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8 Lenses to Pair with Your Fujifilm X-T3 for Stunning Landscape Images

Brett Day
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08/12/2019
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Last Updated on 08/13/2019 by Mark Beckenbach

The Fujifilm X-T3, when paired up with any of these lenses, will become a landscape photographers best friend.

The Fujifilm X-T3 is a master of all trades when it comes to photography. The 26.2 Megapixel X-Trans sensor is capable of resolving a ton of detail, and it can produce gorgeous colors. Couple these thing with the fact that it is weather-sealed, affordable at $1,499, and has a vast library of lenses to go with it, and you begin to see why the camera is so popular. The X-T3 just happens to be great for landscape photography too thanks to these characteristics, and when paired with the lenses we have chosen below, it will help you produce luscious landscapes that will show off the true beauty of the world around you.

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Estes Park, CO. Shot with the Fujifilm X-T3 and the Rokinon 12mm f2.

With Fall right around the corner, now’s the time to start thinking about landscape photography. The Fujifilm X-T3, when paired up with any of these prime or zoom lenses, will become a powerhouse of a camera. These lenses have truly incredible optics, are all very well made, easy to use, fast to focus, and most of them are weather-sealed. Our eight favorite lenses include everything from ultra-wide primes to telephoto zoom lenses. No matter which lenses you choose to shoot landscapes with, you will come away with tack sharp, beautifully colored images every time. If you shoot with the Fujifilm X-T3 (or any X Mount camera) and you want to get the most out of it when it comes to landscape photography, you should check out our recommendations below.

 

Rokinon 12mm F2

 

Here are the pros and cons from our full review:

Pros

  • Great colors
  • Small build
  • Lightweight
  • Nice aperture clicks
  • Sharp

Cons

  • There are lenses with better bokeh for sure

Buy now ($279): Adorama

 

Fujifilm 14mm F2.8

 

Here are the pros and cons from our full review:

Pros

  • Excellent sharpness when stopped down
  • Fairly fast focusing
  • The addition of the working manual focus ring and depth of field scale has us totally stoked–and you should be too
  • Very little distortion until you get very close. It is more apparent towards the corners

Cons

  • More color fringing than we’d like–though this can be easily eliminated with software
  • For a mirrorless camera lens, it is a tad larger than we’d like
  • We wish it could focus closer, even with the macro setting activated
  • We wish the focusing and aperture rings were smoother

Buy now ($899): Adorama 

 

Landscape photography with the Fujifilm X-T3
Beavers Bend, OK. Shot with the Fujifilm 18-55mm 2.8-4 and the X-T3

Pro Tip: Landscape photography is all about the details. To create genuinely stunning landscape images, you need to make sure your horizons are level, and that your gear is nice and secure. The only real way to do this is with a tripod. Quality tripods don’t cost an arm and leg. In fact, you can get this MeFoto tripod, which we absolutely love, for under $200. It will be a great addition to any landscape photographer’s setup.

 

Fujifilm 16mm F2.8 R WR

 

Here are the pros and cons from our full review:

Pros

  • Small
  • Lightweight
  • Weather sealed
  • Fun to use
  • Affordable
  • Good for documentary work and travel
  • Incredibly fast autofocus

Cons

  • Not sure why there isn’t an effective manual focus distance scale for hyperfocal length shooting
  • It’s a wide-angle lens with a relatively slow aperture for an APS-C camera system
  • You can get the 16mm f1.4 on eBay for good prices. You also get two stops more of light and weather sealing in addition to snappy autofocus

Buy now ($399): Amazon

 

Fujifilm 8-16mm F2.8 R LM WR

 

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Here are the pros and cons from our full review:

Pros

  • Solid image quality
  • Fast autofocus, which is expected
  • Lets you handhold it to very low shutter speeds due to the reciprocal rule of shutter speeds
  • Weather sealed

Cons

  • This lens is pretty darned expensive

Buy now ($1,999): Adorama

 

Landscape photography with the Fujifilm X-T3
Beavers Bend, OK. Shot with the 55-200mm and the X-T3

Pro Tip: Being in nature is always pleasant, but it means you’ll be exposing your gear to all kinds of dirt, dust, and debris. Like we said above, landscape photography is all about the details, so you need to make absolutely sure that your lenses are free of dust and dirt before you snap your pics. You can grab basic camera cleaning kits for little money these days. Make sure you’re prepared for whatever comes your way by having a basic camera and lens cleaning kit in your camera bag at all times.

 

Fujifilm 10-24mm F4 R OIS

 

Here are the pros and cons from our full review:

Pros

  • Solid metal construction with a large rubberized zoom ring
  • Built-in image stabilization and a smooth aperture ring
  • Sharp images and vibrant colors

Cons

  • Fairly heavy
  • It’s quite expensive

Buy new ($999): Adorama

 

Fujifilm XF 18-55mm F2.8-4 R LM OIS

 

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Here are the pros and cons from our full review:

Pros

  • Aperture ring
  • Optical Image Stabilization
  • Sharp images
  • Smooth bokeh

Cons

  • No depth of field scale
  • The aperture ring is unmarked

Buy now ($699): Adorama

 

landscape photography with the Fujifilm X-T3
Pikes Peak, CO. Shot with the 18-55mm f2.8-4 and the Fujifilm X-T3

Pro Tip: When you’re hiking and you see glorious landscapes all around you, it can be easy to take many pictures in a short amount of time. One thing you don’t want to do is leave yourself short in terms of storage space. RAW files from the Fujifilm X-T3 take up about 50Mb of space per image, so if you have a small card, it will fill up quickly. Keep extra SD cards in your camera bag, or in your pockets so that you don’t run out of space. SD cards are super cheap these days so it makes sense to stock up on them while you can. The last thing you want to do is miss out on that epic shot you have been planning for.

 

Fujifilm 16-55mm F2.8 LM WR

 

Here are the pros and cons from our full review:

Pros

  • Solid image quality
  • Nice bokeh, sharpness, and color rendition
  • Weather sealed
  • Fujifilm’s best general zoom lens yet
  • Fujifilm gave this an actual aperture ring instead of what they did with their previous kit lens zooms and gave the user a switch

Cons

  • Feels weird in the hand due to its size
  • An internal zooming mechanism would have made this feel better in the hand
  • A steep price

Buy now ($1,199): Adorama

 

Fujifilm XF 55-200mm F3.5-4.8 R LM OIS

 

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Here are the pros and cons from our full review:

Pros

  • Excellent image quality
  • Large rubberized zoom ring makes for smooth operation
  • Gorgeous bokeh
  • Affordable at $699 considering what this lens is
  • Faster aperture than its equivalent zooms across companies which usually come in at f4.5-5.6

Cons

  • It is massive for any X-series camera
  • It would’ve been great to see with this with a constant aperture, though that would jack up the price considerably

Buy now ($699): Amazon

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