Phil_F_NM
Camera hacker
The obvious solution is to simply buy more gear and not learn the 101 basics.
Phil Forrest
Phil Forrest
the faster focusing X100F, which is not giving me the "perspective" concern you mention.
Am not closed to opinions. And I am not saying Fuji is bad. After I tossed my X-T1 along with the 23mm f/2 I purchased again the X100, but this time the faster focusing X100F, which is not giving me the "perspective" concern you mention.
And after researching a bit I found out that the 23mm f/2 has indeed a tendency to distortion (trying to avoid the term flaw and issue). I should have done the research before I bought the camera-lens combo. 🙂
The X100 will give you exactly the same perspective distortion if you point it at the same subject from the same spot. As will any camera/lens with the same field of view.
This is one of the most baffling threads I've read on RFF...
Nobody is mentioning the fact that B&H took back the lens and camera after an unknown period of time (months?). That is great customer service which should be acknowledged as such.
I think the 100F doesn't have the distortion because it focuses faster. The photo can be taken before the distortion appears.
lol, did B&H take back the camera/lens that you said you purchased last year, despite there being no problems with it except your misunderstanding about distortion?
Great customer service, fine. But B&H are not philantropists. So, other customers, somehow, are paying for such capricious behavior.Nobody is mentioning the fact that B&H took back the lens and camera after an unknown period of time (months?). That is great customer service which should be acknowledged as such.
I think the 100F doesn't have the distortion because it focuses faster. The photo can be taken before the distortion appears.
I think the 100F doesn't have the distortion because it focuses faster. The photo can be taken before the distortion appears.
Thanks. Will try FF.I think from a practical perspective, you might be better off using a full frame camera which will allow you to use a less wide angle lens to get the same angle of view with less of what you are perceiving (and I agree) as distortion.
I understand the technical arguments here and they are probably technically correct.
However I also get that to you the images don't look right. Because a 23mm lenses feels distorted where a 35mm lens would feel more "normal" and less distorted.
This bugs me about APS-C and smaller also.
That is what it seems to me LCSmith.I am not an expert on lens design or on Fuji lenses. So, for all I know, you may be right.
What I do know is that tilting the camera does not cause undulating lines, like those green subway rails. In all discussions of lens distortion that I have seen, that is exactly what they are talking about -- curved lines that should be straight.
PedroNobody is mentioning the fact that B&H took back the lens and camera after an unknown period of time (months?). That is great customer service which should be acknowledged as such.
Not all 23mm are built equally. Not all lenses in the same focal length are built equally. I thought you guys knew that.The X100 will give you exactly the same perspective distortion if you point it at the same subject from the same spot. As will any camera/lens with the same field of view.
This is one of the most baffling threads I've read on RFF...
Thanks. Will try FF.
There are several lens reviews about this specific Fujifilm XF 23mm lens that point in the same direction and they mention the "higher order" distortion issue that can be only partially corrected with PS or other external software.
Not all 23mm are built equally. Not all lenses in the same focal length are built equally. I thought you guys knew that.
Thanks. Will try FF.
There are several lens reviews about this specific Fujifilm XF 23mm lens that point in the same direction and they mention the "higher order" distortion issue that can be only partially corrected with PS or other external software.