Ultra-wide eye of the night Fuji XF 16mmF 1.4 lens trial.

IT 168 evaluation fujifilm introduced a brand-new XF 16mmF 1.4 R WR lens this year. As a fixed-focus ultra-wide-angle lens, it has a super-large aperture of F 1.4, in addition to a fully sealed dustproof structure design. Previously, Fuji also produced a wide-angle fixed-focus lens XF14mm F2.8R. Although the focal lengths of the two lenses are relatively close, XF 16mm has higher low-light shooting ability and can also adapt to outdoor shooting environment. For photographers who like Fuji, Fuji offers another wide-angle choice.

The equivalent focal length of XF 16mm on Fuji mirrorless camera is 24mm. The lens has maintained Fuji's excellent workmanship as always. The first feeling when you hold it in your hand is that it is heavy and strong. The mirror body is made of metal and weighs 375g, which is slightly heavier than a can of coke, not light, but after all, the positioning is professional and the weight is acceptable.

Although it has a super-large aperture of F 1.4, the lens size is not particularly large. The aperture of the filter at the front of the lens is 67mm, which is in harmony with Fuji's latest mirrorless camera X-T 10. There is no obvious top-heavy feeling, but the portability of this set is still poor and it is suitable for professionals.

▲ Cooperate with Fuji X-T 10.

When autofocus is needed, push the focus ring forward, and the focus ring will be locked and unable to rotate, and the focus will be automatically completed by half pressing the shutter. If you want to use manual focus, just pull the focus ring back and the focus distance scale will be displayed in front of the lens.

▲ In manual focusing mode, the focus distance scale will be displayed at the front of the focus ring.

It can be seen from the workmanship of the focus ring and aperture ring that the lens has fine workmanship and good damping when rotating.

The super-large aperture of F 1.4 can create a quite good shallow depth of field, even if the focal length of 16mm, it is easy to blur the background in the close-up state.

▲ aperture F 1.4 shutter speed 1/85s ISO 400.

▲ Aperture F 1.4 Shutter speed 1/2 10 sec ISO 320

Compared with the previous XF 14mm F2.8 lens, XF 16mm lens has the advantage of blurring the background and higher shutter speed even in the dark room, which is convenient for hand-held shooting.

▲ Aperture F 1.4 Shutter speed1/50s ISO 200

▲ Aperture F2 shutter speed1/90seconds ISO 640

A small aperture and a focal length of 16mm can easily achieve a large depth of field. For those who like blind shot or street shooting, XF 16mm lens is also a good street sweeping lens. In addition, XF 16mm lens has a very good focusing speed, which is obviously faster than Fuji's morning lens, and it hardly pulls the bellows, so it is also a street sweeping lens.

▲ aperture F4 shutter speed 1/640s ISO 100.

▲ aperture F2.5 shutter speed1/9seconds ISO 100.

To talk about the advantages of Fuji lens, high-quality imaging performance is undoubtedly a very important part. 1 1 group 13 XF 16mm lens and nano-GI coating ensure high image quality, which is very good when matched with Fuji X-T 10 X-Trans CMOS II sensor and EXR processor II.

▲ aperture F2 shutter speed 1/2900s ISO 100.

▲ Aperture F 16 shutter speed1/8seconds ISO 100.

The color and contrast of Fuji cameras and lenses have always been praised, giving people the impression that the colors are gorgeous and the contrast is slightly larger, which is easy to please the audience's eyes. For me, I can get a very satisfactory color without post-toning.

▲ Aperture F4 shutter speed1/680seconds ISO 200

▲ Aperture F 1.4 Shutter speed1180 sec ISO 200

▲ aperture F4 shutter speed 1/220s ISO 250

In recent years, with the rapid development of mirrorless cameras, the lens groups among brands have become very rich. If one of the advantages of the previous SLR was the rich lens group, now the mirrorless camera has caught up. This Fuji XF 16mm lens has little difference in focal length from the previous XF 14mm lens, but there is still a big difference in positioning. First of all, the maximum aperture of this XF 16mm lens is F 1.4, which is two full apertures larger than that of XF 14mm lens, so it has better shooting ability at night. Secondly, XF 16mm lens is fully sealed and dustproof, which can easily cope with sudden bad weather outdoors and is more suitable for professional landscape photographers.