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No, the bokeh of the XF80mm is not as well controlled as on the XF90mm in the corners. You will have some cat eye / swirly effects wide open, but the bokeh is much smoother with the XF80mm than with the 90mm. X-T2 – XF80mm f/2.8 With respect to portraiture, I'm more concerned with how the falloff is when moving from in-focus to out-of-focus areas. The XF 80mm f/2.8 does very well here although the cats eye bokeh issue in the corners can be a little distracting at times. The working distance flexibility with the XF 80mm f/2.8 is incredible though, and autofocus, particularly for normal portraiture distances, is plenty fast. So then I would recomment having a look also at the Laowa 65mm macro lens. It is excellent optically, and can deliver 2x magnification. It is an all manual lens though so no recording of EXIF information about aperture with the images.
I already wrote a comprehensive guide on how to choose a macro lens, so I won’t go over everything here. However, here are a few key things to keep in mind:
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To me, it’s a medium-range lens that works well as a macro lens and beautifully functions as a portrait lens. The fast and precise focus engine is quite handy when trying to capture live insects in the field, and I got waaaaaaay more keepers with the XF80mm f/2.8 than I usually get with my XF60mm f/2.4. The XF 80mm f/2.8 R LM OIS WR would be a great lens for a primarily prime lens photographer to round out their longer focal lengths while adding a macro lens at the same time. Additionally, for zoom lens photographers, this lens fills an interesting role of fast telephoto prime, with the added capability of a macro lens. Full disclosure: Fujifilm USA loaned me the XF 80mm f/2.8 R LM OIS WR lens, with no expectations of producing a review or opportunity to review this content before publication. Physical Characteristics
It’s a popular stylistic choice created by using a fast aperture, getting close to your subject, and shooting with your lens wide open. Going from memory, autofocus speed is faster with the XF 90mm f/2 R LM WR and I like the character and rendering when shooting this lens wide open at f/2. For travel, it is more compact and the same goes if you plan to use it as a walk-around daily-carry telephoto lens. The lens produces an acceptable level of sharpness in the centre of the frame wide open at f/2.8, and only gets better when the aperture is stopped down. The solid red line indicates centre sharpness peaks very close to f/5.6, with edge sharpness (indicated by the dotted red line) improving gradually as it’s closed from f/4 to f/6.3. With true 1:1 magnification and an equivalent 46mm focal length, this close-up lens is perfect for a wide range of subjects as well as macro. You can capture beautiful portraits, landscapes, wedding shots, products, food and just about any subject suited to a standard focal width prime lens. Disclaimer. The lens I used for testing was an early prototype lens, and image quality might not be final, but unless Fujifilm has a contract with the image-quality-gods there isn’t really any more magic that can be sprinkled onto the lens. So IQ is probably final.As with virtually all Fuji lenses, the XF 30mm F2.8 R LM WR Macro lens has a traditional aperture ring on the lens barrel, which allows you to set the aperture in 1/3 steps, complete with full aperture markings running from f/2.8 to f/22. To acquire optimum sharpness across the frame users are advised to use the lens between f/4 and f/8. Push past f/11 and you’ll notice the introduction of diffraction, which reduces sharpness quite dramatically. Even though I’m not a macro shooter (at all!) I think it’s probably best if I talk a little bit about the lens in this context. For macro shooting your minimum focusing distance is 25cm. You can attach either the TC-2x or TC-1.4x tele converter to get extra reach (at the cost of f-stops) – You can also use the MCEX-11 or MCEX-16 extension tubes for even closer focusing. For general telephoto topics and portrait photography, I am looking forward to seeing what Fujifilm comes up with for a new XF 56mm f/1.2 R LM WR (expected in 2022). This lens will be more compact and probably suit my style of photography better. Beyond that, how do you feel about the increased interest in mirrorless cameras? I think there will be a place for DSLR cameras for quite a while longer but as mirrorless tech improves, so too will mirrorless cameras become a staple in our industry.
Voigtlander 35/2 Apo Ultron in XF mount. New last year. but I've never seen a test report or review. The focus is really fast and precise thanks to linear focus motors. These motors are also used in the 90mm f/2, 50-140mm f/2.8 and the likes, so if you have tried these lenses you know what to expect.
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The Fuji 30mm provides a focal length which exactly matches that of a 45mm optic in a 35mm full-frame system, making it a classic normal-length prime lens. The lens itself is manually focused, which guarantees that you will need a tripod to get clear macro photos. The XF 80mm f/2.8 R LM OIS WR has two switches on the lens barrel: one is to turn optical image stabilization off or on. The other is to limit focusing distance to “Full,” “0. 5 meters to infinity” and from “0.25 to 0.5 meters.” Performance I don’t know why it matters, but the Fujifilm XF 80mm f/2.8 is one of the best looking lenses I’ve come across – so let’s start there.
So long as you don't need to get closer than 2 feet (0.6 meters) or need stabilization, the 90mm f/2 is a better lens. I’m coming to the end of this article on the best Fujifilm X macro lenses (aps-C sensor). The main point is here and you should be able to make a real thoughtful choice! I will continue to write about Fujifilm lenses little by little! I also wrote a post about the best Fujifilm pancake lenses if you are interested in this type of lens! Focus range limiter switch allows you to constrain the focus range to between 9.8 inches and 1.6 feet, 1.6 feet to infinity, or for the whole 9.8 inches to infinity range for more responsive focusing depending on the distance to your subject.
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Ignore the crazy rainbow effects; these are sensor artifacts caused by taking a picture directly of the sun and exposing for the dark underside of the palm tree. Likewise the vertical smear at f/2.8 is another sensor artifact called interline transfer smear; it's not a lens defect. Lens sharpness has nothing to do with picture sharpness; every lens made in the past 100 years is more than sharp enough to make super-sharp pictures if you know what you're doing. The only limitation to picture sharpness is your skill as a photographer. It's the least talented who spend the most time worrying about lens sharpness. Skilled photographers make great images with whatever camera is in their hands; I've made some of my best images of all time with an irreparably broken camera! Most pixels are thrown away before you see them, but camera makers don't want you to know that. As for focusing speed, it’s fairly swift, but with such a large focus distance range to cover it isn’t the fastest focusing prime lens in the Fujinon range. I also noticed it had a tendency to momentarily hunt for focus when asked to acquire focus from near to far and vice versa. Fujinon XF 80mm f/2.8 R LM OIS WR Macro – Image quality This Fujinon 80mm f/2.8 Macro stands out among macro lenses for its super-fast autofocusing. Few if any macro lenses can focus this fast from near to far. This Fuji 80 2.8 does this with an exotic internal focusing system where the two separate focusing groups ride on rails and ceramic ball-bearings driven by linear servo motors:
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