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56 vs 90: Who is more versatile? Discuss.

Started Aug 10, 2018 | Discussions thread
atoniolin
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Re: 56 vs 90: Who is more versatile? Discuss.

I took more photos today and again most of them were shot at the 55mm end of the 16-55. I love the FL a lot and the images are actually amazing if the background is playing along. If there is a lot of foliage, then I think the 2.5 stops from the 56 F1.2 helps. But I think that the 56mm F1.2 is quite redundant from the 16-55 perspective; since I have the 16 F1.4 and it usually sits on the shelf unless I know for sure it is a environmental portraiture indoors (museums / malls / concerts) or before dusk/after dawn.

In this way the 16-55+90 covers a wider use case than the 56 alone as Vic Chapman and a few others have advocated! Argh, this is hard. Ha. I think I will get both eventually, the question is which first?

I also prefer autofocus lenses by a margin

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Fujifilm X-H1 Fujifilm XF 55-200mm F3.5-4.8 R LM OIS Fujifilm 16-55mm F2.8R LM WR Fujifilm XF 16mm F1.4 R WR XF 90mm +1 more
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