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shammer8

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  1. Correct on many points and agree that the 23mm is the right lens, but I'd quibble with a few things—first off: in my experience the AF is actually a tad slower with the 23mm, but find both adequately fast even in very low light. I'd also say my 23mm hunts a little more when it's really dark, but that's partly due to it having shallower DOF at any given F-stop—which brings me to the second point: bokeh isn't really the same IMO. I would say the 23mm has a smoother creamier bokeh, especially in environmental portrait scenarios and working distances. The 16mm has VERY close focusing capabilities and can achieve spectacular pseudo-macro shots with LOTS of creamy bokeh, but so much for shooting people where you'll have to be far enough away that you lose quite a bit of the separation. The tighter FL of the 23mm makes it more practical for people pictures in more circumstances that I find myself in. I LOVE my 16mm, it's a beautiful lens and I'm glad I own it, but the 23mm f/1.4 is my "desert island" lens pic for sure—I would hate to have to choose only one XF lens, but if I had to this would be the one. It's versatile, fast, sharp, and has a very pleasing rendering (don't listen to anyone who calls it "clinical," it's just razor sharp at all apertures, but I think it has plenty of character). 23mm is also my preferred street shooting focal, though I also love my 35 f/1.4 and use it often for street too (especially in places that have wider streets/sidewalks and for street portraits or sniping intimate candids. I just got the 56 so I haven't tried shooting street with it, but I think the 23 and 56 pair together wonderfully, and if (when) I have a second body I would probably have those two on my cameras much of the time. Lastly, because the OP has the 12mm rokinon (which I too have, and love), the 23 will slot in nicely as a three lens pair, whereas the 16 will feel more like a wide angle lens and is often a comparable rather than complementary lens to the 12 (even though the 12 is considerably wider and more at the narrow end of the UWA range). If you get either, make sure you get the metal lens hood (I bought the expensive fuji one before these knock-offs came out, but they look identical and are far better than the cheap petal hoods that come with either the 16 or 23: https://www.amazon.com/JJC-Dedicated-Fujifilm-Replaces-Standard/dp/B071G7Q32T/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1516594738&sr=8-1&keywords=metal+fuji+23mm
  2. I used gorilla glue on two aftermarket lens caps after sanding them a little to roughen up the surface—works perfectly so far. I don't wave it around a bunch or put long lenses on it and hold them horizontally, but I trust it to hold two primes in my bag and be able to quickly/safely swap lenses. Since moving to the Peak Design Sling 5L for my run-and-gun I don't use it anymore, but it is a simple/cheap/effective go-now solution to your problem that I can vouch for!
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