Your reviews are very informative. Thanks. When I recently bought my X-T30, I bought the 15-45 (instead of the 18-55) as a kit lens, for just $50 more. For that price, I couldn't pass it up. I really liked its 15-45 focal length, its small size, light weight, and its low end wide. I saw it potentially as my daytime 'jack of all trades' travel and walk-around lens from wide to normal. It's a new lens for me, but here's my first impression. While it may be a 'master of none', it's no slouch. I read it was sharp with good contrast, and I'm not disappointed. Yes, it takes a bit to get used to the power zoom, but it's mostly becoming a non-factor as I get used to it. It certainly is not a fast action lens, but most of my photos are composed still shots. It's a 'slow' 3.5-5.6, but it focuses fast, and for daylight photos it works well. Auto focus is quiet, to me. I wish it had an aperture control ring, but using the front command dial works fine. I wish the camera would tell me the focal length as I'm zooming the lens, rather than just a black moving indicator on a horizontal line (it does give the focal length in the captured photo), but really, it's not that important. It does remember the last focal length when I turn the camera off and on again. That's nice. The video OIS may not be as creamy smooth compared to other Fuji OIS lenses, but for travel and family videos it should perform nicely. However, to-date I haven't given it a very thorough video workout, and I'm mostly a stills shooter. Yes, it's cheaply built, but I take care of my lenses and don't expect a problem (fingers crossed), and I don't buy a lens for its looks. In conclusion, I'm an 'enthusiast' photographer, not a professional, so it suits my needs. Its positives outweigh its negatives. Don't misunderstand, I have no doubt the other X Fuji lenses are better all around in their respective focal lengths, but in the end, the photos taken with the 15-45 look very good out of the camera, and it's very good for my photography budget (and therefore has my wife's approval). This one lens, while it doesn't have many bragging rights, can serve me at a cost far, far less than buying several lenses in the same range. My photography is mostly travel related, and I went with Fuji in large part to travel light (so fewer lenses), as well as quality. I agree, this lens can also serve as a nice backup...it's so small and light, available 'just in case'. 15-45 or the 18-55? I've had the latter range with my Nikon, and always wished I had a bit more wide end. In any event, time will tell. To keep my opinion in perspective, the 15-45mm is not my only lens. I also have the 35mm f1.4 and the 55-200mm f3.5-4.8 (just bought, on its way), as well as an X100T with its 23mm f2.0.
Maarten Heilbron I needed help to decide, which one to buy, i am buying one of these, both comes in similar price here in Thailand : 1. Fujifilm xt20 with kit lens 18-55mm f 2.8-4 2. Fujiflim xt30 with kit lens 15-45mm f 3.5-5. Both are around 750$ i am not sure which one to buy.
To me the 18-55 is too big to carry around on all day on the small bodies like the XE series. I think it only initially came with them b/c that was the only Fuji zoom available then. Prefer this lens for sure, wider is a major advantage as well for travel photography, where I use this. I have a few other primes when I want serious IQ anyway, and would be unhappy with the 18-55 in that regard, I was not impressed with it.
Great review (as all of yours are!). Was lucky to get an excellent used 15-45mm, together with a superb used X-A5 body for £230 on E-bay! Reminds me of the Olympus 14-42mm in design and build. Can easily forgive the plastic body when the optics are so good, and with an affordable price too-just get a good camera bag for protection! And think of less weight too-light is right! Great lenses for travel!
I have had this lens for almost a year now. I also have a bunch of other Fuji lenses, the 18-55 as well as primes from 18 to 60 and onwards, manual ones of many brands above that. This one 15-45 is yes, tiny, light and has a 15 which is equivalent to 22,5 and up to 45mm / which is 67,5 to be exact and it is jolly good and above all, sharp as a fiddle. Yes, I have grown accustomed to the focus ring. No sweat. If one is not snobbish, you can live with the plastic and enjoy the very good sharpness of its' glass. Very versatile and it is mighty handy. I use it on my xt1, my xpro1 and xpro2. I just wish I could be able to show you here how good it is. A very handy one to either put in your pocket or use for street photography.
I've been looking into this lens. I love shooting wide and I'm not yet convinced by the 16mm f2.8 and the 16mm f1.4 is out of my price range. what do you think in between the 18-55 and 15-45 ?
Pair it with XC50-230 with XE camera you have a lightweight travel kit that cover 15-230mm with pretty decent images for social media sharing and small prints. I just got mine for around $100 although I already got 16-80.
Not a bad lens to start with. In fact this will improve you as a photographer considering its limitations. It makes u wanna use your own photographers judgements rather than relying upon the more advanced lenses
Thanks so much for the review. I have mixed feelings on this one. On one hand I am glad Fuji is making more reasonably priced lenses on the other hand the build quality makes me question it's longevity / durability! The good news is looks like the optical quality is pretty darn good for a budget lens I even see some decent bokeh in your test shots. The 18-55 f/2.8-4 "kit" lens is perhaps the best kit lens on the market this one not so much. Great review with a beautiful model. Cheers.
I like the images, look quite stable and good definition. Although I am not an expert like you. Hermosa modelo Monica. Invitala a visitarnos en South Yorkshire! Now, do you know what 'pardilla' means? hahaha! 😆 Lovely video as always, very enjoyable.
I suppose it depends on how hard you use your gear - I still have an Olympus E-420 with it's kit lens ( 14-45) and the cheaper zoom kit kens (40-150 ) both are plastic and have plastic mounts and both are in mint condition 10 yrs later - they are similar to this Fuji in the sense that they didn't hold back on the actual optics but just on the construction and materials ..I have the very maligned 16-50 Fuji for my X-T20 and it produces fine images but if you compare it to the 18-55 ( which is actually a bit softer wide open - of course wider aperture ) it is a very good lens for what is in most sales $100 more than the X-T20 body only....I mainly use vintage lenses so comparing to the newest stuff doesn't super excite me - I usually get really interested until I see the price...then I go look at a mint Nikon 85 mm for $150 and think - well that's a deal!...;-) ...just sayin' that Fuji usually won't cheat you on the optical output and your low cost is from other factors ( which everyone does for "kit lens" - except in other brands the output matches the price - up selling starts early there...)
Jajaja now I know what it means :D Ye she would love it there I think. Thanks a lot for watching amiga. I think the images really made the difference :)
hey man, you really spoke my mind. I find this little cute but cumbersome lense pretty sharp and rich in colors for street, portraits and lanscape. Even the bokeh at 45mm end is quite decent for portrait.
I got mine for $120.. I've only taken it out a few times but I can tell it is sharp (not so much on the 45 end) and the power zoom is sucky.. What makes me crazy is that every time I stop to review the pic the zoom returns to 15mm.. I was trying to test it at diff't focal lengths the other day and it was annoying that evertime I checked photos I had to re-find the focal length I had been using.. Is there a way around this??
I bought one for a lightweight and small travel lens, but I can't get used to the power zoom. It's either full wide or full tele and it is hard to select anything in between. The zoom bar which momentarily appears in the viewfinder when zooming has no numbers, so it is difficult to select a particular focal length in the middle. I did pick up from your video that the manual focus ring can also be used for slow zoom, but that only works when the camera is set to continuous auto focus; it does not work in single auto focus.
I just picked one of these up for £85 second hand purely for the 15mm for landscapes and architecture photography. I don't like shooting any wider than 20mm especially if using a polarizer due to the uneven effect on an ultra wide angle lens. The 10-24mm is over kill for my needs and even the Samyang 12mm is a little to wide for me. So this seemed like an ideal option and the IQ at 15mm is pretty decent.
Well you seem greatly affected by the ergonomics. IQ wize, this little zoom is entry level but leaves most entry level zooms from Sony and Nikon behind. In the center, the sharpness is the same as an equivalent XF, it gets a bit softer at the longer reach which is not bad if you have people in the frame, do nature or city walks. Landscape shooters will prefer super sharp, corner to corner. Great lense, not a compromise one.
Hi Damian - I'm wondering if you feel there's really much difference between this and the 16 - 50 for taking portraits? For the price difference is the gain in depth pretty minimal (especially if you are a student on a budget?)? Thanks!
Though I adore prime lenses, I''ve made up my mind on buying one of as the first lens for my first mirrorless Fujifilm camera - a second-hand X-T20 - which is still to be delivered. This after 17 almost exclusive years of Canon SLR (film and digital) usage, so I think I can pretty much say I'm not your average newbie. Though some might say such toy-ish zoom lens attached to that camera is a downright heresy, the two main reasons I'm buying it for my street photography are: -AFAIK, it's the lightest x-mount zoom lens there is. Going well into two decades of SP, I've come to the conclusion that SP done with pleasure is SP done with light gear, so... -Since f/5.6 or even f/8 are just a part of life in this genre, I will definitely not be pixel-peeping for subjective IQ issues or care much about bokeh, as I will try to use it up as much as I can till I either have loads of fun with it or end up hating it - time will tell; but I'm optimistic about it - shoddy build quality and all!
Got one with a kit I purchased. Not much more to include this lens. I’m thinking it would be an ok tourist lens. For walking around outside, daytime. And you wouldn’t have to worry about banging it into something, or get stolen. I actually paired it with my old X-E1, and I’m thinking this could be the ultimate cheap Fuji combo, if you buy used. And the quality when paired with the X-E1 actually astounds me. Great cheap walking around combo when you don’t feel like bringing your more expensive combos... 😎👍🏻🤨
Just bought this lens in a super great condition for 98 €. I wanted a lightweight wide-angle lens for traveling. Didn't except much. But man this lens is superb in terms of image quality!! Sharp, contrasty and great colours! Even better than my noticeably heavier and not even as wide 18-55. OIS is also great! 1/8 at 45mm no problem. I think I will really abuse this little light thing!
And surprisingly I don't miss the aperture ring. Although I wish Fuji could make the front ring programmable to be an aperture ring. That would be great! The power I personally don't mind.
Maarten Heilbron I needed help to decide, which one to buy, i am buying one of these, both comes in similar price here in Thailand : 1. Fujifilm xt20 with kit lens 18-55mm f 2.8-4 2. Fujiflim xt30 with kit lens 15-45mm f 3.5-5. Both are around 750$ i am not sure which one to buy.
Sorry I'm so late, but... Depends what you're most interested in shooting... If it's mainly stills then the T20 with the better lens ... If face/ af tracking in 4k video then the t30.. tricky
Hmm... The extra mm at the widest wins it for me. As a lens the 16-50 is overall better but for landscapes the 15mm gives that extra touch of wide without too much compromise.
Hello Damian!! I am considering this lens for travel/vlog/landscape, i have samyang 12mm f2, it's a great lens but for travel, i found myself changing lenses from samyang to 23mm very often. XF 10-24 is also a great lens but it's heavier and much more expensive. what do you think??
Hmm tough choice. It isn't an amazing lens and definitely not as good as those two other than the size and convenience. If you shoot in good light and not so close to the subject at times, it might not be an issue. I think the 18-55 is a better compromise albeit not as small and light, but still smaller and lighter than the epic 10-24.
I am getting this lens with XT20 for just 120 € extra as compared to body only price. Worth it? I am getting in to fujifilm and don't want to spend on a prime right away
Nice video as always. Definitely a decent budget choice for vlogging or anything else needing a wife field of view. I also like the Rokinon 12mm for Fuji if you don’t mind manual focus.
Just bought a used one for $100 intending to bundle it to make my old X-E2 easier to sell. It is actually not bad. Quite sharp. But the big turn off is having the power zoom retract each time you want to chimp. This does not bode well for battery life. However, the size and sharpness has made me rethink whether I should sell my X-E2.........
I got one this week to go with my XPro1, build quality is horrid compared to any of the xf lenses but I actually really like it 😀 because it's so small and light, about the same size as 35mm f1.4. Image quality is fine for me but I'm not a pro and don't pixel peep. Very handy focal range to have for not much £. My smaller outer ring doesn't zoom...
This came with my X-T30 kit and I only mounted it once then put it back in the box. I just pulled it out tonight and have it mounted on my T30 and will take it out for a ride and see how it does. Thanks Damian..
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Your reviews are very informative. Thanks. When I recently bought my X-T30, I bought the 15-45 (instead of the 18-55) as a kit lens, for just $50 more. For that price, I couldn't pass it up. I really liked its 15-45 focal length, its small size, light weight, and its low end wide. I saw it potentially as my daytime 'jack of all trades' travel and walk-around lens from wide to normal. It's a new lens for me, but here's my first impression. While it may be a 'master of none', it's no slouch. I read it was sharp with good contrast, and I'm not disappointed. Yes, it takes a bit to get used to the power zoom, but it's mostly becoming a non-factor as I get used to it. It certainly is not a fast action lens, but most of my photos are composed still shots. It's a 'slow' 3.5-5.6, but it focuses fast, and for daylight photos it works well. Auto focus is quiet, to me. I wish it had an aperture control ring, but using the front command dial works fine. I wish the camera would tell me the focal length as I'm zooming the lens, rather than just a black moving indicator on a horizontal line (it does give the focal length in the captured photo), but really, it's not that important. It does remember the last focal length when I turn the camera off and on again. That's nice. The video OIS may not be as creamy smooth compared to other Fuji OIS lenses, but for travel and family videos it should perform nicely. However, to-date I haven't given it a very thorough video workout, and I'm mostly a stills shooter. Yes, it's cheaply built, but I take care of my lenses and don't expect a problem (fingers crossed), and I don't buy a lens for its looks. In conclusion, I'm an 'enthusiast' photographer, not a professional, so it suits my needs. Its positives outweigh its negatives. Don't misunderstand, I have no doubt the other X Fuji lenses are better all around in their respective focal lengths, but in the end, the photos taken with the 15-45 look very good out of the camera, and it's very good for my photography budget (and therefore has my wife's approval). This one lens, while it doesn't have many bragging rights, can serve me at a cost far, far less than buying several lenses in the same range. My photography is mostly travel related, and I went with Fuji in large part to travel light (so fewer lenses), as well as quality. I agree, this lens can also serve as a nice backup...it's so small and light, available 'just in case'. 15-45 or the 18-55? I've had the latter range with my Nikon, and always wished I had a bit more wide end. In any event, time will tell. To keep my opinion in perspective, the 15-45mm is not my only lens. I also have the 35mm f1.4 and the 55-200mm f3.5-4.8 (just bought, on its way), as well as an X100T with its 23mm f2.0.
Maarten Heilbron I needed help to decide, which one to buy, i am buying one of these, both comes in similar price here in Thailand :
1. Fujifilm xt20 with kit lens 18-55mm f 2.8-4
2. Fujiflim xt30 with kit lens 15-45mm f 3.5-5.
Both are around 750$ i am not sure which one to buy.
Great summary! Any firmware fixes for the jerky OIS yet?
Yeah, not knowing what focal length I'm on took a while to get used to.
To me the 18-55 is too big to carry around on all day on the small bodies like the XE series. I think it only initially came with them b/c that was the only Fuji zoom available then. Prefer this lens for sure, wider is a major advantage as well for travel photography, where I use this. I have a few other primes when I want serious IQ anyway, and would be unhappy with the 18-55 in that regard, I was not impressed with it.
Great review (as all of yours are!). Was lucky to get an excellent used 15-45mm, together with a superb used X-A5 body for £230 on E-bay! Reminds me of the Olympus 14-42mm in design and build. Can easily forgive the plastic body when the optics are so good, and with an affordable price too-just get a good camera bag for protection! And think of less weight too-light is right! Great lenses for travel!
Thanks Mark! That's a bargain!
Ya but can you help me to have focus in my videos. What's the settings..
Why develop this lens??????...the 12-50 is budget enough..and I kinda like that lens..
16-50? I guess Fujifilm wanted to put something new out with the A5. I like the 16-50 too.
LOL!....Sorry about that...Thanks I should have looked...I rarely use it since I use the primes all the time..
I have had this lens for almost a year now. I also have a bunch of other Fuji lenses, the 18-55 as well as primes from 18 to 60 and onwards, manual ones of many brands above that. This one 15-45 is yes, tiny, light and has a 15 which is equivalent to 22,5 and up to 45mm / which is 67,5 to be exact and it is jolly good and above all, sharp as a fiddle. Yes, I have grown accustomed to the focus ring. No sweat. If one is not snobbish, you can live with the plastic and enjoy the very good sharpness of its' glass. Very versatile and it is mighty handy. I use it on my xt1, my xpro1 and xpro2. I just wish I could be able to show you here how good it is. A very handy one to either put in your pocket or use for street photography.
I've been looking into this lens. I love shooting wide and I'm not yet convinced by the 16mm f2.8 and the 16mm f1.4 is out of my price range.
what do you think in between the 18-55 and 15-45 ?
I agree
Do you have flickr? do you think that is possible make portraits with this lense?
Do u have a UA-cam review of this lens. Plz find the link. I'm new to interchangeable lens photography with my xt100 and would appreciate any help
Pair it with XC50-230 with XE camera you have a lightweight travel kit that cover 15-230mm with pretty decent images for social media sharing and small prints.
I just got mine for around $100 although I already got 16-80.
Not a bad lens to start with. In fact this will improve you as a photographer considering its limitations. It makes u wanna use your own photographers judgements rather than relying upon the more advanced lenses
Which is always a good thing.
Thanks so much for the review. I have mixed feelings on this one. On one hand I am glad Fuji is making more reasonably priced lenses on the other hand the build quality makes me question it's longevity / durability! The good news is looks like the optical quality is pretty darn good for a budget lens I even see some decent bokeh in your test shots. The 18-55 f/2.8-4 "kit" lens is perhaps the best kit lens on the market this one not so much. Great review with a beautiful model. Cheers.
I like the images, look quite stable and good definition. Although I am not an expert like you.
Hermosa modelo Monica. Invitala a visitarnos en South Yorkshire!
Now, do you know what 'pardilla' means? hahaha! 😆 Lovely video as always, very enjoyable.
I suppose it depends on how hard you use your gear - I still have an Olympus E-420 with it's kit lens ( 14-45) and the cheaper zoom kit kens (40-150 ) both are plastic and have plastic mounts and both are in mint condition 10 yrs later - they are similar to this Fuji in the sense that they didn't hold back on the actual optics but just on the construction and materials ..I have the very maligned 16-50 Fuji for my X-T20 and it produces fine images but if you compare it to the 18-55 ( which is actually a bit softer wide open - of course wider aperture ) it is a very good lens for what is in most sales $100 more than the X-T20 body only....I mainly use vintage lenses so comparing to the newest stuff doesn't super excite me - I usually get really interested until I see the price...then I go look at a mint Nikon 85 mm for $150 and think - well that's a deal!...;-) ...just sayin' that Fuji usually won't cheat you on the optical output and your low cost is from other factors ( which everyone does for "kit lens" - except in other brands the output matches the price - up selling starts early there...)
Jajaja now I know what it means :D
Ye she would love it there I think. Thanks a lot for watching amiga. I think the images really made the difference :)
hey man, you really spoke my mind. I find this little cute but cumbersome lense pretty sharp and rich in colors for street, portraits and lanscape. Even the bokeh at 45mm end is quite decent for portrait.
“Monica” . . . Does Damian have a new girlfriend? 😜
She's super cool but she's married now, we were just friends 😀
I got mine for $120.. I've only taken it out a few times but I can tell it is sharp (not so much on the 45 end) and the power zoom is sucky.. What makes me crazy is that every time I stop to review the pic the zoom returns to 15mm.. I was trying to test it at diff't focal lengths the other day and it was annoying that evertime I checked photos I had to re-find the focal length I had been using.. Is there a way around this??
I have this with a xt30ii it’s pretty decent
Great combination
I bought one for a lightweight and small travel lens, but I can't get used to the power zoom. It's either full wide or full tele and it is hard to select anything in between. The zoom bar which momentarily appears in the viewfinder when zooming has no numbers, so it is difficult to select a particular focal length in the middle. I did pick up from your video that the manual focus ring can also be used for slow zoom, but that only works when the camera is set to continuous auto focus; it does not work in single auto focus.
6:01 you could set the focus to AF-C and you can use the ring to use the zoom more precise
What is AF - C?
Hi Damian, thanks for the honest review.
How do you rate the image stabilization of this lens, compared with the 18-55 2.8-4?
Sandro Losi to me both Xc lenses seem to have better is than the 18-55. Kind of expected as they are newer .
It's still on my GAS list
Do it!!! 😅
I just picked one of these up for £85 second hand purely for the 15mm for landscapes and architecture photography. I don't like shooting any wider than 20mm especially if using a polarizer due to the uneven effect on an ultra wide angle lens. The 10-24mm is over kill for my needs and even the Samyang 12mm is a little to wide for me. So this seemed like an ideal option and the IQ at 15mm is pretty decent.
Bargain!!!
Well you seem greatly affected by the ergonomics. IQ wize, this little zoom is entry level but leaves most entry level zooms from Sony and Nikon behind. In the center, the sharpness is the same as an equivalent XF, it gets a bit softer at the longer reach which is not bad if you have people in the frame, do nature or city walks. Landscape shooters will prefer super sharp, corner to corner. Great lense, not a compromise one.
It's a cracking little travel lens on a budget.
Can this manual focus ring be used in video mode too ? For the xt100 ?
Hi Damian - I'm wondering if you feel there's really much difference between this and the 16 - 50 for taking portraits? For the price difference is the gain in depth pretty minimal (especially if you are a student on a budget?)? Thanks!
Though I adore prime lenses, I''ve made up my mind on buying one of as the first lens for my first mirrorless Fujifilm camera - a second-hand X-T20 - which is still to be delivered. This after 17 almost exclusive years of Canon SLR (film and digital) usage, so I think I can pretty much say I'm not your average newbie.
Though some might say such toy-ish zoom lens attached to that camera is a downright heresy, the two main reasons I'm buying it for my street photography are:
-AFAIK, it's the lightest x-mount zoom lens there is. Going well into two decades of SP, I've come to the conclusion that SP done with pleasure is SP done with light gear, so...
-Since f/5.6 or even f/8 are just a part of life in this genre, I will definitely not be pixel-peeping for subjective IQ issues or care much about bokeh, as I will try to use it up as much as I can till I either have loads of fun with it or end up hating it - time will tell; but I'm optimistic about it - shoddy build quality and all!
I think you're on the right track 🙂 I love the T20 and this little thing has some potential with that body!
Got one with a kit I purchased. Not much more to include this lens. I’m thinking it would be an ok tourist lens. For walking around outside, daytime. And you wouldn’t have to worry about banging it into something, or get stolen. I actually paired it with my old X-E1, and I’m thinking this could be the ultimate cheap Fuji combo, if you buy used. And the quality when paired with the X-E1 actually astounds me. Great cheap walking around combo when you don’t feel like bringing your more expensive combos... 😎👍🏻🤨
Nice woman 😜
She's a cool lady :D
Just bought this lens in a super great condition for 98 €. I wanted a lightweight wide-angle lens for traveling. Didn't except much. But man this lens is superb in terms of image quality!! Sharp, contrasty and great colours! Even better than my noticeably heavier and not even as wide 18-55. OIS is also great! 1/8 at 45mm no problem. I think I will really abuse this little light thing!
And surprisingly I don't miss the aperture ring. Although I wish Fuji could make the front ring programmable to be an aperture ring. That would be great!
The power I personally don't mind.
Who can argue with that quality at that price. Even if you just wanted a 15mm f3.5!
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Maarten Heilbron I needed help to decide, which one to buy, i am buying one of these, both comes in similar price here in Thailand :
1. Fujifilm xt20 with kit lens 18-55mm f 2.8-4
2. Fujiflim xt30 with kit lens 15-45mm f 3.5-5.
Both are around 750$ i am not sure which one to buy.
Sorry I'm so late, but... Depends what you're most interested in shooting... If it's mainly stills then the T20 with the better lens ... If face/ af tracking in 4k video then the t30.. tricky
@@DamianBrown thanks I ended up paying a little extra and getting xt30 with 18-55mm lens
What would you recommend between fujifilm-xc-16-50mm-f3-5-5-6-ois-ii and Fujifilm 15-45mm F3.5-5.6 O.I.S. XC..For landscape stills.Thank you.
Hmm... The extra mm at the widest wins it for me. As a lens the 16-50 is overall better but for landscapes the 15mm gives that extra touch of wide without too much compromise.
@@DamianBrown Thank's..15-45 is already in my bag
Great video as always. Which song I playing in the first part of the video up to 13.30
Hello Damian!! I am considering this lens for travel/vlog/landscape, i have samyang 12mm f2, it's a great lens but for travel, i found myself changing lenses from samyang to 23mm very often. XF 10-24 is also a great lens but it's heavier and much more expensive. what do you think??
Hmm tough choice. It isn't an amazing lens and definitely not as good as those two other than the size and convenience. If you shoot in good light and not so close to the subject at times, it might not be an issue. I think the 18-55 is a better compromise albeit not as small and light, but still smaller and lighter than the epic 10-24.
I am getting this lens with XT20 for just 120 € extra as compared to body only price. Worth it? I am getting in to fujifilm and don't want to spend on a prime right away
It will do you just fine :) if you can get the 18-55 even better but you won't be lost with this lens
@@DamianBrown I am getting 18-55 and 35 mm 2 at same price. Hence if I go that high then I would go for 35 2 wr.. Thanks for the reply 👍
Sharp is good, but you forgot to show us how close you could get.
:)
Hello, Arash😁
Nice video as always. Definitely a decent budget choice for vlogging or anything else needing a wife field of view. I also like the Rokinon 12mm for Fuji if you don’t mind manual focus.
Wide field of view** lol 😂
:D
lovely, not you, lol , but her, bella! good job. whats the big difference between the 16-55 and this 3.5.5.6
jajaja true!
The 16-50 and this? I guess the compact nature and the power zoom (which I don't really like personally)
Just bought a used one for $100 intending to bundle it to make my old X-E2 easier to sell. It is actually not bad. Quite sharp. But the big turn off is having the power zoom retract each time you want to chimp. This does not bode well for battery life.
However, the size and sharpness has made me rethink whether I should sell my X-E2.........
So it retracted everytime you review the image? The hell... that's a big no...
@@auroramasters My 15-45 doesn't retract when reviewing the image (X-T30)
@@scottallen6172 mine is an old body doe, XT1
How can I set it to 35mm? (for example)
What camera are you using? If you look at 01:20 you can see the ring you turn to zoom
Just got it...and liking it
Brilliant!
Thanks for the review.
Pretty gal!
Ye she's a good lass :)
Gear?
Equipment
Not too bad, looks like the ‘C’ in XC is for compact rather than cheap:)
Good shout Andrew!
can it fit for xt2 ?
It's X Mount so yes.
@@DamianBrown Thank you so much !
is it a Auto Focus or Manual Lens?
Most says 16-55mm is better than the new xc 15-45mm. How true is that?
sure，you can see the price is different
Hello Damian
Would you recommend this lens for the Fuji X-A2.
I haven't seen it being used on less expensive Fuji cameras
Have a great day.
I think it'd do a decent job!
I got one this week to go with my XPro1, build quality is horrid compared to any of the xf lenses but I actually really like it 😀 because it's so small and light, about the same size as 35mm f1.4. Image quality is fine for me but I'm not a pro and don't pixel peep. Very handy focal range to have for not much £. My smaller outer ring doesn't zoom...
Ye you can forgive the build quality considering the images it puts out. For travel/random daily stuff it's not going to get too abused.
This came with my X-T30 kit and I only mounted it once then put it back in the box. I just pulled it out tonight and have it mounted on my T30 and will take it out for a ride and see how it does.
Thanks Damian..
Enjoy!
what a beautiful video!
the fujifilm XC looks like an amazing lens!
Ye it works well! Thanks!