XF 50/1 - Misty walk with Debi

Hi guys,

today I got up early to walk with Debi and mainly with my new XF 50/1. To enjoy it and to learn it. I believe here on Fuji forum are a lot of people who would like to see some real world results from this beautiful lens.

Here you can find the main 10 photos, but I also add some further shots in the comments for you to see (to show the bokeh, some comparison etc.).

So this time I share the photos with you in fullsize (and I didn´t even soften the images by adding noise, which I usually do ). They are edited in C1, mostly exposure, shadows, highlights, WB, colours and curve, sometimes a few adjustments locally (mainly on Debi). I haven´t done any sharpening (it´s at C1´s default, which is mild). I also didn´t crop any of them.

My few notes so far:

- at f/1 it´s fantastic to emphasize your subject by several means: sharpness in the middle half of the frame, smoothness of the bokeh, pleasing emphasized vignetting

- around  f/1.4 there is still a lot of emphasis on subject, but the vignetting is a lot reduced, background still smooth but not incredibly as at f/1 of course

- around f/2 vignetting is basically not visible, sharpness spreads more towards corners

- from f/2.8 on the character is gone, all that remains is beautifully performing lens

- it´s easy to miss focus when focussing on dog eyes

- it´s reltively slow to focus, dog rushing towards camera shots are impossible (on my X-T2, where the XF 90 has majority of this shots in precise focus)

OK, here are the shots. And don´t forget to look into the comments for the further sample photos.

A little softer, don´t know if frontfocused or softer towards the edge. Good enough nevertheless.