DuncanIdaho

I only hope the 23mm will perform at the same level!

Thanks for sharing these insights!

In my eyes the statement of fujifilm that the new lenses are able to resolve 40MP is not a very smart move from a marketing perspective. the ingenious consumer might think that a) old lenses are ...

The improvement in bokeh quality is actually one of the feats of the new lenses I am looking forward to most. The 35mm is actually far from having perfect bokeh, I had several occasions especially ...

any kind of wideangle lens requires careful use especially when you want to take pictures of people. In this example you could have placed the faces much closer to the center. there's also no ...

very unfortunate that the bokeh is so busy, that could mess up a lot of environmental portraits. otherwise the lens seems to be a very solid performer

You’re probably right, I was thinking of close quarter shots  (0.8m-5m) like what i usually use for shooting portraits rather than the absolute minimum focus distance. At that range I usually stop ...

The 35mm 1.4 is actually one of the better Fuji lenses for close distance shots (Macro lenses aside), I believe the all lens group focussing has something to do with it. And as other stated ...

Many people already gave some good advice, especially around the lightning and harsh contrast. What immeadiately catched my attention is that that the kitchen background resembles nicely the color ...

just had to stop by to express how much this photo struck me with the "pop" it conveys (at least scaled down). great example of what this little apsc wide angle lens can deliver! thanks for sharing ...

awesome! this is where the all lens group focusing pays off.

Hm interesting that your perception is so different from mine, maybe I’ll check again my test shots. To be honest I am not quite sure if “punchy” is the most precise term to describe my impression.

I did a back to back test when I got the 1.4 after having shot with the f2 for 5 years. The rendering is indeed quite different, but as with all lens related things it is a subtle thing to notice. ...

this is only true for infinity focussing. At closer distance the 1.4 is sharper. I tested both lenses and Fuji themselves confirm that the 1.4 has been optimized for closer focus distances hence ...

yeah, and the bokeh balls close to the focus plane look like soap bubbles

the complaints were specifically referring to focussing on infinity, so these shots (which do not look particularly sharp IMO) unfortunately do not proof the opposite.

looks like they really improved this in the later models, good to hear! now I only need to wait for them to merge the X-S10 and X-T4 into my dream camera...

haha, next time I go there, I'll hand them a mitakon lens

do you mean the shallow DoF? you can look for Focus Projects 3. They gave away this software for free some time ago. its not the latest version but should do the trick and has lots of parameters to ...

I actually use it quite often! there are two things however which could make this feather even more rounded: (1) tag all photos from one bracketing session, or move them into a separate folder (like ...