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XF 60mm f/2.4 vs. XF 56mm f/1.2

Started Apr 21, 2016 | Questions thread
Vic Chapman Forum Pro • Posts: 10,694
Re: XF 60mm f/2.4 vs. XF 56mm f/1.2

s200 wrote:

Optically, the 60 is pretty much in 'can't be beaten' territory. Lovely, smooth bokeh (and I'm weird about these things) and silly-sharp across the frame. Perhaps a little less sprightly than the 56 but I wouldn't swap.

Agreed.

Some people confuse narrow depth of field with bokeh. There are lots of super fast lenses with narrow DoF but still ugly bokeh at certain combinations of aperture, subject and background distance and there are slower lenses with less narrow DoF (though still worthwhile) and a smooth bokeh regardless of aperture, subject or background distance or type. The Fuji 60mm f2.4 is one of the latter at a thoroughly reasonable price.

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