Heinz

you nailed it. :-) Heinz http://flickr.com/photos/55025133@N02 http://500px.com/hejakma

Taking photos of spines probably doesn't tell the whole story. And honestly i doubt that edge sharpness alone is a criteria for professional use of a lens. I would even say it's the hobbyists who ...

for  best image quality for Fuji files.

You're kidding, right? I also did BW in the Film days and even Iso 3200 had more noise than this. You take a shot at Iso 12800, raise two stops, raise contrast to 100 and lift tone curve. This ...

This is often said but imo just not correct. If this would be correct, my speedmaster 35 0.95 would't gather more light than my XF 35 1.4. But when i test it, it gathers almost exactly a stop more ...

I really enjoyed listen to the interesting conversation and watching your great photos.

Whoah, out of cam? It's actually awesome.

Yes, finally someone who appreciates the special look of this lens.

It completely depends on what you want to do. If you just want just to do global image adjutments like exposure or white balance you can even use the internal raw converter in camera. Works ...

The not so sharp corners is not sample varation, it's just the construction. A five times zoom is hardly as sharp as a three time zoom. Are you sure thst your 24-120 was sharper than the 16-80? I ...

I would say this all depends on you. The 16-80range comes really handy but on a price imo. I do video and prefer the 18-55 over the 16-80. The ois of the 16-80 may be better for stills, but with ...

Ibis can never replace a gimbal. Ibis can reduce small jitter but can't compensate stronger movements like walking with the camera. It's just not possible to to this in camera.

Couldn't disagree more. If dust annoys you its legit, but the built quality of this lens is excellent and to call it a shame is really pathetic imo. From Yukosteel's teardown: "Disassembly conclusions

At 18mm the 18-55 is razor sharp already at 2.8 in the centre and stopped down to 5.6 all the way to the very corners. You can also see this on various mtf charts. A friend made some of his best ...

The Fuji should be easily as sharp as the canon since is has no AA filter and sharp lenses. BUT remember, you have 26MP APSC this is like 60 MP on full frame. To get optimum sharpness you have to ...

that there is more in a lens than sharpness. The XF18-55 is able to produce stunning images. It has very low ca and decent bokeh for a zoom lens. Sharpness at the wide end is excellent. The ...

Really? For me those brick walls look more or less all the same. Imo with distant objects with foliage its much easier to see differences. My findings : At the wide end at 18mm my 18-55 is visibly ...

Yes, why not? I have no 18mm but i find this function very useful. For seldom images where the corner sharpness is really critical. But this can also be done even more exactly with a brusch/mask tool.

My first thought was to close the aperture. Since i read you want to check the performance i think this test is not suitable at all. Close up dof is so small. As much i see only one leaf ist in ...