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Please, Fujifilm, give us a 2.4/60 macro Mk II with fast/silent AF and WR !

Started Apr 23, 2021 | Discussions thread
Rod McD Veteran Member • Posts: 8,589
Re: Please, Fujifilm, give us a 2.4/60 macro Mk II with fast/silent AF and WR !
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Hi,

I too would like to see an upgrade to the 60mm.  I really like the lens, but it's AF is a bit dated.  The difficulties would lie in the details of any re-design.....

  • The 60 uses a combination of internal and external focus.  I would like the lens to stay at 1:2 because it keeps it small and light and there are other options for 1:1 and closer.  (I've got three other macro lenses. All are heavier than the 60mm.)
  • I'd like to see faster AF and focus limiters.
  • I'd like also to see sealing, but this is difficult with a lens that focuses externally.  I hope they don't go to IF - this always seems to reduce working distances in macro lenses.  (The 60mm with both tubes has a slightly longer working distance at 1:1 than the 80mm at 1:1, despite the longer FL and the high magnification,  because it uses extension not optical trickery to get there.)  NB that the Signa 70 Art macro is an external focus lens.
  • And by no means least.....  Fuji can we please have a decent sized filter thread (say 52mm) rather than fiddly little 39mm filters.  Some macro accessories aren't made in 39mm.  Using step-up rings with the 60mm requires an extra spacer to avoid lens errors when you turn the camera off -  otherwise the step up ring hits the recessed  face of the lens.

Regards,

Rod

 Rod McD's gear list:Rod McD's gear list
Fujifilm X-T4 Voigtlander 90mm F3.5 APO-Lanthar SL II Fujifilm XF 35mm F1.4 R Fujifilm XF 60mm F2.4 R Macro Fujifilm XF 18-55mm F2.8-4 R LM OIS +13 more
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