Fujifilm XF 18-120mm F4 LM PZ WR Overview

Introduction

Ease of Use

The Fujifilm XF 18-120mm F4 LM PZ WR is a compact, light-weight customary zoom lens, weighing 460g and measuring 123.5mm in size.

In contrast to most zoom lenses, zooming is inner, so the lens barrel doesn’t regularly prolong as you zoom out from 18mm to 120mm.

The general construct high quality of the Fuji 18-120mm is nice, actually consistent with a high-end X-series physique just like the X-H2 that we examined it with.

The Fujifilm XF 18-120mm F4 LM PZ WR lens has a steel mount, largely plastic building with some steel parts, and a non-rotating 72mm filter thread.

It includes a dust-proof and waterproof construction with climate resistant sealing utilized to varied totally different areas of the lens, making this lens an ideal associate for the weatherproof X-H2 digital camera that we examined it with.

This lens has three management rings – the usual zoom and focus rings and an uncommon third zoom lever that can be utilized to regulate both the zoom or focus utilizing inner motors.

The zoom ring is generously broad and has a ridged, rubberised grip band. Each the zoom and the main focus rings are easy in motion with out being free. Word that the ability zoom mechanism is distinctly audible.

The main focus-by-wire focus ring is broad sufficient for simple use however has no “exhausting stops” at both finish of the main focus vary, making it harder to give attention to infinity.

The Fujifilm XF 18-120mm F4 LM PZ WR lens has an inner auto-focusing (IF) system with a really quiet linear motor. In observe, we discovered the auto-focus to be quick, nearly silent and correct, and well-suited to each stills and video.

Because of the IF mechanism the entrance of the lens doesn’t rotate on focus, which is superb information for anybody wanting to make use of the lens together with a polariser or graduated impartial density filter.

The mixture of inner zoom and focusing makes this lens simpler to make use of on gimbal stabilization units because the stability and size by no means change.

The lens options full-time handbook focusing. After half-pressing the shutter button to autofocus on the topic, changes can then be made utilizing the handbook focus ring. You possibly can even interact handbook focusing by rotating the main focus ring whereas urgent the shutter midway throughout AF lock.

The Z/F button subsequent to the zoom lever switches its motion to Zoom to Focus modes. The zoom lever presents variable zoom speeds that are proportional to the velocity at which the ring is rotated, lone of the primary the reason why you’d use this lever as a substitute of the extra typical Zoom and Focus rings that the lens additionally presents.

Fujifilm have not stopped there – along with the modern zoom lever, this lens additionally has two customized perform buttons which give the flexibility to preset both a relentless zoom velocity, focal size, or focus level, set the digital camera’s menu.

The Fujifilm XF 18-120mm F4 LM PZ WR lens would not have a standard aperture ring on the lens barrel. As a substitute it’s important to set it utilizing the controls on the digital camera physique.

This lens additionally would not characteristic any optical picture stabilisation (OIS), once more counting on the digital camera to provide stabilisation through its in-body system (if obtainable). Current fashions that do supply IBIS embrace the brand new X-H2S and X-H2 and the Fujifilm X-T4, X-H1 and XS-10.

By way of equipment, the lens ships with a big plastic petal formed hood and the same old Fujifilm mushy lens bag.

Focal Vary

The 18mm focal size gives an angle of view of 76.5 levels on a full-frame digital camera.

18mm

The 120mm focal size gives an angle of view of 13.5 levels on a full-frame digital camera.

120mm

Chromatic Aberrations

Chromatic aberrations, sometimes seen as blue or purple fringes alongside contrasty edges, weren’t too obvious in our take a look at photographs, solely showing in very excessive distinction areas. The examples under present the worst-case situations.

18mm

120mm

Mild Fall-off

With the lens set to its most aperture of f/4, there’s apparent gentle fall-off within the corners, particularly on the wider focal lengths, requiring you to cease down by a minimum of 3 f-stops to fully stop it.

18mm

120mm

Distortion

There’s a whole lot of distortion evident at each ends of the zoom vary which you will have to right in post-processing.

18mm

120mm

Sunstars

The Fujifilm XF 18-120mm F4 R LM PZ WR is able to producing fairly good sunstars when stopped-down to f/16 and f/22, as proven under.

The lens is sort of inclined to flare when taking pictures instantly into the solar, although, even with the equipped lens hood fitted.

18mm

120mm

Macro

The Fujifilm XF 18-120mm F4 R LM PZ WR is not actually a macro lens, providing a minimal focusing distance of 60cm / 23.6in. and a most magnification of 0.2x. The next examples reveal how shut you will get to your topic.

Bokeh

Bokeh is a phrase used for the out-of-focus areas of {a photograph}, and is often described in qualitative phrases, akin to easy / creamy / harsh and so forth.

Within the XF 18-120mm F4 LM PZ WR lens, Fujifilm have employed an iris diaphragm with 7 round blades, which has resulted in pretty interesting bokeh for what’s in any case a fairly sluggish customary zoom lens.

We do realise, nevertheless, that bokeh analysis is subjective, so we have included a number of examples under to your perusal, all shot wide-open at f/4.

Sharpness

With the intention to present you the way sharp this lens is, we’re offering 100% crops on the next pages.