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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 12:57:13 -0700
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shooting video with xpro1, use the drive key to change to move mode

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  regards, mehrdad


On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at 
frozenlight.eu>wrote:

> What's video?
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> On Jun 3, 2013, at 9:38 PM, mehrdad wrote:
>
> > 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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In reply to: Message from cummer at netvigator.com (H&ECummer) ([Leica] The Fuji 55 - 200 f3.5 - 4.8 zoom)
Message from alal at poly.edu (Akhil Lal) ([Leica] The Fuji 55 - 200 f3.5 - 4.8 zoom)
Message from msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad) ([Leica] The Fuji 55 - 200 f3.5 - 4.8 zoom)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] The Fuji 55 - 200 f3.5 - 4.8 zoom)