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Samples: 50mmF2 vs 35mmF2 vs 18-55 "kit"

Started Feb 28, 2017 | Photos thread
Nikon Guy UK Regular Member • Posts: 195
Re: Samples: 50mmF2 vs 35mmF2 vs 18-55 "kit"

TB wrote:

I just received my 50mmF2 lens today, and promptly put it on my X-T2 to take a few comparison shots between it and my 18-55m kit lens. I also threw in a few from my 35mmf2 for comparison. Excuse the crappy lighting and composition - I was really just trying to get a sense of the boken capabilities with each lens wide open at roughly the same distance.

My conclusion: I haven't decided yet whether I'll be shipping the 50mmF2 back - gotta play with it a bit more before deciding. I can certainly see the advantage of the 50mmF2 for subject isolation when it's wide open. That said, when shooting at f4 or so, the 18-55mm "kit" lens holds it own pretty well. The 50mm sure is beautifully built though. Autofocus speed is fast - slightly faster than the 18-55mm, but slightly slower than the 35mmF2. Size looks to be about 30% larger than the 35mm, but both of the primes are tiny compared to the 18-55. Fuji makes good lenses.

50mmF2

50mmF2

Zoom lens @ 44mmF4

Zoom lens @ 55mmF4

35mmF2. Focus slightly off.

35mmF2

Have you looked at the Fuji 56mm? It is a proper prime unlike the F2 primes.

The Fuji "Proper Primes" correct for distortions optically, the small F2 primes do not they use software within the camera to correct quite large distortions, this fundamentally affects image quality, they lack microcontrast and tonal graduation.

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