Fujifilm Fujinon XF50mmF2 R WR Lens

Product Type

 Lens

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Specifications

Brand

Fujifilm

Model

Fujinon XF50mmF2 R WR

Purchase type

One time

Mount	Fuji X
Sub-type mount	-
...for sensor / crop	APS-C 1.52x
Focals
Nominal focal range	50 mm.
Equiv. focals (35mm)	76 mm.
Zoom Ratio	1x
Powered zoom	No
Zoom extends	No / n.a.
Aperture
Max aperture	f/2
Aperture blades	9
Aperture ring	Yes
Clickless aperture	No
Customizable ring	No
Focus
Autofocus	Yes
Internal focus	Yes
Focus drive	Indirect
Focus distance info	Yes
Min focus distance	39 cm.
Max magnif. (eff.)	0.15x (35mm. equiv)
Build
Stabilization	No
N° of lenses/groups	9/7
Special elements	1 aspherical/extra low dispersion
Front filter	46 mm.
Weather sealing	Yes
Electric contacts	Yes

Imaging Resource
It is an excellent little offering. It fills a notable gap in Fuji's lens lineup, more or less filling the role as the X-series' "nifty fifty" prime. It's not as affordable as other "nifty fifties" on the market, some of which dip in price below $200. But, what you get here for the money is still an amazing value: stunning image quality, even wide open; excellent weather-sealed build quality; and a really compact, lightweight lens despite its large APS-C format.
OpticalLimits 8.7/10
It delivers impressive sharpness across the whole frame, combined with very smooth bokeh. Distortion is handled well by Fuji's auto-correction, but even uncorrected it's not overly excessive. Vignetting is similarly well corrected, but be aware of the amount of the lens' native vignetting and the effects that software correction can have on corner noise, especially at higher ISO values. The build quality is on a very high level - except for the plastic hood.