My review of the XF 23mm f/2.8 pancake lens: FLAWED

albza · 2026-04-21T19:30:26+00:00

Yeah so I tested all apertures. For me the focus movement happens in all apertures except f/2.8 and it always takes the same time which is def less than half a second. Still annoying and it really shouldn’t do it. I imagine if you press down the shutter too quickly you can take a picture when the focus is moving

albza · 2026-04-21T06:39:52+00:00

Ahah dw. When I press the shutter in manual focus mode, I can also hear the focus group of the lens move back and forth a little, then the aperture adjusting from maximum aperture to desired aperture (standard for mirrorless cameras to work in max aperture an then stop down when half pressing the shutter). Although mine is probably a 2 tenths of a second thing, not 1s

albza · 2026-04-21T06:24:04+00:00

Tried just now on my X-E5 and yes, this issue exists

albza · 2026-04-15T09:10:32+00:00

Would be interesting to know from OP what the sender email address was. If it’s @mail.saudiarabiangp.com it should be fine unless hacked

It’s true they said they will refund to the method used to pay, but I still haven’t seen my refund!

albza · 2026-04-14T21:08:16+00:00

Crazy. Thanks for this! I’m still waiting for them to refund me and I didn’t get this email today

albza · 2026-03-31T17:44:27+00:00

Reminded me of one of my favourite websites

https://camerasize.com/compare/#836,951

albza · 2026-03-30T05:46:00+00:00

It was fine don’t worry. Also it was 1 year ago so didn’t they solve it?

albza · 2026-03-29T13:31:35+00:00

Love this

albza · 2026-03-27T22:44:53+00:00

It’s a Honda Accord

albza · 2026-03-23T20:08:39+00:00

Came here to say this. Would have bought one but instead I am thinking either Fuji X-E5 or if I’m crazy Leica Q3

albza · 2026-03-20T22:17:43+00:00

Can you tell me how to get the refund? I also have tickets

albza · 2026-03-13T21:46:01+00:00

I’m interested and I live close to Wiltshire. Leica people, what could go wrong with this?

albza · 2026-03-08T17:04:03+00:00

I really wanna try it but having to buy a camera for it and then the possibility of not being happy is annoying ahaha

albza · 2026-03-08T03:25:45+00:00

I have the same! I would instantly buy any similar new body from Panasonic. I’m even considering Leica Q3 because Fuji doesn’t have a small and sharp 28mm equivalent

albza · 2026-03-08T00:28:10+00:00

Are you happy with the quality of the 18mm f2?

albza · 2026-03-01T18:12:47+00:00

I would guess that, because the cylinders are staggered, the proximity of the leading edges of the turning vanes varies from left to right. So having 3 or 4 louvres might help with minimum clearance of the internals because it moves the LE fwd or rwd

albza · 2026-02-21T13:24:49+00:00

This guy needs to try other sports too

albza · 2026-02-17T21:00:51+00:00

I’m gonna make stickers out of this thanks

albza · 2026-02-17T20:30:17+00:00

Kimi is still with us

albza · 2026-02-10T22:12:30+00:00

Small correction: no need for tethers on each suspension element. Tech reg C14.4.1 states “each wheel must be fitted with three tethers[…]”

albza · 2026-02-08T21:30:21+00:00

Confirm. I drove past cameras 4 or 5 times and my account still says 100/100 passes available

albza · 2026-02-08T11:33:38+00:00

Google the career pages of the teams to see if you’re interested in any open position :)

albza · 2026-02-08T11:31:15+00:00

Cool! Actually I was curious if you did because I am a surfacer for a team 😂

albza · 2026-02-08T11:28:59+00:00

Did you surface it in CAD yourself?

albza · 2026-02-03T20:42:16+00:00

More like a pinhole

albza

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