Out with XT3+16-80 (another day, another hike :-) )

[Yannis1976]

Another Sunday, another route to hike, new life to photograph

All more than 100% crops and edited to my taste in LR. Wish I had some more zoom at the long FL, but center sharpness of the 16-80 is really good.

This was my favorite

And some more, not as good as the first ones

One of my few HDR efforts (done in LR). Not very impressed by the land, but I like the sky

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[MrSee]

Too bad this lens is getting such bad press. Your shots are beautiful.

 

[baobob]

because borders are really subpar here you get centers which are excellent it is known..

 

[Yannis1976]

because borders are really subpar here you get centers which are excellent it is known..

16-80 Corners are softer when compared with more expensive lenses (16-55) and that is expected. The 16-80 main problem is that price difference with the 16-55 should be a bit higher or in other words the 16-80 should be a bit cheaper.

 

[baobob]

I fully agree the lens is too expensive should be rather 650 € instead of 800same the 18-135mm is too expensive

In fact the issue is when you compare the results of 18-55 16-80 18-135mm with the set of small primes XF, it begins to be night and day (16mm 23mm 50mm 35mm the the Viltrox 85mm)

 

[Yannis1976]

I fully agree the lens is too expensive should be rather 650 € instead of 800same the 18-135mm is too expensive

In fact the issue is when you compare the results of 18-55 16-80 18-135mm with the set of small primes XF, it begins to be night and day (16mm 23mm 50mm 35mm the the Viltrox 85mm)

16-80 costs now around 700USD (729 last time I checked). I don't have the 18-55, but had the 18-135 (which I also liked) and have the 35, 50 and 60mm primes plus the 10-24. When I compared it with some of my primes and the 10-24 I didn't find that much of a difference though, definitely not night and day...

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On the other hand, to be honest whenever I have shot a landscape with flora, both 10-24 and 16-80 lenses are not great at borders and wide focal lengths (16mm and wider). I think apart from softness there is also more distortion in the Fuji lenses.

 

[Morris0]

Good looking set Yannis

Morris