I finally completed my trio of lenses for the X-Pro1 last week when I managed to get hold of the 60mm. It seems to be in short supply here in Ireland. The place I got my camera said they wouldn’t have it for another three to four weeks and two other camera stores I tried were also out of stock. I was about to order it online when I remembered one more place I could try and luckily they still had a few in stock. I finally had some time to get out and give it a good try out the other day and he rte are the results:

First impressions of the lens are pretty much in line with what everyone else has written about it at this stage. It’s very sharp, but also very slow to focus compared to the other two. Still, it’s not really much slower than on some other mirrorless cameras, but it can be a bit frustrating. There’s a small amount of purple fringing on some shots against high contrast areas, but its easily fixed. Other than that, it’s a good quality lens. The one thing you need to be aware of though is it can be difficult to hold steady given the lightness of the camera, so you need to up your shutter speed as there’s no image stabilisation system.… Read more…..