OL: Fujinon XF 23mm f/1.4 R LM WR Review – “perfectly usable straight from f/1.4”

By Louis Ferreira | Published: January 5, 2026


Fujinon XF 23mm f/1.4 R LM WR
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Optical Limits posted its full Fujinon XF 23mm f/1.4 R LM WR review, which you can read in full here or check out the pros/cons below:

The lens is perfectly usable straight from f/1.4, even in the image corners. Stopped down, it is very sharp indeed. Image distortions are only moderate, so auto-correction doesn’t introduce any relevant smearing effects. Lateral CAs are quite low as well. This can’t be said about the native vignetting, but that’s mostly hidden via auto-correction. The bokeh is pretty good for a wide-angle lens.

Pros

  1. Nicely sharp for such a lens
  2. Good bokeh
  3. Solid build quality

Cons

  1. The raw vignetting is a bit much

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