Ranking My 5 Most Used Lenses for Fujifilm This Year!

Don’t you get a lot of chromatic aberration with the viltrox? I own the 23mm and it’s bad!

thank you for this video. Very helpful. I hope you can evaluate Zeiss 32mm 1.8 Touit. Again TY much for this video.

I had an awesome 2023 pretty much using only a Fuji 16-55mm (24-84mm full frame equivalent) f2.8 on my Fuji X-T5. I had A LOT of free daytime (as I was between jobs for months) so I didn't need something that's better in low light.

Currently rockin' the Fuji 33mm f1.4 in this gloomy British winter, trying to get good with its classic 50mm equivalent vibe. In my bag I then usually just have the little Fuji 18mm f2.0 lens, which feels cheap and has a mildly clunky autofocus, but is soooooo light at only 116g and takes rather good pics.

No Fuji glass for your Fuji cameras?????

You should look at the Sigma 10-18mm f/2.8. It’s so small and can cover more than your Viltrox 13mm f/1.4. Is f/1.4 important at wide? Usually not.

Last year (2023), these were my 5 most used lenses for my Fuji X-Pro2:
1. 16-55mm f/2.8 Fujinon
2. 23mm f/2 Fujinon
3. 56mm f/1.2 Fujinon
4. 12mm f/2.8 Zeiss
5. 50-140mm f/2.8 Fujinon

The XF 18-55 is a fantastic lens but the 2 copies I’ve owned managed to fill up with dust. It’s the same with the 55-200 and the Mk1 10-24. Just because they don’t have proper weather sealing doesn’t mean dust should have such an easy time getting inside the lens. It totally destroys their resale value. I have 40-50 year old Nikon and Olympus lenses without so much as a single spec of dust. Fuji quoted me £700 to clean them. Not good enough.

Did you consider the XF 50mm F2 as an alternative to Sigma 56mm? The 50mm is a great lens, great price and fast autofocus and micro contrast. Also more compact, a native Fuji glass so 100% compatible with Fuji body.

I've just ordered the Sigma 56mm and i'm looking forward to using it for some street photography.

There’s rumours Fuji will release new FX lense 16-50 to substitute kit lens 18-55.
Should be nice , more wide

If i see a photography channel where the guy wear beanie(like on all the other street photography channels) i just stop the video an move on can't handle this anymore :D

I've been thinking of getting the Sigma 56mm for some time. Thank you for convincing me!

Now that I've managed to convince myself to stop thinking about getting s-20 and 18-35 I stumble upon your video xD It's really hard for me to decide what should I get so thank you for some interesting thoughts!

Jay, I think you've convinced me to get the Viltrox 13mm for my X-S20

Hey Jay! Great video once again. I’m curious to know your opinion on another lens Sigma makes, that I haven’t seen anyone else discuss. What’s your opinion on the Sigma 18-50 native Fuji lens in comparison to the 18-35? Everyone talks about how great the Sigma 18-35 is, however why haven’t they made it native? And is the 18-50, being a native lens, better? Specifically, I’m interested only in the video capabilities. This would actually be a great video for someone to make, a shootout between the two, with emphasis primarily on their video abilities. Thanks and cheers…