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Image Quality is nothing less than superb, it has fast autofocus when shooting sports, portraits and general photography, it has weather sealing for ultimate outdoor shooting comfort, and it has a true 1:1 macro function. It even has optical image stabilisation! This isn’t a lens that’s totally reliant on being used indoors or on a tripod, either. The optical image stabilisation system is effective at suppressing handshake and the lens isn’t out of its depth when asked to shoot shallow depth of field portraits. The lens felt well balanced with the Fujifilm X-T2 with which it was supplied; whereas a brief spell of shooting with the X-E3 resulted in the lens/body combination feeling a little unbalanced and rather front-heavy. Fujinon XF 80mm f/2.8 R LM OIS WR Macro – Autofocus At their fastest apertures – f/2 on the 90mm and f/2.8 on the 80mm – the 80mm is much more capable of rendering fine details, which could only be expected from a macro lens. Sharpness from the 90mm is still very acceptable though, especially if we take into account the one-stop difference in aperture. To acquire optimum sharpness across the frame users are advised to use the lens between f/4 and f/8. Push past f/11 and you’ll notice the introduction of diffraction, which reduces sharpness quite dramatically.
These elements only stop flopping around when on an operating camera. As soon as the camera goes to sleep it starts flopping around again. The Fujifilm XF 80mm f/2.8 R LM OIS WR Macro is one of the biggest prime lenses in the X-system line-up, weighing 750g and measuring 13cm in length, understandable given the amount of glass used in its construction. As you can see in the pictures below, it complements the top-of-the-range Fujifilm X-T2 camera very well, not feeling at all front-heavy and more than matching the body in terms of its build quality. XF80 - IF, AF, sealed, big, heavy and expensive. 1:1. Excellent optics. OIS. Working distances no better than the 60mm despite the extra FL. quote]I can remember a time when some USA photo magazines would include dismantling a camera as part of a test/review, thus commenting in detail on how it was made. This stopped a long time ago, whether or not because manufacturers didn't like such a degree of mistreatment of the products they loaned out or because of increasing complexity of the products I do not know. The point I'm making is that in the limited time products become available for review there has to be a limit as to how much can be included, and indeed how much people want to read about. 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. If this 1,200×900 pixel crop is about 6" (15cm) wide on your screen, then the complete image printed at this same very high magnification would be about 21 × 31" (1.7 × 2.6 feet or 50 × 80 cm).
Design and ease of use
With the 1.5x crop factor taken into consideration, the focal length is equivalent to 122mm in 35mm terms. This sees it nestle its way in between the superb XF56mm f/1.2 R and XF90mm f/2 R LM WR lenses, which are equivalent to 84mm and 137mm respectively. Moving towards the camera body we find the wide electronic focusing ring. This remains active during AF, enabling fine tweaks to be made, especially useful for macro photography. Focusing is down to 0.25m, a maximum magnification of 1.0x, 1:1 or life-size. Chromatic aberrations, typically seen as purple, blue or green fringes along contrasty edges, were only noticeable by their complete absence from our sample images. Macro
The front of the lens does not rotate on focus, which is good news for anyone looking to use the lens in conjunction with a polariser or neutral density filter. Also known as a macro ring, this is a macro accessory that allows you to experiment without necessarily buying a lens dedicated to macro photography. To put it simply, it is a hollow tube (more or less wide) which does not contain any lens and therefore allows you to increase the distance between the lens and the sensor. This has the immediate effect of increasing the magnification, decreasing the focusing distance, but considerably reducing the amount of light reaching the sensor, which will be a disadvantage in cases of already low ambient light. If this 1,200×900 pixel crop is about 12" (30cm) wide on your screen, then the complete image printed at this same extreme magnification would be about 42 × 62" (3.5 × 5.2 feet or 1.05 × 1.6 meters).The lens handles pretty well on Fuji cameras with a grip, so X-T1/2 and X-H1 owners will have no issues at all. Those with the X-T20 or X-E cameras will want to use one of the accessory grips for longer use, as it’s a bit unwieldy without the grip. On my X-T20, I used the metal hand grip exclusively.
Bluetooth® low energy wireless communication to pair the camera with a smartphone or tablet device for easy transfer of pictures As for the choice of a classic lens, other parameters such as weight, filter size, image quality, optical defects, maximum aperture (although this is of little importance in Macro, but can be interesting in low light), or your budget, come into play!Alternatively, if you are shooting handheld, the 80mm features image stabilisation that provides 5-stop of anti-shake stabilisation.
The two lenses have the same filter diameter but the 80mm, being a larger lens, also comes with a larger lens hood. Both hoods are made of plastic and are cylindrical in shape.
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In terms of accessories, the lens ships with a very large plastic round-shaped lens hood and a lens wrapping cloth, rather than a case. Focal Range The new XF80mmF2.8 R LM OIS WR is a lightweight, mid-telephoto macro lens designed to deliver the very best results from Fujifilm’s unique X-Trans CMOS sensor. Capable of achieving high quality macro shots, the XF80mmF2.8 R LM OIS WR features an optical construction of 16 elements in 12 groups, including one aspherical lens, one Super ED lens and three ED lenses. As the first in the X Series interchangeable lens series to have a 1.0x magnification factor, the XF80mmF2.8 achieves high resolving power and beautiful bokeh, making it a perfect lens for capturing stunning macro images. The XF 80mm f/2.8 focuses in two groups. The front focus group and rear focus group. The focus group in use is dependent on distance from subject. Hence you also have a focus limiter switch on the barrel. You can focus full range, from 0,25 – 0,5m and from 0,5m – infinity. The focus groups are held in place and move relative to each other using small ceramic balls in a slide. This ensures that they always focus without any focus shift. Fujifilm also include optical image stabilisation which I found fantastic for added stability when shooting freehand closeups and portraits where I had to dial down the aperture for added DOF. X-Pro2 – XF80mm f/2.8 + TC-1.4x The fast and precise focus engine is quite handy when trying to capture live insects in the field, and I got waaaaaaay more keepers with the XF80mm f/2.8 than I usually get with my XF60mm f/2.4. I use a clear (UV) protective filter instead of a cap. I only use a cap when I throw this in a bag with other gear, otherwise I leave a clear protective filter on my lens at all times instead of a cap so I'm ready to shoot instantly.
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