{"id":18964,"date":"2024-05-27T07:32:34","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T07:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/2024\/05\/27\/farewell-fujinon-xf-18-55mm-the-kit-lens-nobody-else-dared-to-make\/"},"modified":"2024-05-27T07:32:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T07:32:34","slug":"farewell-fujinon-xf-18-55mm-the-package-lens-no-one-else-dared-to-make","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/2024\/05\/27\/farewell-fujinon-xf-18-55mm-the-package-lens-no-one-else-dared-to-make\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell Fujinon XF 18-55mm, the Package Lens No one Else Dared to Make"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fuji-xf-18-55mm-op-ed-featured-image.jpg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fuji-xf-18-55mm-op-ed-featured-image.jpg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fuji-xf-18-55mm-op-ed-featured-image.jpg?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fuji-xf-18-55mm-op-ed-featured-image.jpg?ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fuji-xf-18-55mm-op-ed-featured-image.jpg?ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fuji-xf-18-55mm-op-ed-featured-image.jpg?ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fuji-xf-18-55mm-op-ed-featured-image.jpg?ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fuji-xf-18-55mm-op-ed-featured-image.jpg?ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fuji-xf-18-55mm-op-ed-featured-image.jpg?ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fuji-xf-18-55mm-op-ed-featured-image.jpg?ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fuji-xf-18-55mm-op-ed-featured-image.jpg?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" width=\"1600\" height=\"840\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fuji-xf-18-55mm-op-ed-featured-image.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Farewell Fujinon XF 18-55mm, the Package Lens No one Else Dared to Make\" title=\"Farewell Fujinon XF 18-55mm, the Package Lens No one Else Dared to Make\" \/><\/div><p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Whilst photographers can nonetheless get their fingers at the Fujinon XF 18-55mm f\/2.8-4 R LM OIS lens, it&#8217;ll now not be the package lens of selection for Fujifilm cameras, together with for the brand new Fujifilm X-T50 digicam. Supplanted via the brand new XF 16-50mm f\/2.8-4.8 R LM WR, the XF 18-55mm f\/2.8-4 proved difficult for competition to check \u2014 no longer for a loss of skill, however a loss of want. <\/p>\n<p>The Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f\/2.8-4 R LM OIS has been round for a very long time. It used to be introduced in September 2012 along every other nice Fujifilm X Collection lens, the XF 14mm f\/2.8 R. The XF 18-55mm f\/2.8-4 has lengthy been a package lens possibility for plenty of of Fujifilm\u2019s mid- and high-range cameras, a type of \u201cimprove\u201d possibility over the corporate\u2019s XC 16-50mm f\/3.5-5.6 OIS and later XC 15-45mm f\/3.5-5.6 OIS PZ lenses. <\/p>\n<p>It should sound hyperbolic, however the XF 18-55mm f\/2.8-4 is a very powerful Fujifilm X Collection lens ever made. It&#8217;s been the \u201cfirst impact\u201d lens for plenty of photographers buying their first Fujifilm X Collection digicam and, in lots of instances, their first interchangeable lens digicam. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fluid-iframe\" style=\"max-width: 800px;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Best Kit Lenses of ALL TIME!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MH7l-KjOo2g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>No, the XF 18-55mm is a long way from Fujifilm\u2019s easiest X Collection lens, despite the fact that it&#8217;s indubitably a super usual zoom lens and without a doubt one of the vital most-owned XF lenses. However it issues such a lot as a result of what it supplies to new shooters. <\/p>\n<p>Whilst many package lenses are stopgap measures, one thing it&#8217;s important to take first rate footage when you learn to use your digicam and lower your expenses for an improve, that&#8217;s not what the XF 18-55mm f\/2.8-4 is. It isn&#8217;t a brief answer ready to get replaced. It&#8217;s a wholly appropriate long-term usual zoom lens. Certain, photographers could have sought after one thing a little bit wider, longer, or sooner for various kinds of footage, however that \u201c24-70mm\u201d differ (27-83mm, on this case) used to be suitably lined. <\/p>\n<p>Whilst the speedy good thing about a excellent package lens is plain in relation to saving cash, the preliminary feeling of the use of it&#8217;s a lot more essential. A excellent lens shapes all of the enjoy of the use of a brand new digicam. It can&#8217;t be overstated how crucial a budding photographer\u2019s preliminary enjoy is to their long-term passion within the craft (and a selected logo). And little harms that have greater than a awful package lens. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_476641\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-476641\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/10\/X-S10_top_XF18-55.jpg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/10\/X-S10_top_XF18-55.jpg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/10\/X-S10_top_XF18-55.jpg?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/10\/X-S10_top_XF18-55.jpg?ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/10\/X-S10_top_XF18-55.jpg?ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/10\/X-S10_top_XF18-55.jpg?ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/10\/X-S10_top_XF18-55.jpg?ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/10\/X-S10_top_XF18-55.jpg?ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/10\/X-S10_top_XF18-55.jpg?ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/10\/X-S10_top_XF18-55.jpg?ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/10\/X-S10_top_XF18-55.jpg?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" decoding=\"async\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/10\/X-S10_top_XF18-55.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1236\" class=\"size-full wp-image-476641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/10\/X-S10_top_XF18-55.jpg?ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/10\/X-S10_top_XF18-55-320x247.jpg 320w, https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/10\/X-S10_top_XF18-55-800x618.jpg 800w, https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/10\/X-S10_top_XF18-55-1536x1187.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-476641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Fujifilm X-S10 with the XF 18-55mm package lens (October 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There\u2019s a reason why the time period \u201cpackage lens\u201d has completed a detrimental connotation. Maximum firms, Fujifilm no longer amongst them, don\u2019t enterprise to make a super package lens. I\u2019m no longer going to call any names, however I&#8217;ve spoken to digicam firms about package lenses prior to, and responses persistently contact on two number one issues. How can an organization make a excellent and inexpensive lens? It is a tricky drawback to resolve, and it&#8217;s made more difficult via the second one worry: how do you&#8217;re making a package lens this is excellent sufficient to ship a favorable enjoy however no longer so excellent that anyone gained\u2019t wish to acquire further lenses? <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_744202\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-744202\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fujifilm-x-t30-kit.jpg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fujifilm-x-t30-kit.jpg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fujifilm-x-t30-kit.jpg?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fujifilm-x-t30-kit.jpg?ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fujifilm-x-t30-kit.jpg?ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fujifilm-x-t30-kit.jpg?ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fujifilm-x-t30-kit.jpg?ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fujifilm-x-t30-kit.jpg?ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fujifilm-x-t30-kit.jpg?ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fujifilm-x-t30-kit.jpg?ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fujifilm-x-t30-kit.jpg?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" decoding=\"async\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fujifilm-x-t30-kit.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Front view of a Fujifilm X-T30 digital camera with a Fujinon Aspherical Lens. The body is primarily black, featuring various buttons and dials. The lens has text indicating its specifications: 18-55mm, 1:2.8-4 R LM OIS.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"794\" class=\"size-full wp-image-744202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fujifilm-x-t30-kit.jpg?ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fujifilm-x-t30-kit-320x159.jpg 320w, https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fujifilm-x-t30-kit-800x397.jpg 800w, https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fujifilm-x-t30-kit-1536x762.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-744202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fujifilm X-T30 II with the XF 18-55mm package lens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fujifilm excited about that first drawback with the XF 18-55mm f\/2.8-4 and overlooked the second fully in choose of answering a 3rd query. \u201cHow can we make a lens that makes new customers excited to stick within the Fujifilm circle of relatives?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In case you get a photographer within the door and make sure they&#8217;ve a good time, they&#8217;ll stick round. And in the event that they stick round, they&#8217;ll inevitably acquire extra lenses (and cameras) over time, as they run into scenarios that may best be solved with other lenses. Now not essentially <em>higher<\/em>, however other. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fluid-iframe\" style=\"max-width: 800px;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Fujifilm 16-50mm f\/2.8-4.8 Has a LOT to Live Up To!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1rLcCkilADY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fujifilm took a long-term view with its mythical package lens, and it paid vital dividends. Whilst different producers have been considering of the way to promote extra lenses as briefly as conceivable \u2014 a cheap manner, via the best way \u2014 Fujifilm excited about the use of its digicam kits to construct sure, lasting relationships with photographers. <\/p>\n<p>This daring course proved fruitful, and optimistically, the brand new XF 16-50mm f\/2.8-4.8 package lens will likely be as excellent at forging robust, lasting bonds with new photographers as its predecessor, the lens no person else dared to make. <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em><strong>Symbol credit:<\/strong> Fujifilm<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whilst photographers can nonetheless get their fingers at the Fujinon XF 18-55mm f\/2.8-4 R LM OIS lens, it&#8217;ll now not be the package lens of selection for Fujifilm cameras, together with for the brand new Fujifilm X-T50 digicam. Supplanted via the brand new XF 16-50mm f\/2.8-4.8 R LM WR, the XF 18-55mm f\/2.8-4 proved difficult<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fuji-xf-18-55mm-op-ed-featured-image.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18965,"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18964\/revisions\/18965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}