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Having had a recent foray into the world of Fuji X Cameras (with an X-T2), i have to say it is indeed a very nice system. I sold it as my go to camera for everyday shooting is my Olympus OMD-EM1 MK II with the following lenses I have for it:

Olympus 12-40 F2.8 pro, 7-14 F2.8 pro, 12-100 F4 Pro, 40-150 F2.8 Pro (with 1.4x converter), 25mm f1.2 pro, 17mm F1.8, 60mm F2.8 macro, Panasonic 25mm 1.4, Panasonic 8-18mm f2.8-4 and Panasonic 100-400 F4-6.3.

As you can see i have lenses pretty much covered for M4/3, and it's one of the reasons i sold the X-T2 and undoubtedly a brilliant system it is, i would have to buy a lot of lenses to replace my M4/3 system, and TBH, in good to decent light, I didn't notice much of a quality hit between the Olympus and the Fuji.

However, I also have a D500 (which I also love), which I use as my wildlife and poor light camera, and I have the Sigma 10-20 F4-5.6, Nikon 16-80 F2.8-4, Nikon 70-200 F4, Nikon 35mm F.18 DX, Nikon 50mm F1.8 AFS, Nikon 300mm F4 AFS, Nikon 300mm F2.8 VR and a Tamron 150-600 F4-6.3.

It did get me thinking though, as much as I love the Nikon, Fuji has some really nice lenses, which whilst currently only served with one wildlife lens (the 100-400), pretty much covers everything that's needed. However we all know that Nikon has somewhat neglected it's DX range of lenses, so I was wondering what would be the available equivalents for the following Fuji Lenses ? (please note this is not intended as a Nikon vs Fuji thread, just a genuinely serious question from an interested party as far a nearly comparable lens quality is concerned).

Fuji 10-24 F4 OS.....I think the Sigma 10-20 F3.5 would be the nearest competitor but doesn't have the range ?
Fuji-18-135 OS........Thinking the Nikon 18-140 VR ?
Fuji 16-55 F2.8....... The Nikon 17-55 F2.8 or the Tamron 17-50 f2.8 ?
Fuji 50-150 F2.8..... .Nikon 70-200 F2.8 (or 4) or the Sigma 50-100 F2.8 ?
Fuji 23mm F1.4........Sigma 24mm f1.4 DG HSM, or the Nikon AF-S 24mm f/1.4 G ED (very big and pricey)?
Fuji 35mm F1.4........Sigma 35mm f1.4 DG HSM or the Nikon 35mm F1.4 (big and very pricey)?
Fuji 56mm F1.2........Sigma 50mm f1.4 DG HSM (although only f1.4), or the Nikon 58mm F1.4)?
Fuji 23mm F2...........Nikon 24mm F2.8 (getting a bit old and only F2.8) ?
Fuji 35mm F2 ..........Nikon 35mm F1.8 DX

I could be missing a few so please share your suggestions, but I think what this shows is that Fuji has in a very short time (like M4/3), developed a really nice range of lenses for its APS-C cameras, with only the fast telephoto primes missing. As a Nikon shooting I can't help feel a little jealous that Nikon has left it's pro DX line-up without many serious contenders unless you go third party, and even then the lenses tend to be much larger than the Fuji offerings. What do people think ?
 
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The nikon 58 is sharp but I think overkill pricewise! I see you haven't got a 18-35 1.8 art lens! It's the best lens I've EVER used or owned! Sharp as a pin and edge to edge sharp!
 
Hi,

if I was in your position I would try and stick to one system, it will reduce cost over-all if done right.
I think that currently the best APS-C system is the Fuji, the lenses are great and its not too big.

Nikon don't care about the DX lens line-up and haven't done for many years now. The standout Nikon DX lens for me was the Nikkor 17-55mm which I used to love on my Nikon D7000.

To cut it short, ditch both the M4/3 and Nikon systems and go all in with Fuji! :D
This way you can have a big lens collection and invest with Fuji knowing you'll get great glass, the telephoto prime will come eventually... just a question of when.
 
As far as I can see the DX lenses were originally produced to meet photographers buying crop sensor cameras (D100, D70 etc). With the move into full-frame dSLR FX cameras, servicing Pro shooters, the need for Pro spec DX lenses disappeared. In essence, why produce two sets of Pro specc'd lenses when you can use FX lenses on both FX and DX bodies?

If it's quality you're after then an FX lens on a DX body will always outperform in the edges/corners as the projected image disc is cropped because of the smaller sensor.
 
Riz_Guru said:
The standout Nikon DX lens for me was the Nikkor 17-55mm
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You never tried the 18-70mm DX optic then, arguably THE best DX lens of all time!
 
chuckles said:
As far as I can see the DX lenses were originally produced to meet photographers buying crop sensor cameras (D100, D70 etc). With the move into full-frame dSLR FX cameras, servicing Pro shooters, the need for Pro spec DX lenses disappeared. In essence, why produce two sets of Pro specc'd lenses when you can use FX lenses on both FX and DX bodies?

If it's quality you're after then an FX lens on a DX body will always outperform in the edges/corners as the projected image disc is cropped because of the smaller sensor.
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Yes but you lose the advantage of DX lenses being lighter and smaller than the FF variants.
I have recently moved back to full-frame and you definitely notice the difference.
If your going to buy FF lenses you might as well just got FF to start with. :)
 
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