Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, I'd say that lens is a keeper. I just got the 23mm 1.4 and am trying to decide whether to exchange it for another sample. It's kind of soft at 1.4, but my other Fuji lenses (14mm, 35mm, 56mm, 60mm, 55-200) are all sharp wide open. Ken On 1/7/2016 12:12 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: > Because the weather is threatening this morning, I looked around the > house for suitable subjects for the new Fuji 35/2.0 lens. The first > thing that caught my eye was the vintage Western Electric telephone on > my desk. It remains in use because it has an amplified handset, which > allows me to forget about hearing aids while working at the desk. (I > first checked to see if the Macro setting of the X-E1 works with this > lens, and it does not appear to change the minimum focus distance.) > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/DSCF2808fm.tif.html > > Next, I tried several shots of the pie crust table by the picture > window, and ended up using flash against the back lighting, then > converted it to B&W. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/By+the+Window.TIFF.html > > My conclusion is that the lens focuses very quickly and accurately, > even at minimum focusing distance. > > Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. >