image courtesy: olafphotoblog
XF 90mm F2 WR
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So here is another one, who fell in love with the latest Fujinon lens: Olafphotoblog here! They posted a buntch of images and a list of thoughts about the XF 90mmF2 WR (I’ll share just a few points here on FujiRumors):
- When shooting wide-open, the bokeh is creamy and pleasing to the eye.
- Edge transitions are gorgeous and ceaseless, allowing for dreamy look.
- The micro-contrast is nicely balanced for portraiture work.
- The sharpness is top-notch and on a par with the XF 56mm F1.2 and XF 35mm F1.4.
- Autofocus works much better with the latest update. We played with a face/eye detection function and found it sometimes takes a bit longer than we would like before it locks. We will write more about this in our upcoming posts.
- With Fujifilm’s film simulations, which are tuned to photographing people (beautiful skin tones), the XF 90mm is a great fit.
Here are a few more reviews: Rico’s XF90mm First Look. / 90mm + MCEX Tubes at jasonpitcher / Fujifilm XF90mm Review at leighmiller PART ONE and PART TWO / XF 90mm Review at wimarys / Hands on review at aboutphotography-tomgrill / Review at patricemichellon /
image courtesy: patricemichellon – 100% crop
7 Responses
“No sharpening applied” in a lens review reads like “Never fueled” in a car review.
Read that three times and still have no idea whether I agree or not.
In the comments section in-camera sharpness was +1 as mentioned by reviewer. Shadow and highlights -1, NR -2, with WB in auto and astia mode.
Probably he meant no post processing sharpness.
Seems like it. However, downsizing for web always changes the microcontrast, effectively decreasing or increasing perceived sharpness depending on a particular algorithm used.
Any processing after the photo is made can be seen as post processing. So, in camera processing is post processing. So the image was sharpened.
A couple of years ago I was interested in trading my Canon DSLRs for Fuji X-E1s. But the lack of a 90mm lens was a deal breaker. While Fuji was obsessing over wiiiiide primes, I moved on.
It’s good to know precisely who the world revolves around. Now that I know it’s you, just think of all the questions I can ask.
I’ll start with the basics. Is it ‘milk in first’ or ‘hot water first’ in the production of a really good cup of tea?