XF60mm 2.4 as a Portrait Lens

That's what I do. I have two of the hoods for the 35 f1.4and use one of those on the 60.

Flying Fijian wrote:

Hurwitz CHL wrote:

Schleiermacher wrote:

XF60/2.4 is a fine all-around lens. It is extremely sharp with beautiful rendering of colors. While not as fast as the 56/1.2, it is still quite usable as a portrait lens. I changed out the goofy large lens hood for a small square one that’s overpriced. I love the focal length and use it for everything from macro, to street, to landscape. I dropped mine recently which destroyed it. I replaced it, even though I own the 50/2, which has blazing fast autofocus. While the 60/2.4 is slower to focus, it is not an impediment to good general photography.

Hi, the overpriced square hood sounds interesting, is there a model number? thanks.

You could just use the xf 35mm f1.4 hood if you have that.

Omg it works, and looks cool. Thanks for the tip!

I use the 18mm f2 one, fit a bit tighter than normal, no vignette.

I also found out that when focus to the nearest, the focus barrel could hit the tip of the hood, causing the camera stop working, with a shut off warning. Totally doable with normal shooting distance. (don't know if the 35mm one has the same problem)

Hurwitz CHL wrote:

Flying Fijian wrote:

Hurwitz CHL wrote:

Schleiermacher wrote:

XF60/2.4 is a fine all-around lens. It is extremely sharp with beautiful rendering of colors. While not as fast as the 56/1.2, it is still quite usable as a portrait lens. I changed out the goofy large lens hood for a small square one that’s overpriced. I love the focal length and use it for everything from macro, to street, to landscape. I dropped mine recently which destroyed it. I replaced it, even though I own the 50/2, which has blazing fast autofocus. While the 60/2.4 is slower to focus, it is not an impediment to good general photography.

Hi, the overpriced square hood sounds interesting, is there a model number? thanks.

You could just use the xf 35mm f1.4 hood if you have that.

Omg it works, and looks cool. Thanks for the tip!

I use the 18mm f2 one, fit a bit tighter than normal, no vignette.

I also found out that when focus to the nearest, the focus barrel could hit the tip of the hood, causing the camera stop working, with a shut off warning. Totally doable with normal shooting distance. (don't know if the 35mm one has the same problem)

No the 35mm f1.4 works perfectly...18mm f2 is a bit smaller.