Betty LaRue Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 For you Fuji shooters, the 80mm, 2.8 macro is now shipping. Mine arrived about 8 p.m. yesterday. I’ve taken a couple dozen images with it, and it’s one sweet lens. First impressions...heavy as I lifted it out of the box. Once mounted on my X-T2 I never thought of it again. I always cradle larger lenses in my non-shooting hand anyway. Its bokadelicious with creamy backgrounds. I shot every image at 1/30 shutter speed hand-held and got sharp images. So the ummm, whaddayoucallit shake reduction really works! It is pricy, but I paid for it from selling my Nikon kit. I shot a couple of crabapples hanging from my tree at f11 with a wood fence about 8 feet behind and all I got was a creamy gray background. Thats my review and I’m sticking to it! I’ve been without a macro for several years and I sure missed having one. No bugs to shoot what with winter setting in, darn! If anyone is truly interested in this lens I’ll post a couple of images on Dropbox. Let me know. Betty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Lewis Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Sounds nice. The sharpest lens I've ever owned was the Nikon 105mm f2.8G VR. This sounds close but just a tad longer at 120mm (35mm equiv). I just boxed up the Fuji X-T2 I rented to test. I really hate to see it go back to LenRental.com. I've kept my Fuji X-E2 and kit lens, 18-55mm f2.8-4 OIS and still use it for stock. But, after shooting for two days with the X-T2 I can see a pretty big difference in image quality. The thing I really like about the Fujis is that they are small and lightweight with good image quality. I really think I'll be investing in a new X-T2s when it comes out in 2018. I'm not sure on what lens or lenses to get with it. I think my kit lens is a little off. It is not very sharp and has some distortion problems in the corners, especially on one side. Maybe I can write it off as a business expense next year. I'm sure we'll be seeing the results of your purchase this Spring. :-) Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin P Wilson Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 10 hours ago, Rick Lewis said: Sounds nice. The sharpest lens I've ever owned was the Nikon 105mm f2.8G VR. This sounds close but just a tad longer at 120mm (35mm equiv). I just boxed up the Fuji X-T2 I rented to test. I really hate to see it go back to LenRental.com. I've kept my Fuji X-E2 and kit lens, 18-55mm f2.8-4 OIS and still use it for stock. But, after shooting for two days with the X-T2 I can see a pretty big difference in image quality. The thing I really like about the Fujis is that they are small and lightweight with good image quality. I really think I'll be investing in a new X-T2s when it comes out in 2018. I'm not sure on what lens or lenses to get with it. I think my kit lens is a little off. It is not very sharp and has some distortion problems in the corners, especially on one side. Maybe I can write it off as a business expense next year. I'm sure we'll be seeing the results of your purchase this Spring. :-) Rick It seems the X-T2s will be the X-H1 according to Fuji Rumors this morning. I would love the new 80mm macro but can't justify it. Can I justify the X-H1 alongside my X-T2? Strictly no but it will depend on the grip, I would love a deeper grip so I can use a hand strap as I always did with my Canon 1D??s. I would then part-ex my backup X-T1 and grip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted December 1, 2017 Author Share Posted December 1, 2017 That made good reading, thanks for that, Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Lewis Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 10 hours ago, Martin P Wilson said: It seems the X-T2s will be the X-H1 according to Fuji Rumors this morning. I would love the new 80mm macro but can't justify it. Can I justify the X-H1 alongside my X-T2? Strictly no but it will depend on the grip, I would love a deeper grip so I can use a hand strap as I always did with my Canon 1D??s. I would then part-ex my backup X-T1 and grip. I just saw that Martin. Interesting why they would change the name. Even though they state it will be identical to the X-T2, why would they change the name? It implies that the X-T2 will not die and there will be an X-T3, without IBIS. I'm wondering if this directed more toward video with the new cine lenses being introduced, and the X-T3 will be improved stills based camera with the X-H1 a video centric camera. Interesting. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin P Wilson Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 On 01/12/2017 at 01:21, Rick Lewis said: I just saw that Martin. Interesting why they would change the name. Even though they state it will be identical to the X-T2, why would they change the name? It implies that the X-T2 will not die and there will be an X-T3, without IBIS. I'm wondering if this directed more toward video with the new cine lenses being introduced, and the X-T3 will be improved stills based camera with the X-H1 a video centric camera. Interesting. Rick Latest rumour on Fuji Rumors is that it will be bigger all round than X-T2. I won't be interested it if it is unless the bare bones body has the performance capability of X-T2 with grip. Frankly I am rather sceptical about this size rumour. I would have thought the main requirement (as Fuji have suggested) was that IBIS would need a larger mount diameter, but then it it would not be a Fuji X camera (can't see that being viable) so it might then be larger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Lewis Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 9 hours ago, Martin P Wilson said: Latest rumour on Fuji Rumors is that it will be bigger all round than X-T2. I won't be interested it if it is unless the bare bones body has the performance capability of X-T2 with grip. Frankly I am rather sceptical about this size rumour. I would have thought the main requirement (as Fuji have suggested) was that IBIS would need a larger mount diameter, but then it it would not be a Fuji X camera (can't see that being viable) so it might then be larger! I think I now understand where Fuji are going with this, @Martin P Wilson. The X-H1 will be a direct competitor with the Panasonic & Sony APS-C video/still cameras. It will be video centric, meaning Fuji are concentrating on developing a camera that will be stellar for video, with still capability added to it. This will be just the opposite of the X-T2, still camera with some video functionality. I am very disappointed as I was hoping for no more than a slight increase in size and weight to compensate for the IBIS. The X-H1 will also have an LCD top plate so I'm not sure how they can even keep the form factor of the X-T2, with the exposure compensation dial, in tact. I sold my X-T1 because of the lousy D-pad focusing function. I just couldn't operate the camera smoothly. I was getting many soft images due to camera shake and missing many photo ops due to the poor ergonomics in my hands. I kept my X-E2. With the eye piece all the way to the left of the camera, I found it much easier to focus with a better hit rate. (although I hate the shutter lag on the X-E2). I rented an X-T2 for a couple of days to see just what improvements were made and how I like it. I found the focusing with the joy stick to be very nice and it seemed to help immensely with the overall handling. I was only able to get about 100 or so images during my time with it, but I had zero soft images. The new 24mp sensor is stellar! Now that I have switched over to Capture One Pro 11, the images are incredibly sharp with far few artifacts. LR and Fuji still don't get along too well. I think I'll be buying an X-T2 after the first of the year. I'll wait for one of those periods where Fuji offers a $100 discount. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted December 3, 2017 Author Share Posted December 3, 2017 I doubt I will be interested. I’m not into video. I’m usually a quick adopter when a new camera comes out, but if it’s like you say here, not this go-round. Betty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.