Best prime lens of 2019
2019 was a banner year for lenses, as Canon, Nikon and Panasonic grow their respective full-frame mirrorless systems and Sony continued to add optics to its E-mount lineup. In this poll, we`re giving you the change to vote for your favorite prime lenses of 2019 but as always, if you think we`ve missed something, let us know in the comments.
Voting runs through December 15th, and once the vote has closed we`ll run a second poll to find your choice for overall product of the year.
Canon
Canon is busy building out its nascent EOS R full-frame mirrorless system, but while most of the action has been in the zoom category this year, Canon also added a stellar prime lens in the form of the RF 85mm F1.2L IS USM. Also in consideration is a lens which became available just a little too late to be included in last year`s poll, the EF-M 32mm F1.4 STM - a fast, compact standard prime for the APS-C M-system.
Canon EF-M 32mm F1.4 STM
Canon RF 85mm F1.2L IS USM
Fujifilm
Fujifilm has been expending a lot of energy on new cameras this year, from the item-level X-A7 to the flagship medium-format GFX100. But the company also released a handful of lenses, both primes and zooms.
Among them were two fixed focal-length options that we`ve really enjoyed in 2019 - the GF 50mm F3.5 and the tiny XF 16mm F2.8 - both really nice, compact walk-around lenses on Fujifilm`s medium-format and APS-C format cameras, respectively.
Fujifilm GF 50mm F3.5 R LM WR
Fujifilm XF 16mm F2.8 R WR
Leica
2019 saw Leica release the refreshed Q2 and mirrorless SL2, and to accompany the latter, Wetzlar unveiled two new lenses, a 35mm F2 and 50mm F2. We`ve never no much as even handled either, but both appear to be excellent performers, and we know that you`ll have opinions.
Do either (or both?) make it on to your list of the best primes of 2019? Let us know.
Leica APO-Summicron-SL 35mm F2 ASPH
Leica APO-Summic ...
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