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Fantastic review! Best one I've read, and the only one so far with decent nuance about the abilities of the camera.
Also, quite a beautiful and inspiring set of images! Very nice!

Hello everybody,
Again, I did not find a dedicated topic to just this lens in the forum. So, as the last (blog) act of the year, here's my opinion on this lens.
https://peterpoete.de/xf23-14-wr-review/
Happy New Year 2023!
Cheers,
Peter
P.S. In January I'll be reviewing the XF33 and the XF30 Macro... 

Hello everybody,
Again, I did not find a dedicated topic to just this lens in the forum. So, as the last (blog) act of the year, here's my opinion on this lens.
https://peterpoete.de/xf23-14-wr-review/
Happy New Year 2023!
Cheers,
Peter
P.S. In January I'll be reviewing the XF33 and the XF30 Macro... 

Hi,
I am going with the triple 30/50/80... with the GFX50S I have experiences with the 45, 63 and the two zooms 32-64 and 45-100...
Some first reviews on the lenses:
https://peterpoete.de/gf50-review/
https://peterpoete.de/gf3264-review/
... and I am working the the reviews on the 30mm and the 80mm...
Regards,
Peter

... and here it is...
https://peterpoete.de/gf30-review/

... and here it is...
https://peterpoete.de/gf30-review/

Hi all,
As always, just for those who are interested, here are a few thoughts in the form of a review, this time of the XF30 Macro.
https://peterpoete.de/xf30-28-macro-review/
Cheers,
Peter

Hi all,
As always, just for those who are interested, here are a few thoughts in the form of a review, this time of the XF30 Macro.
https://peterpoete.de/xf30-28-macro-review/
Cheers,
Peter

Hello all,
after a while I wrote a long review again, the first time on an X-T. I'm looking forward to all opinions and open for discussions... and Merry Christmas!
https://peterpoete.de/fujifilm-x-t5-review/
Cheers,
Peter
 

Hi KrisAK, 
first of all, it‘s not „he“, it‘s me 🙂 My fault, I should have written „my thoughts“… it‘s my blog…
And yes, of course the vignetting is made in post, that‘s very often my style. So I don‘t care about vignetting, but both are OK in this respect - the f/1.4 even better I think. 
Coming to the size: Puh, yeah, it‘s OK… but as I wrote, I would like it to be a bit smaller. All in all, though, it's still OK, as it's also quite slim and light.
Should you prefer it to the F2 version? This is the hardest question of all. As a landscape photographer probably yes, otherwise it depends on how much you need/want that kind of perfection. It's damn good without question, but I'm still not selling the F2 either... maybe that answers the question best.
 
Cheers,
Peter

Hi there, for those who are interessted, some (first) thoughts from my side on the GFX100S...
https://peterpoete.de/fujifilm-gfx100s-first_impression-english/
 

Hi
the next Fuji X100v could look like this
I used the x100F recently and the button placement could be better
This is my idea about improvements to the layout
Tell me what you think ( "v" roman numerals stands for 5th )

Sorry, I don't get the point and give up... the autofocus works exceptionally well in Aperture Priority and is lightning fast in addition, at least with my copy of the X100F... doesn't matter if it's the first or the fifth picture. I don't recognize any significant delay at all... And I don't understand the point you mentioned with the "full auto mode". I thought we are talking about Aperture Priority... 

Sorry, I don't get the point and give up... the autofocus works exceptionally well in Aperture Priority and is lightning fast in addition, at least with my copy of the X100F... doesn't matter if it's the first or the fifth picture. I don't recognize any significant delay at all... And I don't understand the point you mentioned with the "full auto mode". I thought we are talking about Aperture Priority... 

A very fine report on your thoughts - and very much in line with my own, although I never had the original x100 but bought the x100s as my first Fujifilm camera.

Hi,
 
here you will find my review and thoughts...
 
http://peterpoete.de/the-f-stands-for-the-fujifilm-x100f/
 
Cheers,
Peter

Autofocus mode is unusable? C'mon man ;-)
 
You will find my two cents about this problem at the very end of:
 
http://peterpoete.de/the-f-stands-for-the-fujifilm-x100f/
 
No offence,
Peter

Ok, in that respect I clearly have to contradict. ;-) I don't think the improvements are "negligible". In the case of the X-T2 they are huge imho, in the case of the X-Pro2 the improvements are nothing else than spectacular. Those improvements have been the reason for me to switch to the system... nonetheless, the grid pattern are annoying though.

For me the best way is to use the left hand to create a shadow... no kiding here. I have done this with every camera I've ever owned and always found it worked better than any larger eyecup.  

I'm pretty sure now that it is related to the closing aperture... you never see it in poor light conditions when the aperture stays open. For some reason the electronic seems to have a problem 'smoothing' the steps of closing aperture in the EVF and LCD. I'm pretty sure as well that Fuji can fix that...

Yesterday Fuji officially confirmed that the flickering is caused by the aperture, but did not call it a malfunction. According to what they said it is a normal and wanted behavior of this camera. Ok, good to know, but I'm still convinced that it is not a neccesary behavior and could be changed by Fuji, as other cameras do it in a better way, even other Fuji cameras. We will see... and yes, it's not a deal breaker, but would definitely be better otherwise...