Fujifilm Fujinon XF60mm F2

December 03, 2019

Fujifilm Fujinon XF60mm F2 – Five Stars

Great lens, don’t worry about reports of slow autofocus, it works well.

+ solid construction+ 215g, light to moderate weight+ 39mm filter thread+ huge lens hood included. About the size of the lens itself+ convenient external aperture ring+ manual focus ring well damp+ sharp wide open, quality comparable to 35mm lens or better+ stellar image quality, colours+ beautiful bokeh+ no visible vignetting+ ovf frameline box covers 100%, but box is smaller, like 20% of the whole viewfinder. + non-macro af speed is near that of 18mm and 35mm lens- macro af speed is much slower. – lens cap difficult to pinch. Doesn’t seem tight even when fixed on- slight chromatic aberration (purple fringing) at wide open- not internal zoom. – noisy zooming mechanism, not good for video- minimum focus distance of 26cm- macro magnification of 0. 5x- have to use evf when shooting at minimum focus distance. – high tendency for background focus when using ovf mode- ovf parallax adjustment is drastic for close subjects. Use evf- af point selection box is bigger than frameline boxthere’s a higher tendency for this lens to hunt for focus, especially so for close subjects.

Auto focus is still a bit slow after the firmware updates, i would only use it with still objects. I got my lens from amazon warehouse sales. The aperture ring is slightly wobbly, not sure if it’s a general issue.

The autofocus is incredibly slow and often hunts. This is consistent with previous reviews, however, i didn’t quite realise how much of an issue it would be. Probably fine of shorting still objects, but for me – that rarely is the case. I previously used the canon efs 60mm true macro lens, which is far superior in all respects. I ended up selling it and purchasing the 35mm 1. I should point out that once you obtain focus – the images are sharp and quite lovely, however the process is quite frustrating. Also, no real time manual focus, which again can be tricky when shooting macro. Remember, this is not a true macro lens – but i imagine that’s most people primary reason for purchase. ** update: ok, i sold my original version of this lens. However, since the xt1 firmware update i have repurchased. It’s still not lightning fast but it’s improved significantly. If like me you can’t justify the price of the 56mm 1. 2 and you want some macro capability – this is a real gem. It’s insanely sharp and fast enough in the right light. I got mine for just £200 and use it as much as my 35mm and even as much as my 23mm (costing x3 this lens).

Exceptionally sharp, even for a close to 50mm lens. Exceptional metal lenshood which embarrasses the plastic types fuji supplies with more recent lenses. Neither heavy, nor bulky, nor even especially expensive for what’s on offer. Af accuracy leaves a d-slr for dead – this can be used wide-open and achieve consistantly high success rates. Focussing ring is delightfully tactile. £469 is not expensive for a lens of this quality.

Very happy with this lens, sharper than my nikon 105mm af-d lens on my d700, great for portraitsprosvery sharp (was quite surprised just how sharp, one of the sharpest lens i have)very lightnice quality bokehsolidf2. 4 so pretty fastlovely metal lens hoodneither pro nor conprice ok for what you get (unlike several fujinon lens esp. 18mm imho)consaf sometimes huntsonly 1:2 macro magnificationslightly worse ca in strong light conditions than modern nikon lens.

Not a verified purchase, as i bought a used one for £230. What an astonishing little lens this is. No, it isn’t ‘true’ macro, and no, it doesn’t have is, and if bought new at amazon prices, it is a little expensive. But the resolution and image quality that this lens is capable of is just incredible. I came over to fuji x from full-frame canon, including their 100mm f2. 8l and i seriously didn’t think i’d ever find a dslr close-up lens to equal that. But in terms of iq this tiny little gem from fuji does. Stick to the wider apertures, and you’ll also see the most beautiful bokeh and razor-sharp detail. I do agree that, for the cost new, it’s disappointing that this lens isn’t a full-fat, full-on macro with is. Maybe one day fuji will bring one of those out.

I’ve had this lens for a long time now, and i love it; you have to remember that this lens has a manual aperture setting you can use which overrides whatever the camera is set to, or there is an auto-setting. I’ve used this recently on my xm-1 to record some video with and it worked really well. The best thing is you can use it as a standard 60mm lens too.

Great lens, incredibly sharp, great detail.

Used on an x-t2 and for me this lens desperately needs ois. Great lighting and a fast shutter speed is required for handheld macro shooting, else don’t bother unless you use a tripod. I moved to the fuji x-t2 from canon and whilst i’m impressed with the camera i am very frustrated that i cant get anywhere near the image quality that i was consistently able to achieve with my old canon eos 7dmk ii and ef 100mm f/2. There is no real comparison. Fuji needs to produce a 90mm or 100mm or 105mm true macro lens (very close min focus distance at 1:1) with optical image stabilisation for hand-held. The lens seems to be very well made and the metal hood adds to the quality feel and it may be very decent for portraits (in good light) but they should drop the word ‘marco’ in association with this lens. There is currently no decent 1:1 stabilised macro glass available for the brilliant fuji x system cameras. They have addressed the lack of sports/wildlife options with the brilliant 100-400mm and it’s brilliant ois. 4 converter kit, now it is time to give a true macro lens.

Very sharp and the auto- focussing which once was a problem is now fine. Brilliant for macro work even hand held. I would definately recommend this lens to anyone.

I’ve owned canon and nikon’s best quality lenses in the past (worked as a professional photographer for 10 years, and a further 20 years as an enthusiast after i switched careers), and can confidently say that this is the sharpest lens i’ve ever used. It’s small and light, it focusses reliably and accurately even indoors in dim tungsten light (camera and lens firmware: jan 2014), albeit slowly if macro is enabled, but that’s understandable when you consider the range it has to seek through – not a problem for me at all. I’ve only owned it for about a week and haven’t had a chance to do more than test shots, but i’m absolutely delighted and can’t wait to get out and about with it. 2 is a brand new and much anticipated alternative, and i thought long and hard about waiting and saving for that instead. But the 56mm costs almost three times as much, is larger and heavier, more difficult to use (at wide open), not nearly as versatile, not as sharp (according to mtf charts, but now that i’ve seen the results from the 60mm i expect it to be true). I was worried about the reports of ‘rubbish focussing’, but i’m glad i took a chance and bought the 60mm. The focussing is fine, and i’m completely sure i made the right choice. If i could give this lens 6 stars i wouldfootnote (11 feb 2015): nature took its course shortly after i’d written the review above, and my baby son became a very mobile toddler. And i found that, for moving subjects, fuji’s af system is not really good enough to keep up, and the 60mm above, as much as i love it, is probably the slowest performer of all fuji lenses. With much sadness i had to trade in all my fuji kit for a dslr with machine-gun focusing, and although i’m extremely happy with the new equipment, i really do miss the fuji system, it’s ethos and the character of the lenses – most of all the 60mm. It’s the lens that made me get rid of all my fuji kit, but it’s also the lens that would make me buy it all back again in an instant if i had enough moneyit’s a great lens which produces *beautiful* images – razor sharp where required, with beautiful bokeh everywhere else, and great macro performance too. Bottom line: if you favour a careful and deliberate approach to photography, this is a no-brainer, must buy, best lens in your bag. If you need to take quick shots of moving subjects, then it’s not ideal, sadly.

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The XF Macro 60mm is a versatile Lens (135 equivalent to 91mm) is perfect for a wide range of applications from portraits to 0.5x magnification macros
All glass aspherical lens polished to perfection and treated with Super EBC coating
High quality metal barrel and precision machined 1/3 step (20 stops) aperture ring
26.7cm back focus
F2.4 Maximum aperture