The Unfair Fight - Fujifilm 56mm f1.2 R WR vs Viltrox 56mm f1.4 AF STM

matt lit wrote:

I don't think you read my post correctly. If you'll notice I praised its sharpness and only criticize its focus speed - an issue of most early Fuji lenses.

For the record, the 18-55 is the sharpest and most well-built "kit" lens I've ever worked with. I drowned mine in a river...incident...and replaced with the 18-135 for that extra reach. That lens is significantly sharper than the "curmudgeons" push on this forum. I'm a college photography educator for a well-known photography program in Colorado. I've critiqued thousands of images from "kit" lenses (Nikon and Canon) and not a single one of those images was close to the sharpness the Fuji 18-55 could muster. Add to that it is faster than any of those (f4 vs. 5.6) and it's an over-looked gem.

As for "herd mentality" you've branded the wrong Buck here and since I'm spending a Sunday morning with a good strong French Press coffee I'll let that go. For the record, my first digital was a Fuji S2 in 2003 because it far surpassed any image quality Nikon was capable of at the time.

In 2012-13 Fujifilm Corp. sent me the first issues of the X-Pro 1, 18-55 and 18 f2 for testing so I'm pretty sure I'm qualified to discuss Fujifilm X cameras and lenses from an objective position.

And now...back to my original question for others not so ready to attack...

Do you feel the new WR version of the 1.2 lens is a significant leap in low-light focus speed?

Snarkily and happily caffeinated...

A Colorado photographer...

I'm not sure where you're coming from here? my point about the 56mm was addressed to the OP, not you, the rest were comments about forum critique of lenses in general, still not addressed to you personally, nor were they sarcastic, just based on personal observations and experience.