Fujinon XF55-200mmF3.5-4.8 R LM OIS

This lens is excellent. Many times this lens is compared with Canon L series lenses,which should not be fair at all since the Ls are constant aperture, supposed to be much higher build quality, and supposed to be overall better optics. This lens on an XT1 is as sharp as Canons 70-200 f4L on a 5dm3, but its bokeh is not as nice, and has surprisingly good color rendering. No "weather resistance" which means nothing to me personally since I dont shoot in bad weather. For me the lens performs best at around 95mm, where you get f4 wide open. Works great for portraits with excellent colors and bokeh assuming you stay away from twiggy areas. This lens I would place exactly where it is priced: in between high end and low end telephoto zooms. Look up the lens rentals tear down of this lens to see how well built this thing is. It will last you quite a long time, which I cannot say about the cheap plastic fantastic lenses in this same range. Metal mount vs plastic... It is sharp throughout the aperture range from center to edge with corners looking a little muddy wide open, which is very common in telephoto zooms like this. OIS lets me handhold at full zoom (300mm FF eq FOV) at 1/60th and get sharp images, assuming the object is not moving. AF on an XT1 is fast and accurate enough for most general shooting in decent lighting. My only gripe is the zoom telescopes out pretty far and it is large and heavy for the xt1. I would get the battery grip or the lens will feel a bit unwieldy. The vignetting is pretty severe on the long end. Honestly though, the weight and length issues are not exactly flaws. The weight comparison to other plastic lenses are not fair because this lens is so much better built with actual metal pieces and the telescoping likely helps keep the glass element count down... and none of the issues would make me dislike the lens at all. It is a great performer Overall this is an excellent piece

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I use this lens A LOT, and I really depend on it.. I agonized whether Id be better off with the 2.8 55-140 (and I still think about it), but this lens on my X-100T and now, X-T2, is exactly what I need to shoot sports, casual events, and even portraits. As long as Im working with strobes, I shoot at F8 anyway and the variable aperature isnt really a big deal. The lens is sharp, portraits look, and yes, you can get great bokeh under the right conditions. I wish this lens were an inch shorter so that I could get it into the stands at professional sporting events.

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I bough this lens in addition to my 18-55 f2.8-4 kit lens. This lens work great as expected. I took it to Hershey Park over the weekend and played with it occasionally. It is a sharp lens. Auto focus is good but not great. One quirky thing is sometime I felt the zoom-barrel want to slide out by itself which did not happen to me yet. It is weird but I wonder if other owner experience the same like me. Therefore I rated it 4 star only.

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