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Anyone have all three? 23mm, 35mm & 50mm F2

Started Aug 18, 2018 | Discussions thread
snappu Regular Member • Posts: 302
Re: Anyone have all three? 23mm, 35mm & 50mm F2
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I've tried nearly all the Fuji primes in the 14mm to 60mm focal range and I decided to keep the 16/1.4, 35/2, and 56/1.2.

I wasn't a fan of both the 23's. The 23/2 I felt was too soft at F2 from MFD to around 1.5m. The 23/1.4 was slow focusing for a wide-angle and I preferred the 24mm FOV of the 16/1.4 with it's brilliant IQ, AF speed, and WR.

The 35/2 is also a bit soft wide open at close distance, but sharpens up quite a bit at F2.8. It's tiny and I prefer the build quality and silent AF over the 35/1.4. I'll probably get the 35/1.0 when it comes out but for the time being the 35/2 is a keeper.

The 50/2 was brilliant optically but a little to close to the 35mm FOV (same could said for 23 and 35) and I prefer a bit more DOF control as a portrait lens, so I opted for the 56/1.2.

I use zooms for other focal lengths.

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