Review – XF 16mm F1.4 R WR | Sven Schroeter

It has been a while since we last reviewed a Fujifilm lens (the 56mm APD over the christmas break was the last, unless I am mistaken). Our standard approach to a review has always been to grab the gear and head straight out the door to see what we can come up with. It is always tough when you are on the clock and only have a weekend to gather some sample material, hoping to come across anything which best illustrates some of the kits strengths and weaknesses. Especially when you are tasked to thrash a wide angle. The 16mm F1.4 lens works out to be a 24mm (35mm equivalent) focal length once you take the current X series APSC sensor crop factor (x1.5) into account. Although this is not a super wide angle lens, it is still wide enough to envelope a small city. We have always struggled with wide angle framing, it just does not come naturally to us. When we see the world, we are a lot more focused and at ease with a telephoto lens. Although we own the 14mm F2.8 and have made some lovely images with it, our very intimate and personal approach to framing does not frequently benefit from such a dramatic field of view……

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