Fujinon XF Lens Roundup: The Travel King, The Pancake Experience, Best Astrophotography Lenses and More

One of the privileges I have running FujiRumors, is that I get to (virtually) meet thousands of Fujifilm X shooters every year.

I get all sorts of questions, feedback, ideas, feature requests and more.

I really try to do my best to answer you all, and one of the things I really enjoy, is that I can give additional exposure to Fujifilm X and GFX shooters out there, by sharing roundups like this.

Sure, it’s a hell of a work, but I feel it’s a nice way I can give back something to the FujiRumors community, which is always so numerous and wonderfully active here.

The content to share is still massive, so I stepped a bit on the gas, and, in addition to the mixed zone I have shared recently, here is another dedicated Fujinon lens roundup… and more will come.

Fujinon Roundup

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Why I Love Fujifilm, My Professional Switch to Fujifilm, 5 Reason to Choose Fujifilm, Sell All Sony to go Fujifilm? and More – miXed Zone

This Saturday I have a mixed roundup for you, dedicated to switch stories, love declarations, letters to Fujifilm and more.

So, if you are having a rainy day like we have here in my home, and hence decided to stay at home, then you might enjoy spending a bit of your time checking out the content down below.

The Big Roundup

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Fujifilm X-T4 vs Sony A7R IV Comparison with Fujifilm Manager Warwick Williams

Josh from Georges compares two cameras the Fujifilm X-T4 and the Sony A7R IV to see what they are like for both stills and video.

The curious thing about this comparison, is that he is assisted by Warwick Williams from Fujifilm Australia.

The gear used, beyond the Fujifilm X-T4 (26 MP) and the Sony A7rIV (61 MP):

Of course, when zooming in a lot into the image, the 61 megapixel have an advantage in terms of resolution. But I guess if resolution is what you need, then why just be happy with 61 MP when you can get 102 megapixel with the Fujifilm GFX100 ;).

Then they compared the depth of field between the XF56mmF1.2 and the FE85mmF1.4 and the Sony blurs the background a bit more. Warwick says he should have used the XF56mmF1.2 APD version to get results even closer to the ones you get with the Sony 85mmF1.4.

Let me add a comment: get the upcoming Fujinon XF50mmF1.0 if you really want the ultimate background blur.

A bit more dynamic range for the Sony, but the APS-C sensor hold up very well.

APS-C systems are generally smaller and more affordable.

Georges ends up saying that after looking at the samples, there is a difference between FF and APS-C, but it is a lot smaller than he would have expected.

Warwick ends up saying that Fujifilm wants to keep the APS-C system smaller and lighter, and for that purpose APS-C is better as it allows for smaller lenses. He also speaks for X-Trans, which he says has advantages over Bayer (which FujiRumors explained here, but we also talked about disadvantages in the same post).

Warwick concludes that “smaller and lighter means you are going to use it also more“.

George ends up saying, it all comes down to personal preferences as each system as its Pros and Cons (which we highlighted in this article).

Nobody talks about the price difference ;).

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Bags for Your X: Lowepro Backpack MEGA DEAL of the DAY and DPReview Big Camera Backpack Comparison

BHphoto has a flash deal running on the Lowepro HighLine BP 400 AW 36L Backpack (save 69%). It expires in a few hours. You can get it here.

Speaking of bags, DPReview tested and compared the following camera backpacks.

The video can be seen below.

I don’t know you, but I kind of miss that they did not add the brilliant Mindshift Rotation Backpack to the comparison.

Curiosity: Fujifilm X-T4 has Better Video Dynamic Range than Canon EOS R5 and Canon EOS R6

Gerald Undone has tested the Canon R5 and Canon R6.

His review focuses mostly on video, so check it out if you are interested in the new Canon cameras (which, as we said, are Canon’s declaration of the death of DSLR’s).

Overall the review is not really that positive, as the new Canon R5 and R6 have some serious limitations, and show one more time that putting stuff into cameras just to decorate the specs sheet, but then making them unusable in real life use, is not a smart way to deal with customers, and this might backfire terribly.

But hey, we Fuji shooters have already a lot of stuff to worry and struggle with in our own little photography X/GFX space, that we won’t talk about the issues with the Canon EOS R5 and R6 here.

But one thing I’d like to mention it.

At minute 6:09, Gerald shares the results of his video dynamic range testings, and he says that the APS-C Fujifilm cameras (such as X-T3 and X-T4) beat the full frame Canon EOS R5 and R6 in this area.

Also, as said in another video shared down below, the Fujifilm X-T4 exhibits less flickering at higher shutter speeds compared to the Canon EOS R5. Also in this video, they confirm the Fujifilm X-T4 is winning in terms of video dynamic range. Since the Canon R5 costs 3 times a Fuji body, he would have hoped for better results.

Not bad for the little (and much more affordable) Fuji’s ;).

So, that’s the little good Fuji news. Now back to complaining about the lack of X-T3 firmware and Co. ;)

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