The new 14mm super wide angle of Fuji for the Fujifilm X-Pro 1 and XE 1 is a real piece of cake, both visually and mechanically. Even at full aperture, it draws very sharp, only in the extreme corners sharpness is a waste to see, at the latest at f5.6 and the corners are sharp crack at high resolution and high detail. From mechanics wise, it is very well made. The operation of the lens becomes very pleasant and I think very professional: for switching from Af to Mf only the focus ring has to be withdrawn a little way toward the camera, this comes at the 14er the distance scale to the fore, so that at the depth of field scale can use lens. The fiddly switching on the camera is omitted. In AF mode, the distance scale is hidden, what personally but does not bother me. The focusing of hand works very well together with the Fokussierlupe the camera, you have a really eye-catching focus, is as soon focused. Since I work mostly with AE, I was very pleasantly surprised by the real aperture ring. You can set the aperture between f2.8 and f22 in increments. The visor is clean gradation engraved, as well as the rest of the inscription of the lens. The ring engages tired and no play, you go through the '22' addition to 'A', you get a diaphragm or Program AE. Fuji indicates the angle of view of 14mm lens with 89 °, so that it is measured at the small picture format exactly between the 20s (94 °) and the 24er (84 °). The filter thread has a diameter of 58mm, therefore corresponds to the 18-55er, making it larger than the other X Fujinon lenses. This is probably due to the large acceptance angle, thus filter will not shade the image corners. It comes in a black box, the package includes front and back cover, a lens hood (the same as for the 18-55) and a shawl. In addition, manual, warranty card and an SD memory card - for proper use of the 14er is 1 and 2:03 required in the cameras currently (February 2013) latest firmware 1:04 in XE in the X-Pro 1. Therefore Fujifilm sets the required firmware in the form of an SD card in the lens. Fuji has managed with the 2.8 / 14 is a fantastically good wide-angle lens, which obligation is likely to be 1 and XE 1 photographer for all serious X-Pro.
