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X100f Vs xt30 plus xf 23mm 1.4

Started 5 months ago | Discussions thread
Jeff Biscuits Senior Member • Posts: 1,167
Re: X100f Vs xt30 plus xf 23mm 1.4
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Sorabh wrote:

Erik Baumgartner wrote:

Poor sharpness and terrible blooming wide open (to varying degrees) with the first two brand new copies. The third one, a used copy, managed to attain 'meh' status, still significantly worse than my 16-55 or the 23 f/2 prime I also tried.

Wow. That’s really disappointing. I always thought people loved that lens to the same degree as they love the 35mm 1.4 or 56 1.2mm.

For what it’s worth, I tried a 23/1.4 in a shop recently and was hugely impressed by its sharpness. It did show some noticeable chromatic aberration in the near-focus shot that I took, but at distance it seemed (without doing a direct comparison) comfortably as sharp as my X100V. But the main reason to buy the 23/1.4, to my mind anyway, is for the clutch manual focus—the original X100 lens is optically plenty good enough for almost any application. Certainly, the additional stop of aperture is no reason to switch. So, as to your dilemma, I would be inclined to keep the X100F. They might be seeing rising demand at the moment, but that just means that if you sell it and regret it, it’s going to become harder and harder to undo the decision.

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