Manual focusing is entirely electronic; the manual focus ring isn't connected to anything other than a digital encoder.

is also a pancake lens, but at 18mm it’s much more of a wide angle lens than the 27mm. On the upside, With the lens set to its maximum aperture of f/2.8, there is some light fall-off in the corners, requiring you to stop down by at least 2 f-stops to completely prevent it. Distortion habitat! This lens gives you that, beautifully. Photo taken with Fujifilm XF 27mm f2.8 Fits everything in – naturally weather resistant. These days I honestly think there are better options than this lens if you want to go wide and stay compact, such as the lens listed below.There is no aperture ring. You have to use a dial on the camera to set it, or to set it to Auto aperture control for A and P modes but this level of perfection is something that can bother more than one. It may seem paradoxical, but it is the imperfections that make the character of a lens. For this reason, many are moving towards “vintage” lenses, full of imperfections and oddities, because they give a touch that some will call “magic” to your shots. Thanks to the IF mechanism the front of the lens does not rotate on focus, which is very good news for anyone looking to use the lens in conjunction with a polariser or graduated neutral density filter. This has a significant advantage: you can take this lens and camera anywhere without hesitation. By the way, this lens will not attract attention when you want to be discreet in the street. That first paragraph could be the entirety of this article. It says everything that you need to know (although my full review of the 27mm f/2.8 lens can be read here). If there could only be one lens in our household, it would be this one! But why? What makes this lens special?

The smaller the focal length, the greater the focusing area will be with an equivalent aperture, which is an advantage in street photography, where we try to have the most excellent focal length with as much light as possible). Since I’ve only had my TTArtisan 27mm f/2.8 for a few days, I haven’t been able to do a rigorous review of it yet, but I will. Ryan playing on Dad's 13" MacBook Pro, 10 September 2014. ( Fuji X-T1, Fuji XF 27mm f/2.8, f/2.8 at 1/56 at Auto ISO 6,400, Perfectly Clear V2.) The only downside of the XF 27mm for portrait use is the sluggish performance in AF-C. With face/eye detection on, I find the hit rate quite low on a moving toddler. In standard AF-C, I have to keep my dogs very still. 27mm | ISO-320 | 1/340sec | f/2.8 27mm | ISO-160 | 1/1400sec | f/9 27mm | ISO-160 | 1/85sec | f/2.8 27mm | ISO-160 | 1/950sec | f/8 27mm | ISO-320 | 1/800sec | f/2.8 27mm | ISO-160 | 1/900sec | f/8 27mm | ISO-800 | 1/80sec | f/2.8 27mm | ISO-160 | 1/1600sec | f/2.8 27mm | ISO-320 | 1/125sec | f/3.2 27mm | ISO-320 | 1/220sec | f/8 Street Photography and ArchitectureEven under the most devious conditions I could devise, all I got was one dim purple blob as seen here. This lens is an ideal everyday lens that won't let you down. With a 27 mm focal length, this prime lens provides a natural field of view similar to the human eye. It is ideal for portraiture, street and landscape photography, extended travel, and wildlife photography. The key feature of this lens is its portability and versatility, creating high-quality images whatever the subject. Is the Fujifilm XF 27mm F2.8 R WR lens weatherproof? As I was getting ready to write this article, I was looking around my gear cabinet for this lens and I couldn’t locate it. When I did find it, the lens was attached to my wife’s X-T4! It turns out that the Fujinon XF 27mm f/2.8 R WR is her favorite lens. It seems that whenever I want to use it, the lens is attached to her camera. This is the only lens that we fight over.