If you haven’t read my first of the three wide angle lens write-ups, you can find the first one on my experiences with the Laowa 9mm f2.8 lens here. This is the part 2 of my 3 part series on my wide angle lens experience. Today, I focus on the the two 16mm offerings from Fujifilm. The f1.4 lens was the first of the two Fujinon 16mm lens to be released to the market back in 2015.
Disclaimer: this isn’t a sponsored post. All opinions are my own and this is not intended to be a comprehensive technical lens review. There are plenty of photography websites that are excellent for that. This is simply my experience simply my experience as a enthusiast X shooter
Weight and size wise, the Fujinon 16mm f1.4 lens is the heaviest and largest of the four lenses I tried. It was unsurprising given that it’s got the fastest of the lot at f1.4. I think because of how large it was it wasn’t particularly comfortable to use when paired up with my little Fujifilm X-T10. It was just too front heavy. However it would no doubt balance perfectly with a bigger camera like the X-T3 or the X-H1. The Fujinon 16mm f2.8 is a much more lightweight and nimbler lens that fits very well with the X-T10. I also found it focuses faster too (since it is the newer lens with newer technology).
Weight aside, the I really liked the images that were produced by both lens. As I mentioned previously, I’m not a very technical shooter or a pixel peeper. For my purposes, both lenses performed great optically. Being 16mm focal lengths they obviously produced images with the same perspectives. However the extra light gathering ability of the f1.4 lens would be useful in low light situations such as wedding churches and night sky photography. During my experiment, I was keen to try my hand at some general street and urban photography using a wide angle lens like the 16mm. I’ve popped the lens details in each of the captions for your information. Again all the images are taken in and around Perth city.
For the kind of photography I do, the Fujinon 16mm f2.8 would be more fitting. It’s light, fits well with the small form factor of the X-T10 and I don’t often need a f1.4. Given the lower price point of the f2.8 compared to the f1.4, it’s also a more accessible lens for a enthusiast photographer like myself who mainly shoots travel and landscapes. Thanks for stopping by today.
J.
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