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Am I the only one that doesn’t like the Fujicron Trinity 23,35,50 f2 Lenses?

Started Sep 14, 2017 | Discussions thread
Truman Prevatt
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Re: Am I the only one that doesn’t like the Fujicron Trinity 23,35,50 f2 Lenses?

syrcular wrote:

I know a bunch of people love these lenses, and so I’m just curious if there are others that struggle with these particular lenses from an image aesthetic, like myself?

I bought the 50 f2 as a smaller version of a short tele for my Pro2.  The 56 works fine on the Pro2 but it is fairly big. I've tried to like the 50 but basically I find the rendering of this lens just doesn't do it for me.  The rendering of the 50 pretty much sucks in my book - especially compared to the 56.  I've compared the 50 at f2.8 and above to the 50-140 f2.8 and quite frankly I find the rendering of the 50-140 better at 50 than the 50.

I do not have any of the other f2 lenses so I can't comment but I see no reason to get them given the quality of the 23 and 35 1.4's.  I did toy before I picked up the 50 about getting a 23 f2 since the 23 f.14 is also big.  However, at the end of the day after my experience with the 50 - I dropped that idea.

At the end of the day the 50 f2 basically is a paperweight in my house.  I gave it a shot, but after I took out the 50-140 for a comparison of image rendering at Jackson Hole this summer - I was even more disappointed with the 50.   So you are not alone.

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