Hey guys, pretty new to the forum and new(ish) to Fuji. I'm trading in from a Sony A7RIV to an XH2S. Just wondering what everyone's opinion on lens choices is and why.
Let me know what type of photography (or videography) you use it for
I'm yet to find a bad Fuji lens, they're all excellent optically. There are 3 tiers for fuji lenses - XC, XF, and XF "Red badge". XC are the cheaper of the three, typically being plastic construction etc (though some are optically identical to their XF counterparts).
XF are the bread and butter. Typically metal construction and optically very good, some are weather sealed. All of the primes are XF, and there are subsets of f2 primes and f1.4 primes.
The red badge lenses are the "professional" models. I know of 3 - the 16-50, 50-140, and 100-400. The first two have a constant f2.8 aperture but no image stabilisation. All are weather sealed as far as I know.
There's also some outliers, like the 200mm f2, and the new 150-600, I'm not really sure where they fit in - too pricey for me so I haven't even looked at specs!
Basically, with fuji you buy for the features, because quality will always be good. So if you need a certain focal length or a certain aperture, that's what you pay for.
There are some third party options, but not many with autofocus. The main ones are Viltrox and Sigma, who each do a set of 23, 35, and 56mm f1.4 primes (or there abouts). Again, you get what you pay for. Viltrox are the cheapest, Fuji are typically better optically but you pay a lot more for it. Sigma sit somewhere between the two.
If you don't mind manual focus there are a LOT of options out there, from adapted vintage lenses to cheap-but-pretty-good Chinese lenses like the 7artisans range.
Personally, I have a 12mm Samyang for an ultrawide, an 18-55mm (it's not a kit lens!), and a 70-300mm. That covers pretty much all of my needs, while fitting in a small shoulder bag that I can take anywhere. I tend not to need the faster apertures and the two zooms have IS, so that bunch suits me fine. If I had a body with IBIS, I would probably look at the 16-50 instead of the 18-55.
Hope that helps!