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Subject: [Leica] The Fuji 55 - 200 f3.5 - 4.8 zoom
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2013 11:15:56 +0100
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Happy Birthday Howard,

Peter

On 02/06/2013 19:32, 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://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://tinyurl.com/kkwqexg
> 
> Please look large. C&C always welcome. 
> 
> Howard
> 
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Dr Peter Dzwig                          



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