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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
quintana Contributing Member • Posts: 509
Re: And I wish ...
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... that Fuji brings out a XF16-80 f4 OIS WR.

This is exactly what I'm wishing for also.

After Fuji finally gave me a a camera with EVF but without X-Trans I will now switch from Nikon to the X-T100. I used the Nikon almost exclusively with the 16-80/2.8-4 which was a pretty decent performer given its 5x zoom ratio and I think that such a quality travel zoom is pretty much the only thing I am really missing in the Fuji lens lineup.

I will go for the 18-55/2.8-4 + 14(/2.8 because the 16-55/2.8 lacks OIS and is probably too heavy to use it comfortably with an X-T100. Nikons 16-80/2.8-4 weighs 480g and this would sit very well between the 18-55/2.8-4 and 16-55/2.8 and should still be usable with an X-T100, especially if it would weigh even less than that with a constant f/4 aperture.

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Nikon Z7 Nikon Z 16-50mm F3.5-6.3 VR Nikon Z 50-250mm F4.5-6.3 VR Nikon Z 20mm F1.8 Nikon Nikkor Z 24-120mm F4 S
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