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wsheldon wrote:
I agree. I picked up a 14/2.8 on the most recent sale as an IR-compatible wide angle and I've been incredibly impressed. Small, well designed and fully optically corrected with great color and character. It's replacing my 10-24 for a lot of landscape and would be a great supplement to a 18-55/16-55 lens. Worth considering along with the 16/2.8.
I've had the 14mm f/2.8 since I got my first x-trans system about seven years ago. It is an excellent performer in every way. With that in my bag, I don't have any need for the 16mm f/2.8.
pressureworld wrote:
Can you please explain what you mean by "geometric distortion is present and corrected in software"
I generally shoot long exposures and I've been thinking about purchasing this lens. Are you talking about the distortion being corrected in software such as Lightroom?
Fujifilm applies lens optimization adjustments to the raw files with many of their lenses. In fact, in some cases you will read reviews that rave about their nearly complete lack of distortion... written by reviewers who fail to recognize that the lenses themselves do possess distortion, but that it doesn't appear in files because the in-camera optimization adjusts for it.
The question is whether this is a bad thing or a good thing. The answer is, I think, a bit complicated.
On one hand, a given Fujifilm (or other manufacturer — Fujifilm isn't the only one) lens may actually not perform as well as the test results on raw files would indicate. And, when comparing to similar lenses from other manufacturers you may be doing an "apples to oranges" comparison, where you are comparing uncorrected images from one manufacturer to corrected images from Fujifilm. (A fair test would compare the final, post-processed images from both, I suppose.)
On the other hand, if in-camera optimization produces a final file result that looks excellent and it allows smaller and/or less expensive lenses, perhaps it doesn't matter so much how we get to that good final result.
Dan
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