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Similar to others that made the comments…I made the move to Fuji with the same lens. 23mm f2 and the XT20 coming from a 6D matched with a Sigma 35 Art. When I'm shooting dancing for example, I'm usually zone focusing and setting a relatively fast shutter speed of 1/125 or even faster. I found I needed that extra stop of light. But remember, I shoot with available light - if you use strobes, then this will be a mute point. This slim, hardworking, affordable lens is compatible with all Fujifilm X-Series interchangeable system cameras. It’s perfect for beginner photographers, ideal for bloggers, and is a must for street photographers. The compact and stylish form factor almost completely eliminates mechanical vignetting *2when using the optical viewfinder on the FUJIFILM X-Pro2 and X-Pro1 cameras. In the past, Fuji cameras have had notoriously inaccurate depth of field scales when shooting in manual focus mode. They’ve finally fixed this problem with the X-Pro2 (latest firmware) and the 23mm f2 lens!
This prime wide-angle lens is a 35mm equivalent focal length and is designed for APS-C format FUJIFILM X mount mirrorless cameras. Thank you Andrew. Yeah I like the concept of the x100v but I like to have the opportunity to change my lenses if I feel like it. The type of motor that rotates only at a fixed angle in response to an electrical pulse signal, and is used in precision positioning. In addition, there’s an increase in awareness and demand for prime lenses, including options within a single focal length. The XF 23mm f/1.4 is an amazing lens, but not everyone needs the speed at the cost of size and weight (and price). Since the release of the XF 35mm f/2 WR last fall, photographers demanded more f/2 ‘Fujicron’ lenses, and the boys in Japan listened by giving us the new XF 23mm f/2 WR. Thank-you Fujifilm. I took the XF 23mm with me as my primary lens while on vacation in Osaka, and I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed shooting with this lens. We use Imatest SFR (spatial frequency response) charts and analysis software to plot lens resolution at the center of the image frame, corners and mid-point distances, across the range of aperture settings and, with zoom lenses, at four different focal lengths. The tests also measure distortion and color fringing (chromatic aberration).I’m a 35mm (full frame equivalent) kind of guy. It’s really about the way my brain works – I can walk up to a scene and put the camera to my eye and the framing is exactly where I expected it to be. I know a lot of guys like 50mm and even more like 28mm but for me it’s 35mm or nothing.
Shooting in amongst the guests in lower light is still fine of course, its only really when I needed to ensure the fast shutter speed that it mattered. Even though I carried a bag with three lenses, my three weeks trip around Portugal was dominated using one lens. Glued to my Fujifilm X-T20: the Fujifilm 23mm F2.0 WR.As much as I have praised the XF 23mm f/2 R WR in this review a new camera has arrived on the scene since this article was first published. In February 2020, Fujifilm released the Fujifilm X100V which also features a 23mm f/2 lens and it may have complicated the choice of 23mm options somewhat.
Autofocus is one area where the 23mm F2 WR lens really stands out. The autofocus on this thing is fast. I mean REALLY fast. In their press release, Fuji claim, "the lens can focus in an astonishing 0.05 seconds.” In my real world testing I had no way of verifying this claim and besides, most photographers take these kinds of blanket statements with a huge pinch of salt, but certainly I found the autofocusing of this lens to be noticeably faster when compared to other lenses in the Fuji line up. How much faster I will leave to others to decide, but faster none-the-less.The word bokeh is used to describe out of focus areas in an image. Various words can be used, such as creamy, harsh or smooth. With the 9 aperture blade construction of the Fujifilm XF 23mm f/2 R WR lens, you get a nice and natural bokeh. Judging bokeh is quite subjective however, so we have included some samples for you to decide for yourself. The 23mm, f2 X-series lens does have a free-spinning manual focus ring. This ring has no real hard stops, so you can’t really tell which stop you’re on. Fuji 23mm f2 Sharpness The lens hood is also added to stop flare, but even without it, the lens doesn’t let much flare into your images which is a great positive. Colour and Contrast
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