Thread: Fuji 18-55mm just arrived, first shot

And it had to be a winter shot :)



I think i'm gonna love this lens, it feels great and the build quality is awesome
just miss the 35mm apature ring indications :)

By all accounts it is a very effective lens. I probably won't get it, simply because I don't need it.

Enjoy!

I wanted to have at least one walk around lens for my cameras...
the 12-35 for omd comes at around 950 euro
the xe-1 with kit lens is 1250 euro, and optically they are about equal ...
(the fuji just isn't weather resistant)

Originally Posted by Wolf

I wanted to have at least one walk around lens for my cameras...
the 12-35 for omd comes at around 950 euro
the xe-1 with kit lens is 1250 euro, and optically they are about equal ...
(the fuji just isn't weather resistant)

Makes sense.
I'm happy that Fuji is maintaining a high standard in lenses.

I want this camera. I want this lens.

I love the way the owl is looking -- a bit skeptically in my view -- at the snow. I have the same reaction to the stuff.
Very nice capture.

I think they may have made the zoom lens too good. It kinda makes the 60mm and 18mm primes redundant (YMMV)

I wanted to go for another short snow walk today, but the package arrived too late so maybe tomorrow some more shots
This was taken in my backyard ;)

and even the 35mm if you don't need much bokeh or low light

I am still curious after the 23mm and 56mm and the pancake
But it will all depend on the price too

the 14mm's price is a bit too high for example for what i'd use it, despite it being a great lens from what I read

Originally Posted by Luke

I think they may have made the zoom lens too good. It kinda makes the 60mm and 18mm primes redundant (YMMV)

Luke the provacateur.

It will likely be fine for many. Wouldn't work for me though. Indeed YMMV, probably by a lot.

I just got an email, as a registered X Pro1 owner I get a £50 voucher off the 14mm lens. I already have the 18 though :( Wish it could be used for a different lens)

I'm a prime only Fuji X guy. And an almost OVF only Fuji X guy. So I won't get the zoom - I've got enough m43 zooms, although none of them premium with the possible exception of the 9-18, which is as good as I'd ever want. I'm probably gonna check out the 14mm. If I like it, I'll keep it and the 18 and probably sell the 35mm for the 23mm f1.4 when it shows up. If I DON'T find myself enjoying the 21mm focal length of the 14 (its seems kind of no man's land between wide and ultra wide - I don't find myself stopping there very often on the 9-18), I'll return it and then I might sell the X-Pro altogether and get the X100s and the 28mm adapter. I love the X-Pro, but my lens wants for this platform are extremely limited and the X100s with the 28mm adapter might cover it. And I like the simplicity and the feel of the X100 a lot, and the OVF was a good deal brighter than the X-Pro (because there's a whole lot less going on in there). So, I'll have to see. But I'm quite sure I won't get the zoom, as nice as it appears to be.

-Ray