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XF 16-55mm f2.8 R LM WR: Prime substitute?

Started Nov 20, 2015 | User reviews thread
bowportes Veteran Member • Posts: 4,337
Re: XF 16-55mm f2.8 R LM WR: Prime substitute?

This review also echos my impressions of the 16-55.  Although I have several other Fuji lenses, truthfully the 16-55 has become my mainstay.  I also have the 50-140 (which is a beauty!), and that with the 16-55 are really all I use most of the time.  By the way, I know many bemoan the lack of OIS on the 16-55, but for whatever reason I have not missed it at all.  I still have the 18-55 if I ever do need OIS, but in the several months I've had the 16-55 the lack of OIS has not once been an issue for me.

My sentiments also. I have a pile of primes -- 14, 23, 27, 56, 60 -- and shoot with all of them on occasion, but more typically slap the 16-55 on the camera and am completely satisfied with the image quality without carrying additional lenses. It may not be a bag of primes, but it's close

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-G5 Fujifilm X-M1 Fujifilm X-T1 Fujifilm X-Pro3 Fujifilm GFX 50S II +15 more
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