gdanmitchell wrote: gkramer wrote:
I didn't know what "lens character" meant until I owned the Fuji 35mm f1.4. It's an older lens so it's slow, and I don't pixel peep, but it consistently produces images for me that make me smile.
It is a fine lens. I’ve had mine since moe or less when it came out — over a dozen years now. I worked fine on my 16MP camera back then and it works fine on my 40MP camera now.
As to the “character” thing, I don’t really see that. It is simply a very good lens.
Here is an example of why I think the Fuji 35mm f1.4 has something a little special. Not the greatest photo, but you will hopefully notice the background bokeh has a bit of a look of an impressionist painting, while the foreground bokeh in the corners has a subtle swirl. It looks to me like a much more subtle version of some vintage lenses that had these characteristics but often in an over the top 70s way, I guess because they were funky 60s and 70s lenses. The 35mm f1.4 looks to me to have some funkiness but in a subtle way.
