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I switched from OMD EM1MK3 to Fuji X-T5, the 18 ~ 135 is my 1st choice of lens. reason being the image quality is good as a starter lens, and I have all the reach that I need. I forego the 16-50 mm kit lens due to this, and it's expensive to switch system, almost cost me a kidney. Since then, I had bought 35 f/1.7 and 75 f/1.2 primes to do street, looking forward either 13 or 23 primes to complete my set up. Interestingly the 18~135 fuji, over here is not that popular. I just wonder why?

Thank you for video. Your photos are very successful and you look like a good person too. Greetings from Turkiye.

Thx for your Input. I just started with photography and bought a X-T20 with a 18-55mm, now we planned a Trip to canada and I am looking for one fits all lens for landscape during hiking. I will have a Look for the 18-135 as my Go-to lens for vacation. Greetings from Germany

I began my transition from film (Canon A-1, Mamiya RB67) in 2006 with the 'new' Canon 400D, aka the Rebel XTi. There seems something prescient about this--look and you will see it! Anyway, after 40 years with Canon I jumped ship for Nikon, and the then 'new' D7100 in 2014. In that time, a lot of lenses were trialed-out and a solid kit of sports and best-copies were found. But I never liked the bulbous look and feel of the DSLR options of the time; and I was filled with enough oldtimer hubris to scoff at the rise of mirrorless options. The cost of them was pretty noxious as well--but tech in relation to function and the depth of my pockets had not caught up yet... Segue to March 2023 and entry into the Fuji universe with the newly released XT-5. Why? The DSLR stuff nearly killed my interest in making images--but when I picked up an XT5 sample I was immediately transported back to 1974 and the feel and excitement of of my first SLR, a Canon FT/QL. As you say, there is something solid, something that connects me with build, practice, and result. The Fuji body had it. I wanted to hold it, and work with it in ways like I did with my A-1's. Why did I look at Fuji over Nikon or something else? Two reasons. Fuji is a small company and has a history of making quality stuff with regular improvement. Second, the support community--both in third party gear and PEOPLE like you. A special shout out to Chris, aka Pal2Tech who is the undeniable everyman's Fuji professor. But yes, the users and the forums. And the BIGGEST thing--the ability to attach a Fringer adapter and bring all of that wonderful Nikkor glass to my little beast. But there are the tradeoffs, such as slow and sometimes erratic focus (exacerbated by the well known Fuji firmware issues), and POWER GOBBLING. Time to make a jump to a dedicated mount lens. Initially I went with Tamron 18-300mm many letters superzoom. Cost and convenience were the major factors. The Tamron is a nice lens, but a little soft and when doing faster paced street or event photography--too much damned lens. I did a year of that. Now the Fujinon 18-135 is the order of the day. Compact for what it does, with an F ring instead of that wheel, and sharp as a tack. Frankly, the little bit of IQ lost in the corners is really negligible and something that can be solved for in post. In over 50 years of film photography, it is proving to be the best small format zoom lens I have ever owned. And put together with some Smallrig paraphernalia for the body and handling--and it is my dream camera. To those who are teetering on the edge of a decision, just tromp over to MPB or similar and snag one of these used in the mid $400 range. You will not be sorry...

Hei. I'm in my confusion RN. I have 2 lenses, Meike 35mm & Viltrox 56 f1.7 I'm about to get my very first fuji native lens. I can get XC 50-230 for $156 USD. But, If i sell my Viltrox, I'm about to get the used XF 55-200 for $323 USD. So, for the long term use & sports like mini soccer, running, football etc... , -- Is it worth sacrificing my Viltrox for the XF, -- or just get an XC instead + Vintage manual for the street person photo. Based on my case using my "friend's" (idk, just met him at some Local event) tamron 18-300 lens, I'm mostly going to use (ranked) 200mm mostly, 85 and 135mm

The 18-135 is THE lens that every Fuji X- user should own. For me, it's my go-to lens 85 to 90% of the time. My collection consists of the 18mm F2 prime, 35 F2 prime, 18-135 zoom, and 100-400 zoom (lenses I actually use). I can't see me buying any more lenses, because these cover the entire practical range.

detailed enough and very informative video. Thanks for your efforts Steve. I have decided which lens to buy thanks to you!

Still confused ,for photo on outdoor like mountain better sony a5100 or fujifilm xa3/xt10?

Terrible camera in todays tech era.

Nice to see you back🙌

Thank you, Steve, for an excellent review!

Hi there, I came across your video whilst researching a purchase of the Tail Air, I was wondering if you could elaborate on the Tail Air rendering on board, and I believe the Tiny doesn't do this? This would free up computer resources during my streams... Am I correct in my understanding? Thanks for any help...

This is a great video. You show your knowledge very well and your video editing skill is 🔥

Not seen you for so long, nice to see you back

Lots of details Thanks for the share of knowledge!

Is there a comparison between 16-80mm vs the 18-135mm? I am not pro just looking for an "all in one". Travel photo is what got me hooked but i do enjoy now urban, street indoors etc.

I had a bad copy of the 70-300, it was noticeably soft from about 230-300mm. I ended up going Tamron 150-500 for wildlife, because you can never have enough reach, and it's sharper on the telephoto end than the 300mm was. The 70-300 felt like a no man's land lens for me. The 70mm is too tight for indoors, and I wanted more than 300mm. I ended up also getting the 55-200mm later because it's cheap, and more versatile with the 55mm. It's about as sharp as the 50-140 too, but much lighter and cheaper.

I purchased this lens and used it during a golf tournament yesterday. However, despite selecting the people or objects I wanted to focus on, the lens didn’t focus on the chosen area. Instead, it focused more on the areas behind the selected subject, blurring the object or person I wanted to capture. Am I possibly using it incorrectly? My camera is a FujiFilm X-T200, and I tried shooting in Aperture Priority and Shutter Speed Priority modes. I used Single Point Focus for the shots.

Love your content

Thanks so so much for this video, what you say here it is been a huge mis understanding for both new and professional photographers. I personally like grain so so so much so much so that I had a project in which by adding a 10 stops nd to the lens you will use high ISO to obtain a beautiful effect on BW photos edited with a preset I developed (this is just for you to notice how much I like grain and how much I believe anyone can do something beautiful with it). Now, talking about pristine images, yes, ISO plays a huge role in in it but as you said: a proper exposure is king and by proper I mean not this other mistake in which people looks for a “perfect” exposure, by proper I mean whatever you think is right for photo based on what you want to create. Best regards from a Venezuelan viewer in Panama! I hope you come back to continue with such a great channel!

Great review 👍

Thank you! I needed to hear this.

Bought a used one a few months ago (2024) as a pocketable camera to use instead of my full frame Sony. Throw it in my handbag as I head out, as a much nicer alternative to my iPhone since I shoot in raw and with a bit of editing, most shots come out pretty good. The sensor is nice as is the flip up screen, and works with all my Sony lenses. What not to love for the price?

Saw your video 3 years later, still it helped me a lot..✌️

Mind blown.thank you 🇦🇺

I prefer the images from my X-T3. However… I use primes and love IBIS. I absolutely AGREE with your revelation about reducing NR. By reducing NR my images from X-T5 are much improved.

EXCELLENT! I’ve been using Fuji for 10 years. X-m1, X-H1, X-T3 etc. I’ve had the X-T5 a few months and the image quality is AWFUL. I thought I had a duff body. The images lacked detail. The whole point if upgrading to X-T5 was so I could crop-like-crazy using my 70-300mm lens instead of buying the 150-600. The images were rubbish and when I cropped them they were “mushy”. So I reduced the NR and bingo! I’ve got great images. Thank you so much!

Was the 350D a CCD sensor? I have a Nikon D200 that uses that sensor and it has great color. Anyway, I do use my Fuji with this 18-135 lens or the 16-55 and love both of those. Another great Fuji underrated lens is the 15-45 VC. The zoom on it is a bit quirky though.

Yes, i have this lens as well as a xc 16-55, xc 50-230 combo and cant decide which set to take for travel, its driving me insane because the xf 18-135 is a do all lens but is a little heavy at 490g but the 16-50,50-230 combo is good because its lighter with only the 16-50 on camera most of the time......

Great video. I don',t agree with the statement about 'the lenses loosing clairty at the long end'. I have tried the 100-400mm and was disappointed by the sharpness at 400. The reason why i am still adapating my canon 100-400mm mk 2 L because its sharpness at 400mm is way way superior than the fuji version wide open. The only fuji long lens that i find great in comparison to my sharp canon lenses is the 50-140mm.

Thanks for the video/advice. I am an Astrophotographer. I have had some recent interest in purchasing my prints from my local community. My thought is to sell prints of a particular image in series. Perhaps 1/100 or maybe 1/50, not sure. This of course would divide my cost and effort across several sells. Maybe I am naive but it doesn’t seem right to get each customer to pay as if they were the only buyer. I used to have a Smugmug account that gave me a discount on printing cost (Bay Photo Lab) plus complete control on my pricing and marketing. Another feature is the option to have the prints directly delivered to the customer. My thought is to come up with a price for my ‘art’ and use that as the mark-up. The customer could then get whatever size/type print they wanted. My prophet would come from the art mark-up plus typical retail value of the size/type print the customer ordered. It may be something like: 16 x 24 Metal print (my cost $50) standard retail $85 plus say $75 art cost = $110 profit X quantity of the image sold in its series. (Art mark-up would increase depending on success. You know ‘cause once your famous you can charge whatever you want and people will pay it. ) Any thoughts? I am just brain storming at this point.

Hi,thanks for the interesting video! I own one Sony A5100 and I'm very happy with it. I was thinking of buying a Sony A6700 but I've read that the sensor performance of the A6700 shooting in raw, is quite similar to the Sony A5100. You gain with the A6700 between 1/3 and 2/3 of a stop in dynamic range,Iso performance and colour depth. In video the A6700 is clearly a better camera, but in photography as far as image quality is concerned the differences are minimal. I really like the photographs you took. ¿ Did you take them mounting the camera on a tripod or handheld?

I am and old guy and this is a great travel camera option if you don't want to carry a big dslr or a Hasselblad

Commenting a few years late, but thank you for the video, will test out these settings on my X-T4.

nothing but talk and his face not a review at all

hi , i been use capture 1 for the last 2 years, because with Lightroom take me so much time to get a good quality photos. thanks

I would like to see 70-300 vs sigma 100-400 as they are similarly priced. Fuji's 100-400 is almost double the price.

u got the like for the hat allone great video tho

Nice Video

Привет. Смотрю тебя из России. Заказал этот объектив на замену Tamron 70-300, жду когда придет.

@SteveMellorPhotography do you still want to 'get rid' of it or have you already done that? 😶‍🌫

Hi Steve just wanted to say thanks for your videos around the Fuji lenses. Your videos are really informative and I’ve enjoyed them. I just ordered the 700-300 however ALMOST went with the sigma 100-400 Thanks for your content hope you make some more videos in the future

Hey,where you gone? Really enjoy your videos?

holy cow I'm glad I heard that disclaimer at the end about the 40mp sensors. Thank you! I've got an XH2 and I was considering the two cheaper options. Guess I'll save up for the 70-300. Glad I'm not in a rush :) Thank you!

Interesting video Steve. I suppose your choice of lens depends on your “starting point”! My first DSLR camera was a 550D (which I still own). It came with a low budget short zoom (up to 55mm) but didn’t get any use at all as I soon purchased a Tamron 18 - 270 zoom….what a brilliant lens that is (still own that too!). I own a few low cost lenses, including the “nifty 50”😂. I then moved on to a Ricoh GRii for some “Street Photography”…a lovely little discreet camera. I later picked up a retro 40D for 50 quid. More recently I had been watching a few Fuji related videos and was drawn to an X-T1 in outstanding condition at a reasonable price…but then came the quest for some of their lenses!! To start with I went for a 55mm 7Artisan and a 23mm TTartisan. I then added a 12mm Samyang. The big “gap” for me was that I did not own a single weather sealed (or resistant!) lens of any brand! Not good for users shooting in our lovely British weather!! In the last couple of months I picked up a 35mm f2 WR and today, took delivery of a Fuji 16mm 1.4 WR (with square hood☺️). I’ve really got to stop now as my wife has no idea how much my hobby is costing, but only when I get my hands on a Fuji zoom. Since I’ve already got my primes, my choice will likely be an XF 16 - 80 f4 WR, as I anticipate using this for Street Photography in poor weather conditions when I can’t use the Tamron.….not quite as long in reach as the Fuji 135 but great reviews. Have you done a review on that lens Steve?

Super helpful. The only thing is it will not allow the pre-shots on electronic shutter.

THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL. THANKS. I AM CONSIDERING CHANGING THE 55-200 FOR THE 70-300 ON MY XT5…VIEWS?

Çok güzel ve bilgilendirici bir çalışma olmuş. Teşekkür ederim kendi adıma. Hangi lensi almam gerektiğini artık biliyorum.

Great job !! Thks