I ordered this lens and honestly in the long end it is soft. I have a 18-135 which is a lot better than this one. I have done tests shooting with both lenses and the latter is better. But then nothing beats the 18-55 2.8-4.0 kit lens I love this lens and it is used frequently.
Good point to notice, even in my case I've tried another 16-80mm (same lens but less used), and the difference is pretty importante once you start using this lens a lot, it gets quite soft. About the 18-55, honestly I've never tried it, but I believe that for the focal length the 16-80 is better, just because it gives that little "plus" from a 55 to an 80.
Good point, personally I believe that, for new Fuji users or people that are just switching camera, it makes lots of sense to buy it in the kit, considering that it has a pretty lower price than the stand-alone option. Apart from the kit, obviously the price for a new lens it's not low, but maybe already with some discounts on Amazon or other websites it can start to have an appealing price. About buying an used it all depends on the comparison with the other options (about a new lens) that people find, but, if the condition of the lens is nice and the price too, it all makes a pretty huge sense, especially if maybe someone wants it only as an all-around camera lens for some more "general" situations, in which they want something that does almost a great work in every condition. Thanks for writing about this option!
Thank you for the informative and high quality video. I use the 16-80 with my XT5 and I will be visiting the dolomites this summer. Your astroshots with this lense are so good, that I will be leaving my Samyang 12mm at home to spare some weight on my multiday hike :D Can you tell me the Metadata of those shots? :) Greetings from Germany
Thanks for the comment Jan, I’m glad you enjoyed the video! Oh the Dolomites are definitely a great chance for some cool photos, and with your XT5 you can do everything. In fact I took those few astroshots right there last summer, consider that they’re for sure not perfect since that, for example, I haven’t spent much time on the edits. For the precise metadata of the photos I’ll come back to you as soon as possible! And about the lenses, in my opinion you should evaluate to bring even the Samyang 12mm (if I’m not wrong that’s the F2.0, right?), firstly for the better aperture but even for the wider focal length, a 12mm in some cases can be useful!
@@simone_bortolotti I am considering it but since I am going from refugio to refugio and hiking > 16km a day with > 700 m of elevation every day, every gramm counts! The Samyang is F 2.0 and has a great focal length for astro but I wouldnt use it for anything else. I saw on another video of yours that you took another cool nightshot with the 16-80 with ISO 3200 Shutterspeed of 25 Seconds and F4 so i guess it should be the similar to that.
Hi Jan! Sorry for the late reply... anyway, I've checked the metadata of all the night shots and here they are: - 1st photo 16mm, 40s, f4, ISO 8000; - 2nd photo (left) 16mm, 30s, f4, ISO 8000 - 3rd photo (right) 16mm, 25s, f4, ISO 6400 - 4th photo (star-trail) 16mm, 4 mins, f4, ISO 1000. In general with your camera, almost the same as mine, you can really do lots of things! The trip you're going to do seems to be just amazing, I'd like to do something similar to it one day! For the Samyang lens I completely see your point, since yeah having unuseful stuff isn't the best thing in hiking, but I believe that, considering its size/weight, it would make sense to have it anyway, despite maybe you'd use it only for few shots.
@@simone_bortolotti Thanks for the detailed answer to my question! I still have some time left to consider But i have to up my fitness first before thinking about more gear :D
thanks for you for asking! Yep that's true, fitness comes before the gear ahaha. In which part of the Dolomites you'll be going? Maybe I've already been there in the last years
The fuji is a very performance camera but what if you compare it to an action cam like the new DJI Osmo 4 in a next video? i think that it’s not an action cam as the other, it has something more
Thanks for leaving a comment! Yes that would be very interesting, because for sure the level of the “action cams” increased a lot in the last years, I’ve heard that even the newer DJI Osmo Pocket 3 is pretty good, but unfortunately at the moment I don’t have neither the Osmo 4 and the Pocket 3… But I’d say that’s a great idea for the future, once I’ll have the chance to work on it! Thank you again for the idea and support!
Hi Michael, thanks for noticing and no, I haven’t stopped forever with RUclips! Exactly today I recorded the upcoming video, so that I can come back as soon as possible. Thank you for commenting and especially for the support, I can’t wait to restart bringing new contents!
Yeah the stabilisation works pretty well, and the F4.0 does a good work for the bokeh. Personally I wouldn’t consider it a “monster” because I would have preferred a bit more on the diaphragm, I mean the F4 is great, but a F2.8 for example would have been even better!
![[ENG] Fuji 16-80mm F4 Vs the new 18-120mm F4 - Which one will I keep?](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/zm3BuVzx1CA/mqdefault.jpg)
Let me know here in the comments if you have any question or doubt about this lens!
I ordered this lens and honestly in the long end it is soft. I have a 18-135 which is a lot better than this one. I have done tests shooting with both lenses and the latter is better. But then nothing beats the 18-55 2.8-4.0 kit lens I love this lens and it is used frequently.
Good point to notice, even in my case I've tried another 16-80mm (same lens but less used), and the difference is pretty importante once you start using this lens a lot, it gets quite soft. About the 18-55, honestly I've never tried it, but I believe that for the focal length the 16-80 is better, just because it gives that little "plus" from a 55 to an 80.
very beautiful moto!! adorable😍
the real beast of the video 😎
I would recommend buyers purchase this lens used, i always see them almost 60-70% off from sellers in great condition
Good point, personally I believe that, for new Fuji users or people that are just switching camera, it makes lots of sense to buy it in the kit, considering that it has a pretty lower price than the stand-alone option. Apart from the kit, obviously the price for a new lens it's not low, but maybe already with some discounts on Amazon or other websites it can start to have an appealing price. About buying an used it all depends on the comparison with the other options (about a new lens) that people find, but, if the condition of the lens is nice and the price too, it all makes a pretty huge sense, especially if maybe someone wants it only as an all-around camera lens for some more "general" situations, in which they want something that does almost a great work in every condition.
Thanks for writing about this option!
Thank you for the informative and high quality video. I use the 16-80 with my XT5 and I will be visiting the dolomites this summer. Your astroshots with this lense are so good, that I will be leaving my Samyang 12mm at home to spare some weight on my multiday hike :D
Can you tell me the Metadata of those shots? :)
Greetings from Germany
Thanks for the comment Jan, I’m glad you enjoyed the video! Oh the Dolomites are definitely a great chance for some cool photos, and with your XT5 you can do everything. In fact I took those few astroshots right there last summer, consider that they’re for sure not perfect since that, for example, I haven’t spent much time on the edits. For the precise metadata of the photos I’ll come back to you as soon as possible!
And about the lenses, in my opinion you should evaluate to bring even the Samyang 12mm (if I’m not wrong that’s the F2.0, right?), firstly for the better aperture but even for the wider focal length, a 12mm in some cases can be useful!
@@simone_bortolotti I am considering it but since I am going from refugio to refugio and hiking > 16km a day with > 700 m of elevation every day, every gramm counts! The Samyang is F 2.0 and has a great focal length for astro but I wouldnt use it for anything else.
I saw on another video of yours that you took another cool nightshot with the 16-80 with ISO 3200 Shutterspeed of 25 Seconds and F4 so i guess it should be the similar to that.
Hi Jan! Sorry for the late reply... anyway, I've checked the metadata of all the night shots and here they are:
- 1st photo 16mm, 40s, f4, ISO 8000;
- 2nd photo (left) 16mm, 30s, f4, ISO 8000
- 3rd photo (right) 16mm, 25s, f4, ISO 6400
- 4th photo (star-trail) 16mm, 4 mins, f4, ISO 1000.
In general with your camera, almost the same as mine, you can really do lots of things!
The trip you're going to do seems to be just amazing, I'd like to do something similar to it one day! For the Samyang lens I completely see your point, since yeah having unuseful stuff isn't the best thing in hiking, but I believe that, considering its size/weight, it would make sense to have it anyway, despite maybe you'd use it only for few shots.
@@simone_bortolotti Thanks for the detailed answer to my question! I still have some time left to consider
But i have to up my fitness first before thinking about more gear :D
thanks for you for asking! Yep that's true, fitness comes before the gear ahaha. In which part of the Dolomites you'll be going? Maybe I've already been there in the last years
The fuji is a very performance camera but what if you compare it to an action cam like the new DJI Osmo 4 in a next video?
i think that it’s not an action cam as the other, it has something more
Thanks for leaving a comment! Yes that would be very interesting, because for sure the level of the “action cams” increased a lot in the last years, I’ve heard that even the newer DJI Osmo Pocket 3 is pretty good, but unfortunately at the moment I don’t have neither the Osmo 4 and the Pocket 3… But I’d say that’s a great idea for the future, once I’ll have the chance to work on it! Thank you again for the idea and support!
Hey, I noticed that it's been a long time that you don't bring any more content, did something happen or have you stopped forever with youtube?
Hi Michael, thanks for noticing and no, I haven’t stopped forever with RUclips! Exactly today I recorded the upcoming video, so that I can come back as soon as possible. Thank you for commenting and especially for the support, I can’t wait to restart bringing new contents!
@@simone_bortolotti can't wait for next video!
in few days hopefully it’s out!
The countdown to the 1000 subscribers can now begin🔥
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there's still a pretty long way to go ahaha
Its a bokeh stabilizer monster lens
Yeah the stabilisation works pretty well, and the F4.0 does a good work for the bokeh. Personally I wouldn’t consider it a “monster” because I would have preferred a bit more on the diaphragm, I mean the F4 is great, but a F2.8 for example would have been even better!