These are the best Fujifilm lenses for night photography, chosen for how they combine fast apertures, clean off-axis performance, strong flare control, and dependable handling in cold, damp conditions on X-mount. Night shooting is about two levers—speed to keep ISO sane and shutter workable, and optical discipline (coma/astigmatism/LoCA) so point lights and stars stay tight—plus coatings that hold contrast around neon, street lamps, and bright skylines. Start with fast wides for cityscapes and Milky Way work: the XF 16mm f/1.4 R WR is the classic blue-hour and astro hero with close-focus for foreground drama and graceful coma control; the XF 18mm f/1.4 R LM WR adds modern AF, WR, and crisp micro-contrast for night streets; Viltrox 13mm f/1.4 AF and Sigma 16mm f/1.4 DC DN are sleeper stars for bright, clean corners at friendly sizes; Samyang/Rokinon 12mm f/2 remains the value pick for wide fields; Laowa 9mm f/2.8 Zero-D delivers straight lines and pocketable manual precision for ultra-wide scenes. For documentary-night and portraits in ambient light, the XF 23mm f/1.4 R LM WR and XF 33mm f/1.4 R LM WR bring sticky eye-AF, low LoCA, and smooth falloff; step to the XF 56mm f/1.2 R WR for creamy isolation at concerts and alleys, or unleash the XF 50mm f/1.0 R WR when you want maximum light and cinematic depth; the XF 90mm f/2 R LM WR compresses city backgrounds into buttery bokeh while keeping highlights clean. Zooms still earn a slot: the XF 8–16mm f/2.8 R LM WR is the flagship rectilinear ultra-wide for dramatic night architecture, the XF 16–55mm f/2.8 R LM WR covers skyline frames to detail crops with prime-like sharpness, and the XF 10–24mm f/4 R OIS WR—though slower—pairs OIS with IBIS for tack-sharp long exposures handheld in dim interiors or for stabilized framing before locking to a tripod. Detail-rich night work benefits from the XF 80mm f/2.8 R LM OIS WR Macro, whose Hybrid OIS and flat-field sharpness render signage, textures, and reflective details with polish. Image priorities at night are clear: lenses with low sagittal coma/astigmatism so off-center lights don’t sprout wings, low longitudinal CA to avoid magenta/green fringing on point sources, coatings that resist veiling flare around neon and headlights, modest focus breathing for smooth pulls in video, and WR builds that shrug off mist and drizzle. Technique multiplies the glass—use manual focus with magnified live view on a bright star or high-contrast edge, then tape the ring; start around f/1.4–f/2 for handheld street, f/2–f/2.8 for astro corners, 1/125–1/250 for people in motion (let ISO float), and lean on the NPF rule for pinpoint stars (tighter than the old 500 rule on APS-C); expose to protect highlights from signage and lift shadows later; disable long-exposure NR if you plan to stack frames; carry a small tripod, remote, and a lightweight dew heater or hand warmers for lenses that fog; consider a 1/8 diffusion filter to soften speculars for portraits; for video, set a 1/50–1/125 “cinema” shutter and let IBIS/OIS smooth micro-jitter. The practical kit recipe is simple—anchor with a fast wide (XF 16/1.4 or XF 18/1.4; add Viltrox 13/1.4 or Sigma 16/1.4 for extra brightness), bring a fast normal (XF 33/1.4) and a portrait tele (XF 56/1.2 or XF 50/1.0) for subject isolation, keep an ultra-wide (XF 8–16/2.8 or Laowa 9/2.8) for skyline drama and star fields, and slot in the 16–55/2.8 for flexible framing or the 10–24 OIS for stabilized scouting. Whether you’re chasing neon under drizzle, layering traffic trails across bridges, shooting handheld portraits by shop windows, or stitching tracked Milky Way panoramas, the best Fujifilm lenses for night photography deliver speed, clean highlights, and weather-tough handling that make nocturnal scenes look vivid and intentional straight out of camera.