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42 Responses
Understandable lack of patience. Typical for Fuji lovers. Nice test images. Thank you for sharing this preview!
I’m in love !
Images look good. I little supprised with its size – it’s even a bit bigger than 56/1.2!
Indeed it’s very nice and compact.
Looking good, as expected – pretty much same mojo as 23/1.4.
PS: I hate sites that disable the right click.
Weight comparison of <= f/1.4 Fuji lenses:
16mm f/1.4: 375g
23mm f/1.4: 300g
35mm f/1.4: 187g
56mm f/1.2: 405g
18MM f/2: 118g
If the price of that 16mm is higher than 56mm f/1.2 at launch, which at the moment is the best APS-C prime out there even rivalling FF equivalent lenses, what can we expect from that 16mm f/1.4 ?
It must be a juwel !
Everyone knows price is the best indicator of quality. Just ask Leica
This is definitely the lens for me! Just got to get out and get some new filters…
I’m lucky, same thread as 18-135 mil
NIKKOR 24mm f1.4
– 620g
– 90mm long
– 77mm filter thread
– The whole lens is made out of plastic.
– More than 2000 dollars.
FUJINON 16mm f1.4
– 375g
– 80mm long (56 f1.2 taken as the reference)
– 67mm filter thread
– weather sealed
Only the Leica Summilux wins in size (not weight), but it costs more than 10.000 dollars and reviews say its performance is far from the best Leica lenses. To me this 24mm equiv is sized more than correctly, and this focal length at this aperture, and being WR, make it the most exciting lens (for me). I need another job.
You are absolutely right! 🙂
The nikon is also weather sealed and it is a beautiful lens. Not sure if it us all plastic… and if it is then it’s really tough and durable.
I have the Nikon lens!! Its 80% plastic outside…I paid 2000 GBPs for it. After using XF lens I feel most of the Nikon G series lens that I have are overpriced for what they offer….The same goes for all G series lens.
Nah, just the outer shell, the internals are of course metal. And for the comparison to make sense he would have to compare it to a 24mm f2.1, but who cares about equivalences as long as we can believe that we get as much lens for less money:)
APS-C Fuji 1.4 is not equal to FF Nikon 1.4. Actually, it is 2.1 vs 1.4.
It’s strange to watch this constant need of comparisons to completely different systems. The Nikon is built for a full frame system while the Fuji is for a crop one, so for a 1.4 aperture the former has to use larger filters.
Regarding the Leica, as a manual focus lens it can be smaller.
Fujifilm has a solid reputation as a lens maker and I see no problem to judge this lens just by its own merits.
By the way, the Nikon is far from being a “whole lens (is) made out of plastic”.
Thank you! I wonder if this constant comparison to other systems is some kind of inferiority issue for people insecure about their choice of camera system… It must be.
Too late! Already switched into the Instax system. Nobody makes comparisons there 😀
Folks complaining about DOF equivalence at 3, 2, 1. .
After reading this review I am tempted to buy.
GAS is such a difficult disease to get over. 😉
i think the website is already gone
Ok its been removed again Damn it!!! Stop teasing me! Can anybody tell me how sharp it is wide open across the frame? Does it have a nice 3D look like the 35mm F1.4 R? Where can I see some samples? This is the second time I missed it!
Here you go, in a zip: https://www.dropbox.com/s/h8cbdim6sfzyyws/Neilsoden.zip?dl=0
You are very smart! Thank you very much!
OMG it has gorgeous rendering. I will definitely be saving up for this one! Thanks again!
Very much impressed as well. I almost wish it wasn’t so, damn it Fuji what are you doing to us!
In case of removal pages or articles just type
‘webcache. ‘ before the URL
For example
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:_vCyqPcC3jIJ:www.neillsoden.co.za/gear/2015/4/6/fujinon-16mm-14+&cd=1&hl=ru&ct=clnk&gl=by
Wow. Photographers who put up reviews before NDAs expire are lame. Cheap trick to increase traffic numbers (same goes for Fujirumors).
They are likely only embargoes and not NDA agreements.
…Which means that the violators won’t get their asses fried in court, but still gonna get removed from that sacred “beta testers” list. Quite a high price to pay for a few thousands of non-targeted website clicks.
Right. It’s a risk, assuming that it isn’t a ploy by Fuji to drum up interest before the announcement.
That is what I was thinking…
That’s a pretty easy conspiracy theory to prove or disprove, isn’t it?
Some people like Thom Hogan says it happens frequently, especially among the smaller camera companies. In other industries it happens from time to time. It’s a speculation anyway.
I suggest using a Hanlon’s razor.
so there are worldwide the first samples taken with this lens, and FR should not report about it? Seriously? It’s as easy as that: they don’t break the embargo, I don’t share anything 😉
Am I wrong in thinking this would be a really great lens for Astrophotography?
The speed is quite useful for astrophotography when you have to stay within the 30 second time limit. If it’s on a equatorial mount, then I don’t think speed is critically important.
Or get something like the Vixen Polarie. Much easier than an equatorial mount and tracking that lets you get much longer integration times.
Of course I agree. All electronics are overpriced nowadays…