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XF 60mm v 50mm F2 for macro

Started May 24, 2017 | Discussions thread
MariusMasalar
MariusMasalar Forum Member • Posts: 92
Re: XF 60mm v 50mm F2 for macro
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I think you might find the 60mm to be frustrating in a wedding context. It's among Fuji's best lenses, optically, but it's slow enough that I would not feel confident deploying it in a shooting scenario that required fast AF.

The 50mm ƒ/2 is a rocket ship by comparison. Slows down in low light, but it's significantly more reactive in general. Not a great macro lens though, so if that's the priority then you're still better off with the 60mm.

Basically each of the lenses you mentioned excels at only one of your required shooting contexts, and is pretty bad at the other.

Your best bet might be option 3: the 50mm plus one of Fuji's macro extenders—that would get you good AF for weddings and a much better working distance for macro.

Here's an example I shot recently with the 50mm ƒ/2 + MECX-16 extender for reference:

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Nikon Z6 Nikon Z 50mm F1.8 Nikon Z 35mm F1.8
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