56mm focus speed?

[abjurina]

I keep reading a lot of forum posters who are talking about the 56mm focus speed being sub-par, at least before the update. Is this lens as bad as that? I'm asking because I OWN it and have used it for several months. I don't notice it being a poor focusing lens, but then, of course, I also own the 35mm. Thoughts from the community on the 56mm and it's focus speed? 

[Aswald]

Slower on the X-Pro1 but faster than the XF56 APD.

 

On the X-T1, it's as fast as the XF35 on the X-Pro1.

[azmmount]

I have the 56 and also have not noticed it being particularly slow except when it hunts for focus. It is, in fact, light years faster than the last f/1.2 lens I had (the Canon 85mm f/1.2L v1). I do not have the 35 to compare it to but I do have the 14 (I read one of the faster focusing Fuji lenses). It does take more time to focus than that one but, for my use, it is not an unreasonable amount more.

[jlmphotos]

I had similar experience.  I tried to shoot two christenings back to back in a beautifully lit church - big open air windows along both sides, skylights, etc.  The 56 kept hunting, and at times refused to focus on the X-T1 (with latest updates at the time).  I wound up swapping to the 18-55 or the 35 and had no further issues.

On Monday I returned the lens.

[joshinthecity]

I guess the answer is... fast enough.

For the use for which it was intended.

[mkay]

IMHO this is not the case.. even a portrait lense should be able to focus on a group of people in afternoon light without hunting.. we are not talking at superfast sports action here.. 

[joshinthecity]

I'm running 4.0 on an X-T1.

It doesn't hunt in the situation you mentioned.

 

To be fair, it didn't really hunt with the previous firmware on that body either.. in good light, with a reasonable contrast point.

 

It does a little on my Pro-1 though, could that be the difference?

j.