[Leica] The Fuji 55 - 200 f3.5 - 4.8 zoom

[msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad)]

akhil. i don't shoot video with the xpro1 or hardly with any other camera i
have. just still images. so i can be a good judge of the quality but
i will do some test

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  regards, mehrdad


On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 6:05 PM, Akhil Lal <alal at poly.edu> wrote:

> Thanks.  IIRC, the X series don't record 1080P. How is the video quality,
> leaving aside the noise problem?
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+alal=poly.edu at leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+alal=poly.edu at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of mehrdad
> Sent: 03 June 2013 15:38
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] The Fuji 55 - 200 f3.5 - 4.8 zoom
>
> 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/Ho
> >> ward+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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