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XF16-80mm vs. XF18-135mm for travel/landscape/architecture photography

Started Mar 3, 2022 | Discussions thread
Oregon Dawg
Oregon Dawg Contributing Member • Posts: 846
Re: XF16-80mm vs. XF18-135mm for travel/landscape/architecture photography
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"Well I know what you mean about standard zooms. You can generally use 2 primes and zoom with your feet. They good for event photography or hikes etc but for hikes I don't really need f2.8 or even f4.

The issue I have with uwa and telephoto lenses is that they're specialised lenses and would require lens swaps or 2 bodies. I find uwa difficult and you need to be in a great location to find good compositions.

The 16-55mm f2.8 is a great lens but it just doesn't work for my needs. The 16-80mm f4 needs to be stopped down to f8 to get sharp images so that f4 aperture is only really worth it to get a marked aperture ring. The OIS is handy though.

That led me to the Tamron 18-300mm which I use at 35-150 but have tested at the extremes wide open (still good enough).   --Flying Fijian"

Thanks, I like the way you chose the lens that best matches up with what you want to do.  The Tamron definitely is best for a 35-150mm range.  It looks plenty sharp to me, and as you learn the lens you'll figure out it's sweet spots and all that.

I also don't particularly care for lens swaps, and 99% of the time go out with one lens, which for me is the 33 f1.4, which also happens to be my only lens, lol.  I decided to simplify this year, so I sold my 4 "fujicrons" and bought the 33.

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Fujifilm X-T4 Fujifilm XF 16-80mm F4 Fujifilm XF 70-300 F4-5.6 R LM OIS WR Fujifilm XF 33mm F1.4 R LM WR Apple iPhone 11 Pro
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