Review on 🔭 Fujinon XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS Lens: Exceptional Zoom and Image Stabilization by Seo-jun Jun

Video: The lens was bought in tandem with the X-T20, mostly for video. He copes with this task perfectly. The stub at a wide angle freezes the picture and you can safely shoot it handheld, without the use of additional equipment. At the long end, it is already more difficult to fix the frame and sometimes there are twitches. Perhaps, on the X-T4 or X-H1, due to matrix stabilization, everything will be fine even at 55mm. Otherwise, for amateur travel video without an IBIS system in the carcass or a third-party stabilizer, glass is indispensable. P. S The XF 16-80mm has recently appeared, but I don’t know what I haven’t tried A photo: Of course, having known all the charm of fast fixes and zooms with a constant aperture of 2.8, there was not much desire to wind this lens into a bayonet mount and go on a photo hunt for plots. Reviews and reviews on the Internet said that 18-55 is good, but the experience of using similar focal lengths on an old Nikon whale stuck in my head. The lens performed well. He does not pretend to be strong artistry and blurring, but you can squeeze something out. I was pleased with the quick focus and good sharpness, especially in the center. If the 18-55 had hit me with the first X-T2 lens, I would have been shocked. And so - a pleasant surprise. - The lens is in the middle between 15-45 and 16-55, both in terms of picture and price. If Fujifilm would separate it and several others into a separate line, for example XE, then users would have fewer questions. Still, the letters XF in the name and the significant cost provoke Fuji connoisseurs to demand too much from glass. Yes, it will not hide the flaws of the composition in crazy bokeh, but here you have to ask yourself questions. In the twentieth century, great masters could only dream of such technologies. P. S. After a while, do not rush to sell, because many are returning to this good lens again. Painfully versatile.