Adamant

One of Fuji's most under-appreciated lenses. Terrific value. Strong performer. Reasonable size. Yes, the apertures are modest, but it is a great lens optically. It rarely leaves my bag.

Completely agree.  The 50/2 delivers exceptional colors and sharpness.  IMO, it's Fuji's best travel portrait lens, too.

The problem isn’t soft corners at f/2 when close focusing. The problem is the soft center.

Even the 56mm and 90mm primes will benefit greatly from IBIS. I know because I own both an X-T2 an X-H1, and I get far sharper shots with the H1 and those lenses. It appears that many people here ...

Here we go again with the Fuji concern trolling.

Didn't we get "X-Pro3 Seems Like a Missed Opportunity" last month?

Noted.

These ambassadors are hilarious. Jonas Rask in 2017: Jonas Rask in 2020: Dear God, man. Which one is it??

Thanks for a pleasantly helpful rundown. I never got on with the X100F, mostly due to the lens, and sold it on a couple of months ago. What was the point of having f/2 if portraits were ...

If I had been writing your post, I wouldn't have bothered with this part.

(Warning: This post contains no sensor, flippy screen, IBIS, or camera size content.) Just got back from a wilderness trip where I shot nothing but Velvia on my X-H1.  With all the new cameras and ...

"Big Issue"? Please.

Glad you guys are ok! Whew! I’m really looking forward to IBIS, which nicely expands the shooting envelope of my non-stabilized lenses.

How could anyone -- outside of a handful of testers -- have experience with the 12-45 yet?

We are approaching true Last Camera territory here. This thing plus a 16-55 will be tremendously capable.

"Now Canon M user. Slow AF for birding and lack of affordable native tele lenses were the key to switch."

Canon M has better native tele lenses than m43? In what universe?

Those are looking very nice indeed. Reminds me a lot of the 12-40 2.8.

You've accidentally switched to Ariana Grande Mode.

@RED Just wait until he learns about equivalence.

Truly. They've never been the strongest photography site, but the recent slide is painful to watch.

I can see no reason why it shouldn't be (at least a little) sharper than the 12-100.  All else being equal, a 3.7x zoom ought to be sharper than an 8.3x zoom with the same max aperture. Then again, ...