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XF 18-55 subjects are soft when aparture is wide open at the wide end

Started Jun 4, 2018 | Questions thread
Sutto Contributing Member • Posts: 947
Re: XF 18-55 subjects are soft when aparture is wide open at the wide end
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What you are experiencing is perfectly normal.  When I bought my first copy of this lens years ago, I was very disappointed and thought I had a dud.  I sold that off and over the years ended up buying 2 more.  Three lenses in total and they were all the same - disappointing.  Particularly for somebody like me who only ever shoots people and only ever shoots wide open.

You have to realise this is a cheap kit lens and is quite poor wide open at 18 and 55.  My 18-135 was much sharper at these two focal lengths wide open than the kit lens.  The best thing I ever did was to sell off all of my 18-55's and buy the 16-55.  This lens is from another planet compared to the kit lens.  Razor sharp wide open, fixed aperture as you zoom, proper aperture ring, WR, no sloppy play on the lens mount - I could go on but I think you get the point.  Really - for the little bit extra size and weight, the 16-55 is a no brainer.  An absolutely superb lens that stays 'glued' onto my T2 and will never come off!

Sutto

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