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The Fujifilm 23 - the 2.0 or the 1.4?

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bienenbernd Senior Member • Posts: 1,053
Re: The Fujifilm 23 - the 2.0 or the 1.4?
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I throw my two cents in here:

I have owned the 23/2 which I thought would replace my (old) 23/1.4 (a quite good version of it).

After using both parallel I meant to notice subtle differences in the rendering.
That led me to the opinion that the lens families are best suited to each other.

That means: IMO the 16/1.4, 23/1.4, 18-55 and 90/2 are a great combo, I use them together and I try to avoid a mix with those "fujicrons". (Therefore I mostly went back from the 35/2 to the Zeiss 32/1.8 which matches well).

On the other side when size is critical the "fujicrons" are great.
And they are weather sealed.

In short: I seems to me that you would be best served with the XF23/2. 
And I would throw in the XF16/2.8 in addition.

 bienenbernd's gear list:bienenbernd's gear list
Fujifilm X100V Olympus E-M5 II Fujifilm X-Pro2 Fujifilm X-S10 Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 45mm F1.8 +9 more
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