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Fujifilm Fujinon XF 18-120mm F4 LM PZ WR

Designed as a hybrid lens for those who like to use their cameras for both photography and videography, the Fujinon XF 18-120mm F4 includes a number of videocentric features. But it’s also intended to be well-suited as an everyday lens thanks to its versatile zoom range.

Covering an equivalent focal length of 27-183mm, it’s a lens that can tackle a wide variety of subjects including wideangle landscapes, portraits, or relatively close wildlife or action-type subjects. It also offers 0.2x magnification, making it capable of capturing close-up shots, too. Considering it’s designed as a video lens, it’s perhaps surprising not to see a capability to go any wider, which would probably make it more appealing for vloggers.

The lens has been designed to be relatively small and compact, with a powered zoom mechanism hidden inside the lens (more on that later). It has a constant f/4 maximum aperture, making it relatively well-suited to low light, if not as capable as an f/2.8 zoom (which would be

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