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A seriously underrated lens

Started Nov 12, 2016 | User reviews thread
io_bg
OP io_bg Senior Member • Posts: 1,548
Re: I keep hearing this....

stevo23 wrote:

Joachim Gerstl wrote:

Hi,

Good point. Of course 1:2 is not bad at all. It's good enough for almost everything. Definitely good enough for butterflies though I would prefer a longer lens for that. When I was still shooting Nikon I had a Sigma 3.5/180mm Macro lens that worked just perfect for butterflies and bugs.

But the 60/2.4 is much more flexible than a long dedicated macro lens. Bokeh looks very nice too. I only wished it would be f2.0.

If this lens had included a limit switch, I believe it would have gone a long way toward improving opinions of it.

It would be a lot easier to implement a focus limiter in the camera bodies via a firmware update. I really wish they did that.

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Fujifilm X-T30 Fujifilm XF 35mm F1.4 R Fujifilm XF 60mm F2.4 R Macro Fujifilm XF 18-55mm F2.8-4 R LM OIS Samyang 12mm F2.0 NCS CS +4 more
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