If you’re interested in the current best discount for the X-H1 than you might want to know something about the bundled Fujinon XF8-16mm f/2.8 R LM WR. Dustin Abbott has a very detailed image quality review above along with a good first look and the final review below of the XF8-16mm, but if you do not have time to watch these lengthy videos the key points can be found below about how the lens performs:
- There is a fair amount of in-camera correction
- A little bit of a mustache pattern left after correction, but you can correct it more pretty easily
- It’s hard to frame things wide enough with a lens this wide and it’s easy to introduce distortion yourself
- There is some vignetting that is corrected, but at base ISO it’s a none issue
- 8mm center of the frame is excellent even at f/2.8, but it drops off towards the edge and especially in the corner
- No centering issues
- f/2.8 vs f/4 there is a more natural illumination across the frame so there is less vignetting and more light transmission
- Contrast gets better at f/4
- f/5.6 and f/8 aren’t better than f/4 so f/4 is probably the sweet spot on the X-T3
- Extreme corners never really get very sharp
- At 11.8mm the lens has similar characteristics to 8mm
- 11.8mm f/4 is extremely sharp right up until the extreme edges and micro-contrast is improved
- Some mild linear barrel distortion at 11.8mm, but mustache pattern is gone
- f/5.6 at 11.8 has a slightly brighter more evenly illuminated image, but f/4 is still the sweet spot for this lens on the X-T3
- 16mm has very little distortion leftover with no pattern
- 16mm f/4 is more evenly illuminated than f/2.8
- The contrast goes up at f/4 and 16mm that slightly improves over the f/2.8 with better corners than any other focal length
- 16mm is the most even high-quality focal length and it does even improve a little bit at f/5.6 unlike other focal lengths with the X-T3
- Sunstars are only ok by f/11
- You wouldn’t want to shoot portraits with this lens
- Things are well controlled for shooting interiors
- CA is very well controlled
- Chroma performance is great for astrophotography and there isn’t any in the center and almost none in the corners
- Great lens for Astro
- Very little to complain about this lens
- Excellent sharpness across most of the frame and everything is very well controlled
- To make a lens like this you have to make it large and expensive
- Whatever Fujifilm has done between their optics and their profile they have basically nailed all of the optical shortcomings
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XF 8-16mm f/2.8 R LM WR: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
