The XF 27 is an all-purpose lens, it's wide enough for street photography, but it's tele enough for portraits as well... It's everything the XF 35 is, but more versatile (maybe). My sole purpose of buying it was because Fujifilm has yet to make a smaller, cheaper XF 23 so I figured for the price point this would do. For those wondering, I was able to pick this lens up during the Fujifilm rebate special, so it was only $249, at that price it's worth it alone to have on hand as a backup, but for those who are looking at it while it's $449 and are debating if it's worth the price then my honest opinion would be to wait it out. It's not that it's a bad price, it's just if I had to pick, and versatility was my deciding factor than the XF 35 would be a better decision as it's sharper and faster... In terms of the lens, it's a specialty lens, and as of now, it's probably my most used lens given what I do on a day to day basis. It's definitely a workhorse, it's solidly built and it's everything you'd expect from an XF lens. Fujifilm is set to release a smaller XF 35, with an aperture of f/2... I'll be honest I'm interested in the lens, simply because I know it will focus faster than my current XF 35, but the extra 10mm on the wide end will probably result in the XF 27 taking the cake at the end of the day.

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