The Fujinon 10-24mm is small, light, sharp, and optically beautiful. It’s fantastic for landscapes and, when zoomed in, can be great for everything else.
Its quality and sharpness are good, but go into it knowing it’s a zoom, so it does have some flaws and doesn’t have a ton of punch of pop.
Fujifilm XF 10-24mm R OIS f4 Lens Review
One thing I really like about this lens is its size. When it arrived, I was surprised at how small it was. It fits very comfortably on the Fuji X-T1 and X-T2, and the camera feels well-balanced with it attached.
The lens has aperture controls built into it, and it has a manual to auto switch. This gives it the same manual control you get from other Fujifilm lenses, which allows you to adjust the aperture on the lens rather than with some camera dial or digging through a menu.
Like other Fujifilm lenses, it is fly-by-wire, except for the zoom functionality.
Fujifilm XF 10-24mm f4 OIS– Amazon / Adorama
Fujifilm XF 10-24mm f4 OIS Lens Key Features
The Fujinon XF 10-24mm f4mm lens will give you the 15-36mm equivalent field of view if you use a 35mm full-frame camera.
-Max Aperture f4, minimum f22.
-14 elements in 10 groups with 4 aspherical and 3 extra-low dispersion elements.
-7-blade rounded aperture. This means the aperture is entirely round at f4 but you will see geometry as you close down.
-72mm filter size.
24mm, ISO 1600, f4.5, 1/60sec
Fujifilm XF 10-24mm f4 OIS Lens First Impressions
What I Love About This Lens
It gives you everything you need in an ultra-wide zoom. I like it for travel photography; it’s wide enough to shoot landscapes, but the Tele-end is also fun for street photography.
It’s not very fast, but the OIS helps you better control low light by slowing down your shutter speed. This also means you don’t need a tripod as much.
I’m surprised at how sharp and clean the corners are at 10mm and even 14mm.
All in all, it’s a solid little lens.
A Few Things I Don’t Love
There are not many things I don’t like about this lens; I’m even ok with it being f4 since I never shoot more open on an ultra-wide lens anyway.
Its main flaw is the corners and edges at the tele end, which tend to get slightly smeary.
I wish the lens was dust and weather-sealed for photos like this one, where the air was filled with misty rain and volcanic ash. I was near the top of Mount Aso, an active volcano in Japan.
24mm, ISO 200, f8, 1/160sec
Fuji XF 10mm-24mm f4 Technical Review
The minimum aperture is f22, and the maximum is f4. However, you probably don’t want to shoot higher than f11 due to diffraction.
See the diffraction chart.
Fujinon XF 10-24mm f4 OIS Diffraction Chart
I shot a few samples with a 100% crop at 24mm.
F5.6 to F8 look the nicest. F11 and F16 are still useable, but I’d avoid using F22.
This was shot with Fujifilm’s Lens Modulation Optimization turned on. This feature is supposed to correct for some diffraction, but I don’t see it in the RAW files. Perhaps it only works on JPEG or prime lenses.
Fuji XF 10-24mm F4 Vignetting, Distortion, Aberrations and Color Cast
Due to Fujifilm’s in-camera lens profile correction baked into the files, there is no noticeable vignetting or distortion when shooting RAW or JPEG. However, you can turn the lens profile correction off using Iridient Developer 3. I won’t go into this too much because you won’t need to, but here is what vignetting and distortion look like at 10mm. It gets better the closer you get to 24mm.
ISO 200, 10mm, f4
When the lens profile is turned off, there are some minor color aberrations, which are very well controlled on this lens.
I also do not see any color casts worth noting.
Lens Detail and Sharpness
Lens sharpness is decent, depending on where you’re in the focal range. The lens performs best at around 14mm. 10mm is also pretty good, but 24mm has a bit of corner softness.
Sharpness chart at 10mm with the 100% crop of the center, left edge, and bottom left corner.
I’m sharing only the left edges for this example since my right edges seem off calibration.
Sharpness Chart at 14mm with the 100% crop of the center, left edge, and bottom left corner.
Edges and corners stay impressively sharp. This seems to be the sweet spot.
Sharpness Chart at 24mm with the 100% crop of the center, left edge, and bottom left corner.
At 24mm, the corners and edges don’t hold up very well. This is standard for many of the ultra-wide zoom lenses I’ve used. They do well at the wide and middle ranges and are slightly soft at the rear end.
Focus Shifts
A focus shift occurs when your focus changes slightly between aperture adjustments. I haven’t experienced one yet with this lens.
OIS Capabilities
The OIS is nice; it gives you some nice control at slower shutter speeds. I’ve been able to shoot at 1/30 easily and probably get away 1/15.
Art & Character
The 7 Blade Aperture And Bokeh
The Bokeh at lower apertures is very smooth but light glares with some irregularities, which isn’t all that pretty.
From f11-f22, the “sun stars” look great.
What Troubles Me About This Lens – I Got A Bad Copy
I’ll get photos with significantly softer right edges than left ones. Since I don’t notice this on all my images, I didn’t catch it when I first got the lens.
I’m unsure if it’s caused by the lens going in and out of OIS, which causes elements to float around.
If you consider getting this lens, check for these characteristics immediately after purchase and send it back if it behaves this way. It’s unacceptable for a lens to do this, and I would send mine back if I hadn’t already had it for several months.
Here are some examples of what my lens is doing.
What To Do When You Get A Bad Copy?
Send it in. If you’ve had the lens past the return date, you can send it in, and the warranty should cover it. They did on mine. I sent it to Fujifilm’s repair center, and they happily fixed it. It just took about 2-3 months. So be patient; hopefully, it’s still under warranty by the time it gets back in case they fail to fix it.
In my particular instance, they replaced the lens mount and added dust to the rear element. The lens also has the same problem, so it’s not fixed, and my warranty has expired. Not only did they not fix it, but they gave it back in worse condition. So my 10-24 is now a lovely paperweight—a bummer.
Fujinon 10-24mm f4 OIS Review Conclusions
I do love this lens. It’s so convenient and excellent for travel photography.
The lens is small and light, and the focal range of 10-24mm is fun. The Fujifilm lens profile correction eliminates any distortion, vignetting, or aberrations, making this lens great for architecture and landscapes. Remember that the lens performs very well at wide to mid ranges, but the performance drops off by 24mm.
If you buy this lens, shoot something like a brick wall to see if it has similar issues. I’m sure it won’t.
Be sure to check out my Fujifilm lens list for a complete list of all the available Fujinon lenses.
Fujinon 10-24mm f4 Sample Images
I shot some landscapes, HDR photography, and street photography to try to show the versatility of this lens.
13mm, ISO 200, f8, 1/400sec
10mm, ISO 200, f11, 1/40, 3-Shot +-EV HDR
15mm, ISO 200, f8, 1/180sec
10mm, ISO 200, f8, 4.3sec, 3-Shot +-1EV HDR
24mm, ISO 200, f8, 1/50sec
18mm, ISO 200, f9, 0.7sec
10mm, ISO 200, f7.1, 1/8sec, 3-Shot +-1EV HDR
