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Fuji 18-55mm

f/two.8~four XF OIS R (28-85mm eq.)

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Fujifilm Fujinon XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 (metal 58mm filter threads, 10.9 oz./309g, 1-1.3'/0.iii-0.iv m shut focus, $699 new, or virtually $300 used if you know How to Win at eBay). bigger. I got at B&H; I'd also get it at Adorama or at Amazon.

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Sample Image Files

Encounter also Route 66, February 2013.

Glowing Aspens with Sunstar, June Lake Loop, California's Eastern Sierra, 3:04 P.M., 22 Oct 2019. Fujifilm 10-T30, Fujifilm XF eighteen-55mm f/two.eight-4 at 18mm at f/22 hand-held at 1/42 at Auto ISO 320 (LV 12.vi), Auto Dynamic Range 200%. bigger or full-resolution.

3 Glowing Aspens, June Lake Loop, California's Eastern Sierra, 12:43 P.M., 22 October 2019. Fujifilm X-T30, Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/two.eight-4 at 55mm at f/5.half-dozen at i/320 at Machine ISO 160 (LV 12.7), -⅓ stop exposure compensation, Auto Dynamic Range 100%. bigger or full-resolution.

Cheseburgers on the grill, 15 October 2016. (Fuji Ten-E2s, Fuji XF 18-55mm f/2.8-four at 44.4mm at f/4 at 1/120 at Auto ISO 6,400, Perfectly Clear.) bigger.

Dawn at the Golf Class, 05 November 2016. Fuji X-E2s, Fuji 18-55mm at 55mm, f/v.6 at 1/150 at Auto ISO 200. bigger or total-resolution file to explore on your calculator.

Pops mans his grill, fifteen October 2016. Fuji X-E2s, Fuji XF 18-55mm f/2.viii-4 at 28.9mm at f/iii.2 at 1/125 at Auto ISO 200, Perfectly Clear. bigger or camera-original JPG file to explore on your calculator.

Solano'due south Patio, La Quinta, 03 November 2016. Fuji X-E2s, Fuji XF eighteen-55mm f/ii.eight-4 at 37.4mm at f/iii.6 hand-held at 1/27 at Auto ISO 6,400, Perfectly Clear. bigger or camera-original JPG file to explore on your computer.

Solano's, La Quinta, 03 November 2016. Fuji 10-E2s, Fuji XF xviii-55mm f/2.eight-4 at 32.9mm at f/iii.vi paw-held at 1/fifteen of a second at Motorcar ISO four,000, Perfectly Clear. bigger or camera-original JPG file to explore on your computer.

Sometime Boondocks La Quinta nether Moonlight, 03 November 2016. Fuji Ten-E2s, Fuji XF 18-55mm f/two.eight-4 at 42.5mm at f/4 hand-held at 1/7 of a second at Machine ISO 6,400, Perfectly Clear. bigger or camera-original JPG file to explore on your computer.

Backlit Palm, La Quinta, 04 November 2016. Fuji X-E2s, Fuji XF xviii-55mm f/2.viii-4 at 55mm at f/5.6 at 1/160 at Auto ISO 200, Perfectly Clear. bigger or camera-original JPG file to explore on your estimator.

Old Castilian Lamp, La Quinta, 05 Nov 2016. Fuji 10-E2s, Fuji XF 18-55mm f/2.8-four at 46.3mm at f/4 at 1/58 at Auto ISO 400. bigger or camera-original JPG file to explore on your computer.

Desert Palm at Dawn, La Quinta, 05 November 2016. Fuji X-E2s, Fuji XF eighteen-55mm f/2.8-4 at 55mm at f/5.six at 1/150 at Car ISO 400. bigger or camera-original JPG file to explore on your computer.

Palms at Dawn, Looking Upwards, La Quinta, 05 November 2016. Fuji Ten-E2s, Fuji XF 18-55mm f/two.8-4 at 20.5mm at f/five.6 at i/170 at Motorcar ISO 200. bigger or photographic camera-original JPG file to explore on your figurer.

Orange Stucco, Wooden Beams and Sky, 05 November 2016. Fuji 10-E2s, Fuji XF eighteen-55mm f/2.8-four at 55mm at f/7.1 at 1/450 at Automobile ISO 200. bigger or camera-original JPG file to explore on your computer.

The Lid in The Rain, 19 Feb 2013. (Fuji X-E1, Fuji eighteen-55mm at 24.3mm, AUTO ISO i,600, f/3.2 at 1/30 paw-held, Perfectly Clear.) Original © file.

Commemorative Steinway; Ahmad Jamal et. al.. (X-E1 at ISO four,000, XF eighteen-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS at 18mm, f/8 at one/30 hand-held.) Camera-original © file.

Tokyo at ISO 6,400, 08 May 2014. (X-T1 at Machine ISO 6,400, Velvia mode, +ii color saturation, XF 18-55mm f/2.8-four OIS at 18mm, f/2.8 at ane/125, focus on bottles on wall, Perfectly Clear.) Full-resolution © file.

Stairwells at ISO 3,200, 08 May 2014. (X-T1 at Motorcar ISO 3,200, Velvia mode, +2 color saturation, XF 18-55mm f/ii.eight-4 OIS at 18mm, f/2.eight at 1/125, Perfectly Clear.) Unprocessed Camera-Original © file.

Flowers at ISO 400, 08 May 2014. (X-T1 at Automobile ISO 400, Velvia mode, +2 colour saturation, XF 18-55mm f/2.8-four OIS at 55mm, f/eleven at 1/125, Perfectly Clear.) Total-resolution © file.

Fiat Lux, 08 May 2014. (X-T1 at Automobile ISO 400, Velvia mode, +two colour saturation, XF 18-55mm f/two.8-four OIS at 55mm, f/22 at 1/60, Perfectly Clear.) Full-resolution © file.

Introduction        height

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This Fuji XF xviii-55mm f/2.viii-four is an aspherical zoom lens for Fuji's X-Series cameras. It has an optical image stabilizer congenital into the lens. This Fuji lens is much ameliorate fabricated than the plastic 18-55mm toys from Canon, Nikon, Sony and others, and it'south likewise full stop faster at all settings. While the Canon and Nikon 18-55mm lenses have smashing optics, the Sony 18-55 lenses practice not, and all of the other brands are all-plastic, ofttimes with plastic mounts!

This Fujinon XF 18-55mm is near all metal with engraved markings. Its focus and aperture are all controlled past the camera.

Unlike what you lot were expecting, this eighteen-55mm feels great in-paw, and it is super abrupt and devoid of baloney and lite falloff when shot on Fuji'south cameras.

It has rotary encoders for aperture and manual focus which tell the camera trunk what to exercise to control the lens. How well these reply depend on your camera. The transmission focus ring never worked well for mel merely neither has the transmission ring on any Fuji Ten lens. No worries; I just tap the camera's AFL button for spot manual focus; no one actually uses the focus ring on an electronic AF camera for transmission focus; exactly the same as we go with the Contax G2.

Unlike the XF 18mm f/2 and XF 35mm f/1.4 that have 52mm filter threads, this xviii-55 has 58mm filter threads, matching only the Fuji 14mm XF.

Compatibility intro      top

This is a Fuji 10-mount XF lens, and every bit of Feb 2013, works merely on the Fuji X-Pro1 and Fuji X-E1.

Used with the electronic finder or LCD of either camera it gives the usual results, just used with the Fuji X-Pro1'south optical finder, the finder frame rectangle zooms in and out while the optical image remains unchanged!

Fuji X-mount XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4. enlarge.

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Name

Fuji calls this the Fujinon Aspherical Lens Super EBC XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS.

EBC is Electron Beam Coating, too known as multicoating.

Optics

14 elements in ten groups.

3 aspheric and 1 extra low dispersion chemical element.

Close focus

1.0-one.three anxiety (0.3-0.4 meters).

Maximum reproduction ratio

ane:half dozen.7 (0.15x).

Focal length

eighteen-55mm

When used on the X-Pro1 or X-E1 with their 1.52x sensors, it sees the same angle of view equally a 28-85mm lens sees when used on a 35mm photographic camera.

Used in those camera' foursquare ingather way, it sees the same angle-of-view as a 65-200mm lens sees on 6x6 (2¼") medium format camera.

Angle of view

79.1º ~ 28.4.º

Diaphragm

7-blade rounded diaphragm stops down to f/22.

Filters

58mm filter thread, metal!

Size

two.56" diameter past two.8" long.

65mm diameter by seventy.4mm long.

Weight

10.900 oz. (309.0g), measured.

Fuji rates it equally 10.6 oz. (300g).

Announced

06 September 2012.

Promised for

Nov 2012.

Price

Nov 2019

$699 new, or about $300 used if you know How to Win at eBay.

September 2012 ~ February 2013

$699 new.

$400 as office of a kit with the X-E1.

5664. (Fuji Ten-E1, Fuji 18-55mm at 42.5mm, AUTO ISO 200, f/nine at ane/400, Perfectly Clear, separate-toned print.) bigger.

Functioning        top

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Overall   Machine and Transmission Focus    Bokeh    Distortion

Ergonomics   Falloff    Color Fringes    Macro

Mechanics    Sharpness   Spherochromatism   Sunstars

Overall performance      superlative

The Fuji XF 18-55mm f/two.viii-iv ASPH is optically just about perfect, excelling at sharpness, falloff and distortion, too equally bokeh. This eighteen-55mm is also feels better and then almost anything from Nikon or Canon, with its nearly all-metallic construction.

Auto and Transmission Focus operation      superlative

Auto and manual focus is airtight-loop, read straight from the prototype sensor. Therefore there are none of the mechanical errors present in rangefinder (LEICA) or SLR cameras.

Autofocus is always in perfect focus, which is better than I can say for nearly of my DSLR and rangefinder cameras.

Autofocus is fast enough for still subjects, dependant of class on your camera.

Bokeh performance      top

Bokeh, the graphic symbol of out of focus areas, not simply how far out of focus they are, is neutral to very good.

Backgrounds are soft and undistracting.

Within The Door at The Hat, nineteen Feb 2013. (Fuji X-E1, Fuji 18-55mm at 55mm, AUTO ISO 800, f/four at 1/30, Perfectly Articulate.) bigger.

Distortion performance      top

Baloney equally shot on the Ten-E1 is completely invisible, except for moderate to modest pincushion distortion at 23mm, whoo hoo! (I'chiliad pretty certain that the 10-E1 is correcting this automatically.)

For disquisitional scientific apply, plug this figure into Photoshop's lens distortion filter. These aren't facts or specifications, they are the results of my research that requires hours of photography and calculations on the resulting data.

at 10' (3m)	Gene
18mm	±0.0
23mm	-1.5
35mm	±0.0
55mm	±0.0

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500 Gallon Diesel Tank, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, 5:15 P.M., xix October 2019. Fujifilm Ten-T30, built-in flash ON, Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.viii-iv at 28mm at f/3.2 at 1/75 at Machine ISO 320, -⅔ finish exposure compensation (LV 7.9), Auto Dynamic Range 200%. bigger.

Ergonomics operation      top

Fuji XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS.

The controls, from front to back, are the focus and zoom ring. The aperture encoder ring is the band closest to the camera.

Swapping apertures or exposure modes is poor. The aperture encoder ring is not an aperture ring; note the lack of markings. The rear band is simply an encoder to the camera's estimator. The camera responds (or not) to the aperture encoder ring depending on the camera'southward mood, and if it's feeling like accepting your input or non. Therefore what could exist an awesome way to adjust apertures past feel turns out to be crummy, mandating you finish and stare at the finder's aperture read-out as y'all turn the aperture encoder ring.

Worse, yous have to stop and movement a switch to get from manual aperture command (the diaphragm icon) or automatic control (the A ). It'south nowhere virtually every bit marvelous as Fuji'south other lenses with defended aperture rings with unique positions for each aperture, or the Auto modes.

Manual focus is crappy. It's just an encoder ring that sends commands to the photographic camera, and then you lot have to hope the photographic camera does what you want with the focus.

Hither'due south the neat news: I never need to use the manual focus ring and rarely the aperture ring, and the zoom ring is wonderful! It'southward smooth and certain and well spaced, making information technology a joy to select framing. Holding the camera with i paw, it'southward easy to zoom this lens with one finger.

Since the lens feels like a real all-metallic lens, and all I use is the zoom ring, I really like this lens' ergonomics! The zoom doesn't track focus well; be sure to focus subsequently zooming.

Falloff (darkened corners)      performance      top

Lite falloff is completely invisible at every setting as shot on the Fujifilm X-E1.

I'grand pretty sure that the X-E1 is correcting this automatically.

Lateral Color Fringes operation      height

I run across no lateral color fringes when shot on the Fuji 10-E1.

The Ten-E1 is probably correcting this automatically.

Macro performance      acme

Rockwell'southward Spotter at close-focus distance at 55mm. f/18 at i/350 on X-E1 at AUTO ISO 800.

Crop from above prototype in fifty x 33" (i.5 x 1m) print (100% pixel-to-pixel).

Mechanics performance      tiptop

Rear, Fuji X-mountain XF eighteen-55mm f/2.eight-4. enlarge.

The Fuji XF eighteen-55 two.eight-4 is built ameliorate than almost lenses from Nikon or Canon today. It's almost all-metallic, equally real lenses always are. Sad, I can't take all the plastic that too many once great lens companies now use on their lenses today.

Filter Threads

Anodized aluminum.

Hood Bayonet

Anodized aluminum.

Fore Butt

Plastic.

Transmission Focus Encoder Ring

Anodized aluminum.

Zoom Ring

Anodized aluminum

Aperture Encoder Band

Anodized aluminum.

Rear Butt

Plastic.

Depth-of-Field Scale

Yes, in camera.

Internals

Plastic and metal.

Aperture Ring

Anodized aluminum.

Markings engraved and filled with paint.

3rd-stop clicks.

Mount

Dull-chromed metal.

Markings

Focal Lengths: engraved.

Rear "18-55:" paint.

Identity Ring

Metal front end band.

Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation engraved into anodized aluminum.

Serial Number

Laser engraved into lesser rear of plastic lens barrel.

Rain seal at mount

No.

Noises When Shaken

Clunking.

Made in

Japan.

Sharpness performance      acme

Alarm 1: Epitome sharpness depends more on yous than your lens.

Warning 2: Lens sharpness doesn't mean much to good photographers.

With those caveats, the Fuji XF 18-55/2.8-4 is super-abrupt edge-to-edge at all settings.

Glowing Tire of Hope, Amboy. (Fuji 10-E1, Fuji 18-55mm at i" (25.4mm) focal length, Auto ISO 200, f/5.6 at ane/210, Perfectly Clear, edge-burned and split up-toned print.) bigger.

If you lot exit the microscope, my sample was less precipitous on the sides at 55mm at larger apertures, only nothing I ever noticed in actual shooting.

MTF Curves (rated)

Rated MTF at wide:

MTF at xv cyc/mm (10 cyc/mm equiv.)	MTF at 45 cyc/mm (30 cyc/mm equiv.)

Rated MTF at tele:

MTF at 15 cyc/mm (10 cyc/mm equiv.)	MTF at 45 cyc/mm (30 cyc/mm equiv.)

Spherochromatism        performance     superlative

I never saw whatsoever spherochromatism, called color bokeh past hobbyists. I didn't expect to encounter any, either; this lens is too slow.

Sunstars performance      elevation

The rounded seven-blade diaphragm can make 14-pointed sunstars.

Recommendations        top

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I like this lens a lot. It feels great to shoot, it'south a stop faster than the crappy plastic 18-55mm imitations from Nikon and Canon, and everything I shot with information technology is e'er sharp, in perfect focus and never with whatsoever camera-shake induced mistiness, even in very dark conditions.

Fuji says to please update the firmware of your photographic camera body when using the XF18-55mm for the kickoff fourth dimension.

Forget slumming with LEICA or other off-brand lenses on adapters; yous tin't get anything sharper and any other lens won't autofocus or autoexpose or log data, and no other adapted lens will have a diaphragm that opens and closes automatically as needed for focus and shooting. As I showed in my review of the garbagy Sony 18-55mm, there is footling to no sharpness reward to using even the world'southward best and well-nigh exotic fixed 35mm f/1.4 lens, the LEICA SUMMILUX-Thou 35mm f/1.4 ASPH mit floating element ($5,000), isn't much sharper. That Sony lens is much less abrupt than this Fuji 18-55, so save yourself the bother and use this lens unless yous adopt a fixed Fuji lens.

Personally, this xviii-55mm OIS lens now replaces all of the the XF 18mm f/two, XF 35mm f/1.four and XF 60mm f/ii.4 Macro for me. It gets as close as I'll ever demand, and with OIS lets me shoot in the same crappy light equally any of the faster stock-still lenses. The lack of baloney equally shot on the X-E1 also eliminates for me the baloney benefits that stock-still lenses used to accept. The Fuji 10 system is completely rewriting the book on cameras, thank goodness.

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