23/56 nirvana

[back alley]

i am loving the 23/56 combo!
it takes me back to the beginning of my photo days…when zooms were dreadful and photographers carried a bagful of primes. in those days i gravitated to the 35/85 kit as my most used lenses…rarely using a wide angle…didn't even like 28 back then and occasionally used a 200 & very rarely a 300…

i have the 16-50 fuji zoom, in case i want to go wide, but have not even taken it out of the house in weeks.

yes, the 23/56 with 2 bodies is heaven on photo earth for me.

 

[kshapero]

yes, an excellent combo.

 

[taemo]

X100s + X-Pro1 or X-T1 with 56mm was my plan in 2013

have to agree that 35mm + 85mm/90mm is a great all around combo.

 

[stefan-s]

...add the 14, even better...

 

[bentheshark]

...add the 14, even better...

Agreed.....the 14 is tempting!!! But two things slow me down....the 10-24 and the potential fast WA lens later this year (early next?).

 

[kshapero]

Joe, does the larger size of these two lenses fit well with the Fuji body?

 

[back alley]

they aren't really all that big…

i like the 14 but am hoping for a nice 16 prime...

 

[bentheshark]

they aren't really all that big…

i like the 14 but am hoping for a nice 16 prime...

Why 16 over 14? Or are you hoping they change something more than the focal length?

 

[back alley]

i like a 24 more than a 21…it's still wide but so much easier (for me) to tame.

 

[GaryLH]

For me it is the 14.. The 16 is rumored to be a fast lens.. So could be a 1.4 equals expensive and bigger than I would like. Plus it is easy to crop 21 to 24 fov w/o loosing much iq. Plus pano crop from 21 fov is pretty close to perfect setup.

Gary

 

[f16sunshine]

23 and 56 are pretty damn sweet. You must be stoked Joe!

I would actually really love to see fuji put the optical unit of the 60mm f2.4 into a "pancake" short heliacal. .7-1m MFD.
It could be really nice and compact. Presently it's that damn "macro" hell that slows it down so in AF performance.

That lens with the 23 or 35 on a for me would be fantastic!

 

[back alley]

interesting idea…i sold the 60 because it was too slow for regular street shootng and barely got used (by me).
i liked it's size and it was scarey sharp.

and i have to admit…the 23 & the 56 are 'sexy'…in that i really like how they look & feel on the xe1 and in my hand.

 

[Johnhw]

If I could have just 2 lenses for my x pro, those would be it!
The 14 would be my trio.

 

[back alley]

i can't afford another lens buy at the moment so getting a 14 or waiting on the 16 is a moot point for me…should fuji not make a 16 or make it really big/heavy, i would consider the 14 and be quite happy i think.

 

[Ken Ford]

Joe - I'm putting up a separate thread to discuss a possible move from an NEX7 based kit to a Fuji X one, but I have a basic question about these two lenses that's appropriate here.

Does MF work the same for both lenses? What's involved in switching to MF? Is there a FTM clutch in the lenses, or do you need to physically throw a switch on the lens and/or body to go from AF to MF?

A 23 and 56 kit would be ideal for me, I'm used to a 35 and 75 on my M6.

Thanks!

 

[back alley]

first let me say that i don't do manual focus with this kit…i am old, my eyes are old i use the af…
the 23 has the clutch but not the 56…why? no idea!

 

[TKH]

Whats also a very nice feature of the manual focus is, that you can see with one button press the exact focus field you used for focusing in 100%. For example you put the focus field in the right corner, focus manually and when you check the pic after taking it, with one press you see the field in the right corner in 100%. Very nice!

 

[burancap]

MF switching is achieved by throwing the lever on front, pending configuration (lens release, etc. in the menus).

 

[______]

first let me say that i don't do manual focus with this kit…i am old, my eyes are old i use the af…
the 23 has the clutch but not the 56…why? no idea!

Photographers want to be able to set a hyperfocal distance with the 23mm, not so with the 56mm.

 

[Ken Ford]

I'm not so much worried about how you switch to MF as I am that the lenses be consistent - and from Joe's comment it sounds like they are not. FTM (like Nikon AF-S) would be my preference, but switching the body to MF and then focusing like on my X100s would be acceptable.

Let me state the question in a different way - if you put the body into MF, what do you need to do to each lens to focus manually? Do they have the same "manual of arms?"