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It is certainly big and heavy

Started Jan 31, 2021 | User reviews thread
Sutto Contributing Member • Posts: 947
Re: It is certainly big and heavy
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Yes this lens is certainly very polarising and certainly no lame duck.  It is equally as sharp as all of my primes (23 f2, 50 f2, 16 1.4, 90 f2), and in most cases, sharper with better 'secret sauce'.  It also focuses much faster on my X-H1's than any of those other lenses - go figure.

This lens and my 90 have been my sole traveling companions (each 'strapped' to a body), for the last 3 or more years (many countries and many images).  My 16-55 is dear to me and I have many, many gorgeous shots on my website from this lens.

The last couple of months I bought an X-T3 with the 16 1.4 and put my 50mm on the X-H1.  These two lenses became my travelling companions for those couple of months.  I got great images, but certainly really no better than what I could have got on the 16-55 (except the great close focusing of the 1.4 lens).  However, when I went back the other day to put the 16-55 back on my camera and take it out - I was shocked at how big and heavy it felt.  Just those few months with a lighter kit were so liberating.

It really is with a heavy heart that I'm thinking of retiring my 16-55.  It is the most gorgeous lens I've used in over 35 years of photography.  However, it is really no fun for me carrying around a heavy kit anymore - what to do?

Sutto

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