Fujifilm XF 8-16mm F2.8 Lens Review (DPReview TV)

Dpreview has just tested the newly released Fujifilm XF 8-16mm F2.8 R LM WR lens (Amazon/ B&H/ Adorama) and posted a TV review.

Below are what they find:

professional line of Fujifilm lenses
well-built, but heavy and expensive
well suited for Fujifilm X-H1
manual focus ring feels sloppy
no OIS, but it’s typical for lenses in this range.
XF 10-24 is more well suited for lighter bodies and has OIS
no filter threads, typical for lenses that wide
powerful autofocus motors. Fast and accurate
coma is very well corrected, excellent for astrophotography and cityscape
vignetting and distortion very well corrected
sunstars are not bad, but not the best they have seen
close focusing is similar to the XF10-24 (9 feet)
XF8-16 optically fantastic, very sharp
8mm at f/2.8 a little bit weird in the corners, but stopping down cleans up beautifully
wide open it is sharper than the XF10-24, but stopped down difference gets smaller
for most people, the XF 10-24mm F4 is a better choice, since landscape you stop down anyway
XF 8-16mm F2.8 is a niche lens

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