Since this is such a great multi-purpose lens, I really like bringing it to situations where you want to keep things small and light, and you don’t want to be annoying to the people around you with big camera gear. That is the whole point of this XC 35mm f2 I think, casual photography. Unlike the XF version, this lens does not have a traditional aperture ring on the lens barrel, which allows you to set the aperture in 1/3 steps, complete with full aperture markings. Instead you have to change the aperture via the control dial on the camera body. The removal of the aperture ring does have the advantage of making this lens even shorter in length and lighter than its XF counterpart. The 35mm is simply one of the best focal lengths around because it sits between wide angle and the start of telephoto. It is wide enough for street photography yet it can still make some stunning Bokeh protraits. VS XF 35mm f1.4 There is no aperture ring setup on the XC 35mm f2, so you will have to dedicate one of your dials to control the aperture, which can be a little annoying. The outer barrel on the XF 35mm is made of metal and the lens mount is made of metal, while the XC lens is all plastic.

Customers have long asked Fujifilm for more affordable versions of popular lenses, and with the XC series, the manufacturer has responded (to me at least) surprisingly well. Wheres other major brands usually also sacrifice image quality in cheap lenses, this one is an excellent performer. I tested the XC 35mm f/2 on a Fujifilm X-T200 camera body. I received both of them from Fujifilm UK for a review period of two weeks. ( Editor’s note: This article wasn’t sponsored by Fujifilm.) It’s hard to know exactly for sure if the optical chemistry and design are identical but I’m pretty sure it’s the same, based on what I’ve seen from various samples. Autofocus As you move beyond entry level, you can enjoy one of the best autofocus systems in any camera family, along with features like in-body image stabilization (IBIS) and weather protection. If you own a body without IBIS, look for lenses with an OIS designation—that tells you that a lens includes optical image stabilization. Spotting Scopes Swarovski Spotting Scopes Vortex Spotting Scopes Celestron Spotting Scopes Zeiss Spotting Scopes Eyepieces, Mounts, Cases and Accessories Telescopes Celestron Telescopes Telescope Eyepieces, Filters and AccessoriesThe XC 35mm f/2 is built on Fujifilm’s X-mount for APS-C mirrorless cameras. This lens mount has been around for around a decade now, which has allowed it to develop into a well-versed system. As always, I believe that all of the modern cameras and lens have good enough quality and to talk about it would be boring and redundant. So for my Fuji 35mm f2 review to be complete here’s full size samples to play around, both RAW and Full Size JPGs. Please draw your own conclusions, as my review philosophy is always based on making images 🙂 These little 35mm f2 lenses do have really nice tonality. They also have insanely good saturation and contrast, better than the XF 35mm f1.4 by a little bit. Why is this good tonality important? It works well in a wide variety of situations, as standard primes usually do. It’s well-suited for portraiture, documentary, street, urban, and low-light photography, and many other genres.

Being a 50mm-ish the lens is extremely versatile and is great for portraits, street or general usage. You really can’t go wrong with a 50mm if you ask me! Sure there are other more portrait focused lenses out there… but the combination of affordability, portability makes this lens a good choice especially for a first X series lens. Let’s move on our Fuji 23mm f2 review with specific scenarios. Fuji 35mm f2 portraits DSLR Cameras Canon EOS DSLR Cameras Nikon DSLR Cameras Digital Compact Cameras Instant and Single Use Cameras Instant Cameras Instant Camera Film Single Use Cameras Instant Printers This is an inexpensive, mostly plastic 35mm (50mm equivalent) f/2 lens for use on Fuji's X-mount APS-C cameras. It's super light and super-sharp, and has the same optical performance (and possibly exactly the same optics) as the twice-as-expensive all-metal XF 35mm f/2. The lens works with X-mount cameras from Fujifilm, all of which use the APS-C sensor size. That gives the XC 35mm a standard angle of view, about the same as a 50mm lens nets on a full-frame sensor.All these filters are just as sharp and take the same pictures, the difference is how much abuse they'll take and stay clean and stay in one piece. Unlike on many Fujifilm lenses, there is no aperture ring on the Fujifilm XC 35mm f/2. You have to use one of your camera’s customizable dials. Fujifilm cameras are usually well-equipped with these, but it becomes a problem on the X-T200, which only has two. If you map them to shutter speed and aperture respectively, the only way you can change the third parameter (ISO or compensation) is through the Q menu.

If this 1,200×900 pixel crop is about 6" (15cm) wide on your screen, then the complete image printed at this same extreme magnification would be about 21 × 31" (1.7 × 2.6 feet or 50 × 80 cm). Another key difference in the design of the two lenses is the removal of any level of weather-proofing in the XC 35mm F2. Whereas the XF 35mm F2 R WR is both weather and dust-resistant, the XC version makes no such claims, and should therefore be used accordingly. Manual focusing is entirely electronic; the manual focus ring isn't connected to anything other than a digital encoder.

The Fujinon XC35mm F2 looks like a lens nobody needs… until you start doing the maths

The twice-as-expensive XF 35mm f/2 has exactly this same performance, and for all I know, that's because it probably has the same optical design. Lens sharpness has nothing to do with picture sharpness; every lens made in the past 100 years is more than sharp enough to make super-sharp pictures if you know what you're doing. The only limitation to picture sharpness is your skill as a photographer. It's the least talented who spend the most time worrying about lens sharpness and blame crummy pictures on their equipment rather than themselves. Skilled photographers make great images with whatever camera is in their hands; I've made some of my best images of all time with an irreparably broken camera! Most pixels are thrown away before you see them, but camera makers don't want you to know that. The Fujifilm XC 35mm f2 is a new prime lens that offers an equivalent focal range of 52mm in 35mm format. What it brings to the table is a lightweight and highly portable design and delivers edge-to-edge sharpness in every image it takes. The lens is constructed from nine elements in six groups, including two aspherical lens elements. Autofocus is brought to us via an internal focussing system and stepping motor which in turn offer near-silent, fast and accurate AF performance. Finally, the lens features a 9-rounded diaphragm which produces beautifully smooth bokeh.