And, as it is common with XF lenses, it works by wire, so even when you switch the lens to manual focus mode (which needs to be done on the camera, the lens has no AF/MF switch), it's still the autofocus drive that adjusts the actual focus position in small steps when the focus ring is turned manually. Everything is tightly assembled and the broad rubberized focus ring operates smoothly. Compared to the XF 90 for example, it feels less sturdy, but still the build quality, besides the material used, is on a very high level. Given the high weight, it's slightly surprising that most of the lens body consists of plastic with only a few metal parts, like the aperture ring and the mount. Ironically, this makes the lens a bit awkward to use on a macro focusing rail. The lens body has such a huge diameter that it extends below the bottom plate of most XF bodies. For obvious reasons, many parts of the earlier review have been reused here. We also reviewed the lens on the X-Pro1 back in 2019, so if you're interested in how the lens performs on a body with a first generation X-Trans sensor, please have a look here. In this review we take a look at how the lens performs on our 26 MP review camera, the Fujifilm X-T30. 'Keep it compact' was obviously not on the list of design goals. The result is a lens that is as bulky as its name and even bigger and heavier than the already fairly huge XF 90mm f/2.0, even though it is shorter in focal length and one-stop slower. On top, it's the first Fujinon XF to offer 1:1 magnification (the XF 60 only offers 1:2). There's an aperture ring ('R'), a linear focus motor ('LM'), a 5-stop optical stabilization system ('OIS') and of course the lens is weather-resistant, too ('WR'). Unlike the XF 60/2.4, that was announced in the very early days of the XF system and is a solid, but also kind of basic design, the XF 80 features a spec sheet with almost everything that Fujifilm's marketing created a name or abbreviation for. With the Fujinon XF 80mm f/2.8, Fujifilm added a second macro lens to its line of XF lenses. Review by Markus Stamm, published September 2021
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