Fuji employee blog xf 14f2.8

[semilog]

does it matter where it's done or when it's done?

It can BETTER to do it in post.

That way lens designers can use glass to correct for aberrations that are hard to deal with in post (e.g., field flatness), while leaving geometric distortion — EASY to correct in post — as a relatively free variable. This leads to smaller, more lightweight, simpler to construct optics that have substantially improved price-to-performance.

This is precisely the route taken by the designers of the Panasonic 20/1.7, a lens that has been universally praised.

However, as others here note the 14/2.8 is a relatively big, expensive lens... and we will know soon enough.

 

[doncraig]

Until there are usable RAW files I'm unconvinced by the xp series.

Sigh! I feel fortunate that somehow my RAW files are more than usable.

 

[back alley]

there are none so blind...

 

[Stockman]

Sigh! I feel fortunate that somehow my RAW files are more than usable.

You are indeed blessed!
One of the few.

 

[kzphoto]

Manual Focusing On The 14!!! Finally!!!