The basis for this is the overall sharpness wide open (though stop down the 56mm to f/2 and it's comparable), more flattering focal length, and better close focusing.

use++ A quite wide F/2 means that it can be used in low lighting situations, as well as for portraiture++ Silky smooth manual focus and aperture rings, should you choose to use

The focus was still a touch slow when it comes to focusing between a near and far subject.

Incredibly sharp, quick focusing and solidly built!

This lens is pretty fast focusing for Fuji depending on the focus point box size.

At a recent conference where I had to shoot using ambient, focus was so slow that I could not capture speakers moving even at a walking pace.

A lovely lens that results in pretty sharp images with lovely bokeh, but the noisy magnets and shifting when the camera is off (but the lens is still on the body) and the rather slow focusing made me wish I wasn't so hasty in clicking "Buy"

Focus is fast and accurate.

I was a little concerned, but with the digital eye viewfinder the focus is actually quite fast