Fujifilm XF50-140 mm F2.8 R LM Optical Image Stabiliser, Weather Resistant Lens

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The Fuji X-Mount Lenses are all extraordinary. What most photographers don't realize is that Fuji has for many decades, just like Canon and Nikon, also made far more advanced optics, like binoculars for the military and for use in space, as well as lenses for motion pictures and television with six-figure price tags at discount. Unlike mud brands like Sigma and Tamron (or even LEICA), Fujinon has loads of experience actually supplying optics that cost more than some people's houses, and puts that same know-how into these lenses.

Do I want to keep weight and expenses low, and not have a use-case for the f2.8 aperture and ability to extend to 280m via teleconverter? Get the 55-200mm f3.5-2.8.

Fujifilm 50-140mm f2.8 WR OIS XF Lens Key Features:

The Fujifilm 50-140mm f2.8 WR OIS XF Lens has an Inner Focusing System that enables high-speed AF. Reducing the weight of the focus lens and implementing the world's first Triple Linear Motor, you'll be able to achieve high-speed and very quiet auto focus. Impressive Image Stabilisation The weight takes a bit of getting used to, but honestly — I’m a pretty small girl and I still yielded the lens without issue. You just need to make sure you hold the lens properly (literally just support the lens with your hand and form a triangle against your body) and you will be fine. There's a pop-out and easily lost little cover that lets you try to fiddle with a rotating polarizer or grad. There are also TONS of sample photos in this article, so you get a full understanding of what this lens can do in the real world.

The main alternative to this lens, the Fuji 55- 200mm, is not compatible with teleconverters. So your maximum reach with that lens is fixed at 200mm, whereas the 50-140 can reach 280mm with a teleconverter attached. Cons: What you’ll want to consider before buying What’s more, even without stopping right down, I was able to achieve edge-to-edge sharpness with no distortion of any kind. Light falloff is completely invisible even wide open, as shot on the X-E2 which is probably correcting it automatically.

Dustin Abbott

OIS is the image stabilizer. Leave it on as shown here, except if you're on a tripod for long exposures. The lens is pretty easy to use too. The aperture ring is great, though if you don’t like using it you can set it to A and can control the aperture via the camera body. The lens zooms internally so there’s no need to worry about lens creeping. The tripod foot, but not the collar, unscrews. To remove the foot, turn the two screw heads on the foot. Photo taken with the Fuji 50-140 + 2x Teleconverter @ 212mm f/5.6 1/450 ISO 200 Do you need a battery grip to use this lens comfortably? The 50-140mm range is super flexible, and the fact that you can extend it with a teleconverter just adds to that.

Image quality of both is pure Fuji - beyond reproach. It's pretty clear by now why Hasselblad switched from Zeiss to Fuji for their H-series lenses. In the XF line-up the 14/2.8, 56/1.2 and now these two lenses underline that. I’m first and foremost a street photographer. I use primes. I use wide’ish to standard’ish primes. Not long telezooms. I appreciate a small kit, not a big one. But with that being said, I know there are MANY photographic disciplins that simply require a lens such as the 50-140mm. Football on Roof, 15 January 2015. Fuji X-E2, Fuji 50-140mm at 140mm, wide-open at f/2.8 at 1/3,000 at Auto ISO 200. Camera-original file. As noted, this isn’t a small lens. It is a little more svelte than the typical full frame 70-200mm but is fairly similar in size to most 70-200mm F4 lenses on full frame. The Sony GM 70-200mm (a mirrorless lens like the 50-140mm) is actually on the larger and heavier side when compared to DSLR lenses, and it’s 1480g weight is almost 50% higher than the 995g of the Fujinon lens. It’s also 24mm longer at 200mm than the 176mm of the Fujinon, and is 5mm wider in diameter (88 vs 83mm). This is pretty much what you expect, right?The optical design employs 23 elements in 16 groups with five ED elements and one Super ED element. The focal ratio is a constant f2.8 throughout the range and there’s seven rounded aperture blades. The focus system boasts triple linear motors for fast, smooth and quiet operation. The lens sports optical image stabilisation and a closest focusing distance of 1m for a maximum magnification of 0.12x. The barrel is dust and weather-sealed, measures 83mm in diameter, 176mm in length, weighs 995g and employs a 72mm filter thread. This is where I feel we should really make our decisions on lenses. Sharpness, bokeh, handling, and build on most modern lenses from any reputable manufacturer are good enough for just about every photographer. The big questions are about how you will use it, and more importantly, if you will use it. As a former owner of a Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 and a Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8, I can say that “if” is certainly a big question. Let me explain. Sometimes what keeps people from changing systems is not the cameras, it’s the lenses. If there is one lens I know that shooters will never let go of, it’s the Canon 70-200 2.8 (or Nikkor 70-200 2.8). Fuji already made the XT1 to dazzle amateurs and pros alike but now tries to win hearts by offering an alternative to the much beloved Canikon lens: The Fuji 50-140mm.