Fuji 10-24mm f/4
XF f/4 R OIS WR (15-35mm eq., 2020-)
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Fujinon XF 10-24mm f/4 R OIS WR (72mm filters, 13.4 oz./380 g, 0.8'/0.24m close focus, $999). bigger. I'd get mine at Adorama, at Amazon or at B&H, or eventually used at eBay if you know How to Win at eBay.
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XF 10-24mm R OIS (old model, 2013-2020)
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More samples at Bokeh, Macro, Spherochromatism and Sunstars.
These are just snapshots; my real work is in my Gallery. These are all shot hand-held as NORMAL JPGs; no tripods, FINE JPGs or RAW files were used or needed.
Costco, 2:36 PM, 18 May 2021. Fuji X-S10, XF 10-24mm R OIS WR at 24mm at f/16 at 1/180 at Auto ISO 320 (LV 13.9), 200% Auto Dynamic Range, Perfectly Clear. bigger or camera-original © JPG file.
Flowers, 11:42 AM, 16 May 2021. Fuji X-E4, XF 10-24mm R OIS WR at 24mm at f/11 at 1/500 at Auto ISO 320, -0.3 stops exposure compensation, (LV 14.3), 200% Auto Dynamic Range, Perfectly Clear. bigger, full resolution or camera-original © JPG file.
Lenticular Cloud, 7:37 PM, 20 May 2021. Fuji X-S10, XF 10-24mm R OIS WR at 20mm at f/11 at 1/38 at Auto ISO 320, +0.7 stops exposure compensation (LV 10.5), "Velvia" film simulation, COLOR CHROME EFFECT STRONG, COLOR CHROME FX BLUE STRONG, 200% Dynamic Range, TONE CURVE: Highlights -1, Shadows -1, COLOR +4, SHARPNESS +4, HIGH ISO NR -5, CLARITY +5 (mostly Ritchie Roesche's "Ken Rockwell" setting), Perfectly Clear, more saturation added in Photoshop CS6. bigger or camera-original © JPG file.
Introduction top
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The Fujinon XF 10-24mm f/4 R OIS WR is an optically-identical update to 2013's superb XF 10-24mm R OIS, which adds markings to the aperture ring and weather resistance. Both are superb ultra-ultrawide lenses for any of Fuji's APC-S cameras.
I'd get my XF 10-24mm at Adorama, at Amazon or at B&H, or eventually used at eBay if you know How to Win at eBay.
New since 2013's XF 10-24mm R OIS intro top
Adds a dedicated aperture numbers and a locking "A" setting to the aperture ring.
Claimed improved stabilization, now claims 3½ rather than 2½ stops improvement.
No more stabilizer (OIS) switch.
25g (0.9 oz.) lighter.
Offshored to The Philippines; no longer made domestically in Japan.
Good intro top
Great optics.
Made with lots of metal.
Hood included.
Bad intro top
Offshored to The Philippines; not made domestically in Japan.
No stabilizer (OIS) switch.
No AF/MF switch for use with crappier Fuji cameras that removed this switch.
Missing intro top
No stabilizer (OIS) switch.
No AF/MF switch for use with crappier Fuji cameras that removed this switch.
Specifications top
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I'd get my XF 10-24mm at Adorama, at Amazon or at B&H, or eventually used at eBay if you know How to Win at eBay.
Name specifications top
Fujifilm calls this the Fujinon Aspherical Lens Super EBC XF 10-24mm f/4 R OIS WR ∅72:
Fujinon is Fujifilm's brand name for all their lenses, scopes and binoculars.
Aspherical means it uses an aspherically-shaped lens element for sharper pictures.
Super EBC is Fujinon's brand of multicoating, standing for Super Electron-Beam Coated.
XF is Fuji's line of good lenses for their X-mount cameras.
R means it has an aperture ring.
OIS means Optical Image Stabilization.
WR means weather resistant.
∅ 72 means it takes 72mm filters.
Fuji's model numbers are XF10-24mmF4 R OIS WR or 16666753.
Optics specifications top
Fujinon 10-24mm internal optical construction. Glass, Aspherical, ED and Aspherical ED elements.
14 elements in 10 groups.
4 ED extra-low dispersion elements, which help reduce secondary axial chromatic aberration.
4 aspherical elements.
One of these elements is a combination Aspherical ED element.
Super Electron-Beam Coating (EBC).
The front group slides inside the barrel as zoomed, so if a filter is used, nothing moves externally and no air gets sucked in.
Diaphragm specifications top
Fujinon XF 10-24mm f/4 R OIS WR. bigger.
7 rounded blades.
Electronically actuated.
Stops down to f/22.
Filters specifications top
Metal 72mm filter thread.
Coverage specifications top
APS-C (16 × 24mm).
Focal Length specifications top
10-24mm.
On Fujifilm's APS-C cameras it sees the same angle of view as a 15-35mm lens sees when used on a 35mm camera.
See also Crop Factor.
Angle of View specifications top
110º ～ 61.2º diagonal.
Autofocus specifications top
DC coreless AF motor.
No external movement as focussed, so no air or dust is sucked in.
Focus Scale specifications top
No.
Not on lens, but may be displayed in-camera.
Infinity Focus Stop specifications top
No.
You have to focus somehow to get precise focus at infinity, just like at every other distance.
Depth of Field Scale specifications top
No.
Not on lens, but may be displayed in-camera.
Infrared Focus Index specifications top
No.
Close Focus (distance from subject to image plane) specifications top
0.8 feet (0.24 meters).
Maximum Reproduction Ratio specifications top
1:6¼ (0.16 ×).
Image Stabilizer specifications top
Rated 3½ stops improvement.
Caps specifications top
72mm front lens cap (p/n 16451706), included.
RLCP-001 rear lens cap (p/n 16389783), included.
Hood specifications top
Fujinon XF 10-24mm f/4 R OIS WR. bigger.
Plastic bayonet hood included.
Case specifications top
None, but includes a "Lens Wrapping Cloth."
Size specifications top
3.06" ø maximum diameter × 3.43" extension from flange.
77.6 mm ø maximum diameter × 87 mm extension from flange.
Weight specifications top
13.410 oz. (380.3 g) actual measured weight.
Rated 13.6 oz. (385 g).
Quality specifications top
Made in The Philippines.
Environment specifications top
Rated to work down to -10º C (+14º F).
Announced specifications top
15 October 2020.
Promised for specifications top
Late November 2020.
Included specifications top
Lens.
72mm front lens cap (p/n 16451706).
RLCP-001 rear lens cap (p/n 16389783).
Hood.
"Lens wrapping cloth."
Paperwork and 1-year warranty.
Fujifilm's Model Numbers specifications top
XF10-24mmF4 R OIS WR.
16666753.
Price, U. S. A. specifications top
May 2021
$999 at Adorama, at Amazon and at B&H.
Fujinon XF 10-24mm f/4 R OIS WR. bigger.
Performance top
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Overall Autofocus Manual Focus Breathing Bokeh
Distortion Ergonomics Falloff Filters
Flare & Ghosts Lateral Color Fringes
Lens Corrections Macro Mechanics
I'd get my XF 10-24mm at Adorama, at Amazon or at B&H, or eventually used at eBay if you know How to Win at eBay.
Overall performance top
This is a well-made, high performance ultra-ultra wide for Fuji's APC-S cameras.
Autofocus performance top
Autofocus is fast and sure; ultrawides always focus fast.
Manual Focus performance top
Manual focusing is entirely electronic; the manual focus ring isn't connected to anything other than a digital encoder.
Focus Breathing performance top
Focus breathing is the image changing size as focused in and out. It's important to cinematographers that the image not breathe because it looks funny if the image changes size as focus gets pulled back and forth between actors. If the lens does this, the image "breathes" by growing and contracting slightly as the dialog goes back and forth.
There is no breathing at any setting, which is excellent.
Bokeh performance top
Bokeh, the feel, character or quality of out-of-focus areas as opposed to how far out of focus they are, is neutral at 10mm where you'll never see it, but ugly at 24mm where you're more likely to see it — but I doubt you will.
This is an ultrawide lens and nothing ever gets that far out of focus, so the quality of those out-of-focus areas doesn't really matter.
Here are photos from headshot distance wide-open. I'm focused on the DAVIS logo. Click any for the © camera-original file:
Made-in-U. S. A. Davis 6250 weather station, 27 May 2021, shot on Fuji X-S10.
As always, if you want to throw the background as far out of focus as possible, shoot at 24mm at f/4 and get as close as possible.
Distortion performance top
Distortion is invisible, at least as shot as JPGs on my Fuji X-S10, which should be correcting it automatically.
If you shoot raw and use non-manufacturer software to process the raw data into images, that software is unlikely to be able to correct the distortion as is done in-camera as JPGs.
What little pincushion distortion there is at most settings can be corrected for more critical use by plugging these figures into Photoshop's lens distortion filter. These aren't facts or specifications, they are the results of my research that requires hours of photography and calculations on the resulting data.
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Correction factor for JPGs shot at 10' (3m) |
10mm |
0.0 |
14mm |
-1.0 |
18mm |
-1.0 |
24mm |
-1.0 |
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Ergonomics performance top
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Fuji XF 10-24mm. bigger. |
Fuji XF 10-24mm. bigger. |
The controls you can see work fine, although the manual focus ring is usually ignored.
The problem is that the OIS (stabilizer) switch was removed, forcing us to have to futz in menus to find it.
Also worse is that since the first 10-24mm was introduced, Fuji now makes some stripper cameras that no longer have an AF-S / AF-C / MF switch on them, so since there is no Focus Mode switch on the lens, we now may have to fiddle with it in menus.
Falloff performance top
Falloff is invisible, with or without the Lens Modulation Optimizer ON or OFF.
I've greatly exaggerated the falloff by shooting a gray field and placing these on a gray background; it will not look this bad in actual photos of real things:
Fuji XF 10-24mm Falloff.
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Filters, use with performance top
There's no problem with vignetting, even with several stacked filters!
|I can use two filters even at 10mm.
With three stacked filters, one of which is my 72mm Schneider grad ND 0.6, I can zoom as wide as 14mm with no vignetting.
The filter ring doesn't move.
The all-metal filter ring is a pleasant surprise compared to the plastic rubbish from Nikon and Canon.
Go ahead and use your standard rotating polarizer and grad filters.
Don't use polarizers on ultrawide lenses; the sky's natural polarization will appear as a dark band in the sky.
Flare & Ghosts performance top
There is very little flare.
See examples at Sunstars.
Lateral Color Fringes performance top
There are no color fringes when shot as JPG, where my X-S10 is probably correcting any that may be there. I can't vouch for what you'll see if you shoot raw and then open the files with non-Fuji software.
There is spherochromatism, which can cause color fringes on things that aren't in perfect focus. Spherochromatism is a completely different aberration in a different dimension than lateral color fringes.
Lens Corrections performance top
My X-S10 offers only ON or OFF for the Lens Modulation Optimizer, and I can't see any difference with it ON or OFF.
Macro Performance performance top
This is an ultrawide and even though it can focus to within just a few inches from the front of the lens, it doesn't look that close.
Wide open at f/4
It's not that sharp at f/4 at this super-close distance:
Casio G-Shock Solar Atomic Watch at close-focus distance at 24mm at f/4, 27 May 2021, shot on Fuji X-S10. bigger or camera-original © file.
1,200 × 900 pixel (10× magnification) crop from above. bigger or camera-original © file.
If this 1,200 × 900 pixel crop is about 3" (7.5cm) wide on your phone, then the complete image printed at this same extreme magnification would be about 11 × 16" (0.9 × 1.3 feet or 25 × 40 cm).
If this 1,200 × 900 pixel crop is about 6" (15cm) wide on your screen, then the complete image printed at this same extreme magnification would be about 21 × 31" (1.7 × 2.6 feet or 50 × 80 cm).
If this 1,200 × 900 pixel crop is about 12" (30cm) wide on your screen, then the complete image printed at this same extreme magnification would be about 42 × 62" (3.5 × 5.2 feet or 1.05 × 1.6 meters).
At f/8
It's super sharp at f/8:
Casio G-Shock Solar Atomic Watch at close-focus distance at 24mm at f/4, 27 May 2021, shot on Fuji X-S10. bigger or camera-original © file.
1,200 × 900 pixel (10× magnification) crop from above. bigger or camera-original © file.
This texture is on the watch face.
If this 1,200 × 900 pixel crop is about 3" (7.5cm) wide on your phone, then the complete image printed at this same extreme magnification would be about 11 × 16" (0.9 × 1.3 feet or 25 × 40 cm).
If this 1,200 × 900 pixel crop is about 6" (15cm) wide on your screen, then the complete image printed at this same extreme magnification would be about 21 × 31" (1.7 × 2.6 feet or 50 × 80 cm).
If this 1,200 × 900 pixel crop is about 12" (30cm) wide on your screen, then the complete image printed at this same extreme magnification would be about 42 × 62" (3.5 × 5.2 feet or 1.05 × 1.6 meters).
Mechanical Quality performance top
Fujinon XF 10-24mm f/4 R OIS WR. bigger.
This is a better-than-average lens for today, being mostly metal with a wonderful front metal filter thread and hood mount — but the rear mount oddly is cheap aluminum.
Hood
Plastic bayonet.
Front Bumper
None.
Filter Threads
Metal.
Hood Bayonet Mount
Metal.
Front Barrel Exterior
Metal.
Focus Ring
Bare metal.
Zoom Ring
Rubber-covered metal.
Aperture Ring
Metal.
Slide Switches
Plastic.
Rear Barrel Exterior
Plastic.
Identity
Laser engraved on metal ring between front element and filter threads.
Internals
Seem like a mix of plastic and metal.
Dust Gasket at Mount
Yes.
Mount
Aluminum!
Markings
Mostly lightly engraved and filled with paint.
Serial Number
Sticker glued on bottom of the lens barrel, neither an acceptable nor a permanent way to do this for a product that's handled all day.
Date Code
None found.
Noises When Shaken
Almost no clicking.
Made in
Made in The Philippines.
Sharpness performance top
Lens sharpness has nothing to do with picture sharpness; every lens made in the past 100 years is more than sharp enough to make super-sharp pictures if you know what you're doing. The only limitation to picture sharpness is your skill as a photographer. It's the least talented who spend the most time worrying about lens sharpness and blame crummy pictures on their equipment rather than themselves. Skilled photographers make great images with whatever camera is in their hands; I've made some of my best images of all time with an irreparably broken camera! Most pixels are thrown away before you see them, but camera makers don't want you to know that.
If you're not getting ultra-sharp pictures with this, be sure not to shoot at f/11 or smaller where all lenses are softer due to diffraction, always shoot at ISO 100 or below because cameras become softer at ISO 200 and above, avoid shooting across long distances over land which can lead to atmospheric heat shimmer, be sure everything is in perfect focus, set your camera's sharpening as you want it (I set mine to the maximum) and be sure nothing is moving, either camera or subject. If you want to ensure a soft image with any lens, shoot at f/16 or smaller at ISO 1,600 or above at default sharpening in daylight of subjects at differing distances in the same image.
People worry waaaaay too much about sharpness. It's not 1968 anymore when lenses often weren't that sharp and there could be significant differences among them; today they are all pretty much equally fantastic.
This great lens is sharp corner-to corner at all settings, although of course it gets softer at f/11 and smaller due to diffraction.
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MTF at 10mm at f/4 at 15 cycles/mm. |
MTF at 10mm at f/4 at 45 cycles/mm. |
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MTF at 24mm at f/4 at 15 cycles/mm. |
MTF at 24mm at f/4 at 45 cycles/mm. |
Spherochromatism performance top
Spherochromatism, also called secondary spherical chromatic aberration or "color bokeh," is an advanced form of spherical and chromatic aberration in a different dimension than lateral chromatic aberration. It happens mostly in fast normal and tele lenses when spherical aberration at the ends of the color spectrum are corrected differently than in the middle of the spectrum. Spherochromatism can cause colored fringes on out-of-focus highlights, usually seen as green fringes on backgrounds and magenta fringes on foregrounds. Spherochromatism is common in fast lenses of moderate focal length when shooting contrasty items at full aperture. It goes away as stopped down.
It does have a moderate amount of spherochromatism if you go out of your way enough to get something out of focus:
Mondaine A132.30348.11SBB at close-focus distance at 24mm at f/4, 27 May 2021,, shot on Fuji X-S10. bigger or camera-original © file.
1,200 × 900 pixel (10× magnification) crop from above. bigger or camera-original © file.
If this 1,200 × 900 pixel crop is about 3" (7.5cm) wide on your phone, then the complete image printed at this same high magnification would be about 11 × 16" (0.9 × 1.3 feet or 25 × 40 cm).
If this 1,200 × 900 pixel crop is about 6" (15cm) wide on your screen, then the complete image printed at this same very high magnification would be about 21 × 31" (1.7 × 2.6 feet or 50 × 80 cm).
If this 1,200 × 900 pixel crop is about 12" (30cm) wide on your screen, then the complete image printed at this same extreme magnification would be about 42 × 62" (3.5 × 5.2 feet or 1.05 × 1.6 meters).
Image Stabilization performance top
Optical Image Stabilization (OIS, IS or VR (Vibration Reduction))
"Percent Perfectly Sharp Shots" are the percentage of frames with 100% perfect tripod-equivalent sharpness I get when I'm shooting hand-held while free-standing with no support or bracing. Hand tremor is a random occurrence, so at marginal speeds some frames will be perfectly sharp while others will be in various stages of blur — all at the same shutter speed. This rates what percentage of shots are perfectly sharp, not how sharp are all the frames:
At 15mm on Fuji X-S10 (adds in-camera stabilization)
| % Perfectly Sharp Shots | 1 |
1/2 |
1/4 |
1/8 |
1/15 |
1/30 |
1/60 |
1/125 |
1/250 |
| Stabilization ON | 0 |
25 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
| Stabilization OFF | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
I see about a 3 stop real-world improvement, which is good.
Sunstars performance top
With a 7-blade rounded diaphragm I get 14-pointed sunstars on brilliant points of light only at the smallest apertures.
Ignore the crazy rainbow effects at small apertures; these are sensor artifacts.
Click any to enlarge:
Click any to enlarge.
User's Guide top
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I'd get my XF 10-24mm at Adorama, at Amazon or at B&H, or eventually used at eBay if you know How to Win at eBay.
Manual Focus user's guide top
You have to select the focus mode on your camera.
Better Fujifilm APS-C cameras have a dedicated switch on the front of the camera, while crappier ones push this off into the menu system. Sorry.
Manual-Focus Override user's guide top
By default, there is no always-responsive instant manual-focus override as we take for granted in our DSLRs. Good luck.
Stabilizer (OIS) Switches user's guide top
Sadly there are none. Fuji deleted them.
You have to find this now in your camera's menu system.
Recommendations top
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I'd get my XF 10-24mm at Adorama, at Amazon or at B&H, or eventually used at eBay if you know How to Win at eBay.
This is Fuji's best general-purpose ultrawide zoom. The 8-16mm is an exotic special-purpose lens for those with special needs; this 10-24mm is much more practical and more useful most of the time.
I use a clear (UV) protective filter instead of a cap so I'm always ready to shoot instantly. I only use a cap when I throw this in a bag with other gear without padding — which is never. The UV filter never gets in the way, and never gets lost, either.
The very best protective filter is the 72mm Hoya multicoated HD3 UV which uses hardened glass and repels dirt and fingerprints.
For less money, the Canon 72mm UV and B+W MRC 010 are excellent filters, as is the B+W 72mm 010 and the basic multicoated Hoya filters, but the Hoya HD3 is the toughest and the best.
Filters last a lifetime, so you may as well get the best. The Hoya HD3 stays cleaner than the others since it repels oil and dirt.
All these filters are just as sharp and take the same pictures, the difference is how much abuse they'll take and stay clean and stay in one piece. Since filters last a lifetime or more, there's no reason not to buy the best as it will last you for the next 40 years. Filters aren't throwaways like digital cameras which we replace every few years, like it or not. I'm still using filters I bought back in the 1970s!
I'd get my XF 10-24mm at Adorama, at Amazon or at B&H, or eventually used at eBay if you know How to Win at eBay.
This 100% all-content, junk-free website's biggest source of support is when you use those or any of these links to my personally approved sources I've used myself for way over 100 combined years when you get anything, regardless of the country in which you live — but I receive nothing for my efforts if you get it elsewhere. Fuji does not seal its boxes in any way, so never buy at retail or any other source not on my personally approved list since you'll have no way of knowing if you're missing accessories, getting a defective, damaged, returned, dropped, incomplete, gray-market, store demo or used lens — and all of my personally approved sources allow for 100% cash-back returns for at least 30 days if you don't love your new lens. I've used many of these sources since the 1970s because I can try it in my own hands and return it if I don't love it, and because they ship from secure remote warehouses where no one gets to touch your new lens before you do. Buy only from the approved sources I've used myself for decades for the best prices, service, return policies and selection.
Thanks for helping me help you!
Ken.
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Fujifilm's 'XF 10-24mm f/4 R OIS WR press release.
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