g4masa
Reviewed in Japan on January 12, 2025
新品表示していたが、保証書のないものは新同品と表記すべきでは。
MH
Reviewed in Canada on June 3, 2024
So far, really enjoying the lens, but made a mistake with the lens filter size. I went off the product picture that shows a filter of 82mm on the lens, but the actual lens has a 77mm that I received. After looking it up, 77mm is the correct size, but the lens in the current product picture has the discrepancy of labeling it as 82mm. The product description also didn't include any info on the filter size, so going off the image is the only option and incorrect.I have attached a copy of the current product image with the lens filter highlighted with an orange square to clarify what I am talking about.All in all, great lens, but the product image led me to order the incorrect lens filters to attach. Something they may want to update in the listing.
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Reviewed in Mexico on October 30, 2021
El lente es excelente, las fotos son una locura, le tomo foto a la luna sin tripié y salen inigualables, lo compré de oferta en aproximadamente $1600 USD, de algún vendedor de Canadá pensé que iba a ser un producto abierto o algo similar y me llegó nuevo, pasó aduanas sin problema, la verdad es que conseguir en ese precio yo creo que por el momento ya no va a ser posible por lo que estoy super contento con la compra. También le tomo foto a los vecinos jajaja, a todo la verdad, no deja de sorprenderme. Aunque es pesado, se acopla bien a la ergonomía general de la cámara y ya puesto no parece que pese tanto
LHW
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2019
This lens is outstanding. Paired with my X-T3, it focuses very accurately in most situations. The detail is impressive, on par with my previous Canon 100-400 mark II, which is an outstanding lens as well. I haven't seen any obvious chromatic aberrations. Rendering is very nice. The Image stabilizer works very well. I don't miss the Canon version at all; this is every bit as good and better in some ways.It does exhibit zoom creep. I wish the zoom was tighter and/or had a friction setting or lock. The existing lock only works at 100mm. Most of the time, this isn't a problem. I can work around it.The locking lens hood is great. It goes on and off easily and locks positively in place.The lens collar is removable by hand. I wish the foot on the collar was bigger to make it useful as a handle.The 77mm filter is common and useful.Even the lens cap is well done.Beware of the seller however. My copy was clearly used even though it was sold as new and Amazon refused to do anything except take it back. The manual was dirty and dog-eared. The lens was covered in dust that one normally doesn't see with a brand new lens. Since my copy is sharp and focuses well, I opted to keep it. I don't mind used lenses but I don't believe in paying new prices for them, so I am unlikely to buy more lenses from Amazon, and I will definitely never buy from that buyer. I don't see that buyer listed anymore so maybe they received complains similar to mine.
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Reviewed in India on October 17, 2019
It's one of the amazing products produced by fujifilm. With OIS it takes your photography skills to next level. Very sharp images with amazing background blur.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 25, 2017
OK so it not even close to what we wanted from Fuji but its what we got, and I have to say that for a slow zoom it is pin sharp and the focusing is spot on.
jamesm1291
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2016
I spent a lot of time reflecting before I bought this lens. The reviews, including YouTube evaluations, were generally good to excellent, but not superlative. There was a lot of complaint about the weight. Since I own an X PRO 2, with an additional hand grip, I was not sure about the ergonomics in hand holding. Also, the lens was expensive. Finally, I took the plunge and bought it.The lens is large, but the weight is not the problem that I was led to believe it would be. It is amazingly easy to hand hold. I cushion the flat bottom of the tripod mount in my left hand and use the EVF, with the camera pressed firmly against my face. And it works well. All I can say about the image stabilization is that it is amazing. I am an older person and am more unsteady than I was when I was young. But the ability of the IS to visibly snap in is very obvious in the viewfinder, and the images at 600mm focal length equivalent are tack sharp in the center, which is the most important location for the use of this lens. I do use 1/250th of a second as my standard shutter speed and have not evaluated the IS at lower speeds. Suffice it to say that my shots come in sharp, and in focus. Also, the X PRO 2, shooting at f 5.6 at 600mm equivalent and 1/250th of a second, still allows moderately low light photography at ISO 3000-5000 with very little background noise and excellent color rendition.As far as I am concerned, this lens is a keeper. It is expensive, but costs a lot less than the 600mm equivalent Olympus Pro lens. Despite the extra weight, I plan to keep it in my lens kit bag and discard my older 55-200 lens in the interest of over all weight reduction. Kudos to Fujifilm.
Aleksandar Milivojevic
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2016
First impressions after an hour or two with the lens. I'll update review in a month or two as I play more with the lens.Look like another good lens from Fuji. Feels solidly built, sharp, focusing on static things in bright light felt relatively fast for 400mm lens, not spectacular fast, but OK, even with 1.4x extender on it. Slowish and hunting for focus as light dimmed in the evening.Tripod collar feels too flimsy. I see the future being bright for RRS making ton of money selling replacement collars.The lens is big and heavy. As would be expected. It's 400mm lens, you can't cheat with basic laws of physics. All three rings (aperture, zoom, focus) have good feel to them, like on all of Fuji lenses. With clicks on aperture ring being more defined than other variable aperture Fuji zooms, hence likely harder to accidentally bump.Few snapshots I took look sharp with good color.An (very late) update:Having used it for a while, this is a keeper lens. I mainly used it for taking photos of birds and kids. If you shoot birds with Fuji, this lens is probably a must have. For kids sports, it depends on what you shoot and from how far. I'm personally split between 50-140mm and this lens. If I don't need the reach, I find 50-140mm f/2.8 lens better choice because it is a much faster lens (f/2.8 vs. f/5.6), and it focuses much faster too. However, if you do need the reach of 400mm lens, there's no way around it and 100-400mm will do the job well and produce many sharp images.I used the lens with both X-T1 and X-T2. The images taken on higher resolution X-T2 are every bit as sharp as with the older camera.I purchased 1.4x extender with the lens, but for one reason or the other ended up not using it much.I still find the foot bit flimsy design, however didn't have any trouble with it. Kirk Industries makes Arca Swiss compatible lens plate specifically for this lens, and it is perfect fit, exactly the length of the foot. I like the ability to completely remove the foot when shooting handheld.The image stabilization worked very well. Since I shoot mostly kids and birds, I use lens handheld a lot, and it produces sharp images handheld at 400mm, given reasonable shutter speed. I prefer to have camera set to auto-ISO with shutter speed minimum set to at least 1/500s with this lens. But I had some success slower shutter speeds too.The lens I originally received turned out to have a little bit of issue with image stabilization, and I had to send it to repairs. After some number of shots, the camera would complain about communication errors with the lens, and I would have to power cycle camera to continue shooting. They fixed the lens promptly, and the lens worked perfectly ever since.