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Is the 14mm f/2.8 an overkill for the X-T200 or will it make the difference?

Started Oct 28, 2021 | Questions thread
notchy
notchy Contributing Member • Posts: 713
Re: Is the 14mm f/2.8 an overkill for the X-T200 or will it make the difference?

Photography Raptor wrote:

I love the compactness and lightness of the X-T200 while still having a comfortable grip to hold the camera with my thumb and fingers compared to the X-E4 for instance that would need too add an extra grip for comfort.

Said that, I was wondering if the 14mm would give me sensible better IQ than the 15-45mm on the wide end in this bayer sensor. Has anybody paired this camera and lens?

The following review was originally published in 2015 and doesn't use a camera with a Bayer sensor, but you might find the discussion and field of view comparisons interesting:

https://www.fujivsfuji.com/wide-angle-primes-14mm-f2pt8-vs-16mm-f1pt4-vs-18mm-f2

As for distortion (as FTOG points out above), one of the stand-out features of the 14mm is its excellent performance with regard to this property:

https://www.opticallimits.com/fuji_x/807-fuji14f28?start=1

https://www.lenstip.com/387.6-Lens_review-Fujifilm_Fujinon_XF_14_mm_f_2.8_R_Distortion.html

https://www.imaging-resource.com/lenses/fujinon/xf-14mm-f2.8-r/review/

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