Fujinon XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR, Black

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Lens was well packed and arrived in perfect condition. It is very sharp, even better than I expected. IS works very well even at the maximum FL of 400mm. I look forward to using it this summer for marine photos.

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a bit of a plastic feel yet images are sharp and focuses fast and reliability. Tracks great on X-T3

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I have waited a long time for this lens. Already had the 1.4 converter for another lens. There are firmware updates for several Fuji lenses and bodies. My XT1 seems to focus very well with this lens on a test shoot. The dialing of 100-400 is a bit stiff yet I associate this to weather sealing and other such things I know nothing about. I did buy the lens through Amazons used lenses and saved a couple of hundred on it. It was listed as some surface scuff marks but functions well. I take very good care of my gear and what I received is within in the realm of well maintained use. I am not a bird photographer so I dont know how well or not-so-well this lens may track fast moving birds. I was surprised by its light weight compared to my Sigma 150-600mm Canon mount lens. I am still keeping my Canon gear but am also amassing a collection of Fuji because of the weight factors between the two manufactures.

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I absolutely love this lens. I barely every take it off of my X-T3. I set up some feeders in my backyard and most mornings just sit there and drink my coffee while I shoot birds. As others mention it is a not heavy. At first it felt of balanced in my camera but I added a grip to boost the ergonomics and now it hand hold great. Im on the fence regarding the teleconverter but leaving towards not getting it. Images are SHARP!

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Love it... The images at full-zoom are very sharp. OIS Image stabilization is very good. I just spent several days at an air show with this lens attached to a Fuji X-Pro2 and was very pleased with the results (see unretouched F4 Phantom Jet photo).

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A fine, very versatile long tele. Image quality is top notch and the OIS continues to impress me. Build quality on this lens is beyond reproach. I purchased this lens with the 1.4 TC and its a potent combo for use with my X-T1. I use it with an Arca Swiss compatible plate on the foot and it is well balanced with the X-T1 on my monopod and tripod. I will be using to photograph birds in a couple of weeks and if anything unexpected turns up Ill note it in an addendum to this review. As it stands now Im pleased as punch with this lens.

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Wonderful lens and given the focal length and aperture, very compact. The IS is excellent.

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Superior quality lens, sharp and fast. Just love it ;-)

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First impressions after an hour or two with the lens. Ill update review in a month or two as I play more with the lens. Look like another good lens from Fuji. Feels solidly built, sharp, focusing on static things in bright light felt relatively fast for 400mm lens, not spectacular fast, but OK, even with 1.4x extender on it. Slowish and hunting for focus as light dimmed in the evening. Tripod collar feels too flimsy. I see the future being bright for RRS making ton of money selling replacement collars. The lens is big and heavy. As would be expected. Its 400mm lens, you cant cheat with basic laws of physics. All three rings (aperture, zoom, focus) have good feel to them, like on all of Fuji lenses. With clicks on aperture ring being more defined than other variable aperture Fuji zooms, hence likely harder to accidentally bump. Few snapshots I took look sharp with good color. An (very late) update: Having used it for a while, this is a keeper lens. I mainly used it for taking photos of birds and kids. If you shoot birds with Fuji, this lens is probably a must have. For kids sports, it depends on what you shoot and from how far. Im personally split between 50-140mm and this lens. If I dont need the reach, I find 50-140mm f/2.8 lens better choice because it is a much faster lens (f/2.8 vs. f/5.6), and it focuses much faster too. However, if you do need the reach of 400mm lens, theres no way around it and 100-400mm will do the job well and produce many sharp images. I used the lens with both X-T1 and X-T2. The images taken on higher resolution X-T2 are every bit as sharp as with the older camera. I purchased 1.4x extender with the lens, but for one reason or the other ended up not using it much. I still find the foot bit flimsy design, however didnt have any trouble with it. Kirk Industries makes Arca Swiss compatible lens plate specifically for this lens, and it is perfect fit, exactly the length of the foot. I like the ability to completely remove the foot when shooting handheld. The image stabilization worked very well. Since I shoot mostly kids and birds, I use lens handheld a lot, and it produces sharp images handheld at 400mm, given reasonable shutter speed. I prefer to have camera set to auto-ISO with shutter speed minimum set to at least 1/500s with this lens. But I had some success slower shutter speeds too. The lens I originally received turned out to have a little bit of issue with image stabilization, and I had to send it to repairs. After some number of shots, the camera would complain about communication errors with the lens, and I would have to power cycle camera to continue shooting. They fixed the lens promptly, and the lens worked perfectly ever since.

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I have several Fuji lenses and added this just recently. I can say that it provides the sharpest pictures of all my zoom lenses, even hand held. It is the heaviest lens and bought it not for sports or wildlife but to do some interesting landscape shots of the mountains here in NC. Customers are amazed at the detail in my prints when they realize how far away the shot was taken.

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