Is This The Best Fujifilm Travel Lens? Fujifilm 18-55mm Lens Review!

Hi all,
And welcome back to the channel! Today's video is all about my first ever Fujifilm lens, and one I've recently fallen back in love with, the 18-55mm f2.8-4.0.
This was the lens that came with my Fuji XT-4, and while its mostly sold as a kit lens with new camera bodies, I believe this lens is much much more than that and even poissibly Fuji's best option for travel as well.
To show this, I take this combo out for a day photography on Bull Island, Dublin to showcase this lens' capabilities.
As always, thanks so much for watching and I hope you have a lovely day.
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[@MichaelWilson1986]

It has to be the best kit lens there is. So much better than anything else I've used

[@ronan_duff]

Ah it’s so good, so much better than it needed to be!

[@nickgoogle4525]

Much better photo's than most of the other YTers. That is what it is about, not Megapixels, but making meanigful photo's.

[@ronan_duff]

It’s very much about the photos, not the megapixels you’re right Nick. And thanks for the lovely words, very kind.

[@RICHARDDAVIS-wl4cj]

Enjoyed your pics and especially the B&W tones (Fuji recipe?). Thanks for reminding me about the versatility of this lens. Subscribed!

[@tomfries196]

Great video. I really liked the sample images and small jokes. The 18-55mm works pretty good for me too.

[@ronan_duff]

Thanks very much Tom, really nice of you to say, glad it works just as well for you too!

[@frankartale1026]

Great Lens !! It is a do it all lens . The OIS is a big help.

[@ronan_duff]

It really does everything, and the OIS is honestly such a good feature for such an affordable optic.

[@frankartale1026]

@@ronan_duff yep, especially because i cant get a clear shot under 1/125th without ois

[@charlesjmei]

Bro. Your photos are top class. Keep it up.

[@ronan_duff]

Thanks very much Charles, very kind you to say.

[@Princeton_James]

For travel I agree 💯. It's small and 2.8-4.0 is perfect. If you're traveling no need to blur out every photo at 1.8. why would anyone do that?

[@ronan_duff]

People can be a bit too liberal at times shooting wide open and relying on shallow depth of field to make every image.. BUT it does have its time and place, I just find I don’t need it when traveling, and I’m more than happy to compromise on that!

[@zefcypher]

Gorgeous work!

[@ronan_duff]

Thanks so much, very kind of you.

[@zefcypher]

For the videos, did you apply LUTs or just applied the in-camera film simulations? :)

[@ronan_duff]

I’ve been shooting in F-Log and then using the free Fuji Eterna LUT and going from there - I can’t say I know what I’m doing but I think I’m getting better?? It’s all practice anyway.

[@zefcypher]

@@ronan_duff Thanks! Can't wait to try it out 😁 It looks amazing 😎

[@jrperezphotography]

Thank you nice review. Have you tried with 40 meg pixel camera and thoughts as to image quality?

[@desantisphotography]

I have used this on an XT-5 - the quality of the images is quite good. This lens is not on the list of "compatibility" for the XT-5 however and I do not normally send my Fuji camera images for print.

[@ronan_duff]

I haven’t had a chance to try any of the 40mp cameras just yet unfortunately, I’d be curious to see how it fares - I imagine it’ll be more than good enough.

[@desantisphotography]

@@ronan_duff I have shot it on my XT-5. It’s producing great results.

[@ronan_duff]

@@desantisphotography ah there we go! Glad to hear it, thanks for letting us know.

[@markmaher8709]

Um, yer awkward.

[@Dicktopus]

I like this lens but on 55mm it's too soft for me.