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Your precious and honest opinions about differences between Fujifilm and others (Sony, Canon, Nikon)

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KariP
KariP Veteran Member • Posts: 6,458
It was almost 10 years ago

a_c_skinner wrote:

You have highlighted what I think is Fuji's most trying problem with is a "standard" zoom. Some people report both those lenses as excellent, others repeat your experience. Some examples of the 18-55 are reported as not very good at all, but many early reviews said as a kit zoom it was peerless.

I bought my first Fujifilm camera with 18-55 in march 2013. I did read some tests then in 2013 and this was one of the first (OpticalLimits) :

"In a nutshell - you can't go wrong with the Fujinon XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 R LM OIS ... if you can get a good sample."

They tested 5 and two of them had some issues...

I'm still using my lens which probably is one of those good ones - compared to some primes i have it is quite good for big prints.

One of the problems in March 2013 was the Apple Aperture i used then - it did not support RAF files... it took some months before it could.

One of the first X-E1 images with kit lens 18-55

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Kari
I started SLR film photography in 1968. Now two systems: Fujifilm X-H1 + X-E3 and Canon FF gear 5dMkIV + R6

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