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Well...some good reviews of the two macro lenses, from the same author...
Fuji XF 60mm f/2.4 Review
Fuji 90mm f/2 Review
One is a 90mm lens, the other is a 60mm lens.
I will tell you this from many hours of use, the 60 is a great image maker for flowers and those baby dolls of yours. End of confusion. Great dual purpose lens, I consider it my best value lens.Well...some good reviews of the two macro lenses, from the same author...
Fuji XF 60mm f/2.4 Review
Fuji 90mm f/2 Review
One is a 90mm lens, the other is a 60mm lens.
Thx!
There is also a Zeiss 50mm which delivers 1x magnification. The Fuji 60mm is only a .5 magnification. The 60mm is great ... it is Fuji sharp (which means it is at a minimum as sharp as my 'L' lenses and the equal of the Zeiss. But I found the 60mm tends to hunt at bit when extended out for closeups. The 60mm does nice portraits.
I have the 90mm, it performs well, but won't deliver on .5x magnification.
I don't think I want a Zeiss, I'm really liking the way the Fuji lenses work with the XT2 and will probably stick to that for now. What do you mean by "extended out for close ups?" Not sure I get what you're saying there. The minimum focus distance should be 10" or so?
There is also a Zeiss 50mm which delivers 1x magnification. The Fuji 60mm is only a .5 magnification. The 60mm is great ... it is Fuji sharp (which means it is at a minimum as sharp as my 'L' lenses and the equal of the Zeiss. But I found the 60mm tends to hunt at bit when extended out for closeups. The 60mm does nice portraits.
I have the 90mm, it performs well, but won't deliver on .5x magnification.
Mine hunts quite a bit but my Nikkor 60 did too. The better focal length will be the one that suits your shooting style. Personally I like 90mm for 35mm format and 60mm for APS-C. The Fuji 60 is a bargain. I bought mine new for $380 and, as Gary says, it is tack sharp. I've sold all my Nikon gear except for a few accessories. I feel just fine about it. You probably will too. I think your T2 is probably a better camera than your 7100.
$380? They are over $600 new - are we talking about the same lens? I don't really know much about Fuji lens history. Is there a newer and an older version? I want to make sure if I buy used (which is my preference) that I'm getting the newer version. Currently a used "like new" on Amazon is is $440 and a new on Adorama is $649.
I bought my Fuji 60mm f2.4 new. It was a gray market import. I caught it minutes after it was listed. I bought a brand new gray market X-E1 for $285. That camera and lens stay permanently on my tabletop product set. The X-E2 goes with me when I'm out shooting. You can find some amazing deals on photo gear if you dig enough. It takes some time and patience. I'm currently looking for a 10-24 zoom. My target price is $500. So far so bad but I'm not in a terrible hurry.
No thanks, my luck has been bad enough to add gray market anything. If someone told me I could only use one lens and one body, it'd be the 60mm and X-T2
A great picture making combination for sure.
My luck has been almost 100%. I once bought a gray market Nikon F5 that had a metering problem. I couldn't get it fixed in the U.S. so I sent it to Nikon in Japan. They replaced my camera with a brand new one (gray market, of course.) I only paid the shipping charge to Japan. It took less than 2 weeks. Otherwise I have received perfect products every time.
A few weeks ago I bought a factory refurbished E2. Fujifilm doesn't sell refurbished equipment in the U.S. so I know it was gray market. It was $500 with an 18-55 zoom. The camera is perfect. Not a mark. I didn't even have to update the firmware. The lens and accessories were brand new. The only way you would know it was refurbished was the label on the box and the fact that it was missing the lens hood.
I've been finding deals for as long as I can remember. The internet has made it a lot easier.
I agree refurb and used is the way to go. It killed me to pay retail for the XT2! Usually I am at least one or two iterations behind so I can find good deals but the XT2 was so new there is nothing out there.
The last refurb I bought was my Nikon 7100 and the same, you would never have known it wasn't brand-new if it didn't say refurbished on the box
Yeah, it does. What was I thinkingIn taking a few test shots, the barrel does extend when focusing close. Not sure @jcdeboever if maybe you never noticed because your eye is at the viewfinder and not looking at the end of the lens...
I borrowed a 60 and it was frustrating it hunted so badly. So bad that at times it never did lock on focus. I picked up a 90 and a set of tubes and haven't looked back. The 90 is absolutely the sharpest knife in my drawer and I have the 16 35f2 and 50 f2. I did like the way the 60 rendered at 2.4, very nice bokeh. Not 56 nice , but good enough for portrait work. The 90 will blow backgrounds out as good as the 56 and give you more separation to my eye.
I know the above post was about Macro. If it was me I would spend the extra to get the 80 if macro was the main objective. I just play with macro. Nothing serious.
I borrowed a 60 and it was frustrating it hunted so badly. So bad that at times it never did lock on focus. I picked up a 90 and a set of tubes and haven't looked back. The 90 is absolutely the sharpest knife in my drawer and I have the 16 35f2 and 50 f2. I did like the way the 60 rendered at 2.4, very nice bokeh. Not 56 nice , but good enough for portrait work. The 90 will blow backgrounds out as good as the 56 and give you more separation to my eye.