This lens was optimized for center sharpness wide open and it is important to note that this is what it was primariy designed for. It is rather successful because at F1.2, you get a pleasant bokeh and decent background / foreground blur, while not having to manage the thinest depth of field like you...

Bokeh; Sharp

Focus Ring

Fantastic build quality, this is my fav lens!

Beautiful lens for portraits, excellent build quality. Autofocus is a little slow but no regrets.

Beautiful lens for portraits, excellent build quality. Autofocus is a little slow but no regrets.

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

The 56mm F1.2 R APD is a very special lens, but it lacks practicality.

Very sharp; Beautiful blur in the right conditions; Great build quality; Relatively affordable

Not compatible with phase-detect AF; Light transmission limited by one stop; Standard 56mm F1.2 is much cheaper; still great

Fujifilm has two 56mm lenses for their X Series cameras, and although the APD is near identical in spec, it's hiding a secret its rivals can't compete with... APD stands for apodization filter, an inclusion that makes the bokeh smoother than a regular lens.

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.

Most amazing lens I've used so far. Can't stop shooting with it! Every image captured is stunning.

This is an in-depth review of the Fujifilm XF 56mm f/1.2 R lens made for Fuji's line of X-Series cameras. This short telephoto lens (85mm full-frame equivalent) was released in February of 2014 and quickly became known as one of the best prime portrait lenses on the market, mirrorless or otherwise.