DPRTV posted their review of the upcoming Fujinon XF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 and I can’t wait to get mine. Below is a summary of their review:
- 70-300mm in APS-C is really more like 105-450
- A very versatile lens with a versatile range
- Very compact design with a 67mm front filter thread
- 588g which makes it a very plastic design
- The dials are fine but a little lose
- Other than that the build quality feels a lot like their other XF lenses
- Aperture ring and focus limiter on the lens
- Can be locked at 70mm to keep the lens from creeping walking around
- The lens lock unlocks on its own when you zoom the lens
- AF performance is quite nice and silent
- Nice and snappy when using the focus limiter
- Still very snappy without using the focus limiter
- OIS in the lens with 5.5 stops of stabilization and it works with internal stabilization to give you 5 axis
- There is almost no breathing with this lens
- Minimal LoCA
- 1:2 Macro reproduction so you can shoot wildlife and flowers
- Not a very fast aperture lens, but you can get nice soft bokeh when you’re up close
- Heavy cats eye when you shoot wide open, but stopping down a little helps a lot
- Bokeh is wild wide open, but Chris prefers it stopped down, but still has onion rings
- Nice transition from out of focus to in focus areas though so should be good for sports and wildlife, but you should avoid specularly highlights
- Everything else is quite nice
- Flare isn’t an issue
- Nice lens hood
- Sun stars are pretty good
- 70mm f/4 has very nice sharpness and stopping down improves it a little across the frame
- 300mm f/5.6 is nice and sharp again so the lens is very consistent across its range
- 1.4xTC brings the lens up to about 420mm(588mm) f/8 and AF performance is still quite good and image quality loss is minimal
- 2xTC brings the lens up to about 300mm (900mm) f/11 and AF performance is a little slower, but it still tracks fine and loses minimal image quality
- This lens makes a lot of sense to a lot of people and kind of replaces the 55-200mm which is only a little brighter
Fujinon XF70-300mm f/4-5.6: B&H Photo / Amazon / Moment / Adorama
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