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

OfDaniel wrote:

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.

Hi, I'm with Jared Huntr this. Indeed, in the one Fuji system I have to use three different methods of changing aperture:

• On primes, such as the 23/f2, I initially set aperture on the aperture ring - easy, tactile and satisfying and while I tend to set the aperture on the ring before putting the camera (either XT3 or XE£) to my eye I often adjust it with my eye to the VF.
• On the 18-55, the same, but without a marked aperture ring, the only difference compared to a prime is that while I set the aperture using the ring on the lens I solely see the setting in the VF.
• On lenses without an aperture ring, such as the 27/f2.8, I adjust the aperture with the rear command dial and view the setting in the VF.

Confusing? Not really, just a tad different depending on the lens in use, but it does take a moment to get the brain to recall which method one is using at any given time!