{"id":1143,"date":"2020-02-19T14:27:40","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T14:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2021-12-16T10:00:59","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T10:00:59","slug":"on-the-trail-with-the-fujinon-xf-16mm-f-2-8-r-wr-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/?p=1143","title":{"rendered":"On the trail with the Fujinon XF 16mm f\/2.8 R WR lens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I recently added the little Fujinon XF 16mm f\/2.8 R WR<\/em>\nlens to my photo kit, to be used for landscapes and travel. This lens offers a\nlot of quality (both optical and build), and it barely gets noticed when mounted\non a camera. This is great for trekking and hiking. I have just returned from a\nweekend on the Alentejo coast, my usual \u201cget away\u201d place, where I had the\nchance to use the lens on a couple of walking trails: one along the coast near\nCabo Sard\u00e3o, and the other in the interior, between Santa Clara a Velha and\nSab\u00f3ia. For both trails, I mounted the lens on the Fujifilm XT-3 camera and was\ngood to go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This wide-angle lens is part of the Fujinon set of lenses\nthat are small and have a tapered design, in many ways like lenses available for\nrangefinder systems. Other lenses from Fujifilm similar to this are for example\nthe 23mm f\/2, 35mm f\/2, and 50mm f\/2. For those that prefer to use prime\nlenses, these make a very nice set. Fujifilm also make a 16mm f\/1.4 lens, which\nis very good, but it also more expensive, larger, and heavier. If you don\u2019t\nneed the extra stops of light, the small 16mm f\/2.8 makes a lot of sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My first serious session with the lens was along the trail\nbetween Cabo Sard\u00e3o and Zambujeira do Mar. This part of the coast is beautiful,\nespecially in the late afternoon and during sunset, when the light turns the\ncliffs a golden hue. I also had my tripod, so I made a few long exposures along\nthe way. Just before sunset, the clouds turned into wispy swirls in the sky,\nadding a lot of interest to the photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next morning, I went with my wife to walk a 13km trail\nbetween the villages of Santa Clara a Velha and Sab\u00f3ia, in the interior of\nOdemira municipality. Last year we walked the same trail, but we liked it so\nmuch we wanted to repeat it. It is really a nice contrast between the coast and\nthe interior regions; the latter are characterized by gently rolling hills,\nwith several farms, where cattle and agriculture are the main economical contributors\nto a sustainable income. I was pleasantly surprised to see that there was a lot\nof fog, which can make for an interesting change in the landscape. I knew of a particular\nfarm that has several cork oak trees that would be interesting subjects in the\nfog. I wrote about this place here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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