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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
BklynBill Contributing Member • Posts: 753
Re: XF 18-55 subjects are soft when aparture is wide open at the wide end
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From the testing I've read, at 18mm the lens suffers from field curvature which means wide open the corners won't be sharp no matter what you do so you have to stop down. I just bought an X-E3 with this lens I'll start shooting with it next week and I'm going to try different things, the first of which is no OIS vs OIS. I decided on it over the 23mm as the kit lens because of its versatility, not under any illusions not it is the "be all" of lenses. But I want to get comfortable with it it so I have confidence I'm getting the best out of it within its limitations.

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Fujifilm X-E3 Fujifilm X-H1 Fujifilm XF 60mm F2.4 R Macro Fujifilm XF 14mm F2.8 R Fujifilm XF 18-55mm F2.8-4 R LM OIS +9 more
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