Fujifilm xf 18mm f 2 r vs fujifilm xf 18mm f 1 4 r lm wr?

Both are 18mm prime lenses for Fujifilm X cameras, so they frame the same: about 27mm on full frame. The difference is aperture and size.

The Fujifilm XF 18mm f/2 R is the one I'd carry every day. It's one of the three original X-mount primes, small and light, and at f/2 it gives about the depth of field of f/3 on APS-C.

The Fujifilm XF 18mm f/1.4 R LM WR is for low light and more background blur. At f/1.4 it gives about the depth of field of f/2.1 on APS-C. Neither lens is stabilised.

If you shoot people, be careful wide open. At f/1.4 the focus zone can be thinner than a face, so the portraits guide suggests stopping down to f/2.8 for two people at different distances.

Written by Claude from this site's pages.