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Subject: [Leica] The Fuji 55 - 200 f3.5 - 4.8 zoom
From: msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad)
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 12:38:07 -0700
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akhil. some of the fuji lenses though optically good , are not good for
video like the 35mm 1.4, 60 macro due to the motor they used for af, very
noisy. i will run some tests to chk the other lenes

  -------------------------------------
  regards, mehrdad


On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Akhil Lal <alal at poly.edu> wrote:

> Hi Howard,
>
> Looking at your photos, and other Fuji X series photos posted on line, it
> is clear that this is a very high quality system, optically perhaps the
> best non-full frame mirrorless system of all.
>
> I have not seen much discussion of the Fuji's video capabilities and am
> curious to know how well it handles video chores? Is it competitive with
> APS-C SLRs such as the Nikon 3100/5100 or the Canon T3, or even the D800?
>
>
> Regards,
> Akhil
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, 2 Jun 2013, H&ECummer wrote:
>
>  Morning Luggers,
>> Leo's camera called yesterday and told me that the Fuji 55 - 200 zoom
>> that I had ordered had come in.
>> I went down and picked it up. The construction is like the 18 - 55 zoom
>> and although about twice the size it is also light for the size of its
>> focal length(s).
>> It has an aperture ring without markings - you turn it and watch the f
>> stops in the LCD or viewfinder. The zooming action is smooth and there is
>> no zoom creep.
>> Autofocus speed is average to slow and follow focus needs a lot of work.
>> But there is little hunting.
>> The focusing speed of the next version of Fuji camera bodies will
>> hopefully be faster as the X100S has improved over the X100.
>> Of course, I am comparing to the Nikon 70 - 200 VR II on the D800E which
>> is state of art -
>> remember my eagle pictures. Image quality is very good - like the
>> panasonic 100 - 300 which I used in Africa two years ago. Here are a 
>> couple
>> of pictures:
>>
>> A cruise ship on the way to Alaska
>>
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/Howard+Cummer/**
>> Canada2013/DSCF6606csW.jpg.**html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2013/DSCF6606csW.jpg.html>
>> >
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/ldkvutg
>>
>> Son Russell is visiting from Tokyo to celebrate my 70th birthday.
>>
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/Howard+Cummer/**
>> Canada2013/RussCU200mmBWw.jpg.**html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2013/RussCU200mmBWw.jpg.html>
>> >
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/kkwqexg
>>
>> Please look large. C&C always welcome.
>>
>> Howard
>>
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