Fujifilm XF 35mm f/1.4 R
Announced January 9, 2012
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Reviewer Consensus
Strong
The Fujifilm XF 35mm f/1.4 R is a compact, lightweight prime lens that delivers excellent center sharpness and a distinct aesthetic character for X-mount users. While it lacks modern features like weather sealing and silent, high-speed autofocus, many photographers favor its unique rendering and wide aperture capabilities.
Weighted from 21 reviewer scores
Pros
- Excellent center sharpness and overall image quality
- Compact, lightweight, and robust metal build
- Versatile f/1.4 aperture for low light and background separation
- Low distortion and well-controlled chromatic aberration
- Beautiful bokeh and pleasing rendering
Cons
- Noisy, occasionally slow, or hunting autofocus
- Lack of weather sealing
- Soft edges and corners at wide apertures
- Loose or imprecise aperture ring
- Frustrating rubber lens cap design
- Launch price $599 (USD)
- Focal length & aperture 35mm f/1.4
- Mount & coverage Fujifilm X APS-C
- Stabilization None
- Close focus 28 cm (0.17x)
- Filter thread 52mm
- Weight & size 187g (6.6 oz) · 65 x 54.9 mm (2.56 x 2.16 in)
What the Reviewers Say
All 21 expert reviews, weighted into the PixelMeter score.
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The center performance is already great but the outer image region is quite soft both at f/1.4 and f/2.
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As such, I would recommend the Fuji XF 35mm f/1.4 to be among the first lenses to be considered, if you are planning to purchase a Fuji X-series camera.
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It is a good device, solidly built which can give you images of really excellent quality in the frame centre, fully useful even at the maximum relative aperture. It will be a really good addition to your X-Pro1 camera.
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The Fujinon XF 35mm f/1.4 R is a cracker and delivers extremely sharp images with an excellent build.
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Competitively priced at £429.99 / $599.99, we'd definitely recommend the Fujifilm XF 35mm F1.4 R as a must-have lens for all Fujifilm X-mount users.
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There’s a lot to love about this lens, which packs a wide f/1.4 aperture rating into a very compact and lightweight build.
- Photo Review 8.9/10
The XF 35mm f/1.4 R is a fast, high-performance standard prime lens. It’s versatile and pleasant to use, and although it suffers from edge and corner softening, the outstanding centre sharpness will be more important for most photographers choosing this lens.
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The Fuji 35mm f/1.4 is a modern classic.
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The Fujifilm XF 35mm f1.4 R is still the lens to get if you care about rendering more than specs.
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For my event shooting, this lens has turned out to be better in practice than it tests. Thus, I can say with some confidence that if you need "fast normal," then this is a reasonable choice.
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If you are considering it for your Fuji camera, you would be purchasing a fantastic lens. The images are sharp, the focus is fast, and although it isn't weather-sealed I wouldn't let that dissuade you from considering it.
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You can get over this lens shortcomings because of the special image quality, fast aperture, weight, and compactness.
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This lens gives me the best of two worlds – small size and wide aperture.
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It’s smaller, lighter, weather resistant, has better autofocus and cheaper. If you find this lens at a bargain used price, it will be a fun addition however I would only get it if the price is extremely low.
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I am definitely sticking to my XF 35mm f/1.4 R. Thanks, Fujifilm for creating such a gem.
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If you’re going to buy the Fuji X-Pro1, the XF 35mm F1.4 R lens is a great first lens to purchase especially for the price. It’s $599 and that’s seriously a great deal for a lens of this caliber and quality.
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If you're an enthusiast or pro, I can certainly recommend this lens as your first XF lens if you're considering the Fujifilm X Series. Of all the Fujifilm lenses I've tried, this is my clear favorite.
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So the bottom line when it comes to this Fujifilm XF 35mm f/1.4 R is it's a great lens, and to be honest, it's fast becoming one of my favorite Fujifilm lenses.
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Imperfections have made it perfect to me, that's how I describe it.
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[T]his is a fantastic lens, super small, super compact, lightweight, very fast and accurate autofocus with especially the latest Fujifilm camera bodies. [...] You're going to get a lot of amazing images and be extremely happy with the results.
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Compatible with the Fujifilm X-Pro1 and X-series camera bodies, this lens is brilliant, producing high-quality images from a robust small frame. I have found it a joy to shoot with the Fujifilm XF 35mm 1.4 lens.
