So I recently received this lens just before Christmas. I purchased this lens based on the reviews I saw online and via YouTube. So far the lens has exceeded my expectations completely. The close focusing abilities have made this my go to lens for pictures of the family (twins the most recent addition). The lens is a little on the larger size compared to the more compact 16mm f2.8, therefore placing it close to my Children’s face has been challenging. I thought I loved the 23mm f1.4 but I can see myself using this lens a lot more than the 23mm. The field of view created with this lens has blown me away. This paired with my X-T3 I can see being my One Camera, One Lens, system for the New Year. Thanks B&H for timely delivery as well.

Construction, speed and image quality a true black paw

I usually shoot wildlife with telephoto lenses, and wanted a new lens to challenge my way of seeing. I watched every YouTube video that I could find on this 16mm f1.4 lens. So many photographers had great things to say about it and said it was their favorite lens, even though it can be a challenge to shoot with (since it is a wider angle lens it takes practice to get good shots since so much is included in the frame). Well I have had this lens for a few weeks and I absolutely love it! It's all I wanted in a new lens: wide angle; focuses really close-up; 1.4 aperture; and it is challenging me to see differently.

I been looking into wide angle lens and there are few ones from Fuji that I was looking into. Having to own quite few lenses from Fuji, this lens and my 50-140mm is my every carry. I love the focus ring on this, I love the sliding action! Not as sharp compared to my other lenses but I believe this makes up with its other features. You can seriously get up closed and personal with this lens. The auto focus doesnt bother me. I think it works great but then again I use a lot of manual with this lens.

This lens is one of the reasons I returned to Fujifilm after taking a break from digitial photography. It’s sharp as a tack and renders colors and contrasts beautifully. I’ve found it to be very useful lens for documentary photography and environmental portraiture, I’ve taken it with me on some long trips in less-than-ideal weather and it has performed admirably. The close focus abilities and ƒ/1.4 aperture make the lens particularly versatile in ways other wides are not. For these reasons, it rarely comes off my camera.

I do have a few caveats to this praise... This lens is heavy, enough that I often bring the much smaller (and inferior) 18mm ƒ/2 lens whenever must pare down my kit to be as light as possible. The lens is also a poor choice for video as the focusing motor is too loud to use with an on-camera mic, which is a shame as it renders such good images.

I would definitely recommend this lens to anyone who’s looking for a versatile, do-it-all stills lens.

Excellent.  Very pleased with the 23mm, but this is even better.  Crisp and clear.

Few months ago I purchased X-T3 with 16-80mm, and I have been happy with the system, even though the lens lacked the sharpness that I wished for (didn't expect a miracle from a zoom lens anyways). But this lens... OMG! Yes the price is high but the build quality is excellent (all metal solid) but the picture quality is also excellent. Sharp wide open at f1.4 but super sharp when stopped down just a little.


Great investment if you building a Fuji system.

My first impression was that this lens is smaller and lighter than I expected, which is great. It certainly is fast. It's a challenge shooting with it during the day wide open without an ND filter. I live out in a rural area and this lens is begging for some street photography, but I the wide-angle distortion worked great on a couple of horses. Oh, and it's brilliant for starry night pics, being 2 stops faster than your average f/2.8. Overall it's incredibly sharp, although the distortion is really noticeable in the corners. I can't wait to take it out on the street on my next trip to the big city. Only one niggle, really: manual focusing is touchy as you're not actually moving the lens with the ring, you're just actuating a motor that moves in discrete steps, and it sometimes likes to do its own thing. But it's not enough of a problem for me to knock a whole star off (I'd like to give it 4.5 stars).

This lens is amazing! I can't recommend this lens enough. I love the focal length. Perfect for those wide shots. It can be your emergency macro lens for those moments you want to get close up. The clutch focusing system is something you'll either learn to love or love already. My photos are sharp and my creativity is through the roof looking at the world through this 16mm f1.4. This really is one of the best, if not the best lens from Fujifilm (although it's been out for some time) If you're thinking about it...don't...you will thank yourself later for stepping up your game early on.

After shooting with my Voigtlander 58mm 1.4 exclusively for many months, I decided to get a wider lens to use for everything from landscape to mostly street to some portraits. It is definitely something I am not used to as it is a wide angle lens, but it is great. Pictures are sharp at 1.4 and works very well for night time. Plus it’s weather resistant so rain or snow, it doesn’t leave my xt3. I now use my Voigtlander for portraits, but everything else, i use the 16. I got it on sale for $750 and it is worth every penny. I highly recomend this to everybody because it is super versatile and can focus on something that is literally in the LENS HOOD. Af is nice but isn’t as quiet as the 18-55. It is wide and you really have to get close to fill the frame. Really happy that I got this over the 23f2 that I was thinking of getting.