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Wide Angle Lens - opinions please

Started Mar 14, 2019 | Discussions thread
OP Photearoa Junior Member • Posts: 49
Re: Wide Angle Lens - opinions please

It is not CA (chromatic aberration) that you are referring to. The XF 16mm has sagittal astigmatism at f/1.4 and still at f/2 which makes bright stars and human lights look like small segments of a circle. It also has some fringing (blue or red) around the brightest stars wide open.

The Samyang has different characteristics, but the stars tend to be radially stretched near the edges (looks more like coma) with color fringes on them and chromatic aberration. I actually like my XF 16mm F1.4, better star color and size (brightness) impression, only it is not as wide. My Samyang copy is a hell to focus, not flat field, I often have to choose between horizon sharp or stars.

So based on your own experience would you say the 16mm would be a good choice then? Enough for a beginner at Astro and good uses elsewhere.. even with the trade off on the width?

 Photearoa's gear list:Photearoa's gear list
Fujifilm X-T3 Fujifilm XF 18-55mm F2.8-4 R LM OIS Fujifilm 50-230mm II Fujifilm XF 23mm F2 R WR
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