The last few sunrays of the day came running through our living room window. Quickly I went for my camera. The bouquet from my 25-years anniversary at work glowed. I managed to take a few snapshots. And as quickly as the light came, it disappeared. Left me standing there.

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I´ve been photographing without lens hoods for as long as I can remember. It´s just odd cases and situations when I´ve used a lens hood, well except on my Fuji 35mm f2 lens, that lens hood is so small that it´s always on the lens.

When I lost the hood for my Fuji 23mm f1.4 I started looking for alternatives, I quickly zoomed in on Squarehood. Squarehood is a Swedish company that makes lens hoods for e.g. Fuji lenses and wow are those hoods beautiful.

I ordered hoods for my Fuji 23mm f1.4 and Fuji 50mm f2 Tuesday this week and recieved them Wednesday. Quick delivery!

The hoods are made out of anodized aluminium and come with a rubber/plastic cap which firmly clicks into place. The hoods are easily attached using the lens bayonet mount.

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The image is of a J/70 heading out to the start line of the 2025 Ulvö regatta at the High Coast of Sweden. The Ulvö regatta has been around for a long time, in 2009 it celebrated its 100th anniversary with over 100 participating boats.

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Background

Fujicron is a popular nickname for Fujifilm’s compact, weather-sealed and fast f2 lenses for the X-mount cameras, the 50mm f2 is one of these. Named after Leica’s Summicron lenses, the Fujicrons are known for their high image quality in a small and lightweight format.

The Fujifilm 35mm f2 was my first prime and after that came the 23mm f1.4 and the Fujifilm 50mm f2 R WR. When researching, the 50mm f2 seemed like a more reasonable purchase than the 56mm f1.2. The 50mm f2 also had some really positive reviews online, so it felt safe to buy it.

Facts

Focal length: 50mm (equals about 75mm on full frame)
Max aperture: f2
Step size: 1/3EV (19 steps)
Focus range: 39cm – infinity
Diameter: ø60.0mm
Length: 59.4mm
Filter size: Ø46mm
Weight: 200g
Weather and dust resistant: Yes
Image stabilization: No

Positives

• Well built. Robust and premium feel.
• Compact and light lens.
• Aperature ring on the lens and the aperture rings has solid click stops.
• A small camera with this lens on will hardly be noticed by people.
• Fits smaller cameras like Fuji X-E4 perfectly.
• Fantastic image quality, detail and colour rendering
• Sharp already from f2 and sharpest around f4.
• Sufficient background blur at f2 for most use cases.
• Fast and reliable autofocus.
• Weather and dust resistant.
• Available in black or silver depending on taste.
• Affordable.

Negatives

Honestly, this is a really good lens and that´s what reviews online will tell you as well. It’s also the lens I´ve used the most it 2025. So I don´t have much negative to say. Well, the lens has no image stabilization, not that I´m missing it. And the lens hood is ugly. Other than that I can´t think of much.

Summary

The Fujifilm 50mm f2 R WR is a compact, lightweight, fast and sharp lense, it´s really good! There are numerous reviews on the internet praising the lens and so do I. On top of that it´s affordable. I like!

Example images

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Trysunda is a small island located right in the archipelago of the High Coast World Heritage in Sweden. On the island there is a beautifully preserved fishing village and a small chapel. 

The chapel was built by fishermen from Gävle who frequented the northern coast of Sweden for fishing. The Trysunda chapel is considered to be one of the older fishing chapels along the northern coast and was probably built in 1654.

The chapel is known for its’ beautiful murals. The murals in the chapel were done by Olof Gåhlin. In 1711, when the paintings were made, Trysunda was used as a naval base by the Swedish king Karl XII and Olof Gåhlin was probably a craftsman on one of the larger warships that stayed in the harbor.

An interesting curiosity is that in the rafters of the chapel there are hanks that fishermen used to hang their fishing gear during wintertime.

Everytime we stay at Trysunda I pay a visit to the chapel, it´s well worth a visit. There is a guest harbour at Trysunda or you can arrive by ferry from Köpmanholmen on the mainland.

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Background

I picked up my Fujifilm 23mm f1.4 LM WR in February 2025. I was a bit hesitant buying the 23mm lens (35mm equivalent on full frame) for my Fujifilm X-E4. Why? Well historically I´ve always had issues taking pictures with 35mm full frame lenses, it´s been a struggle. As it turned out I had nothing to worry about: The Fujifilm 23mm f1.4 LM WR has quickly become my most used lens.

Build

I will not go into details about the construction of the lens, you can read all about that on Fujifilms homepage. The lens is a reasonably sized lens to use on a X-E4, it´s not too big but you definitely notice that it´s there. Some dimension:

Diameter: 67mm
Length: 77,8mm
Filter size: Ø58mm
Weight: 375g

The lens feels rock solid and it has never caused any problems. The aperture ring is nice with a good click.

The only thing that annoys me about the lens is the lens hood: I really don´t like the it, not that the lens hood is bad it´s just not as good looking as the lens itself. I have actually lost the lens hood, not that I´m crying about it.

Autofocus

The autofocus is really good. It´s fast, smooth and there are no external moving parts. It’s reliable and it get´s the job done really well. I haven´t noticed any focus hunting. It´s worth mentioning that I almost exclusively take pictures of still or slow subjects.

Image quality

The image quality is super. The lens is sharp already from f1.4 and I think it´s the sharpest around f4 and it has a nice micro contrast. It’s easy to love the images coming from this lens.

Summary

In short: This is a beautiful lens. If I knew what I know now and didn´t own it: I would buy one!

Some images taken with the lens

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