I've owned both the 18mm and the 14mm lenses. I liked the 18 "okay" - I was never crazy about it, but in retrospect, I wasn't giving it enough credit. However, I've always liked the 16mm focal length more. I sold the 18 in preference to zooms, as well as to the 14mm - Which, on paper, is a much better lens. And it is an excellent lens - at a focal length I absolutely suck at using. 14mm is just a tad too wide for what I'd want to use it for.... Additionally, I missed the close focus abilities of the 18mm.
Enter the 16mm.
I've been anticipating this lens since I first heard about it. It has far exceeded my expectations, and has now become my go-to lens. In addition to being a perfect lens for street photography and interiors, it's particularly suited for darker situations. The F 1.4 aperture is indeed shallow, but for these situations, it will not limit you - The angle is wide enough that you have plenty of depth, even wide open.
At this point, I either own or have owned every prime in the Fuji catalog. I have become accustomed to spectacular quality all around - from the overall IQ, to the handling, to the finish. As expected, it's crazy sharp. This lens manages to exceed my already high expectations. The manual focus is spot on, autofocus is lightning fast (to be expected, it's a wide angle). The weight is perfectly matched to the X-T1. While I haven't tested the WR capabilities yet, I suspect it will do well.
What has truly won me over has been the close focus COMBINED with the wide angle, and large aperture - It has allowed me creative possibilities I have never had before, that I am just now starting to explore. These qualities allow you to create wide angle images that go well beyond just getting more in a frame or distorting angles and true unique works of art. The 18mm focused close- I believe this focuses closer.
This is the heaviest one of the three (the 14mm, 16mm, 18mm) - While I believe I'd appreciate the weight savings and size of the 18mm still, I feel that it's not as significant when compared to the 14mm.
Really, most of this will come down to personal preference -- I personally find 16mm to be my personal sweet spot. If you do as well, then ORDER THIS NOW. You will not be let down. If you already have the 14mm and it works for you, this may be a bit redundant unless you want/need the close focusing or weather resistance. Same if you already have the 18mm and are perfectly content with it, unless you are reserving that for extra light travel - While it has arguably the lowest IQ of the bunch, all three are really good, and you are splitting pixels at a certain point. Personally, I only see the need for one of them -- and if I had all three now, I'd personally still only use this one. Only you can decide, but if you are interested in this - know that there's nothing else like it in the APS-C world.
This may not be the most detailed review you will read -- I've spent more time using my equipment and less obsessing over specs - I suspect that's because I've been so happy with the results, and having so much fun with the fuji system. I can certainly tell you from a purely subjective basis that this is quite possibly the nicest prime I've ever used in 20 years of photography - and will likely be the one living on the camera body the most.
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You don't need a 16mm? Well, think again, because you need this one!
It's always a little awkward to read photographers resort to poetry when trying to describe a cold, technical device such as a lens. "Magic", "Dreamlike" ... chances are, you've read those words when researching this lens online. Let me start my own rave review by stating that I wasn't even necessarily interested in this focal length! Sure, a wide angle is a good thing to have, but between the very nice and affordable manual 12mm Rokinon / Samyang lens for X-mount, and Fuji's own 27mm "pancake", I thought my wide angle needs were pretty much covered. But I kept seeing amazing pictures taken with this 16mm. The sharpness was stunning, the colors were simply beautiful. But who knew how much Photoshop was involved in those results? I'm not a technical person really, so I can't give you numbers and statistics. All I can give you are emotions. This lens is a conduit to emotional photography. No idea how that's even possible. Frequently, I'll come home from shooting, convinced that I blew it, that I've really not caught anything special at all. Then I look at my loot in Lightroom, and some pictures start catching my eyes. I open those in Iridient Developer (write that product name down, friends, and buy this RAW converter, today! It understands this lens, and Fuji files in general, better than any other software I've tried. It's about 100$, not as comfortable as Lightroom, but... wow.) And then suddenly: There it is on my computer screen, clear as day: The reason I became obsessed with photography in the first place. Enhanced truth. The magic of light and shadow, the dance of colors, the bliss of contrast, the beauty of bokeh, the joy of sharpness. Again: I can't even say I'm a huge believer in this focal length! And still: I keep the 35mm f2 on my X-T1 most of the time, and this 16mm on my X-pro1. That's it. When the situation requires really fast autofocus and a field of vision that is a no-brainer, I grab the X-T1, when I have a moment to really consider my composition and "paint with light", I take out the X-pro1. This lens is not cheap. But I haven't had regrets about spending the money for a single second.
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segato georgia
obiettivo ottimo, ma....
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Reviewed in France on October 17, 2019
Le 16mm (24 en FF) permet d'avoir un champ de vision assez large sans pour avoir de la distorsion. Je recommande à fond, seul hic le prix alors faites en comme moi bon usage.
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