Excellent review. I have been using the 16-55mm for 4 years and it is a great lens. I had the 23mm f1.4 and 18-55mm kit lens before I bought the 16-55mm. After about a year of use I sold both the 23 and 18-55 as I rarely used them. I sometimes miss the 23mm 1.4 if I'm shooting in low light but the 2.8 of the 16-55 is very useable in low light even at higher ISO. Only negative of the 16-55mm is the weight but it is worth the extra weight when you only have to carry one lens and the quality of the images it produces. It really is like a "bag of primes" as it is often referred to. Definitely can't go wrong with the 16-55mm if you are looking for a quality zoom for your X Mount Fuji.
Great review and you are so right - overall, the 16-55 is super versatile and high quality lens. Personally I love the 18-55 as well, but have always found its AF performance frustrating, especially indoors. If I had it to do over, I'd have gone straight to the red badge - its a great lens. A little chunky, for sure, but that has never mattered once I reviewed the images. The smaller, lighter, more portable 18-55mm is a great companion until I go home and realize the hit rate was way lower than it seemed. And that for me has been far, far, worse than lugging a heavier lens around, even if that lens occasionally stunned me with images that are every bit as razor sharp as my best lenses.
@@snapsbytaha 16-50mm f/2.8-f/4.8 - internal zoom per the "rumors". I'm sure it will have a place but pricing/performance etc. yet to be known. We shall see - not all of Fuji's recent moves in terms of bodies have been good ones, IMO. But so far the newer lenses have generally been awesome.
I bought the 16-55 in 2017 in combo with my then X-T2, and like you say it is a workhorse and I have loved working with this lens. I have however found that with the newer sensors on the X-T5, I am unhappy with it's performance on the telephoto end when I am shooting portraits. I prefer my portraits being tac sharp as I can add softness during postprossesing and that way I can keep eyes sharp. I am not getting that from this lens anymore and that is why I switched to the sigma as an alrounder. Just a thought.
I would agree with you for sure, when zoomed in all the way it doesn’t have that sharpness. I genuinely believe its time for a v2 of this lens, and I believe it will happen
Yea its a review 4 years later, showing how great it still is! There are rumors of a new kit lens 16-50 2.8-4.8 coming out in the first months of 2024!
@@snapsbytaha I like that. The 16-50 3.5 V2 Is a very useful lens. Center sharpness is crazy at f5.6. I always use it to photograph my stuff to sell. It never misses a shot. Macro is excellent. Weighs nothing. Has OIS. Cheap.
Hello Sir …. I’m from India 🇮🇳 which is very hot, humid n dusty most of the time of the year, Sir By profession I’m a Columnist but doing Street photography is becoming very attractive to me. Sir would you recommend XT4 with this kit ( 16-80mm f4 OIS WR lens ) for Streetphotography and for daily shooting purposes (as both camera and lens are Weather Resistant) ? This combination I’m getting on Amazon in India and its within my budget Need your help 🙏
Hello, if you plan on only shooting during the day then its still a great combo! The only issue is shooting at night with an f4 is difficult! But i still recommend the Xt4 its great!
@@snapsbytaha exactly I heard that too The funny part is they say newer ones that’s made in Philippines has lower quality than the ones made in Japanese and so That’s why I asked you this question 😅
@@snapsbytaha and what do you recommend Fuji XF 16-80 F4 OIS WR 600$ Or Fuji XF 16-55 F2.8 LM WR 850$ I am kinda new to this world and casually using the camera for videos and car photography at events
