I talk about the XF35mm f/1.4 a lot. I’ve mentioned it in half the Fujilove articles I’ve written, which are about all kinds of other things/gear. I’ve written about its F2 counterpart, but I’ve never written about this: the battered, beloved lens that has been on all the cameras I've used for the last 7 years. "I better do it now," I thought, sitting down to write this post. But I couldn't. I've had it for such a long time, that it's become a part of me I can't think about separately anymore. It's like trying to write about your own fingers and toes in their ordinary states. You love them, because they're there, do what they must, and life would be harder without them. But can you compare them to other people's digits in a meaningful way? Not really. So this is going to be a visual journal of the last 7 years, with the most precious and beloved lens I've owned since I picked up a camera for the first time. I got the XF35mm f/1.4 in a kit with my X-Pro1, back in 2012. In many ways, the Pro1 taught me about the physical part of being [...]