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Alex

Just thought I’d drop in my 0.02 worth on this lens for those considering buying it, having used it extensively out in the field for over the past 18 months mainly on landscapes and real estate photography. I’ve been blown away by the performance paired with an XT3, I’ve found the images it produces to be very sharp across the aperture range and the files easy to work with in post for any minor corrections. I had previously used the Nikkor 12-24mm 2.8 F Mount and this lens is a step up in every aspect including build quality. Highly recommended.

Joachim

Dear Nasim, interesting lens you just tested. Reminds me of the times I used the Fujis more regularly. Saw rumors of the lens, maybe 3 years ago? And of course of the Sigma 12-24/4 Art for FF which is at least in Switzerland roughly 350.– cheaper than the Fujinon. And weighs roughly 300 grams more. I don’t buy it, I went for the 14-24/2.8 instead as I often use it indoors

It’s good that everybody needing a ultra wide angle in the Fuji system has now a premium option more to choose from.

However, looking at your sample pictures I saw many one could also take be using a longer FL and stitching it as panorama. Sure, there are shots you only can take as one single exposure. Long exposures, kind of action (like inmidst a wedding), typical UWA fun shots with people in.

In architecture not everybody likes converging lines.

In your comparisons the Touit 12 mm was not that bad and better than this zoom. I didn’t like the Touit and never missed it after I sold it. IF I wanted to go ultrawide, I mostly got away with stitched panos from the fantastic 16/1.4.

For me it’s now the moment I like to reply to your mantra “not everybody needs FF”. Which is as true as “not everybody needs an APS-C”. But when I see the added weights, costs, sizes, I only could justify such a lens to buy if I’d be head over heels and exclusively into Fuji cosmos. Otherwise each 24 MP FF with said Sigma would deliver better image quality, and if that’s not enough resolution, I still could get a higher MP body. Not so in Fuji cosmos, currently 26 MP is all there is.

Joachim

I didn’t reply because I thought others would also like to have their saying. Apparently not. I agree on what you said, stitching is not the answer to every challenge one needs an UW zoom. APS-C has it’s place in the photographic world. I just think, it is not possible to miniaturize camera sizes beyond a certain limit if someone has to manufacture them (in much tighter tolerances, the equivalence also goes the other way round). And someone else will have to operate it.

So, the 8-16/2.8 may be a hell of a complication to manufacture, at the end of the day the result might be less convincing than an FF with a 12-24/4. I think the more wide I want to go the better a bigger sensor is (stitched or one-shot) as in “more details”. Another question is, If I can enjoy all these details fully in normal size prints. But thinking along this path all current wide-angles would be sufficient.

But I don’t need to print to enjoy a lot of details.

Alex

Just thought I’d drop in my 0.02 worth on this lens for those considering buying it, having used it extensively out in the field for over the past 18 months mainly on landscapes and real estate photography. I’ve been blown away by the performance paired with an XT3, I’ve found the images it produces to be very sharp across the aperture range and the files easy to work with in post for any minor corrections. I had previously used the Nikkor 12-24mm 2.8 F Mount and this lens is a step up in every aspect including build quality. Highly recommended.