoom. True to Fujifilm’s design phi­los­o­phy, many of its lens­es have focal lengths that make sense when trans­lat­ed into full-frame equiv­a­lents, and …

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Fujifilm XF 10–24mm F4 R OIS WR Review: Capable, but Not for Me

Intro­duc­tion The Fuji­film XF 10–24mm F4 R OIS WR is a minor Octo­ber 2020 refresh of the orig­i­nal lens, which Fuji­film released back in Decem­ber 2013 as their first ultra-wide zoom for the X‑series sys­tem. This updat­ed ver­sion address­es a cou­ple of com­plaints about the original—adding weath­er seal­ing, and tweak­ing the aper­ture ring and exter­nal …

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