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Fujifilm 35mm F/1.4 vs F/2

Started Jun 15, 2019 | Polls thread
deednets Forum Pro • Posts: 13,887
Re: Fujifilm 35mm F/1.4 vs F/2
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DarnGoodPhotos wrote:

kiwidad wrote:

DarnGoodPhotos wrote:

akin_t wrote:

Image quality is a wash, all the talk about "magic" can be attributed to f/1.4; and if money was no object, I would get the f/1.4

The 35f1.4 has a different optical construction from the 35f2, so the “magic” is actually attributable to that; it’s the reason why the two lenses don’t render the same at f2. In an interview Fuji said they designed the f1.4 to have a specific type of rendering, and while having an extra stop of light gathering is great, that is not actually the reason why people like it’s IQ.

Fuji have never intentionally made a lens to inaccurately reproduce,,,,

please define how rendering and accurately reproduce are different?

I don't have time to find it for you, but there was an interview with a Fuji rep and he said that the 35 f1.4 was specifically designed to have the look it does and the 35 f2 is different.

That was at the Fuji expo in Dubai where Zach Arias asked NOT to change the optics of the current 35/1.4. The whole video is rather long but the 35/1.4 was mentioned there with regards to optical performance vs af etc.

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