Hi All,
Had my XPro 1 a few weeks now and love it. Currently have the 35mm on it and looking to get something a bid wider for street photography and the odd landscape and indoor shots.
I'm thinking of getting the the 18mm prime, but thinking the 18-55 would be of more use. Any one got any ideas which is the better lens?
Is it worth going for the prime or zoom 'just in case'??
Thankyou!
I've got the 18-55, I used to have the 18prime, sold it, but just bought it again (its not with me yet, I think tomorrow)!!
That said, I'm not planning to sell the 18-55, but keep them both.
iirc (& I should really get the 18 to see) =
There's not a lot in them @18 f2.8, plus of course the zoom is a GREAT lens & has IS.
But the reasons I missed the 18 are:
it's small & light
f2 vs f2.8 makes a decent difference to dof
the 18 has closer focusing
the primes (imo based on owning the 3 original Fuji lenses 18, 35. 60) work a lot better with the OVF, for example the OVF frame lines on the 60 are more accurate than the zoom @ 55
There's something weird with the infinity focus with the XP1 & the zoom @ <35 ** if you put the zoom on 18 & focus on a object 50m away, the distance scale can produce a variety of distance calculations eg 3m 4m 5m 10m, I haven't really caught it not being in focus, but the error annoys me, and makes me not trust the lens with the OVF....
AF-C mode (which isn't worth a damn at the best of times) is very slow [like 12 secs] with the zoom
That said though, if I take just one lens out with me, for say a family outing to a castle type scenario, it's usually the 18-55
** it's not just my lens, over on the (obv far more Fuji-centric) Fuji X Forum a bunch of us tested this & we all found the same erratic behaviour below 35mm on the zoom