Hypothetical: Fuji 27mm f1.7 'classic'

[gavinlg]

Oh what could have been.... Double that size and f2 at minimum and they'll sell just as many 😉

 

[f16sunshine]

As well as the Q. Which is where I came to my position. If the lens can't be fully corrected, as is the case with the Q, and Leica put's it's name on it, where will we be 5, 10 years from now? My software corrected xc16-50, after correction, is hardly a 16, it crops close to 18. Maybe I've been pixel peeping too much.

The 16-50 is a cheap zoom lens that likely requires a lot of correction.
Other lenses show little to no crop.
Take the corrected xf 2/35mm for example. Compared to the uncorrected xf1.4/35 , ....there is little to no crop effect. They give a nearly identical fov. (2/35 is a touch closer at near distances).
Software lens correction is no more or less an issue in digital cameras than interpolation or any other processing required to create an image.

Cheers

 

[taemo]

I've had the XF27mm for a week now and it's great, but I definitely wish that
a. it has an aperture ring and b. it was faster (f/2)
Been thinking of the XF23mm WR now instead of the XF27mm.

 

[Dogman]

For what it is--a pancake design--I like the 27mm just fine. It's small, sharp and makes cameras like the X-E2(S) almost X100-like.

Being faster would be a "nice-to-have" but not really necessary for my use, especially if it increases the size. But an aperture ring...? Oh yes.

 

[dee]

Interesting ,I come from a different perspective -I am simply grateful that I could pick up a new digital camera ,X-Pro 1,+ 41mm lens equ at around £310 ,because there are no fixed lens compacts at 40mm.
I also use a 35mm CV on the M8.
Rendering is another world to me , although I love my Summitar .