Fujinon XF18mmF2 R Black

I purchased my Fuji XP1, 35mm, 60mm lenses from Japan in March and additionally purchased the 18mm lens from Amazon in May. I use to have Nikon D7000 DSLR, but high quality pro lenses were too pricey and heavy. I thought carefully of what I wanted. Since I'm not a pro and wanted something light for travel and high image quality is one of my top priority, I ultimately decided to switch to Fuji X Pro 1. Today, I'll be sharing my experience with 18mm f/2 lens, 35mm f/1.4, and the 60mm f/2.4 macro. -Fujifilm X-Pro1 18mm F2.0 Lens- This lens is the smallest, lightest, and the cheapest feeling lens out of the three primes that are released. Auto-focus seems faster or equal to Fuji's 35mm lens. Manual and aperture ring feels "disconnected" do to it being focus by wire design and not mechanical. The rubber lens hood cap, lens hood, and lens cap are poorly made. Long explanation short: it easily comes off. So I purchased the EzFoto 52mm Tilted Vented Metal Lens Hood and now it feels better (both now metal finish), looks better, and securely fits on to the lens. I purchased this lens primarily to cover my wide angle needs until Fujifilm releases their 10-24mm f/4 lens (planned for 2013). After using the lens though, I may keep this lens even after 10-24mm lens becomes released. The reason is because you can get really close with this lens (.18m) and at f/2.0, you can have the subject separated from the background even at this wide angle; furthermore, the bokeh is creamy and pleasant when you get it right. When focusing very close, slight change in angle would create an interesting composition/perspective for your photos. I think I would be keeping this lens for those creative shots. -Fujifilm X-Pro1 35mm F1.4 Lens- This lens is a must have for Fuji X Pro 1 user. Auto-focus seems slightly slower or equal to Fuji's 18mm lens. Manual and aperture ring feels "disconnected" do to it being focus by wire design and not mechanical. Similarly with 18mm lens hood accessories, I switched it for the EzFoto 52mm (Non-Tilted) Vented Metal Lens Hood. I purchased this lens primarily as a simple walk around lens for me. Sharp and usable from F/1.4 and the bokeh is creamy and pleasant most of the time. It gave me the similar experience I had with my Nikon 35mm f/1.8 DX lens, but with better bokeh quality (in my opinion). Rather than sharpness, the quality of the bokeh really changes the mood of a picture. In an extreme sense, I was never satisfied with Nikon 35mm f/1.8 lens because the bokeh wasn't to my liking. I also shot an environmental and studio portrait with Fuji 35mm lens and boy was I happy with my images. ("bokehlicious!") This may be trivial, but this lens can focus closer than Nikon's (.28m vs.3m). *The closer you can get, the shallower depth of field you get*. Couldn't be happier with this lens. -Fujifilm X-Pro1 60mm f/2.4 Macro Lens- This lens is the least used when I'm outdoors, but when I'm taking still life shots (indoors) this is the most used. Auto-focus is the slowest. Very difficult to auto-focus very close. However, I use this lens on tripod, set it to manual focus, and check my focus using the magnification function on the LCD for precise focus. Manual and aperture ring feels "disconnected" do to it being focus by wire design and not mechanical. Aperture ring, on my copy, actually feels a bit tighter than the other two lenses above. I purchased this lens, as I mentioned above, primarily for my still life shots. It gains 1/3 stop compared to most competition, but loses that 1:1 reproduction ratio (this lens has 1:2 ratio rating). It's a very sharp lens from wide open and produces creamy bokeh for "macro-close-up" shots. However, for portrait shots, I find the bokeh to be busy most of time and wouldn't recommend it. I would probably wait for the newly announced Fuji 56mm f/1.4 lens (planned for 2013) for portraits. Ultimately, if you understand why you are buying the lenses for, these lenses are all high quality glass and image quality definitely won't disappoint you!

This is a beautiful Fuji lens which covers an important focal length. It makes stunning pictures which access to the creative shallow DOF f/2 affords. I love the lens. My did not come with a hood, but I heard the hood, from Fuji, is disappointing.

I purchased this lens new along with my XT1 two years ago. I've been a working professional photographer for the past 25 years or so; I'm no stranger to lenses and cameras. When it comes to the XT1 (and now XT2), this lens is on my camera more than any other lens. I use it as my walk around, travel and street photography lens. Overall, the lens is sharp, though sharpest at the center with a definite falloff towards the edges. Most people won't notice this and I only do if I'm pixel peeping up close. I tend to shoot wide open and place my subject at the center so the fall off in sharpness often works with me. Again, at the edges, you'll see chromatic aberration (little purple halos) if the scene is backlit. There's some distortion with this lens however that's easily corrected in Lightroom using the Lens Correction panel (I use the setting for the Nikon 28mm). The lens focuses consistently and fast. It's held up well the abuse that I give it. I don't baby camera or lens. The metal lens hood does a good job protecting the front lens element (though I use a filter to avoid scratches). This lens isn't the best of the Fuji bunch, but that doesn't mean that it's not a capable performer. t've exhibited printed work from my Nikon D810 with the latest Nikon 28mm side by side with the XT1 with 18mm and I can't tell the difference. If you're looking for a super sharp, technically perfect wide angle lens, this isn't the lens. For that, I'd go with the 14mm. Of course, it's a stop slower and double the money. (If you're a landscape photographer, the 14mm is a better choice all the way around.) Bottom line: Good lens for the money. Will work great for most people. If you're a pixel peeping snob, probably best to move on.

For any Fuji shooter this is a must-have lens. It’s small and light, compact and sharp as a tack. It’s an awesome travel-light lens and the FOV on a crop sensor is superb (27mm equivalent). I always enjoy using this lens and regret when I don’t have it with me. I’ve use this lens for years… for interesting portraits and beautiful nature shots. If you’re considering it, you won’t be disappointed.

The small size and light weight of this lens were what first attracted me to it. Along with the fact that it was the widest X lens available for the original X system when released. It does make a very easy to carry package even on the heavy X-Pro1 body. Focusing is a mixed bag. Auto focus depends entirely on the body. X-Pro1 auto focus is painfully slow even after their multitude of firmware updates. The X-E2 auto focuses quickly and silently with this lens. Manual focus is a total loss with X-Pro1 since you have to use the EVF which is painfully grainy and slow to respond. The X-E2 EVF makes manual focusing at least passable with this lens. But the focus-by-wire disconnected feel seems to slow down the process too much for me. I have too many manual un-focused shots because I am not able to see the EVF display clearly in bright light. This is a good quality lens that lacks a descent camera to use it on. I have struggled with the Fuji X cameras trying to find a way to be happy with them. I finally decided I should not have to put so much effort into finding a way to make a camera system work for me. It should be the other way around. The camera should work for me. This 18mm lens renders amazing image quality and color. I prefer a slight wider (~16mm) or longer (~23) focal length. I never used 28mm lenses on 35mm cameras so I guess I should not be surprised that I found this focal length lacking for my personal style of shooting. Focal length is a personal preference. But Fuji's use of this 18mm focal length, along with the sibling 35mm and 60mm lenses, just shows they failed to fully commit to the "X" system immediately. The optics of this 18mm are a very old standard design from 35mm film days. Fuji simply took a well known optical formula and provided it on a mount for their "X" system. Same is true of the 35 and 60mm lenses. They are optical formulas and focal lengths designed for the 35mm format, not optimized for APS size. I find the 18mm field of field too narrow to be useful as a real wide angle but too wide to be useful as a normal lens. The 18mm was always too short when I wanted to shoot indoors for an environmental portrait feel. Indoors I was always backing up against the furthest wall as I could never get enough of the surroundings into the frame when shooting someone in an average size indoor space. Outdoors, the 18mm always had me walking closer to things as subjects were constantly too small in the frame for my liking.

I enjoy this lens more than I thought I would. I took it with me to a space museum to test it out in different conditions and was very pleased with the results. The pictures posted are all unedited; however, I did use the simulations inside of the camera. This has become my daily driver for my out-and-about camera setup. Disclaimer: I'm a manual shooter, so if you're comfortable with shutter speed, aperture, ISO, and white balance, you shouldn't have any problems. Also, it's not super sharp, but the softness does give it more of a film texture.

After ordering this lens I read so many uncomplimentary reviews about it, I was worried that I'd made a mistake. However, once I got it and used it, I really began to appreciate the remarkable qualities of this little lens. OK, it's not the sharpest of lenses throughout it's entire focal length, but I've come to learn that it's not alone in this aspect. Between f5.6 and f11 it's absolutely fine if you need to pixel peep. What surprised me and what I love about the lens is the color and warmth that it has. Look at the first two photos - the close up is a cropped in version of the original that took across the street. How bad is that. I would definitely recommend this lens, don't be put off by what others say about it.

Update: I still agree with what follows but would like to add a more recent observation. My more recent subjective experience is that XF18mm F2 has no advantage over Fuji's XF18-55mm zoom used at 18mm except much smaller size and weight. For certain photographers and applications that size/weight advantage can be extremely important but if not then owning the XF18mm iwhen you also have an XF18-55mm is simply redundant. To confirm what other reviewers have said -- this is better that what some of the negative reviews on the web say. Yes, if you photograph a brick wall you can see some softness in the corners when not stopped down. You are less likely to see this with other subject matter. Actually I haven't seen anything so far that would concern me. Back in the film days I had an entry level Nikon with an E-series 28mm that I carried all over. ( That's the same angle of view as 18mm on an APS-C digital camera). Its a really nice combination for landscape as well as city streets. I think that if you have Fuji's 14mm and /or 35mm you may be disappointed in comparison. Perhaps Fuji will eventually offer an 19mm F/1.4 that is twice the size and weight for 8-10 Benjamins. That would take care of those who feel neglected with the current product! The only mild gripe is the effective but weird lens hood arrangement. You can use a lens cap of the hood but not both at the same time. (This is a little hard to describe why.) Fuji solves this with a rubbery lens hood cap. It works but its dorky. Added note: For those who are old enough to have had a 35mm film SLR, 18mm in APS-C fills the same slot as 28mm did back in the day. For those who are younger, once there were few if any zooms available and they were expensive. Instead one had a number og fixed focal length prime lenses. A standard and not atypical compliment would be 28mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, and 135mm. 50mm was "normal" while anything shorter was wide and anything longer telephoto. There were both longer and shorter focal lengths available but the got expensive pretty fast. Now to the point back then I found 28mm difficult to utilize. It was wide enough to make people too small unless you got close enough to give them Jimmy Druante noses but not wide enough to get a truly dramatic wide angle perspective. I wasn't happy until I got enough scratch together for va 24mm. This 18mm presents to me the same difficulty as the old 28mm - but now I can look at the result right away in the LCD screen so I'm finding it easier to get the hang of composing with it. If you have similar trouble using it at first, I suggest you put it on your camera and not take if off for a week and 300-400 images (which ever takes longer) -- it will start to make sense with some experience.

Ho letto con attenzione tante recensioni prima di comprarlo e nel complesso non tutte eccezionali. Non fatevi ingannare, è un ottimo obiettivo comodissimo e leggero, 2 di F perfetto per lo sfocato, veloce nella messa a fuoco, attualmente lo uso su xpro1 e mi piace, sono molto soddisfatto del mio acquisto, in più (lo devo....) nota di super-merito per il fornitore perché la scatola era ancora sigillata e su Amazon a me non è mai successo, sono un maniaco del "lo tocco prima io" e questa cosa mi è piaciuta molto.

I bought this lens to use on my XE1. The lens is presented in a really nice box that makes the experience of the arrival and opening of the lens a real pleasure. The lens itself does not diminish this initial pleasure either; the lens is small, light weight and yet solid - it is one of the nicest lenses I have held; it is beautifully made. I have read some reviews online about the horrible lens hood; however, I really like it - it is made of metal and locks in place tightly, I keep it on all the time and I use the supplied rubber cover, rather than the lens cap, to protect the lens when not in use. The lens has the equivalent field of view of a 27mm lens and when set to, say f16 in manual focus and using the depth of field scale in the XE1 viewfinder, turns the XE1 into a good street camera because you don't need to focus to keep the subject in your set distance sharp. The small form of the lens helps in this regard too, it is neat, unobtrusive and light weight. Some online reviews describe poor focusing speed and while the lens does not focus as snappily as my Nikon lenses on my D700, but it's not slow either; place your focus point where there is some contrast and it locks on without problems. I am very happy with the results the lens produces, the bokeh is nothing to write home about, due to the focal length of the lens and the cropped sensor in the XE1, however the lens produces sharp results. I also own the Fuji 35 1.4 and they pair up well, with the 18mm giving the wider field of view for when you can't move any further back to get the scene in. Highly recommended.

Are you an enthuisast photographer with Fuji gear? Friends and family expect you to cover events and take "professional" photographs with your expensive camera? Stuck with the unwieldy 18-55 mm kit lens that you think is a dog, but unwillingly have to accept is a "excellent" lense because experts say so? Eyeing the X-100F longingly after buying the X-T3? This is your chance to add convenience to your expensive Fuji camera by spending more money, thereby making it as light and easy to use as a mobile phone camera. The 18 mm F2 works fine. As one of the reviewers said in an online review, one has to work with the lense. But the lightness, small form factor, fast aperture and wide coverage angle (~76 deg) are an advantage for both indoor (events, candid photography, pets, etc.) and outdoors (buildings, in our cramped roads). One surprising (I didn't think of checking this before buying) benefit of this lense is the very near focussing distance (~7 inches or so) that is good for taking closeups of crappy items bought off Amazon, fellow insects, poisonous flowers... if one is weary of the perspective distortion. I like it for its lightness, wide angle coverage and F2 aperture. It can share filters (and such) with the much more acomplished, slightly larger, 35 mm F1.2 lense. The lense hood looks cool, but takes away from the compactness of the whole package. But the downsides: it's slow, the focus is fly-by-wire and the aperture ring is grimy (on a brand new lense). It's also not water resistant, but this is not going to be a serious concern during our monsoons anyway. The lense hood had gouges and grind marks out of the box.

Excelente lente y muy buen precio

Petit, léger, monté sur un fuji x-e2s. Cela constitue un super kit de départ pour partir en,vadrouille. Il pique super bien a partir de f.3.2 jusqu'à f8/f10. Il ne faut pas hésiter à s'approcher pour des portraits ou des zooms. Un objectif parfait pour les paysages et pour le reste si on est pas,timide ;)