06-13-2022, 01:51 PM
(06-02-2022, 12:40 PM)thxbb12 Wrote: I am buffed also :-) looking at the reviews, I can see lots of zooms having the Highly Recommended mark - the 18-55 may be the hottest reason to enter Fujifilm…now, I agree the latest additions were not that hot, but… I have a bit the feeling that Opticallimits lost interest in Fujifilm?
(06-01-2022, 10:17 PM)Klaus Wrote: I'm baffled that they take so long with providing ultra-wide primes. The 14mm (FF 21mm) is nice but it's still too long.
Conversely, the announced 8mm (FF 12mm) just seems too wide to be a mainstream lens.
Also - their zoom lenses aren't THAT hot.
If Sony would up their game on the camera side, they would have a better overall APS-C system by now.
From my experience, Fuji zooms are average at best, whathever Fuji fanboys claim.
Of all the Fuji zooms I have owned, I haven't been impressed by a single one (18-55, 55-200, 16-50, 50-230, 15-45, 16-80). Sure, I haven't tried their high-end stuff, but I find them monstruous and based on reviews, they are too big for what they offer IMO.
Their primes though are a different story.
I really really like the Fuji 35mm f1.4. It's outdated and all, but I find it sharp at f1.4 and love its rendering. And it's very small and light.
Fuji's latest f1.4 trio (18, 23, 33) appear to be excellent and probably class-leading.
Most lenses released by Sony in the last 2-3 years are exceptional, whether APS-C or FF. They seem to have hired the best optical engineers in the industry. Their lenses are small and light with class-leading IQ. If only they were able to manufature fun cameras to use.
I tried a A7III and A7r mk II and really didn't like them.
And Fuji's jpeg are really really nice when one doesn't want to mess around with postprocessing (or doesn't have time).