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Which kit lens for the X-T20? XC 16-50 or XF 18-55

Started Mar 2, 2017 | Questions thread
OfDaniel
OfDaniel Regular Member • Posts: 134
Re: Which kit lens for the X-T20? XC 16-50 or XF 18-55

Jared Huntr wrote:

deeotee wrote:

One more thing: While it's unmarked, the 18-55 does have the advantage of having an aperture ring. Since you're new to Fuji and most of the lenses have aperture rings, you could use this lens to get used to that. It's a pleasure to use.

Unmarked aperture rings are useless. It's just a half-baked attempt at being retro with no ergonomic benefit. It is much faster to change apertures by flicking a finger wheel on the body as with any pro DSLR instead of having to use a second hand to rotate a laggy ring.

If on the other hand, the aperture settings are marked on the ring, there is a genuine benefit because Fuji's don't have display on the top deck to display the aperture without looking at the EVF or LCD.

Have to disagree. When you use a lot of primes that have aperture rings, your muscle memory is embedded to reach for the base of the leans to change aperture. I think it’s great to have unmarked aperture rings on variable zoom lenses, purely for this reason.

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