while 35 F2 focuses faster in good light, for some strange reason (and that has been confirmed by many reviews) with its all new fancy AF motor, it slows down and really has hard time focusing in low light.

That's why I had initially bought the 56mm, but quickly found out that A. 56mm is a little too long for indoor use, and B. the 56mm AF can be difficult to work with indoors due to low lighting

AF, even indoors at night, feels similar to my 23mm (which generally has fast AF within the XF line)

Weatherproof and so cheap by comparison yet this little beauty has super fast AF , inconspicuous , super sharp even wide open

Weatherproof and so cheap by comparison yet this little beauty has super fast AF , inconspicuous , super sharp even wide open

After using the Fuji 35mm f/1.4 for several months on an XT-1, and marveling at its' sharpness, clarity, and image rendition (albeit not super-fast AF), I was excited to try the newer, Weather-Resistant f/2 version

razor sharp and really fast AF

Not quite as sharp as the original XF35mm F1.4, but faster and more compact.

The overall focus performance as fast as you can reasonably expect for a lens in this era, and leaves the old 1.4 in the dust

Stopping down seems to help, but it is nowhere near as sharp as the 35mm f/1.4

Autofocus has improved dramatically as it's very quick and smooth

I sent it back a week later because I couldn't make snaps as sharp as I had with the 1.4

However, I don't think the image quality is quite as good as the f/1.4 version (perhaps less microcontrast?), and I was hoping the focus would be a bit quicker than it is

Stopping down seems to help, but it is nowhere near as sharp as the 35mm f/1.4

It's compact and lightweight, has a durable metal construction, it'sweather sealed, sharp as a tac with creamy bokeh at f/2, silent, fast, and accurate autofocus, and is half the cost of its f/1.4 cousin that lacks in almost everything I just mentioned

It's compact and lightweight, has a durable metal construction, it'sweather sealed, sharp as a tac with creamy bokeh at f/2, silent, fast, and accurate autofocus, and is half the cost of its f/1.4 cousin that lacks in almost everything I just mentioned

I have played with my friend's 35mm f/1.4 and there is no doubt that it is an amazing lens, but this f/2 version blows it out of the water in terms of focus speed and almost no audible noise