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Fuji 23 1.4 WR as ‘35-50mm’ zoom

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Craig268
Craig268 Senior Member • Posts: 2,005
Re: Fuji 23 1.4 WR as ‘35-50mm’ zoom

Andrewcn wrote:

I’m thinking of buying the 23 1.4 WR to cover the focal lengths 35, 40 and 50mm. I would make to of the sports finder mode and the1.4 digital crop.

Are there any downsides to this? I only print up to A3 and so the loss of resolution shouldn’t matter.

90% of what I shoot is in this focal range and it seems a good, lightweight, one lens coption.

Comments please.

Sure, why not?  Regardless of what lens I'm using, I routinely crop.  With a 23, the effective focal length is 35 so you're good there.  To crop to 50mm (assuming you mean effective FL of 75mm), that's a 2x crop but it's certainly feasible.

While a good zoom would provide better IQ than a 2x crop, image IQ shouldn't be always be the deciding factor.

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