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

Started Aug 18, 2018 | Discussions thread
Truman Prevatt
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Re: Anyone have all three? 23mm, 35mm & 50mm F2
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The Fat Fish wrote:

Hi all,

Does anyone here own all three of the F2 R WR lenses? I now own the 23mm and am thinking of picking the other two up so I have a complete lightweight walk around setup.

Do you use all three or have you found better alternatives for some? I'm very tempted by lenses like the 56mm 1.2 but ultimately I am keeping my FF gear for shallow DOF. I am more hoping for some excellent quality/sharp lightweight lenses.

According to many here and the lens testing sites, the 23 f2 is a much better lens than the 35 f2.  I don't have either preferring the f1.4 versions of each.  The 50 f2 I bought as a light weight version of the 56 f1.2.  I tried the 50 and it has sit on my closet shelf since.  It can not hold a candle to the 56 as far as speed nor rendering.  Sure it is lighter but I will carry the extra weight thank you.

The f2 primes were a Fuji plow to generate small primes to chum a market.  They even coined the term Fujicron to imply Leica. What a hoot.   If you don't care about an extra stop  of speed and your worry about an oz or two then they may be for you.  But I don't see any of the Fujicrones being worth having since I have the focal lengths covered with better rendering lenses.

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