Meike 35mm f1.7 Large Aperture Manual Focus APSC Lens Compatible with Fujifilm X Mount Mirrorless Camera X-T3 X-H1 X-Pro2 X-E3 X-T1 X-T2 X-T4 X-T5 X-T10 X-T20 X-T200 X-A2 X-E2 X-E1 X30 X70 X-A1

Just got this in today and used it briefly and so far, pretty happy with it. Does what I expect it to do and does it well. Great price point for what you get!!

I actually love this lens, but its more like a 4.85/5 stars... Its just not as sharp as the Fuji lenses, and there's no electronic contacts for AF or knowing your aperture in the metadata, but its all good. The lens itself has its own character, something the Fuji equivalent will never have. It has a somewhat blueish-darker tint to the photos that makes it unique. I find it hard to focus on this lens, its either the EVF isn't telling me the correct thing, or I just suck. Focus peaking doesn't help for me since the highlights hide what I actually need to see.You just can't hate on it too much for a lens thats less than $90... I imagine it would just be like using a vintage, mid-range lens. Not. Bad. At. All.You can pretty much disregard the low reviews, I don't think they know what they were doing. Most likely they just didn't tell their camera to shoot without a lens. I wouldn't buy this again because I imagine I would upgrade to the Fuji ones if I get the money, but its definitely a keeper. I also plan on getting the Meike 50mm 1.7 if it comes out. Great way to start a lens collection, but I would recommend getting your favorite focal length Fuji prime first.

Just tested it a bit in my room but its pretty decent for the moneyDefinitely not great, but good for the money

My only issue is that my Fujifilm X-T10 doesn't read the aperture on the body, but the lens clearly works when I adjust the aperture ring. I get by using the tick mark on the lens to know my aperture, but this lens would be a 10/10 if I can actually find out what my aperture is if my camera can read it. Not sure if there's a setting on my camera I have to configure to allow it, or it just won't read considering this is a 3rd party lens. Regardless, you get some pretty good pictures without breaking the bank.I barely edited these photos on Lightroom, and very satisfied with how they came out.

Perfect day to day companion! Easy focus, amazing bokeh, sharp, fun to play with, feels nice in hand. Very nice lens, very worth the money!!!!

Cat picture: X-T20, 1/80 f1.7 ISO500Camera picture: X-A1, 1/90 f1.7 ISO3200I bought this for my X-T20 as my first prime lens. Quality is great but maybe not quite as sharp as the kit XF 18-55 lens - but this is only of you are looking at the pics zoomed in on a pc and being picky. With that said, my 5 stars is based on an amateurs perspective.The best was yet to come: after I cleaned up my old X-A1, I am in love with the A1/35mm f1.7 combo. It's such a compact, bare bones combo with the ability to shoot in super low light and delivers quality shots. If you can find a used X-A1 body for $100-200 and stick this lens on it, you won't regret it.

This is an interesting lens. I was very leery of this lens for the price and being a company I was unfamiliar with. I upgraded one of my x-series camera bodies and donate my back-up ex-1 to a budding photographer. Unfortunately, I didn't have a spare lens to give. So, I purchased this one to setup a nice little starter kit.I tested this lens throughly before handing the camera over. It preformed impressively. There is definitely a bit of vignetting and softness at the edges when shot wide open. I deducted a point for its optical performance. For the right use, like creative portraiture, this vignetting and softness could actually be a bonus. The copies I used were surprisingly sharp in the center 70-80% of the frame wide open. Of course, it sharpens up much more edge to edge stopped down. Color and contrast weren't stellar, but definitely acceptable.One thing that is hard to characterize is the feel of a lens. I have shot with Sinar, Hasselblad, Nikon, Canon and Fuji over the years as a professional photographer. Some of the nicest technical lenses I have owned, lacked life and soul. What this lens lacks in edge sharpness and color rendering, it makes up for in the beautiful, organic feeling images it yields.A few important notes.1. The aperture ring is steeples. This makes it an interesting artistic choice when pairing the lens with more video capable x-series camera.2. This lens does not communicate in any fashion to an x-series camera body. Make sure to enable the shoot without a lens feature in your menu settings of your camera before mounting the lens.3. The manual focus is very well dampered. It feels like a good manual focus lens should. Not only does this make it a breeze to use for still photography, but it opens up possibilities when trying to pull accurate focus with video where focus by wire lenses sometimes fall short.4. The lens is built very solid. It has an all metal feel. I am not sure all the parts inside, but it feels very solid.I paid around $85 for this lens. I think anything near $100 is a good value. It will not replace Fuji's 35 1.4 AF option; which is a killer lens, but it was an interesting enough lens for the right assignment for me to purchase a copy for myself after letting my first copy go.

I used to have an X-T20, but I traded it for an X-A3. It is a downgrade, but it has everything I need, plus it is more portable. This lens went great with it. Here are the first 2 things I took pictures of with it lol. Once I get a macro extension, it's off to the park for mushroom hunting. The only thing I miss about the t20 was the grain option, but heck I can do all that in post process