The Fujifilm 50mm f2 is one of the fujicrons. It´s compact, lighweight, sharp and it is affordable.
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!
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