I have 2 lenses @ 18mm for my X-T5 and X-E5, the C/V 18mm f2.8 CS and the just bought Sigma 18-50 f2.8 DC DN. I am in Thailand right now for another month and the 18-50 was bought as a general purpose zoom as all my other lenses for Fuji are primes and I wanted that versatility for my 2 month trip.
The C/V 18 mm is a really good lens, the colors are rich, the corners are sharp and it is so small to carry, I mainly used on the X-E5. The Sigma zoom is a one lens solution that I have only used a few times when I wanted to go with just 1 lens real light and it preforms just fine, very versitile. But it is still somewhat large, it barely fits mounted in the PD 3L sling bag, where I can get the X-E5 with up to 4 primes, 2 being the C/V 18 CS and 27mm Ultron in the bag. (18-50 Fits fine in my PD 6L sling with 3 other lenses though.)
I am not really used to shooting with a 18mm and in taking about 280 photos a week ago at a beautiful and very large park in Bangkok (Benjakiti Park) I was somewhat surprised at how the DOF at f5.6 was not a great as I thought it might have been. (I shoot a lot with primes at f1.4 and f2). The MF aids are not that great on the X-E5, I am using peaking, and if a subject was 3 m away th
Jun 10, 2026 at 09:48 PM
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