Seriously considering buying this lens. Interested in what you use this lens for. Post a comment or a photo, or both!

Pocket Lint wrote:Seriously considering buying this lens. Interested in what you use this lens for. Post a comment or a photo, or both!Good street lens where you have the space.  Have to take care of the background as its bokeh leaves something to be desired.  It will produce onion rings if point sources of light are in the background.  Good lens and a very good value.  The best attributes are compact and fast with nice rendering but the rendering is a stop down from the 35 f1.4 and 56 f1.2.  Works really well with the Pro3 OVF.

Love the B&W. nice set

You won't be disappointed with this lens, it's quite versatile.Sapphire Tower (Puya alpestris)A rare specimen that hails from Chile in the Andes Mountains. More information at Dave's Garden site: https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/62543/ As seen at San Diego Botanic Garden.Regards,Richard https://www.flickr.com/photos/ritchbledsoe

I have this as part of my X-Pro2 setup with the 16mm f2.8 & 23mm f2.I find this an excellent small telephoto well matched to the X-Pro line of cameras. Certainly wouldn't be without it.Some examples belowHope this helps, but definitely go and buy itAndy

Thanks for sharing that Truman! Nice photos. I hear that the contrast is pleasing on this lens versus other Fuji 50mm including the 56.

Foxjet wrote:You won't be disappointed with this lens, it's quite versatile.Sapphire Tower (Puya alpestris)A rare specimen that hails from Chile in the Andes Mountains. More information at Dave's Garden site: https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/62543/ As seen at San Diego Botanic Garden.Regards,Richard https://www.flickr.com/photos/ritchbledsoeWow! Beautiful capture. This lens does indeed resolve nicely, with excellent contrast and Color reproduction! Thanks for sharing, you might have just swayed me to get it now.

AndyGordon wrote:I have this as part of my X-Pro2 setup with the 16mm f2.8 & 23mm f2.I find this an excellent small telephoto well matched to the X-Pro line of cameras. Certainly wouldn't be without it.Some examples belowHope this helps, but definitely go and buy itAndyBeautiful portraits especially the first one Andy, thanks for sharing, I also have the 16mm 2.8 and the 23mm f/2, so the 50 f/2 would round it out quite nicely.

I love it for its size and colors/contrast.  Excellent walkaround lens, portraits, etc.

AndyGordon wrote:I have this as part of my X-Pro2 setup with the 16mm f2.8 & 23mm f2.I find this an excellent small telephoto well matched to the X-Pro line of cameras. Certainly wouldn't be without it.Some examples belowHope this helps, but definitely go and buy itAndyUmm...I just did a double take...Here’s a shot of my three-year-old with the TTArtisan 35 1.4.Oh, and to the OP, here’re some shots with the 50 f2.

Hmmm that 35 1.4 has some nice bokeh, but, the Color seems a bit off, is it your white balance? Skin looks slightly magenta. Nice shots though, precious moments.

Pocket Lint wrote:Hmmm that 35 1.4 has some nice bokeh, but, the Color seems a bit off, is it your white balance? Skin looks slightly magenta. Nice shots though, precious moments.I only included that because our kids look somewhat alike from the right angle. The color was me playing around with presets in LR.

Pocket Lint wrote:Thanks for sharing that Truman! Nice photos. I hear that the contrast is pleasing on this lens versus other Fuji 50mm including the 56.The 50 f2 is a nice lens but we need not get carried away in comparing it to the top end Fuji primes in this range.  I would have never been able to get his shot with the 50 f2.  First of all this was taken at 1.2 on the 56.  Secondly, the background was really gnarly - with all sorts of specular reflections off the sink faucet, toaster, etc in the kitchen.  The 50 would have issues with rendering this background smoothly.  For the 56 (and I expect the 50 f1 ) it is a "piece of cake."   The 50 is a good lens and a great value but it does have a few warts.  I would have never tried to use it for this shot.  On the other hand it is half the size and half the price of the 56.

I like it, even though I use it rarely, but it is small enough to put in a bag on the off-chance, versatile and can be very effective.https://flic.kr/ps/2Ufs7e

Truman Prevatt wrote:Pocket Lint wrote:Seriously considering buying this lens. Interested in what you use this lens for. Post a comment or a photo, or both!Good street lens where you have the space. Have to take care of the background as its bokeh leaves something to be desired. It will produce onion rings if point sources of light are in the background. Good lens and a very good value. The best attributes are compact and fast with nice rendering but the rendering is a stop down from the 35 f1.4 and 56 f1.2. Works really well with the Pro3 OVF.Really nice black and white images!

I shot a few portraits and other things with the 50. The 56 did take over the portraits later, but I still have the 50 and find it a really nice, small, fast lens - good for many different subjects and situations. Not leaving my bag.Indoor portrait in limited light - Marcado San Miguel, Madrid Ciarrán Curran playing the bouzouki at Irish Music Festival in Denmark. From the greenhouse. This is f/4, but the bokeh is behaving like Truman says here. Greek rebetiko concert with Turkish singer Cigdem Aslan. Portrait of a former UNHCR photographer. He was a neighbor to a late uncle of mine. We used to sit in the garden and the stories he would tell were just incredible. Morning bicyclist

This is a great lens. Fast focusing and small.

Ulrik Christiansen wrote:I shot a few portraits and other things with the 50. The 56 did take over the portraits later, but I still have the 50 and find it a really nice, small, fast lens - good for many different subjects and situations. Not leaving my bag.Indoor portrait in limited light - Marcado San Miguel, MadridCiarrán Curran playing the bouzouki at Irish Music Festival in Denmark.From the greenhouse. This is f/4, but the bokeh is behaving like Truman says here.Greek rebetiko concert with Turkish singer Cigdem Aslan.Portrait of a former UNHCR photographer. He was a neighbor to a late uncle of mine. We used to sit in the garden and the stories he would tell were just incredible.Morning bicyclistWow, these are fantastic shots, thank you for sharing Ulrik. You all are making this too easy for me to go out and buy this lens!Honestly finding myself using my 5DIV less and less these days and just loving using my pro3 with the 23 f/2.  I have my bag with me everywhere I go and find that the smaller, compact kit gets me out shooting more, so having the 23 f/2 on the pro3 with the 50 f/2 in the bag would make me feel comfortable I’ll be covered in most shots when I’m out.

Denver100 wrote:This is a great lens. Fast focusing and small.Thank you for sharing! Those colours just pop! What film sim were you using?

Love the lens, small light great for the street