After a two-month long post-pre-order wait, I finally have my Fuji­non XF 56mm f/1.2 R… I have barely had time to shoot with it, and am look­ing for­ward to a head­shot ses­sion tomor­row morn­ing and then a wed­ding next week when I’ll really get to put it through its paces. As some­one who pre­vi­ously owned and loved both the leg­endary Canon EF 85 f/1.2L and the super-quick Canon EF 85mm f/1.8, all I can say is that I am aston­ished by the lens. It seems to have all of the strengths of a good wide aper­ture por­trait prime with none of the weak­nesses. Yes, the edges are soft at f/1.2, but you’re shoot­ing at f/1.2. And the cen­ter is dead sharp….

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First Impressions Fujifilm Fujinon XF 56mm f/1.2 R Mark Schueler