Fuji 80 MM 2.8 Macro Lens - Anybody Hands-On Experience??? Just wondering if anybody has had some experience with this new lens from Fuji. Especially opposed to the Fuji 90 MM F2???

xt2 Loc: British Columbia, Canada

Just wondering if anybody has had some experience with this new lens from Fuji. Especially opposed to the Fuji 90 MM F2???

sueyeisert Loc: New Jersey

Why not ask at the Fuji forum. https://www.fujix-forum.com/

bedouin Loc: Big Bend area, Texas

I have the Fuji 60 mm macro, which with the crop feature is effectively a 90 mm. It provides exceptionally sharp Images and is less costly than the 80 mm.

magpix Loc: St. Michaels, MD

I've read that it's incredibly sharp. But I've held it in my hands on my XT-2, and it was just too big and heavy to carry in my bag. So I've stayed with a wonderful vintage Takumar macro 100mm f/4 lens with adaptor. Works great. If you can handle the weight and size, though, the Fuji 80mm macro is supposed to be a great lens. Look at all the positive reviews.

xt2 Loc: British Columbia, Canada

Cheers...

xt2 Loc: British Columbia, Canada

Thx...

f8lee Loc: New Mexico

xt2 wrote:

Just wondering if anybody has had some experience with this new lens from Fuji. Especially opposed to the Fuji 90 MM F2???

It is rather big and heavy (way larger than the Fuji 60MM which I never liked), and it makes a clunky noise as it is handled (which by all accounts is normal). But it does the job pretty well - these were taken a couple of months back when I first got the 80.

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TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

f8lee wrote:

It is rather big and heavy (way larger than the Fuji 60MM which I never liked), and it makes a clunky noise as it is handled (which by all accounts is normal). But it does the job pretty well - these were taken a couple of months back when I first got the 80.

Just curious - what did you dislike about the 60? (I am considering one).

Thanks

f8lee Loc: New Mexico

TriX wrote:

Just curious - what did you dislike about the 60? (I am considering one).

Thanks

Well, it's certainly was cute and small (I rented one for a week when I started down the Fuji road a few years back) but it was quite slow to focus and the working length (the minimum distance from which I could shoot) was a bit short. To me it was the most disappointing of all the Fuji lenses (and I have a gaggle of them today).

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

f8lee wrote:

Well, it's certainly was cute and small (I rented one for a week when I started down the Fuji road a few years back) but it was quite slow to focus and the working length (the minimum distance from which I could shoot) was a bit short. To me it was the most disappointing of all the Fuji lenses (and I have a gaggle of them today).

Thank you.

ral

I have both lenses. Love them both. The 80 is, in my experience, best suited for macro, the auto-focus gets confused toward infinity, sky, etc. But the macro is gorgeous; sharp, tight in, sharpness falls off a bit at f16, 22. That it's 80mm makes it easy to get in tight. Yes it's big but so what. The 1:1 makes a big difference over the 60mm, which I had and didn't like much. Focus slow and not so accurate, sharpness just okay, and not 1:1. The 90mm is also a beautiful lens. Very sharp, terrific range (can almost be close-up).