The New Fuji 56mm f 1.2 – Wow, Double Wow!
O.K. Fuji gushing warning! I’m about to really hit a high note for Fuji, so fair warning!!!! I just got my new Fuji 56mm f 1.2 lens today brought to me from Dury’s by my buddy, Nick Coury, the handsome guy above! I really wanted a 85mm equivalent for the X System with some good speed, what I got was exactly that, and much more!!! Fuji has been banging out one great lens after another and they have done it again…… My first lens was the 18-55, (some call a kit lens), NOT!! it as truly spectacular! Then the 60mm Micro, a great lens, focuses too slow, but when it locks…… oh my, how crisp! I did not have a lot of faith in the 55-200, but other than the slower aperture, it is very, very sharp, and well made lens! Then the 14mm f 2.8, turned out to be the one of the best wide angle lenses I’ve ever shot, same for the 23mm f 1.4 a truly incredible lens, how could the 56mm f 1.2 stand up to all this great, truly great, glass???!!! Well it tops them all! Oh, I forgot the darling of every X-Pro-1 shooter, the 35m f1.4 which deserve all the accolades it has been given as well. I don’t have the 18mm f2 or 27mm f 2.8, too much overlap with other lenses!
I was perfectly happy with the X-Pro-1 & the X-E1, then was even happier with the X-E2, I love the X100s, it’s a steal, and now the X-T1 is the best yet, in fact, one of the best cameras I’ve ever shot! So talk is cheap, here are some images from Old Car City today with the 56mm f 1.2!!
Way to go Fuji, thanks for providing such great toys and tools!
Blessings,
the pilgrim
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If I ever go to Old Car City I guess I really don’t need the 60 macro!
Actually I use it some, moderate telephoto or moderate zoom seems best.
Decisions, decisions so which would you recommend for macro and maybe street photography, but primarily macro, the 60mm or the new 56mm? Big price difference $399 vs $999. Thanks.
60mm is the ticket. 56mm is a speed lens and is fantastic wide open, but te 60mm is pretty fast f 2.4 wide open. For the money it is my pick, but for portraits I’d take the 56mm.
All I got today was a new tripod!!!! I don’t want anymore lenses though. I’m content. If I ever see the day I don’t have to work I’ll go to old car city. Haha. That’s funny.
Yes, funny!!
wow great shots
Great place!!!
I’d like to know what makes one lens more desirable than another. For example, other than the micro capabilities of the 60mm, what does the seemingly small 4mm difference really make, that would separate the 56 from the 60? What makes the 14mm 2.8 the best wide angle you’ve ever shot, in comparison to say (assuming you’ve shot this lens) Nikons 17-35 or equivalent? Can you do a side by side comparison of the 18-55, at 55, to your new 56, and show what makes the 56 worth the cost? I have shoulder issues and am considering the X-Pro-1 as a replacement to the 5D I’m using, but would love to see side by side test images showing what makes one lens shine over another.
I am following this very intently because of personal interest and the waters just got muddier today perhaps with Nikon’s V3 announcement — 18.4mp, 20fps but no hot shoe, clip on EVF, a powerzoom kit lens with no filter thread, micro SD cards only and if you use the EVF, the multiaccessory port is otherwise unavailable. A lot of potential but the things people complained about were not addressed and a couple of new boners added with a $1200 price tag. That buys you an 18mp XE-2 with a very good kit lens and the 20mp Sony a6000 comes in under that. Canon has yet to weigh in on this and it would be pure speculation as to what they’d do — either pull another boner or else come out with a knock your socks off camera (and Canon has implemented improvements both upward and downward in the product line). I haven’t even thought about micro 4/3. An interesting note: Nikon also just announced a series 1 70-300mm lens (equi.v. to 810mm). Hard to make an informed purchasing decision now and, of course, things can change at any moment. One thing that holds me back on the XE-2 is the 16mp which didn’t increase from the XE-1 plus Nikon and Sony’s AF performance. Clear as mud, eh?
Typo – XE-2 is 16.3mp
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