Feedback on my new 23f/1.4WR and why I will keep my XT2... Again
4 months ago
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First of all I would like to share some images I did with my brand new 23f/1.4WR.
They are all full size jpg SOOC totally untouched (yeah I know they are not really straight ).





This lens is the one that I was waiting for since I get in the Fuji world.
For me it is, even if it's not totally, perfect.
Good size/weight/design, sharp at any aperture even in the corners, nice bokeh and WR.
A real all rounder where the limitation will be my own skills and creativity and not the lens itself.
This bring me to my XT2 which I used to do those images.
The XT3 was great but the gap with the XT2 was not sufficient for me to change my XT2 (some AF and video stuff).
I didn't liked the XT4. Bigger, swivel screen... Also I prefer the switch which allow me to choose the metering than this video/still one.
Now the XT5. I recognized that is a great product within the XT line. Nice size, back to the screen that I like, better resolution on OVF and screen... However... I rarelly (almost never) crop and 40M is really big for post processing. And buy a high resolution camera to use it with compressed files doen't work for me. Also, I still prefer a switch to choose my metering and it is missing.
But most important, it seems from the research that I made, that I will lose a bit of low light performance compare to my XT2. And anyway it doesn't seems that I will have really better image quality overall.
About AF and IS. Yes definitively it will be great if I can have this improvement. But not at the cost of what I listed above and which is more important for me.
Regardind specifically the AF, I started my photography journey on mid 70's with a Zenit. Then Nikon FA, F4s and Nikonos V. For digital, I was with Canon 10D, 40D and last 6D. Now Fuji XT2. I always use pretty good glasses. Now, here is the trick: I always adapt myself to the AF tool that I had, period! And my percentage of missed images because of the AF was not that bad
So I certainly will calm my GAS with the new 56f/1.2WR