I'm personally going with this one. It was hassle-free as a travel lens where every millimeter counts in my backpack and even at the widest for me and it did a very decent job.
I'm personally going with this one. It was hassle-free as a travel lens where every millimeter counts in my backpack and even at the widest for me and it did a very decent job.
Yeah, it's worth it for the price, but there is room for improvement.
[L]ight, easy to use with pretty good image quality, and as such it's a good option, especially as there's no other real alternative that matches like for the L-mount.
In fairness, it's worth more when you think about its versatility and image quality. The lens is really good for shooting video, including shooting myself, I think as we're seeing right now.
I'm happy with the build and the handling. I love the all internal focus, the focusing, the zoom rings all top quality, and the switches and the buttons all work as they should.
The [image quality] is generally very good, the build and handling spot on, the focal range superb, and it's a pretty light package in fairness.
While it is well built, it's let down by less than ideal image quality and inaccurate scales, which we didn't go into as it might just be my copy.
Personally, I love the 35mm f/1.4; I think that's a classic, and both f/2 lenses put out top quality images. But if we're honest, most of them can't really keep up with hybrid shooting in 2022 and beyond, at least not at the level that the tech world demands these days.
Now I'm shooting this piece with the Viltrox 33 mil on the XT4 that I've been using this 13 mil with, and I think Viltrox have done a nice job with this lens.
We're getting that real nice handy case, very good to excellent build quality, fast pretty smooth AF, excellent image quality, and weather sealing, all at that price that's going to be a big win.
[I]t's a very, very nice lens that while not perfect may well be the best choice for an all weather portrait professional.
The image quality is sharp, excellent all round. Contrast is really good.
At the budget end, this is a very, very good little camera.
It is a great little starter camera for stills and video.
I think this is a cracking lens, and out of the two would definitely choose this. It just feels better to me in that IQ, anyway.
This is a lens for down-in-the-trenches documentary storytellers, and there's definitely a place for this in my kit bag.
It's an all round winning package.
The images are actually very sharp, the contrast is really good.
For just $499 with the lens, it's a good entry into the Fujifilm X-A5 range.
329g... for what you're getting might be worth it to throw in a bag when you go traveling.
It's well set up for those precise things that you need, the architectural stuff, the interior stuff, estate agent sort of stuff, real estate if you're out in the States. The distortion is really kept down to a minimum; whatever there is, you can deal with that in post.
I feel so inspired by this lens that I see as a very worthy investment.
Let's just get that straight out there, but the fact that it's light, it's weather resistant, and it's pretty fast at a decent price makes it a winner.
The movie mode is now up there, it's now competing, it's now worth using. It's light, it's small but it still fits nice in the hand.
