Nice to see that real wildlife photographers like Tony and Chelsea reviewing this lenses. Many potrait, wedding and event photographers does not use this lenses and so without knowing are not checking the important issues on the lenses. Good to see that Fuji is allowing third party manufacturers like Viltrox, Sigma and Tamron into the X-mount system. Now with the release of the X-H2 and X-H2s this incentivate more manufacturers to support the X-mount.
I would love to see an ultimate lens comparison for all Fuji available sports/wildlife lenses (sigma 100-400, fuji 70-300 with and without tele, tamron 150-500, fuji 100-400, fuji 150-600, comparable adapted lenses with the fringer adapter). It would be great to have these tested on both xh2s and xt5/xh2. Video could be named “Ultimate Fujifilm Sports & Wildlife Lens Showdown!” :D I would find that very entertaining.
I'm kinda surprised by the sharpness at 400mm on the fuji lens. I used to own one of these, and wide open it's pretty soft at 400mm. I pretty much always stopped down to f/7.1. That being said, I'd suggest everyone shopping for one of these to get a used XF 100-400 or the Tamron 150-500. You can get the used XF 100-400 for like $800-1000 and the Tamron lens is quite a bit sharper wide open and gives you more range.
I had 3 copies of the Fuji2 were very good and sharp even wide open. Never stopped them down. The last one I got was a shocker. Had to stop down to f7.1 and f8 to get acceptable results. It was a used lens bought from a dealer. I used the Sigma 100-400 on Nikon D810 as second gear to my Nikon D5 and Sigma 120-300 with 2.o TC I was very happy with both Sigma lenses. The 100-400 I packed for business trips and always take a camera and 2 lenses to shoot landscapes and wildlife. Also used it on Nikon D500. Produced great results and good fun with light gear. My experience with Fuji 100-400, A great lens
Love Adorama ... had the Sigma 100->400 for my Leica SL2... marvelous lens.... have recently moved off all of my Leica gear and switched to Fuji so am very interested in lenses for the Fuji System.
For landscape photographers it would be most useful to have a stopped down lens comparison at various focal length: Maybe f9.5 at 100, 200, 300, and 400mm, or at a few of those. Mid-frame and corners of course...
The core design of the Sigma must be very sharp. The Olympus/OM System 100-400 is known to be a variant of this (probably manufactured by Sigma) and that is even sharper than the Panasonic Leica 100-400.
I just got my first camera (a7ii) alongside the Sigma 100-400 and I absolutely love it, it's so much more fun shooting zoom than being stationary with a tripod. I just hope I don't drop it
Does anyone know if the Sigma 100-400 will work with the Fujifilm 2X teleconverter? If not, that gives a serious edge to the Fujifilm lens. For me the real competitor to the Sigma lens is the Tamron 150-500. If you're deciding between the Fujifilm and the Sigma 100-400 then cost is probably the deciding factor and in that case you get quite a bit more reach with the Tamron for an additional $350. The Tamron also avoids overlap with the Fujifilm 50-140.
Is there any reason they didn't mention the Sigma lack of an aperture ring? It could be a bit of an issue for X-T shooters. Should I read anything into that they were shooting on an X-H2? I really like Tony & Chelsea, but unless I'm missing something this seems like a sin of omission.
What happen to Siobhan and Justin who did the video switching and let us seen the photos . When you did I think it was on a Thursday. Your show where we sent photo in for review and always talk about what drink Tony was drinking
It looked like the x-h2 40mp sensor may have out-resolved both lenses to a greater or lesser extent. I would also be interested to see how both lenses compare on a 26mp sensor please.
I would disagree with your "Sigma is better because it's half the price" way of looking at this comparison. I doubt many people buy the Fuji 100-400 at list price since there are so many used copies available. An excellent used copy of the Fuji 100-400 with a tripod collar is around $1100+/-. The sigma with the optional tripod collar is over $1100, so essentially they are the same price. So I think that's how the average photographer is going to compare these two. Nice video though.
I've used the Sigma on Sony and a collar is £40 in the UK via Amazon. The Fuji is heavier and at MPB in like new condition is £939. The Sigma is £899 new with a longer warranty. So wait till there is a sale and the Sigma is a better value.
The absence of a collar with tripod mount is rather surprising - and disappointing - for a telephoto lens like this. I wonder if the design leaves the space for it so that one might hope for it to be offered separately.
Thank you. So it's just a trick to keep the price a bit lower, similar to e.g. Canon not giving a lens hood with cheap lenses and selling it separately.
Which budget zoom lens is suitable for a micro-four thirds camera? I have a Panasonic G7. The reviews about 45-200mm are not very good. Any suggestions. Looking to buy a used one. thanks
That was the first of the Sony E-mount lenses. I bought a used one for my Sony A7RIII last year. It was bought new by the first owner in 2021, I think, and it has version 2 of firmware. So it doesn't need to be sent in. And this issue must have been fixed on these new Fuji lenses.
If I try that sports test on my Nikon D610 and Tamron 150-600 at 600mm I bet I would only get the 1st shot sharp, everything else out of focus. Its only good for animals not moving.. 🤦
This is good-enough lens. Now we wait for m43 version. Olympus 100-400mm is basically a rebranded previous DSLR version of this Sigma lens, so why we couldn't get this one for m43? Olympus 100-400mm does not benefit from SH2 50fps nor Sync-IS features so lack of these functionalities on the new Sigma wouldn't be a major problem. Of course mark II of Olympus 100-400mm based on this new Sigma that would Sync with IBIS and support SH2 50fps would be awsome, but at that point we have nothing to loose? Without such a lens I wonder if I should ditch OM-1. For wildlife 20MPix, 20fps C-AF, and UNSync-IS is nothing to write home about. 600mm f8 FF equivalent Olympus lens that is optically great but not stellar FOR $3000!!! or 300-1000mm f9-11 FF equivalent lens that is optically very good but not great for $7500!!! $#^%#^&#&!!! to use it with 20Mpix body is not a reasonable option for anyone except for OM-System ambassador. Regular wildlife users of OM-1 needs a reasonabluy priced zoom lens with very good optical quality (not neccesarily great) that let them benefit from OM-1 two key unique OM-1's wildlife-related assets: great IS and super fast drive modes.
Great video. I wonder if you could test the Tamron 150-500 for Fuji. I own this lens and use it on my X-H2 and I'm really happy with the results. So maybe your opinion differs and is more professional for Sure. 😊
Not that I think it matters much, but the Fuji is also about 1/3rd of a stop faster across the range. Regardless, the performance of the Sigma is 95% of the way there at 50% of the price. Just goes to show that Fuji optics, while great, were/are pretty overpriced prior to opening up the platform in earnest to third parties like Sigma, Tamron, Viltrox, etc.
@@lionheart4424 Sadly with Sigma, you want the Art or Sport models, not the Contemporary as those are the lower end models and rarely have weather sealing. As a rep of their told me, they're not made out of tissue paper so you can use them outdoors but they're not rated for damp conidiations. They usually have a weather sealing gasket around the lens mount but that's about it. As a result I don't purchase the otherwise excellent models from this range.
nah,, stop unselling the obvious.. Fujifilm 100-400 4.5-5.6 used price is close to that.. and most of them are MINT ( coz most people rarely use this lens ). Remember you guys used to compare stuff with used ones.. this is obviously PAID content by sigma.
This review was unbiased but it was also uncritical and lacked the important context that this lense is really obsolete in the FF world. I don't know enough about the Fuji ecosystem of lenses to know what else is out there. As a Sony shooter who bought this lens to play with for $300, I've always noted how bad it is now compared to just about every other option in this segment. Which makes it interesting that its somehow noteworthy in the Fuji mount. I feel like this is more of an ad for Adaroma then a review, and that you couldn't rain on the whole Fuji parade because that wouldn't move any product. When you do ads / vids for KEH it's more excusable because things are used and cheaper, but honestly a similar problem applies, because your critical eye that we all appreciate is tempered. I love you guys, but it is annoying and makes your videos less interesting.
I am interested to know your reasons in telling that the Sigma lens is bad. The context for Fuji is that its the only direct competitor to their $2k XF lens. They stated that the XF is clearly better, but you have to pay twice the amount of the Sigma for maybe not so much of an improvement.
It's bad within the context of segment of extended variable maximum apeture zooms for e-mount. I agree it's different in the Fuji ecosystem, but this needs to be noted.
@@mariemuller838 I was walking into Garland Camera here in DFW and a videographer I had worked with before was walking in with this and an a73 to trade in. I told him to let me know what they offered for the lens and I'd probably beat it. They offered 250 and I gave him 300. It's great for taking to the zoo or my kids sports, but it's not a pro lens. In low light my 70-200 takes basically équivalent images because despite the extended reach, this lense's high apeture means hi iso and more noise, basically canceling out the extra reach. It's just not very sharp at 400 also. Side by side with my 70-200 taking photos of a speaker at a conference from the back of the room they are so similar cropped that I don't even bother to consider this lens. Maybe someday I'll use it on a tripod from the back of the room for video. It I was going to shop for a zoom leblns I'd get basically any other option before this one for e mount. Why then did they pick this one for Fuji???
After a year of terrorizing customers with the continues stream of commercials, youtube finaly got me that far to pay 20 euro a month to get RID of all these commercials. And what do we get now? Commercial break after break from people like you, in the video. For me that makes channels like this useless, becaiuse i watch channels like this to get info, not to line your pockets. Sadly.
@@djstuc 👮🚨Fuji police here to make a citizen arrest 🤣. Right, cuz 70% hit rate is totally acceptable in 2023. I'm sure you'll chime in with "learn how to use your gear"/ "what settings were used" BS. Why you continue to accept mediocre (at best) AF performance is beyond me.
Fuji X mount cameras are all APS-C if I recall correctly, though the lenses are full frame numbers. Let me know if I am wrong. If I am correct, how does it affect the review?
By the way I really miss the Thursday show you guys had where we send photos for review, I truly enjoyed it 😢
Bring it back!
I wouldn't say I miss it
I miss it.
It was very campy with friends.
Nice to see that real wildlife photographers like Tony and Chelsea reviewing this lenses. Many potrait, wedding and event photographers does not use this lenses and so without knowing are not checking the important issues on the lenses. Good to see that Fuji is allowing third party manufacturers like Viltrox, Sigma and Tamron into the X-mount system. Now with the release of the X-H2 and X-H2s this incentivate more manufacturers to support the X-mount.
I would love to see an ultimate lens comparison for all Fuji available sports/wildlife lenses (sigma 100-400, fuji 70-300 with and without tele, tamron 150-500, fuji 100-400, fuji 150-600, comparable adapted lenses with the fringer adapter). It would be great to have these tested on both xh2s and xt5/xh2. Video could be named “Ultimate Fujifilm Sports & Wildlife Lens Showdown!” :D I would find that very entertaining.
How does it compare to the 70-300 that is closer in price and much more modern than the 100-400?
I'm kinda surprised by the sharpness at 400mm on the fuji lens. I used to own one of these, and wide open it's pretty soft at 400mm. I pretty much always stopped down to f/7.1.
That being said, I'd suggest everyone shopping for one of these to get a used XF 100-400 or the Tamron 150-500. You can get the used XF 100-400 for like $800-1000 and the Tamron lens is quite a bit sharper wide open and gives you more range.
True.. this is PAID content by sigma
I had 3 copies of the Fuji2 were very good and sharp even wide open. Never stopped them down. The last one I got was a shocker. Had to stop down to f7.1 and f8 to get acceptable results. It was a used lens bought from a dealer. I used the Sigma 100-400 on Nikon D810 as second gear to my Nikon D5 and Sigma 120-300 with 2.o TC I was very happy with both Sigma lenses. The 100-400 I packed for business trips and always take a camera and 2 lenses to shoot landscapes and wildlife. Also used it on Nikon D500. Produced great results and good fun with light gear. My experience with Fuji 100-400, A great lens
Good video, very pleasing to watch, like every time you make joyful without overdoing it 😊
Keep up the good work 👍🏻
Love Adorama ... had the Sigma 100->400 for my Leica SL2... marvelous lens.... have recently moved off all of my Leica gear and switched to Fuji so am very interested in lenses for the Fuji System.
The chromatic aberration looks much stronger on the Sigma.
How does the sigma compare to the tamron 150-500 ?
Still waiting for your review of the fuji xh2! Your reviews are great and we desperately miss them?
Please compare this Sigma to Tamron x-mount 150-500mm lens.
For landscape photographers it would be most useful to have a stopped down lens comparison at various focal length: Maybe f9.5 at 100, 200, 300, and 400mm, or at a few of those. Mid-frame and corners of course...
The core design of the Sigma must be very sharp. The Olympus/OM System 100-400 is known to be a variant of this (probably manufactured by Sigma) and that is even sharper than the Panasonic Leica 100-400.
I just got my first camera (a7ii) alongside the Sigma 100-400 and I absolutely love it, it's so much more fun shooting zoom than being stationary with a tripod. I just hope I don't drop it
Does anyone know if the Sigma 100-400 will work with the Fujifilm 2X teleconverter? If not, that gives a serious edge to the Fujifilm lens. For me the real competitor to the Sigma lens is the Tamron 150-500. If you're deciding between the Fujifilm and the Sigma 100-400 then cost is probably the deciding factor and in that case you get quite a bit more reach with the Tamron for an additional $350. The Tamron also avoids overlap with the Fujifilm 50-140.
It won't. Sorry.
The next time you test out lenses. Especially those associated with sports. You should photograph a Quidditch tournament.
Is there any reason they didn't mention the Sigma lack of an aperture ring? It could be a bit of an issue for X-T shooters. Should I read anything into that they were shooting on an X-H2? I really like Tony & Chelsea, but unless I'm missing something this seems like a sin of omission.
What happen to Siobhan and Justin who did the video switching and let us seen the photos . When you did I think it was on a Thursday. Your show where we sent photo in for review and always talk about what drink Tony was drinking
Kingfishers are super annoying that way! 😂
Great video! Does the sigma work with the teleconverter?
no
Can fuji XF 2X TC WR teleconverter work on this lens?
Nope
It looked like the x-h2 40mp sensor may have out-resolved both lenses to a greater or lesser extent. I would also be interested to see how both lenses compare on a 26mp sensor please.
Any recommendations for parfocal zoom lenses?
That awesome thank you for the education 🙏🏽 I do wish Fuji would come out with a good 400mm 5.6 prime that would be nice lol
I am surprised that the Fuji is so big. Does it cover Full Frame?
I would disagree with your "Sigma is better because it's half the price" way of looking at this comparison. I doubt many people buy the Fuji 100-400 at list price since there are so many used copies available. An excellent used copy of the Fuji 100-400 with a tripod collar is around $1100+/-. The sigma with the optional tripod collar is over $1100, so essentially they are the same price. So I think that's how the average photographer is going to compare these two. Nice video though.
I've used the Sigma on Sony and a collar is £40 in the UK via Amazon.
The Fuji is heavier and at MPB in like new condition is £939.
The Sigma is £899 new with a longer warranty. So wait till there is a sale and the Sigma is a better value.
How about tamron 150-500 mm for x mount? I am disappointed that you have not compared it with those lenses.
X-H2 is new and expensive… some say if you use ’older’ Fuji like x-t4 the sigma AF isnt as fast as on the X-H2. Or ?
Another informative and entertaining video guys! Curious though, would this lens work with the Fuji teleconverter?
It doesn't look like it would
The absence of a collar with tripod mount is rather surprising - and disappointing - for a telephoto lens like this. I wonder if the design leaves the space for it so that one might hope for it to be offered separately.
The collar is sold separately
Thank you. So it's just a trick to keep the price a bit lower, similar to e.g. Canon not giving a lens hood with cheap lenses and selling it separately.
I used this lens on Sony. Via Amazon in the UK a tripod collar is about £40. No need to buy the Sigma one.
Buy Adorama because they aren't B&H which has been shown to treat their employees terribly
Which budget zoom lens is suitable for a micro-four thirds camera? I have a Panasonic G7. The reviews about 45-200mm are not very good. Any suggestions. Looking to buy a used one. thanks
Nothing about f and sharpness?
I heard the sigma 100-400 has a firmware update, but has to be sent to Sigma to be updated. Is it worth it? thank you
That was the first of the Sony E-mount lenses. I bought a used one for my Sony A7RIII last year. It was bought new by the first owner in 2021, I think, and it has version 2 of firmware. So it doesn't need to be sent in. And this issue must have been fixed on these new Fuji lenses.
If I try that sports test on my Nikon D610 and Tamron 150-600 at 600mm I bet I would only get the 1st shot sharp, everything else out of focus. Its only good for animals not moving.. 🤦
This is good-enough lens. Now we wait for m43 version. Olympus 100-400mm is basically a rebranded previous DSLR version of this Sigma lens, so why we couldn't get this one for m43? Olympus 100-400mm does not benefit from SH2 50fps nor Sync-IS features so lack of these functionalities on the new Sigma wouldn't be a major problem. Of course mark II of Olympus 100-400mm based on this new Sigma that would Sync with IBIS and support SH2 50fps would be awsome, but at that point we have nothing to loose? Without such a lens I wonder if I should ditch OM-1. For wildlife 20MPix, 20fps C-AF, and UNSync-IS is nothing to write home about. 600mm f8 FF equivalent Olympus lens that is optically great but not stellar FOR $3000!!! or 300-1000mm f9-11 FF equivalent lens that is optically very good but not great for $7500!!! $#^%#^&#&!!! to use it with 20Mpix body is not a reasonable option for anyone except for OM-System ambassador. Regular wildlife users of OM-1 needs a reasonabluy priced zoom lens with very good optical quality (not neccesarily great) that let them benefit from OM-1 two key unique OM-1's wildlife-related assets: great IS and super fast drive modes.
Sigma said they would stop making new lenses for m4/3 a while ago. I doubt it will ever be ported to that mount
@@matception I know. That make me sad. Yet, I still hope they change their mind.
Great video. I wonder if you could test the Tamron 150-500 for Fuji. I own this lens and use it on my X-H2 and I'm really happy with the results. So maybe your opinion differs and is more professional for Sure. 😊
If you're happy with it you shouldn't let anyone spoil your happiness
Tony doing his Segal-style run. 😅
Is this new Sigma 100 - 400 dg dn the same as the Sigma 100-400 dg dn for sony e mount, but this one is just in fuji mount?
I think they mentioned that near the start if the video. So it is the same.
love to se Tony wear shirt with backpack..it cool
Not that I think it matters much, but the Fuji is also about 1/3rd of a stop faster across the range. Regardless, the performance of the Sigma is 95% of the way there at 50% of the price. Just goes to show that Fuji optics, while great, were/are pretty overpriced prior to opening up the platform in earnest to third parties like Sigma, Tamron, Viltrox, etc.
Tony, 🏃with a little more work I think you're ready for the 100m dash in the Olympics.🏃
3:33 Reflector!
(Decepticon.)
60p is great
Lets see....., curious and test
How do you guys have time to be a photographer when you make reviews every day! hah
If this lens is weather resistant, it could be a great option.
Sadly, it's not.
@@thegeneral123 damn.
@@lionheart4424 Sadly with Sigma, you want the Art or Sport models, not the Contemporary as those are the lower end models and rarely have weather sealing. As a rep of their told me, they're not made out of tissue paper so you can use them outdoors but they're not rated for damp conidiations. They usually have a weather sealing gasket around the lens mount but that's about it. As a result I don't purchase the otherwise excellent models from this range.
nah,, stop unselling the obvious.. Fujifilm 100-400 4.5-5.6 used price is close to that.. and most of them are MINT ( coz most people rarely use this lens ). Remember you guys used to compare stuff with used ones.. this is obviously PAID content by sigma.
Which rocket caliber can you fire with such a rocket launcher? Asking for a friend. ;-) *scnr*
This review was unbiased but it was also uncritical and lacked the important context that this lense is really obsolete in the FF world. I don't know enough about the Fuji ecosystem of lenses to know what else is out there. As a Sony shooter who bought this lens to play with for $300, I've always noted how bad it is now compared to just about every other option in this segment. Which makes it interesting that its somehow noteworthy in the Fuji mount.
I feel like this is more of an ad for Adaroma then a review, and that you couldn't rain on the whole Fuji parade because that wouldn't move any product. When you do ads / vids for KEH it's more excusable because things are used and cheaper, but honestly a similar problem applies, because your critical eye that we all appreciate is tempered. I love you guys, but it is annoying and makes your videos less interesting.
I am interested to know your reasons in telling that the Sigma lens is bad.
The context for Fuji is that its the only direct competitor to their $2k XF lens.
They stated that the XF is clearly better, but you have to pay twice the amount of the Sigma for maybe not so much of an improvement.
Where did you get the E-Mount version of this lens for $300?
It's bad within the context of segment of extended variable maximum apeture zooms for e-mount. I agree it's different in the Fuji ecosystem, but this needs to be noted.
@@mariemuller838 I was walking into Garland Camera here in DFW and a videographer I had worked with before was walking in with this and an a73 to trade in. I told him to let me know what they offered for the lens and I'd probably beat it. They offered 250 and I gave him 300. It's great for taking to the zoo or my kids sports, but it's not a pro lens. In low light my 70-200 takes basically équivalent images because despite the extended reach, this lense's high apeture means hi iso and more noise, basically canceling out the extra reach. It's just not very sharp at 400 also. Side by side with my 70-200 taking photos of a speaker at a conference from the back of the room they are so similar cropped that I don't even bother to consider this lens. Maybe someday I'll use it on a tripod from the back of the room for video.
It I was going to shop for a zoom leblns I'd get basically any other option before this one for e mount. Why then did they pick this one for Fuji???
Tony. You bought a copy for $300?
You bought a faulty one.
Mine on Sony is very good.
Too many bloody plugs for adorama. Once is enough, but not three times in nine minutes.
After a year of terrorizing customers with the continues stream of commercials, youtube finaly got me that far to pay 20 euro a month to get RID of all these commercials. And what do we get now? Commercial break after break from people like you, in the video. For me that makes channels like this useless, becaiuse i watch channels like this to get info, not to line your pockets. Sadly.
Having shot Sony now for the past 2 years, the "Sports" segment with 70% hit rate is laughable. Fuji's AF is still just a hot mess.
Not the cameras with the new 5th gen processor
@@djstuc 👮🚨Fuji police here to make a citizen arrest 🤣. Right, cuz 70% hit rate is totally acceptable in 2023. I'm sure you'll chime in with "learn how to use your gear"/ "what settings were used" BS. Why you continue to accept mediocre (at best) AF performance is beyond me.
Fuji X mount cameras are all APS-C if I recall correctly, though the lenses are full frame numbers. Let me know if I am wrong. If I am correct, how does it affect the review?
Both lenses have the same focal length and the x1.5 crop factor applies to both. So you should get the same results as shown here.
@@lionheart4424 Thank you!
Why does Tony run like a dyslexic rain deer?