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Fuji XF 8mm f/3.5 R WR Review

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The Fuji XF 8mm f/3.5 R WR lens is a great addition for those who love ultra-wide lenses. It offers fantastic build quality, impressive sharpness, and minimal distortion. It's fun to use and allows for the use of filters. Although it comes at a high price, it's the best ultra-wide angle lens available for the Fuji system.

The Fuji XF 8mm f/3.5 R WR lens is a fantastic addition to the Fuji system, especially for those who love ultra-wide lenses. The extreme angle of view and rectilinear prime lens offer a gigantic field of view, making it effective for various types of photography. The build quality is impressive, with a weather-resistant rear mount and a tactile aperture ring. The lens is sharp in the middle, with some softness in the corners at wider apertures, but overall, it offers good image quality for most needs.

Pros
  • Impressive build quality
  • Fantastic sharpness in the middle
  • Allows for the use of filters
  • Great for architecture work and indoor shots
Cons
  • High price
  • Some softness in the corners at wider apertures
  • Significant distortion and vignetting

The lens is sharp in the middle, with some softness in the corners at wider apertures, but overall, it offers good image quality for most needs. The lens does project a significant amount of distortion and vignetting, but these can be corrected in post-processing. Flaring is nicely under control, and coma levels are low.

The Fuji XF 8mm f/3.5 R WR lens is a fantastic addition to the Fuji system, especially for those who love ultra-wide lenses. The extreme angle of view and rectilinear prime lens offer a gigantic field of view, making it effective for various types of photography, particularly for architecture work and indoor shots. The build quality is impressive, with a weather-resistant rear mount and a tactile aperture ring. The manual focus ring turns smoothly, although the manual focus response can be a little jerky at times. The lens is sharp in the middle, with some softness in the corners at wider apertures, but overall, it offers good image quality for most needs. The lens does project a significant amount of distortion and vignetting, but these can be corrected in post-processing. Flaring is nicely under control, and coma levels are low. Overall, it's a small, handy, and fun lens to use, although it comes at a relatively high price.

The Fuji XF 8mm f/3.5 R WR lens is a small, handy, and fun lens to use, especially for architecture work and indoor shots. It allows for the use of filters and offers good image quality for most needs, although it comes at a relatively high price.

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