Bottom line? The Fujifilm 56mm f1.2 is another great quality lens for the X-series. It's a confidently-built, optically superb, well-priced for a lens of its class and exploits the latest body technologies to deliver crisp details into the corners and effective tracking of moving subjects.

Superb quality; Sharp right into the corners at f1.2, f1.2 focal ratio delivers very shallow depth of field with nice bokeh, f1.2 focal ratio great in low light: gathers twice as much light as f1.8 lens, Very well-corrected optics with minimal vignetting, coma or CA, Great build quality and lens...

Current X-series bodies limit use at f1.2 with 1/4000 maximum shutter; Modest closest focusing distance of 0.7m means it's no macro lens; Blurred specular highlights rendered as heptagons as aperture closes; No optical stabilisation; so hold steady; No weather-sealing

This telephoto lens for the Fujifilm X-series interchangeable lens cameras provides a field of view equivalent to an 84mm lens on a 35mm camera, sports a very bright f/1.2 maximum aperture and costs around ￡890.

If you are a portrait photographer invested in the Fujifilm X system or interested in adding a Fujifilm X system camera to your arsenal, the 56mm f/1.2 R is a must have. It lives up to the hype and works as a top tier portrait lens with fantastic out of focus area rendering.

The best XF lens so far, extremely sharp and no distortion wide open. Bokeh is creamy and control is solid.

Sharp; good looking

Auto focus is still a bit noisy

Excellent quality and razor sharp. I only use it at f/1.2 where the bokeh is lovely and subject selection makes the pictures feel like full frame. On the downside, it is heavy and it is not as fast to focus as the 35 1.4. Slightly faster and it would get five stars.

Among portrait shooters, the 85mm f/1.4 or f/1.2 full-frame lens has been the time-honored holy grail of glass. Allowing dreamily defocused fore- and backgrounds that set off the subject to great effect, and the perfect focal length for flattering the human face, these lenses have found their way...

This Fuji XF 56mm f/1.2 is an extraordinary aspherical 85mm-equivalant short tele lens that only works on Fuji X-mount cameras . As the world's newest ultra-speed tele, this lens has superior optical performance.

This very fast lens provides incredible bokeh and excellent sharpness, even wide open. The only potential downside to the lens is the size. In short, it is well worth the investment and an essential lens for X-shooters.

Bokeh; Sharpness; Speed

Size and weight

When I first got this lens I was expecting okay quality. After a few hours I was literally stunned with the sharpness. By the time I was at F4 this lens is a sharp is anything I own. Beautiful quality images, great contrast and wonderful sharpness throughout the range of F stops.

Sharp; Fast

When I first got this lens I was expecting okay quality; After a few hours I was literally stunned with the sharpness; By the time I was at F4 this lens is a sharp is anything I own; Beautiful quality images, great contrast and wonderful sharpness throughout the range of F stops.

It was fantastic until the barrel separated at the aperture ring while using it. I noticed it felt loose, I look and it's come apart. $999 lens "came unglued." How is that possible And I don't know what to do with it.