Agreed, not real scientific.

Same here love that combo and my fast primes.

Only got the lens a year ago and really like it. I don’t mind the clutch.

Thanks Anthony. You will love this camera! You can make it as modern or as old school as you like. A great camera.

Justin I only had that problem once which I showed in on of my videos. Since then have not seen it again. It was at a very high shutter speed

Oh ya that lens is legendary!

Yes wonderful little lens to use for everyday photography. The 16-80 is also great but much larger.

Thanks - This lens although older is still a beautiful lens. Used lenses will creep down when your camera is held downward.

The build quality is terrible! The results are equal or less so. The Fujifilm products are far superior in every way.

I do feel the same way. I felt like a good job saying that its build quality is sub par. You get it wet it’s done or you drop it it’s done. It’s a good student lens at that price but for normal folks the Fuji products are superior. There are people out there that don’t care and buy these products only because of the price.

@@KirkWilliamsonphotography Don´t do a review on this wretched Chinese plagiarism. The design is stolen, the technique is stolen. Of course it´s cheaper. But no one who has honor should buy these !

The Fujicron 50 will always show more DOF because of its shorter focal length. I felt that comparing Viltrox vs Fuji was a logical choice.

Mark its pretty much all plastic. You drop it or get it real wet I think it’s done. Other than that it’s actually really good.

Thanks - can’t believe I had to go back a few times.

I agree as well although I find they still look similar. But the Fuji lens is built way better.

Thanks I use it everyday.

The old 56 f1.2 was so slow focusing I never used it. The new one looks really good though

Awesome lens love it as well!

My only suggestion is to get your left hand underneath the lens never off to the side balancing on your thumb. A carbon fiber mono pod will help a lot.

I’m using the old Fuji 23 1.4 for that character look and it’s been great.

Yes some strange things going on from time to time although I did not feel there were any curvature issues with these two issues or if they were there they were not noticeable to me

Thanks! Yes the Fuji 50 f2 is outstanding for me as well.

You should have no trouble with keeping them in focus. Continuous AF use AF #5 pre set and single point focus. And use continuous high speed shutter.

Yes I agree. The newer Fuji 56 f1.2 is pretty awesome though.

Yes true!

Haha thanks Tim! I used the XF 16-80

Steve - Andy will love your comment! Even though I really like my last image without the reflection but with a fisherman I tend to agree. I like his shot a lot. For this trip we had so much stuff to bring for Andy’s brothers wedding I had no place for my small Benro travel tripod.

I have not gone that far with it

Thanks Albert the photos are everywhere on that building.

I’ll have to check on that. I can’t remember if you can see the aperture or not. Im guessing no since m mount lenses are manual without electrical contacts to the adapter. But I’ll take a look

Mark the answer is no. As I explained. I attached my Leica 21 SE onto the adapter then onto the XT5 and turned the aperture ring and it remains at zero

You never know it could work out for you.

Correction - raynox dcr-150

Albert I’m kind of stumped. I have never used the 18-300 or done a review of it so you must have me mixed up with someone else. That being said I cant really comment on the close up attachment. I’ve always felt add on attachments degrade the quality somewhat. The Fujifilm closeup tubes are awesome though from what I understand. I’ve been meaning to give one of those a try.

@@KirkWilliamsonphotography thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I must have watched dozens of reviews before I pulled the shutter and bought the 18-300, guess you got the blame for one. I know you reviewed the XT5, and I leaned on that a lot when I brought it and it has been exactly what I was hoping for. BTW, I just rewatched your abstract image trip to the Drop Forge Relic, great work!

First - The XH2 is not an R5 by any stretch. One is full frame and one is aps-c. Big difference. The photo sites on the Fuji are way smaller than they are on the Canon full frame. Second - The 16-80 is a great lens but at the long end, 80, it can be soft in the corners. Also some copies are real lemons. Some say that C1 is better for Fuji raw files I disagree since I use LR. I have both programs and since all my catalogs are in LR from the very beginning I’ve decided to stick with it. My editing is very straight forward for raw files. I pick a Fuji profile, usually Astia, then I’ll either use one of my pre sets or auto tone. Auto tone only affects your basic sliders plus luminance and saturation not the contrast slider clarity, dehaze, etc. from there I just adjust to taste with exposure, highlight and shadow. Be very careful with dehaze, clarity, presence etc. As far as jpgs go great shoot as many film sim recipes as you like but remember ALL JPGS NEED TO BE TONED. So you still have to do an auto tone. You setup a LR preset to do just that to all of them you just shot. Then if you want to do some manual exposure adjustment you can

Thanks Jay! The gear is great enjoy!

Comparison video this week with the Fuji 50 f2

If I were you I would stick with the Leica and the Hassie. No sense in moving over to Fuji. If you want your wide open images with the Leica and the 50 to be spot on get the evf. Use peaking and your images will be fine.

@@KirkWilliamsonphotography I am now leaning towards the Nikon Zf with the Leica 50mm lens. I didn't like the old EVF on the Leica. But I'll try the visioflex2 and see if I love it. It is a good idea if that works well for me..

Ive actually had fun with it. It’s very sharp wide open! And excellent around f8 as well

Haha Mark you are like me lol.

I’ve been there probably 3 times before and never saw Mt. Hood. The conditions were great so I knew I had to take another shot at it. Not really prepared for a landscape shoot but you go with what you got.

I agree ! I love the combo. I’ll let Andy know you loved his shot!

Yes extra light. Even a small travel tripod would have been a problem. Decided against the grad filters as well opting for graduated filter in LR which cut things down a bit

It’s a beautiful part of the country. I FINALLY got to see the reflection of Mt Hood.

I use my tripod when I know I’ll need it. But other than that I leave it at home.

Usually when I’m with the family I don’t have it. But if need be those (temporary tripods) work very well. I decided to keep the ripples in as I think they added to the images.

Does not happen on my XT5

I just leave it set to focus priority and never change it. Even for sports. Having a bunch of out of focus images would drive me crazy. The cool thing is you can also never change focus modes from single to continuous and back and forth. Leave it on continuous since focusing only takes place when you press the AF button. Just make sure to set the shutter release AF to off.

@@KirkWilliamsonphotography Thanks, that's great. I'll need to try it out.