NicoM
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I'm considering buying the 60mm for candid street portrait. My question is how is the AF speed compared the the 35mm and 18mm?
60mm F/2.4 AF Speed - How is it?
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don't do it!!
it's a dreadful lens for the street...unless there are no moving objects on the street and the street never moves...i took mine out yesterday and it spent more time hunting than finding...
it's a dreadful lens for the street...unless there are no moving objects on the street and the street never moves...i took mine out yesterday and it spent more time hunting than finding...
macjim
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I've had the opposite experience and find it a good lens for street work. Is your firmware up to date, back alley?
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firmware is up to date...i found the lens hunted from one end to the other then went to the correct focus distance...i don't remember it being this slow before but i admit it is my least used lens.
GaryLH
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I wonder if it is a technique issue. I don't use the 60 for street. Mainly macro, still life and landscape.
But when I was testing the zoom on the xe1, it still felt faster than the 60 normally does.
Gary
But when I was testing the zoom on the xe1, it still felt faster than the 60 normally does.
Gary
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no doubt that the zoom is faster...
could be technique, the lens seemed faster the night before when i was playing with it my play room...
it's fine for still life and macro shooting shich i infrequently do but i have the lens and plan on keeping it...my longest lens recently has been a 75 fov...50 on the rd1...
could be technique, the lens seemed faster the night before when i was playing with it my play room...
it's fine for still life and macro shooting shich i infrequently do but i have the lens and plan on keeping it...my longest lens recently has been a 75 fov...50 on the rd1...
awilder
Alan Wilder
Focus speed is reasonably quick at normal distances but at close ranges, you must put the camera in macro mode or it will hunt for focus and drive you nuts. In macro mode close up isn't too bad.
willie_901
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This is a macro lens, not a general purpose medium telephoto lens.
NicoM
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I don't think that the 60mm was meant to just be a macro lens. In fact, I think that the macro capabilities were just added to the lens to make the X system feel like a more complete system upon release. If it were truly a macro, it would have been made so that it could do true 1:1 magnification.
magicaxeman
Down but not out
Of course zone focusing means the autofocus isn't an issue. but having said that I would probably use the 35mm more and the 60mm just for longer shots.
I would expect the zoom to be faster, its got twin motors
I would expect the zoom to be faster, its got twin motors
GaryLH
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It was designed as a macro first and general use lens second... Normally the focusing thread is much finer on a macro lens so u can get better fine adjustment. This is the reason lenses designed as micro tend to (but not always) focus a bit slower. It is pretty much in the tradition of lens such as the Nikon micros which were never 1:1 w/o extension tue or bellows.
The lens on the roadmap that is a general purpose is that 57 or 58 that has not released yet.
I do agree that the 60 was put there to help sell it as a complete system.. To show a basic three lens base system, where one of the lenses had macro capability.
Personally I think they should have released the 57/58 first and then the macro..
Gary
willie_901
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Macro lenses typically use an optical design optimized for close up work and minimal field curvature. In general the AF is slower because of mechanical restrains and because focus is more critical at close distances. For instance edge to edge sharpness is more important than maximum aperture and few macro subjects are in motion so AF speed is not not a high priority.
These characteristics are the opposite of what most street photographers need or prefer.
I agree the Fujinon 60 is a compromise design and in fact this is the only reason I decided not to buy one. The 56/1.4 will arrive sooner or later. I am optimistic it will have faster AF motors and be well-suited for street work.
awilder
Alan Wilder
The 56/1.2 (yes f1.2) should be a better choice for street and portrait work given it's high speed and likely faster AF motor. The 60/2.4 will of course be a fraction of the weight and I would guess the cost as well. As macros go it is faster than most making it a good choice for short tele work as well.
progie
Member
Af sucks, compared to the 18 or 35.
I absolutely love my 60 but I only use it for studio portraits.
Get the zoom for candid street. Fast af and all the fovs.
Just my opinion!
Watcher24
Newbie
AF-speed is the slowest among the fujinon-prime-lenses.
AF "works" +/- fine in daylight, when it becomes darker, AF becomes useless (or extremely slow); in low-light i prefer to use it with MF (which works quite good, although it is "by wire").
optically it is quite good
it is a bit long for street, but it works (sometimes)
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AF "works" +/- fine in daylight, when it becomes darker, AF becomes useless (or extremely slow); in low-light i prefer to use it with MF (which works quite good, although it is "by wire").
optically it is quite good
it is a bit long for street, but it works (sometimes)
vor dem Set von Watcher/124 auf Flickr
doncraig
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The 60mm is definitely too long for candid street shooting and this lens doesn't perform that well in that environment. Great for close-up and portrait work, it is very happy on a tripod, but less so hand-held and in low light.
Of course, if you are going to ask to take people's portraits, then by all means, use this lens.
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