Fujifilm XF 23mm f/1.4 R LM WR.
Equivalent to 35mm full-frame on APS-C. Weather-sealed, fast-focusing, and the X-shooter's everyday environmental prime.
The Verdict.
Gavler Meta-Score
“The everyday X-mount 35mm-equivalent, finally done right: excellent center sharpness that holds toward the corners even at f/1.4, fast silent linear-motor AF, and weather sealing at 11 points the 2016 original lacked. It's bigger, heavier, and pricier than that old lens and vignettes heavily in RAW wide open, so existing 23mm owners may not need to upgrade — but for a first fast reportage prime, it's the one to buy.”
The Gavler Verdict
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Precision Engineering
Sharp to the Corners at f/1.4
Amateur Photographer found "impressively little fall off towards the corners, even at the widest aperture"; 15 elements in 10 groups (2 aspherical, 3 ED).
Linear-Motor Autofocus
AF acquisition around 0.04s — "fast, decisive, accurate and quiet" per Amateur Photographer — versus the slow, audible focus of the 2016 original.
Weather-Sealed at 11 Points
Dust- and moisture-sealed and rated to operate at -10°C, earning the "WR" the older 23mm f/1.4 never had.
Technical Specifications
The Scoreboard
Expert consensus (88) sits just under the community score (89): reviewers (Amateur Photographer, OpticalLimits) consistently praise the strong corner-to-corner sharpness at f/1.4, quick quiet LM autofocus, and added weather sealing, while the recurring knocks are heavy wide-open RAW vignetting (~2.3 EV) and that it's larger, heavier, and costlier than the original it replaces.
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Global Critique
“Its central sharpness is excellent and there's impressively little fall off towards the corners, even at the widest aperture.”
“It works superbly with the XF 23mm F1.4 R LM WR. It's fast, decisive, accurate and quiet.”
“The light falloff in RAW mode is very heavy at f/1.4. A vignetting of ~2.3 EV (f-stops) may be normal on full-format cameras, but it's beyond our usual scale for APS-C cameras.”
“The XF 23mm F1.4 R LM WR is, however, bigger, heavier and more expensive than the older XF 23mm F1.4 R it replaces.”
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