Today, Gordon Laing of Camera Labs published his full review of the Fujifilm XF 90mm f/2 portrait lens for the Fuji X system. Instead of writing a stand-alone review of the lens, he uses another portrait lens, the XF 56mm f/1.2, as a point of comparison throughout the article. In particular, he concentrates on the out-of-focus rendering of both primes, their autofocus performance for sports and how they suit low-light shooting. Regarding the last point, Gordon states:
This is also one of the rarely-considered benefits of the XF 56mm f1.2 over the XF 90mm f2. Neither have optical stabilisation, but the brighter aperture and shorter focal length of the XF 56mm f1.2 simply make it a much more practical lens to handhold as light conditions grow dimmer.
Overall, he is very impressed by the sharpness of the 90mm across the aperture spectrum, both at close range and at a distance. Indeed, he feels it might even be a little sharper than the 56mm.
He also shares a number of very nice sample images that show the difference between the bokeh balls of the two lenses at various apertures. His findings are in favour of the XF 90mm, though he admits that bokeh is very subjective.
Click here to read Gordon’s full review of the XF 90mm f/2!
