Fujifilm XF 14mm f/2.8 R
Announced September 6, 2012
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Reviewer Consensus
Strong
The Fujifilm XF 14mm f/2.8 R is a compact, well-built wide-angle prime that delivers impressive sharpness and minimal distortion across the frame. While it remains a highly capable tool for landscape photography, the lens lacks weather sealing and features an aperture ring that can be easily knocked out of place.
Weighted from 19 reviewer scores
Pros
- Excellent image sharpness and resolution
- Compact and lightweight build
- Responsive and accurate autofocus
- Minimal distortion and chromatic aberration
- Useful manual focus clutch mechanism
Cons
- Loose aperture ring prone to accidental adjustment
- Absence of weather sealing
- Noticeable vignetting at wide apertures
- Older, slower autofocus motor
- Soft corner performance when shooting wide open
- Launch price $899.95 (USD)
- Focal length & aperture 14mm f/2.8
- Mount & coverage Fujifilm X APS-C
- Stabilization None
- Close focus 18 cm (0.12x)
- Filter thread 58mm
- Weight & size 235g (8.3 oz) · 65 x 58.4 mm (2.56 x 2.30 in)
What the Reviewers Say
All 19 expert reviews, weighted into the PixelMeter score.
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- DPReview 83/100
The XF 14mm F2.8 R is a solid, well-made lens that sports traditional aperture and manual focus rings.
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The Fujinon delivered quite impressive results in the MTF lab. This is especially true for the image center which broke a record in our Fuji lens test section.
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Despite its age, the Fujifilm XF 14mm f/2.8 R is still an impressive and outstanding piece of glass.
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There are similar but photographically more exciting options around [...] but they just don't have quite the same charm as this old Fujifilm XF 14mm f/2.8 R optic, which I liked very much.
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The Fujifilm Fujinon XF 14mm f/2.8 R lens offers superb performance and is extremely well built.
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The Fujifilm XF 14mm F2.8 R is another very high-quality optic in the XF lens range and definitely worthy of our Highly Recommended award.
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The Fujifilm Fujinon XF 14mm F2.8 R is an impressively compact f/2.8 wide-angle lens with sharp optics.
- Photo Review 8.8/10
This compact, well-built lens is a good choice for landscape photographers, although the absence of weather sealing should be noted.
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It’s very odd, too, as the aperture rings for Fuji’s other lenses are nowhere near as loose as the one on the 14mm. However, in the grand scheme of the lens, it’s a minor inconvenience on what is otherwise just a stunning optic.
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The Fujinon 14mm f2.8 is one of Fujifilm’s oldest (and most modern) lenses. It’s slow and noisy [...] but optics are everything, and this 14mm captures some incredible images for landscape photographers or those just looking to have a little fun with an ultra-wide.
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For most people, the 14mm Fujinon is already enough lens, and optically it stands right up with the best wide primes I've seen.
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The 14mm really is a fantastic lens, and if you are in the market for a wide angle, then this should highly be considered.
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Out of all those lenses, the Fujifilm XF 14mm f/2.8 R is probably the best balance of what is considered ultra wide, not just wide, but as well the size, weight, and the f-stop.
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In my opinion, this is really one of the best lenses in the X Series System.
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Its compact size, outstanding image quality but most of all that beautiful aperture ring, go towards making this one of the best lenses I have ever owned.
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I think the XF 14mm f/2.8 R is often overlooked when photographers research lenses. The lens does not cry out for attention with a super-fast f/stop, OIS image stabilization, or fast autofocus motors, and yet it delivers in so many other ways.
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Now that said, as I said earlier, I got really good photos out of the 14mm f/2.8, so if you can find it at a good price second hand I do highly recommend it.
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There we have it, another winner from Fujifilm as expected. That's why I bought it and that's why it lives on my XT1. Super sharp right from the go, ultra wide just as I like it.
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So yeah, highly recommended lens for the Fuji X-mount. It's not particularly expensive and it's a great lens.
