{"id":20515,"date":"2019-07-18T14:35:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T14:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=20515"},"modified":"2019-07-18T14:38:23","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T14:38:23","slug":"fujifilm-xf-16-80mm-f-4-r-ois-wr-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=20515","title":{"rendered":"FUJIFILM XF 16-80mm f\/4 R OIS WR Lens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20516\" src=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-18-at-9.40.53-AM-258x320.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-18-at-9.40.53-AM-258x320.jpeg 258w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-18-at-9.40.53-AM-121x150.jpeg 121w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-18-at-9.40.53-AM-768x954.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-18-at-9.40.53-AM-600x745.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-18-at-9.40.53-AM-580x720.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-18-at-9.40.53-AM-242x300.jpeg 242w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-18-at-9.40.53-AM-322x400.jpeg 322w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-18-at-9.40.53-AM-266x330.jpeg 266w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-18-at-9.40.53-AM-403x500.jpeg 403w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-18-at-9.40.53-AM.jpeg 805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For some time we have known that Fujifilm was going to release this lens, and now we know the release date, September! \u00a0The real question is where does this lens fit into 0ur camera systems? \u00a0Based on the early reviews of the prototype, it looks like it will be a stunner! \u00a0If, in fact, it is, then it opens some very interesting doors!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s talk focal lengths. \u00a024mm to 122mm is a near perfect range for 90% of general photography. \u00a0I can imagine carrying this lens, a much wider lens, say the 14mm f 2.8, and then the 100-400 to cover all the longer focal lengths. \u00a0 I can&#8217;t imagine traveling with out the Fujifilm 80mm Macro f 2.8, so when knowing close-up work in on the menu, that will have to come along. \u00a0It sounds like the 16mm to 80mm will focus very close all the way down to .25 of life-size, so that might solve that issue for all but extreme close work!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The bottom line is that this new lens will be wonderful for those of us that are trying to pair down their kit. \u00a0I can&#8217;t wait!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Blessings,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the pilgrim<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; For some time we have known that Fujifilm was going to release this lens, and now we know the release date, September! \u00a0The real question is where does this lens fit into 0ur camera systems? \u00a0Based on the early reviews of the prototype, it looks like it will be a stunner! \u00a0If, in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20515"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20519,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20515\/revisions\/20519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}