That’s a great price! I was considering the 16-50mm, but here in Spain, it’s quite expensive. This is an informative video, not only a great test for focus breathing but also an excellent demonstration of autofocus performance!
Thank you for these extensive real-world tests! The 16-50 seems to show considerably less stepping in focus transitions than the other lenses. Still worse than other camera systems, but in the Fujifilm world much better than usual. This, the internal zooming, weather resistance, 16 mm and good close-up magnification at 50 mm are very welcome changes and make for a very versatile standard zoom lens. The biggest weakness in my opinion is the strong chromatic aberration at 16 mm. To me it feels more like a more luxurious follow-up to the old XC 16-50. I think they've done a good job with the new kit lens. Have fun with it :)! About the autofocus issues I wish Fujifilm was a little more talkative about the actual cause of the erratic behaviour (algorithms, limited processing ressources, mount and lens design limitations, ...) and their plans to address it. As a hobbyist I am okay with accepting flaws and finding workarounds, but for more professional users it would be helpful to have some long-term perspective.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this. Much appreciated. I agree with you about Fujifilm. I’m not a professional photographer so I cannot afford to switch systems at this point and I’m working around the issues.
That’s a great price! I was considering the 16-50mm, but here in Spain, it’s quite expensive. This is an informative video, not only a great test for focus breathing but also an excellent demonstration of autofocus performance!
Coming from you, that means a lot. Thank you so much for watching and commenting. 😊
Thank you for these extensive real-world tests!
The 16-50 seems to show considerably less stepping in focus transitions than the other lenses. Still worse than other camera systems, but in the Fujifilm world much better than usual. This, the internal zooming, weather resistance, 16 mm and good close-up magnification at 50 mm are very welcome changes and make for a very versatile standard zoom lens. The biggest weakness in my opinion is the strong chromatic aberration at 16 mm. To me it feels more like a more luxurious follow-up to the old XC 16-50.
I think they've done a good job with the new kit lens. Have fun with it :)!
About the autofocus issues I wish Fujifilm was a little more talkative about the actual cause of the erratic behaviour (algorithms, limited processing ressources, mount and lens design limitations, ...) and their plans to address it. As a hobbyist I am okay with accepting flaws and finding workarounds, but for more professional users it would be helpful to have some long-term perspective.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this. Much appreciated. I agree with you about Fujifilm. I’m not a professional photographer so I cannot afford to switch systems at this point and I’m working around the issues.
Very helpful, thanks.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.