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Fujinon XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 R LM OIS (Fujifilm) - Review / Test Report - Sample Images & Verdict |
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Sample Images
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| Make |
FUJIFILM |
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| Model |
X-E1 |
| ISO Speed |
400 |
| Focal Length |
18.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/7.1 |
| Exposure |
1/50s |
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| Make |
FUJIFILM |
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| Model |
X-E1 |
| ISO Speed |
200 |
| Focal Length |
26.5mm |
| Aperture: |
f/7.1 |
| Exposure |
1/600s |
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| Make |
FUJIFILM |
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| Model |
X-E1 |
| ISO Speed |
200 |
| Focal Length |
55.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/4.0 |
| Exposure |
1/550s |
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| Make |
FUJIFILM |
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| Model |
X-E1 |
| ISO Speed |
200 |
| Focal Length |
55.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/4.0 |
| Exposure |
1/900s |
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| Make |
FUJIFILM |
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| Model |
X-E1 |
| ISO Speed |
200 |
| Focal Length |
22.3mm |
| Aperture: |
f/8.0 |
| Exposure |
1/640s |
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| Make |
FUJIFILM |
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| Model |
X-E1 |
| ISO Speed |
200 |
| Focal Length |
28.9mm |
| Aperture: |
f/9.0 |
| Exposure |
1/170s |
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| Make |
FUJIFILM |
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| Model |
X-E1 |
| ISO Speed |
200 |
| Focal Length |
55.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/9.0 |
| Exposure |
1/26s |
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| Make |
FUJIFILM |
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| Model |
X-E1 |
| ISO Speed |
200 |
| Focal Length |
55.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/4.0 |
| Exposure |
1/1700s |
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| Make |
FUJIFILM |
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| Model |
X-E1 |
| ISO Speed |
200 |
| Focal Length |
37.4mm |
| Aperture: |
f/9.0 |
| Exposure |
1/200s |
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| Make |
FUJIFILM |
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| Model |
X-E1 |
| ISO Speed |
200 |
| Focal Length |
27.7mm |
| Aperture: |
f/11.0 |
| Exposure |
1/240s |
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VerdictThe Fujinon XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 R LM OIS may be the hottest reason to enter the Fuji system. It is amazingly sharp throughout the zoom and relevant aperture range. That is except for a high amount of field curvature at 18mm which make it necessary to stop down quite a bit in order to have an "infinite" depth-of-field. The amount of lateral CAs is generally quite low with the exception of 55mm @ f/4. The Fujinon is not without flaws, of course. Technically it suffers from a high barrel distortion at 18mm and the vignetting is a bit too high at max. aperture. However, these aspects are taken care of either by the camera itself or external RAW converters so you don't need to worry from a user perspective. The quality of the bokeh (out-of-focus) blur is pretty good for a standard zoom lens but it cannot rival the best prime lenses, of course.
The build quality is on a very high level but then you also expect no less from a lens in this price class. It is a bit worrisome, however, that this is the 2nd out of 5 tested Fuji lenses with a rather significant centering defect. We hope that this is not a trend that we will have to confirm once more in the future. Interestingly Fuji has modified the AF mechanism in this new lens. Unlike the gang of 3 prime lenses (18mm, 35mm, 60mm) it is quite fast and basically silent so Fuji is definitely on the right track here. Fuji's new image stabilizer is, of course, also a welcome new feature. In a nutshell - you can't go wrong with the Fujinon XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 R LM OIS ... if you can get a good sample.
Mechanical Quality:
★★★★★
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