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Good lenses always have weight, but having to illuminate a smaller image circle definitely helps; the G690 normal lens (A 100mm f/3.5) weighs in at 750g or so;
by lb1lf 10y ago
Good lenses always have weight, but having to illuminate a smaller image circle definitely helps; the G690 normal lens (A 100mm f/3.5) weighs in at 750g or so; the X Fujinon 35mm f/2? Less than a quarter of the 100mm f/3,5, while still being built like a tank - and probably outperforming the bigger lens in all aspects.
Another major benefit of the X series (IMHO) is that Fuji insist on providing proper dials for the most important functions; a proper aperture ring; dials for shutter speeds, mode select and exposure comp. Most appreciated.
- dagw 10y agoFuji insist on providing proper dials for the most important functions; a proper aperture ring Worth noting that Fuji have started to make some cheaper lenses without a proper aperture ring.
- lb1lf 10y ago-I didn't know that; thank you! (Call me a luddite if you will, but I much prefer an aperture ring to twisting a dial.) It just takes a few shots to adjust when going from SLR/mirrorless to rangefinders - my rangefinder lenses have the aperture ring in front of the focus ring, whereas it is the other way around with just about anything else I've ever tried. (And the less is spoken of the confusion when using a lens with a leaf shutter (where the shutter speed, too, is set by a ring), the better. :-)