FUJIFILM XF 23mm F1.4 R Lens
The FUJINON XF23mmF1.4 R is a premium wide-angle lens that is ideal for a variety of photographic styles, including landscape, street and documentary photography. In fact, many X Series users choose this as their go-to standard lens.
This is no surprise as it delivers high-quality images at every aperture setting, while the maximum aperture of F1.4 comes into its own when the light levels start to drop, and you want to keep shooting without a tripod.
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Push/pull manual focusing ring If you like to regularly switch between manual and autofocusing, the XF23mmF1.4 R has the perfect control to do so quickly and easily. The manual focusing ring smoothly slides forwards and backwards; slide backwards to reveal the focusing distance scale and focus manually, push forwards to switch back to autofocus.
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Distance and depth-of-field scales Photographers often want to maximise depth-of-field when shooting with a wide-angle lens, and for this reason the distance and depth-of-field scales etched on the barrel of the XF23mmF1.4 R are invaluable. At a glance you can see what will and won’t be in focus using any given aperture and focusing distance. This is also handy when pre-focusing for street/documentary work.
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Fast F1.4 aperture The lens’s F1.4 maximum aperture gives photographers a great deal of versatility. Use it to reduce the need to switch to a tripod or other form of support in low light, or to help subjects to stand out from their background by providing a very shallow depth-of-field. The aperture ring on the XF23mmF1.4 R is also click-stopped in one-third stop steps for precise exposure adjustment.
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Rounded aperture diaphragm Seven metal blades with rounded edges make up the aperture inside the XF23mmF1.4 R. The rounded edges make for sharper images and smoother bokeh (out-of-focus highlights), plus the seven blades combine to create an almost circular aperture opening. This means highlights are rendered as circles rather than as hexagons.