Thank you. I have this lens for my X-Pro2 but mainly use my 16-55 for travel images. However, watched a UA-cam by Mark Denney (spelling?) recently making an excellent case for using telephoto over wide for landscape and it resonated with me. So in future I think I’ll swop these 2 lenses for the different perspectives. Thanks again.
Definitely a fantastic lens. Haven't used it for woodland yet, but since I've been using it for sports and wildlife, it's been awesome for both photography and videography. The autofocus is fast, it renders really nicely and it's sharp. As you said, the fact it's a semi-macro lens really shows how versatile it is. Also can't wait to use it in the mountains soon.
My 70-300 is almost permanently attached to my camera, but I always carry a couple of extension tubes for macro shots. Only took my first ever woodland pictures last week, but used my 18-55. Now I will have to go back and try the 70-300😂😂
@@lukasbenjamin_ I take a lot of macro of butterflies, moths, beetles, spiders, mushrooms, and slime mould etc. It's great having the flexibility of macro and long zoom in one lens. I can easily switch to birds or bigger animals in the distance when needed. I have a dedicated 60mm macro lens, but just find the 70-300 so flexible...
Oh, thats awesome! The 60mm macro, is it 1:1 macro, I think I remember hearing somewhere, that it is also 1:2. In what areas do you photgraph? Meaning what bigger animals do you sometimes see? @@phillipsheridan
@lukasbenjamin9691 Sorry, my macro lens is the Laowa 65mm f2.8. It is 2x macro. Very small and light lens, so easy to carry around. I only shoot macro, hand held, but for 2x macro, I should use tripod, rails etc.
@@phillipsheridan ahh alright, haven't looked into third party macro lenses yet, as I've never really tried out macro photography properly. Might be something worth looking into, there are some beautiful pictures to take!
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I really loved this lens until I decided to use it on a tripod to try and shoot anything at night. It was a totally calm night with no wind at all and even at 'quick' exposures of 2 or 3 secs, using the 10 sec timer, 95% of my shots came with shaken results. That aiming at light streets, non moving objects. Since you cannot turn off the internal stabilization of this lens, it seems it is always trying to compensate for a movement (maybe even the shutter actuating - XT2). I get much better results with this lens hand held, even as low as 1/8 of a second. Is there any way of solving this?
Hm, so from my experience as I use it together with my xt4 which has Ibis, if I turn off the ibis on the camera, the OIS turns off as well, even though both camera and lens have a 'tripod detection mode' as far as I'm concerned. Is there maybe a switch in your camera settings? I just had a quick Google search and could only find the same about the automatic detection mode. As I don't have a camera without ibis, I don't think I can give you a satisfying answer I'm afraid. Hope you find a way to resolve this problem!
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@@lukasbenjamin_ Thanks for the answer. I searched into my camera menu and disabled the IS (which my XT2 cam. does not have, so it should be for the lens). It worked perfectly now with the tripod! Just sad Fuji says it 'recognizes' it is on a tripod, but it simply doesn't. Anyway, great lens all in all! Cheers from Rio!
@ oh that's awesome! Happy you've found a solution. I've read that the auto recognize works for some people and for others it doesn't, so far I haven't had. Might be something that Fujifilm needs to work on with a firmware update. Have you got the latest firmware for the lens?
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@@lukasbenjamin_ Hmm, good question! I gotta check it out. Maybe it could have to do also with using it with an 'old' camera (XT2)?
Thank you. I have this lens for my X-Pro2 but mainly use my 16-55 for travel images. However, watched a UA-cam by Mark Denney (spelling?) recently making an excellent case for using telephoto over wide for landscape and it resonated with me. So in future I think I’ll swop these 2 lenses for the different perspectives. Thanks again.
Thanks for your comment, he was also one of the people that inspired me to use telephoto more and more! Happy shooting!
I bought this lens a little while ago for my X-S10 and I have to say, I am very impressed! Great lens for wildlife and nature.
I agree! I also love the 5m Auto focus switch for Wildlife, so I don't focus on some branches in the way!
Definitely a fantastic lens. Haven't used it for woodland yet, but since I've been using it for sports and wildlife, it's been awesome for both photography and videography. The autofocus is fast, it renders really nicely and it's sharp.
As you said, the fact it's a semi-macro lens really shows how versatile it is. Also can't wait to use it in the mountains soon.
It's also great in the mountains, though you obviously have to look out for the heat blur when you're shooting far away subjects
Beautiful photos. I’m considering the same lens.
Thanks, its great!
Nice video, nice lens!
Thanks a bunch!
My 70-300 is almost permanently attached to my camera, but I always carry a couple of extension tubes for macro shots. Only took my first ever woodland pictures last week, but used my 18-55. Now I will have to go back and try the 70-300😂😂
Oh really? What do you mostly photograph with the lens? I can definitely recommend it!
@@lukasbenjamin_ I take a lot of macro of butterflies, moths, beetles, spiders, mushrooms, and slime mould etc.
It's great having the flexibility of macro and long zoom in one lens. I can easily switch to birds or bigger animals in the distance when needed.
I have a dedicated 60mm macro lens, but just find the 70-300 so flexible...
Oh, thats awesome! The 60mm macro, is it 1:1 macro, I think I remember hearing somewhere, that it is also 1:2. In what areas do you photgraph? Meaning what bigger animals do you sometimes see? @@phillipsheridan
@lukasbenjamin9691 Sorry, my macro lens is the Laowa 65mm f2.8. It is 2x macro. Very small and light lens, so easy to carry around. I only shoot macro, hand held, but for 2x macro, I should use tripod, rails etc.
@@phillipsheridan ahh alright, haven't looked into third party macro lenses yet, as I've never really tried out macro photography properly. Might be something worth looking into, there are some beautiful pictures to take!
I really loved this lens until I decided to use it on a tripod to try and shoot anything at night. It was a totally calm night with no wind at all and even at 'quick' exposures of 2 or 3 secs, using the 10 sec timer, 95% of my shots came with shaken results. That aiming at light streets, non moving objects. Since you cannot turn off the internal stabilization of this lens, it seems it is always trying to compensate for a movement (maybe even the shutter actuating - XT2). I get much better results with this lens hand held, even as low as 1/8 of a second. Is there any way of solving this?
Hm, so from my experience as I use it together with my xt4 which has Ibis, if I turn off the ibis on the camera, the OIS turns off as well, even though both camera and lens have a 'tripod detection mode' as far as I'm concerned. Is there maybe a switch in your camera settings? I just had a quick Google search and could only find the same about the automatic detection mode.
As I don't have a camera without ibis, I don't think I can give you a satisfying answer I'm afraid.
Hope you find a way to resolve this problem!
@@lukasbenjamin_ Thanks for the answer. I searched into my camera menu and disabled the IS (which my XT2 cam. does not have, so it should be for the lens). It worked perfectly now with the tripod! Just sad Fuji says it 'recognizes' it is on a tripod, but it simply doesn't. Anyway, great lens all in all! Cheers from Rio!
@ oh that's awesome! Happy you've found a solution. I've read that the auto recognize works for some people and for others it doesn't, so far I haven't had. Might be something that Fujifilm needs to work on with a firmware update. Have you got the latest firmware for the lens?
@@lukasbenjamin_ Hmm, good question! I gotta check it out. Maybe it could have to do also with using it with an 'old' camera (XT2)?
@ might be :-)