Fujifilm XF55-200 mm F3.5-4.8 R LM Optical Image Stabiliser Lens

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Fern in Yosemite Valley, 11:02 AM, 16 May 2014. Fuji X-T1 at Auto ISO 200 and Auto DR 100, 200mm at f/5.6 at 1/400, Athentech Perfectly Clear. bigger or full resolution. Manual focus is by-wire, meaning the manual focus. ring is merely an encoder that talks to a computer that moves the lens. Crop from above 16MP image at 100%. If this is 6" (15cm) wide on your screen, the entire image printed at this high magnification would be 50 x 35" (1.5 x 1 meter). When paired with a Fujifilm camera body such as the Fujifilm X-T3 or the Fujifilm X-T30, it doesn’t feel too front heavy – especially given that you are going to have to hold the lens with your left hand to control the zoom ring.

The aperture range of the XF55-200 Lens is f3.5-4.8 with a maximum of f22. Sure, there are faster lenses on the market. But this aperture range is plenty enough to produce pleasing bokeh and even get some killer moon shots in low light (which I’m obsessed with). In fact, if you see a moon shot from me, it’s 99% of the time shot with this lens. So, with that said, I’ve not felt a disadvantage due to the given apertures. Autofocus is pleasingly accurate and fast, and we were often impressed by the quality of the pictures that it obtained in the field. Please note that vignetting compensation is also a lossy procedure because it increases the corner (sensor-)noise. The Fuji XF 55-200mm OIS is optically close to perfect, and is also very well built, making it the world's second-best APS-C telephoto zoom after the Fuji 50-140/2.8. Fuji calls this the Fujinon Aspherical Lens Super EBC XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 R LM OIS, or XF55-200mmF3.5-4.8 R LM OIS.

The Fujifilm Fujinon XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 R LM OIS lens has very effective optical stabilisation and excellent performance at 55mm. I’ve shown links to full res pictures in past posts and I’ve had the pixel peeping brigade saying ‘why didn’t you use a tripod’ and ‘you’ve missed the focus on that shot’etc etc. So now I just show fine prints on art paper at exhibitions and conventions as I’m a photographer first and foremost. The pictures below illustrate the focal length range, taken from our standard position. The 55-200mm offers a similar angle of view to a 80-300mm lens on full frame.

MPB puts photo and video kit into more hands, more sustainably. Every month, visual storytellers sell more than 20,000 cameras and lenses to MPB. Choose used and get affordable access to kit that doesn’t cost the earth. It's pics like these that made me want the 55-200 so much in the first place but I haven't had any success capturing sharp photos at 200mm with this lens. I bought this used and noticed that at 200mm all the photos were very blurry no matter what I tried. I'm hoping that I wasn't ripped off buying a defective lens. I was really impressed with the overall quality of the features on this lens. The manual focus ring has a nice glide with just the right amount of resistance so you don’t get any sloppy focus issues. You should be able to handhold 300 at around 1/500 without much problem using the 1/f rule-of-thumb from the manual days and allowing for a 1.5x crop factor. Even with 3.5 stops of stabilization (which is about the minimum you get from Fuji with the XC lenses) that comes down to under a 60th.

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When I first got the X-T1 in February, 2014 and took it to Iceland for a week, the 55-200 went with me. I’ve always loved the photos I shot with it over there, and I remember being very impressed with how well it performed. I shot a bunch of photos of this frozen waterfall below, handheld at speeds between 1/25-1/60 sec., zoomed all the way out to 300mm, and they were all dead sharp. That’s how good Fuji’s OIS is.

Lured by faster glass, faster autofocus and a much beefier lens barrel, the 50-140 has gotten all the attention for a long time. Or at least most of it. Have a look at the full-resolution file if you've got any doubts. It usually takes LEICA lenses shot on LEICA cameras to look this good. This Fuji lens on the X-T1 is at least as sharp as my LEICA lenses shot on my M9 or M 240. (Using LEICA lenses on adapters rarely works as well as the native Fuji lenses on Fuji cameras.) The stabilizer works extraordinarily well. Fujinon knows stabilizers better than anyone; they make the stabilized binoculars used by NASA, as well as the Techno Stabi 10x40 binoculars I use. My 14 power binoculars give me a stable image, even from small fixed-wing aircraft! I think Fuji's been making stabilized binoculars longer than anyone's made stabilized camera lenses. If you are a zoom shooter (as opposed to a prime shooter), then this lens would be ideally paired with the Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 which is more commonly bundled as a kit lens with most Fujifilm camera bodies. Read Next: Fujifilm X-T20 Review (So good I bought 2) | Fujifilm 16mm 2.8 Review | Photography Blog

Expanded Fujifilm 55-200mm f3.5-4.8 R LM OIS XF Fujinon Lens key Features:

Expanded Fujifilm 55-200mm f3.5-4.8 R LM OIS XF Fujinon Lens key Features: Classic High Quality Fujifilm Build As with all of my Fujifilm lenses, the XF55-200 Lens feel fantastic and has proven to be extremely durable. It is not as light as my other prime lenses or 18-55, of course. But it’s certainly nowhere near as heavy (or large) as the famous 50-140. The zoom ring is extremely smooth, as is the aperture ring. I feel this is a great option for people like myself, who hike many miles with their camera and need something that is versatile, as well as lightweight. The Fuji XF 55-200mm OIS is optically superb, has fantastic image stabilization and is faster and better made than other brands of APS-C zooms. In RAW mode - thus with disabled distortion and without vignetting compensation - it is a different story. At max. aperture there's a strong light falloff across all focal lengths. Stopping down resolves this, of course. Due to the slower speed at the long end of the range, the issue is somewhat more apparent here making it advisable to stop down to f/8 (unless corrected). I would say, if you’re a landscape photographer who doesn’t need the fastest apertures, have confidence buying the XF55-200. I’ve owned this lens for around a year or so now. But I honestly felt like I got my money’s worth from it within the first month. Without it, I miss so many shots due to range limitations. With it, however, I feel like I can take on the world…One beautiful photo at a time.