The 80mm continues to be sharper than the 90mm even at f/2.8 and f/4 but the differences are definitely more subtle at f/4.

Fuji claims a 5 stop advantage for their OIS system and tests indicate that this is realistic. Razor sharp images could be achieved at ridiculously low shutter speeds. However, for precise framing and some static subjects, switching the OIS off and using a tripod is still a useful technique. It is also true that OIS will do nothing for subject movement, such as wildlife. The lens is made up of 16 elements in 12 groups, including one aspherical lens, one Super extra-low dispersion (ED) lens and three additional ED lenses. The purpose of Fujifilm’s ED lenses is to reduce chromatic aberrations, while delivering clear colour reproduction, impressive sharpness and high contrast. The OIS element inside the lens is loose when the camera is powered off, so an audible thunk is heard when moving the lens around, by design.Quote: This review tells us how well the lens performs on a variety of subjects, shows the data measured, comments on the handling and other general observations that hopefully give us the conclusion that it's excellent, albeit expensive. Enough clunking of the focus groups sliding around on their ceramic bearings to make you think something is broken. I understand the point you're making, but value is something that includes price and is not price to the exclusion of all other factors. It is true that some will just buy on price alone, but there is an element of we get what we pay for, so cheap will always be cheap and may not do the job as well. The VFM assessments take into account price, quality, what the alternatives might be, basically what the lens will do for us and how alternatives could provide something similar. Or not as the case may be. This lens makes its case on quality grounds, but unfortunately most macro lenses are arguably rather good anyway, hence the VFM part of the equation pulling the overall score downwards slightly. However, it still remains HIghly Recommended as it is still within that band of assessment. Given time perhaps the price will fall, in which case the equation changes slightly again. The design of the lens isn’t too dissimilar to the XF 90mm f/2 R LM WR, albeit 25mm longer and 5mm larger in diameter. It has a fairly thin aperture ring set towards the rear plus a large, finely grooved manual focus ring located just in front. I don’t know why it matters, but the Fujifilm XF 80mm f/2.8 is one of the best looking lenses I’ve come across – so let’s start there.

quote] As regards the OIS, I'm not sure that this is very useful at macro distances anyway. I would be putting the camera firmly on a tripod, [/quote] Miraculously this lens has nearly none, which makes it a stand-out performer for this kind of lens. o Easily connect to external HDMI monitor and turn on HDMI Rec Control to automatically enable a clean HDMI output when the camera’s shutter release button is pressedThe focus group used is controlled via the focus limit switch located just behind the aperture ring. For those who’d like to take control and prevent the lens from operating across its full 0.25m-infinity range, there’s the option to set it to 0.25m-0.5m or 0.5m-infinity. When used on Fuji's APS-C cameras, it sees the same angle of view as a 120 mm lens sees when used on a 35mm or full-frame camera.

However, although some of the attributes of an f2.8 hold (like expected sharpness and focussing speed at wider apertures), if you’re going to equivalence focal length, it makes equal sense to equivalence aperture since total light gathering does have a commensurate value. As reported in the past when we’ve tested other Fujifilm X-mount lenses, the manufacturer delivers correction for Raw files via lens-specific metadata. This is automatically accessed by the Raw converter used to correct or mitigate common optical phenomena, and is the reason Fujifilm lenses aren’t listed under lens profiles in Camera Raw or Lightroom. Chromatic aberrations, typically seen as purple, blue or green fringes along contrasty edges, were only noticeable by their complete absence from our sample images. MacroThe pronounced clunk of the lens when it’s tilted might send alarm bells ringing the moment it’s taken out of the box. However, this is quite common with image-stabilised lenses. Switching the camera on engages magnets in the lens and the above-mentioned clunk soon disappears. So then I would recomment having a look also at the Laowa 65mm macro lens. It is excellent optically, and can deliver 2x magnification. It is an all manual lens though so no recording of EXIF information about aperture with the images. The Fujifilm XF 30mm f/2.8 R LM W Macro is the latest addition to the X-mount macro lenses, released in January 2023. This lens follows the popular Fujifilm 80mm macro lens and the “fake macro” Fujifilm 60mm macro lens, which are both detailed below. The XF 30mm is the first macro lens from Fujifilm with such a short focal length (30mm). Despite its compact design, weighing only 195g and measuring 7cm in length, the lens has an ultra-short focusing distance of 10cm, which makes it less suitable for live insect photography. It has a 43mm filter size and does not extend, and comes with a simple plastic lens hood.

The Fujifilm XF 80mm f/2.8 lens is constructed entirely of metal and boasts excellent build quality, with a notched aperture ring featuring ⅓ stops and a high-quality focus ring that is comfortable to use. Two switches can be found on the barrel: one to activate or deactivate the stabilization, and another for focus range limitation, allowing the focus range to be limited to 50 cm to infinity, 25cm to 50cm, or infinity. It’s worth noting that this lens is compatible with Fujifilm’s x1.4 and x2 teleconverters.Alongside the release of its new X-T5 APS-C mirrorless camera system, Fujifilm has also announced the XF 30mm F2.8 Macro, the company’s third XF macro lens, joining the XF 60mm F2.4 R Macro and the XF 80mm F2.8 R LM WR Macro.