marco1974

Well, I own the Nokton 50/1.1, while I have only occasionally used (not extensively) the Fuji 56/1.2. Having said that, my impressions are as follows: - the Fuji is sharper, with less CA up to f/2; ...

Fair enough. I deliberately aimed for the trumpet mouth's rim, instead. M.

Approx. 90º. MFD is 1m, BTW.

Ops! I meant Astia (S), sorry.

The 50/1.1, with Fuji's own M-mount adapter:

No, @ f/2.

OOC-JPEG, Sensia film sim. C&C welcome. M.

This whole widespread "ordering and evaluating (and returning)" thing is at the root of the problem, IMHO, and it is a very American problem. Nowhere else in the world do people routinely return ...

Going by the many criticisms voiced on this forum and elsewhere about the "old" 23/1.4, the "no longer SOTA" X-Pro2, and the "inferiority" of unedited out-of-camera JPEGs ... one could reasonably ...

It's about ooc-JPEGs. Some value that (I do), some don't. Fair enough. M.

It was late December, 2006.

What I see is that your RAW image is oversharpened and has more chromatic aberration, which makes me prefer the out-of-camera JPEG. That being said, the differences are trivial, and you'd be hard ...

Here: Custom Settings: C1 "Soft" Film Simulation = NS Low-contrast / low-saturation colour negative film simulation; useful for interior shots. C2 "Portrait" Film Simulation = NH, Shadow tone -1 Me ...

A few from almost 12 years ago (taken with an ancient Nikon D70s): Marco

You're misinterpreting what you see. The framelines are always adjusted to the lens in use. The reason they move when focused is parallax. And this can only be done once the camera "knows" the ...

I tried my hand at some circus photography yesterday night with my X-Pro2 + XF 90mm , and was pleasantly surprised at how well the continuous AF coped with the sometimes fast swinging acrobats (I ...

23 - 50 - 90, that's all there is to my kit. And three straight out-of-camera photos taken with such lenses: The 23 (B&W + red filter film simulation, grain = strong) The 50 (Sepia film simulation, ...

This would by my suggestion too: 23/1.4 and 90/2. Both are sensationally good lenses, and to me it's backwards to skimp on lens quality when travelling to remote 'once in a lifetime' locations. To ...

I have the Nokton 50/1.1 on my X-Pro2 and quite like it. Not exactly the same as the Nokton 50/1.5, but with similar "rendering", I think. A few samples:

Having used very many lenses (Fuji and others), I can safely say that the XF90 is in a class of its own. M.