Fuji employee blog xf 14f2.8

"Neat"? I'm not convinced. How much of this is the mumbo jumbo inside the camera correcting die distortion? Until there are usable RAW files I'm unconvinced by the xp series.
 
boomguy57 said:
"Neat"? I'm not convinced. How much of this is the mumbo jumbo inside the camera correcting die distortion? Until there are usable RAW files I'm unconvinced by the xp series.
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Someone told me awhile back that there is lens correction info in the raw file these days and that some of the photo processing sw out there takes advantage of the info... I don't remember much of the details..

Gary
 
Given the number of elements I doubt it need a lot of software correction, unlike the 18/2. The price feels pretty steep though, is it much better than the Rokinon I wonder?
 
There are bound to be some optical correction parmeters in this lens' firmware.

They will be automatically applied in-camera to jpegs and some raw rendering software, LR for instance, will automatically apply them and others won't. Whether or not the barrel distoryion corrections are similar to the 18/2 (strong) or the 35/1.4 (not so strong) remains to be seen.
 
I am on the waiting list for this lens, I had hoped it would it would be released sooner. In the meantime I continue shooting with my 21mm on my Nikon S3. The release date Fuji have set for Japan is now January 17th.
 
I have not (yet?) an ex1, but this lens seems me a very convincing point.
robert
PS: I find important a good final result, not so much where or when or how corrections are made, we are in 2012 ...
 
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Elsewhere someone posted a photo from a Fuji marketing presentation.

This photo was from a PowerPoint presentation when the 14/2.8 was first announced. The PP slide states the 14/2.8 does not rely upon firmware barrel distortion corrections.

The lens size and cost is consistent with a 14/2.8 with low barrel distortion.

I would expect there will still be a small amount of firmware correction for barrel distortion and vignetting. We'll know more in less than a month.
 
Having held the lens and played with it a bit I have to say that it's quite cool - with respect to in camera software correcting distortion - this happens often with many smaller digital cameras - look at the Panasonic LX series. When the LX-3 came out people freaked because of it - I have come to accept it though; after all, I'm not going to using these lenses on my film cameras so it doesn't bother me as much.

Cheers,
Dave
 
Help me understand the anticipation over the 14mm lens.
Is it the extra stop of light over the 18mm f/2?
How many degrees of view does the 14mm add to what you get from the 18mm?
The 18mm appears to be plenty sharp, is more compact and cheaper.
 
The 14/2.8 angle of view is important for the photographic goals of some photographers.

The 2.8 aperture gives approximately the same DOF control as a 20 mm lens at f 4 with a 24x36 mm sensor. The larger aperture also gives a similar exposure which means the signal to noise ratio advantage of the larger sensor does not apply when the lens is used wide open (2.8 vs 4).
 
Arash said:
Help me understand the anticipation over the 14mm lens.
Is it the extra stop of light over the 18mm f/2?
How many degrees of view does the 14mm add to what you get from the 18mm?
The 18mm appears to be plenty sharp, is more compact and cheaper.
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Come on man, 21mm vs. 27mm ... we can't explain if you've never used these focal lengths.
 
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