The focussing speed of the new 35mm f/2 is an entirely different ballgame. It’s superfast, and dead accurate! It’s closest competitor is the XF 23mm f/1.4 which has been rated as the fastest focussing lens in the XF lineup. This makes the lens oh so much more useful in those highpaced moments that life throws at you! We were only about to try a pre-production sample of this lens, so the final performance may change. Even so, we found it focused very well and the images we captured look sharp and distortion free, and as good as the specifications and shared optical design with the XF35mm F2 would lead us to expect. Unlike the XF version, this lens does not have a traditional aperture ring on the lens barrel, which allows you to set the aperture in 1/3 steps, complete with full aperture markings. Instead you have to change the aperture via the control dial on the camera body. The removal of the aperture ring does have the advantage of making this lens even shorter in length and lighter than its XF counterpart.

Let’s start this Fuji 35mm f2 review by looking at the lens itself. It has a dedicated aperture ring so that you can change your settings without looking at any screen. With Iridient Developer you can turn off the baked in distortion. Here you can see the Fujifilm 35mm f2 lens has some pretty significant distortion. The in-camera profile above even has some difficulty correcting it perfectly.

In this chart, you can see how the lens performs across the aperture ranges. Keep in mind that these are lightroom defaults with the X-T2. Fujifilm has pumped up the default sharpness with the X-T3 and newer cameras.

While the lens is actually a 35mm lens, it performs more like a traditional 50mm because of the APS-C crop. This is considered to be a normal field of view and is often compared to how the human eye sees the world. The Fujifilm XC 35mm F2 is a very compact, lightweight standard prime lens, weighing 130g and measuring 46.5mm in length, which is 40g lighter and 13.5mm shorter than the comparable XF 35mm F2 R WR lens. I am considering this 35/2 as my first lens into the X-system. The review made me stop looking for the 35/1.4.Distortion was well controlled on the older XF 35mm f/1.4 R, so how does it compare on this newer lens? Whereas the older 35mm f/1.4 is prone to producing modest barrel distortion, this lens produces a negligible amount of pincushion distortion. This was corrected for in JPEG files thanks to the X-T10’s effective in-camera processing. Though it’s not immediately obvious in real-world raw files, users will want to correct for it by applying the relevant lens profile in the future. Fujinon XF 35mm f/2 R WR Review – Test Results Resolution f/1.4 isn't important for digital, where crazy high ISOs let us shoot with pretty much any lens in any light. f/1.4 was important in the days when ISO 800 literally was pushing it with Tri-X, but today f/2 is more than fast enough to shoot hand-held outdoors at night with digital. Two aspherical lenses are used to ensure a small and compact exterior. At just 45.9mm in length and with a diameter of 60mm, the slim and stylish design allows comfortable operation and draws minimum attention to the photographer, making it the perfect lens for portrait, street or reportage photography. Chromatic aberrations, typically seen as purple or blue fringes along contrasty edges, are not really a problem with the Fujifilm XC 35mm F2 lens, as shown in the example below. With the XC35mm F2, Fujifilm has created a nifty lens that’ll be extremely popular with entry-level and amateur X-series photographers who’d love to own a 50mm equivalent prime for half the price of the XF35mm F2 R WR.

At night they get a little more interesting at f16. f11 has a similar look, just less extreme. By f5.6 they almost completely cleaned up with only some slight streaks. Then at f2.8 and only f2.8 they do something interesting and kind of pretty. Shown below. Mondaine A1323034811SBB at close-focus distance at f/7.1. Camera-original X-Pro2 file to explore on your computer; mobile devises rarely show the full resolution property. This f/2 is smaller, lighter, less expensive, has slightly better bokeh and is rated as water resistant, however it takes weird-sized 43mm filters. It's unlikely you have any 43mm filters, so you will need an adapter ring or a separate set of filters to integrate this into the rest of your system — but that's only if you use filters. I rarely use filters with digital, and I have no problem holding a bigger filter over this lens if I needed to. No big deal if you realize that these are extreme magnifications, just know that if you're doing copy work, stop down a little for best results — or use an iPhone. The final difference between the XC and XF 35mm lenses is the construction of the lens, both for the barrel and the mount - metal on the XF lens, cheaper plastic on the XC lens. This is also is true of all the other XC branded lenses that Fujifilm have released so far.Sharpness is superb. It's super sharp at every setting, although a little blurry in the far corners at f/2. The far corners improve as stopped down, optimum at f/8, but nothing in the corners is usually in focus anyway in photos that matter.