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Focus sound of the new XF 27 WR very loud?

Started Jun 15, 2021 | Questions thread
FTOG Senior Member • Posts: 1,359
Re: Focus sound of the new XF 27 WR very loud?

JohnnyP1 wrote:

FTOG wrote:

JohnnyP1 wrote:

I have the new Fuji 27mm 2.8 WR and also the 35 1.4.

The 27mm is louder than the 35. It sounds really cheap and bad. The first time i heard the lens focusing i couldn't believe it. This lens sells for 450€! You could expect some decent technical quality from it.

There is although some hunting going on.

I like the image quality and the af seems to be accurate.

Nothing wrong with the 'technical quality' of the 27mm. It's physics and simply a compromise to the size of the pancake lens. A more quiet motor technology would not have fit into the lens, without compromising its dimensions.

If you're valuing a fast(er) and silent focus, Fuji has other (larger/longer) lenses for that - the 23/2.0 and 35/2.0 being the nearest siblings.

Did you Design the lens? How do you know they couldn't fit a better motor? I think it is more a price question.

If you're buying a Smart, you won't fit into it a V8 engine.

Fuji has better AF motors (the Fujicron motors, or an LM motor). If it had been possible to fit it in one of its best selling pancake lenses, Fuji would have done so.

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