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opinions on the 18-120?

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Ken Ross Senior Member • Posts: 1,215
Re: opinions on the 18-120?
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Barbarus wrote:

Just out of curiosity - was all of that video hand held? If you're either a human tripod, or that IBIS works really well with this lens

BTW - I saw you also have an XF 18-135 (I love a good pow-wow!) - How would you compare this against the XF 18-120 PZ? Different feature set, but similar focal lengths. Are you keeping both?

All handheld…I don’t drink coffee. 😆 The IBIS did work well with the lens as it does with the 18-120 PZ.

I had an unresolvable firmware issue with the XH2S, so I had to return the camera. About the time I returned the camera, the XH2 was coming out along with the 18-120, so I decided to return the 18-135 too and go with both the new camera & lens. For me the 8K was the attraction.

In terms of image quality, it seems to me the 18-120 is a bit sharper, but that’s a purely subjective assessment. For video though, the 18-120 is a much better fit for me than the 18-135. The constant aperture, stepless iris, power zoom and parfocal performance all make it a natural for me. Of course it would have been nice if they had included OIS too, but I guess you can’t have everything.

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