Because it touches the wish expressed by Michel, Willy and Kenneth, I invite you to check out also our big Fujinon XF wildlife photography survey and other long telephoto primes articles we have previously shared (list below).
Overall, there seems to be a strong wish by the FR-community for longer primes.
But we know the stellar Fujinon XF200mm f/2.0 did not sell well, and hence it’s obvious that Fujifilm is now a bit reluctant to invest further in long lenses.
But keep in mind, the XF200mmF2.0 comes with a 1.4x teleconverter designed specifically for this lens, which transforms the XF200mmF2 lens basically in a 280mmF2.8 lens. So, with 1 single lens, here is what you get:
XF 200mmF2.0 = full frame 280mmF2.8 (f/2.8 DOF equivalent)
XF 280mmF2.8 = full frame 420mmF4.2 (f/4.2 DOF equivalent)
If you want to, you can check out our previous “long telephoto primes” related articles.
Shoot with FUJI GFX 100 and Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 105mm f/1.4E ED
1) Steelsring Nikon/GFX adapter with v2.0 firmware ( alpha test， improving ) 2) IBIS enabled, single hand held , and standing on top of a wall 3) PDAF enabled 4) AF-C , 4K 29.97fps , 100Mbps , default video shoot AF setting 5) Face & Eye detection activated 6) Aperture range F1.4 – F2.0 , zone focus , no MF 7) Compressed to FHD 30p with Handbrake
Video demo using Steelsring EF/GFX adapter with firmware 3.0 (video 2 below)
GFX 100, EF 600mm f/4L II
1) Steelsring EF/GFX adapter with v3.0 firmware
2) IBIS enabled, but not activated in this video
3) PDAF enabled
4) AF-C , FHD 59fps , default video shoot AF setting
5) Face & Eye detection activated
6) @ F4 , zone focus , no MF
7) Compressed to FHD 30p with Handbrake
To access the firmware updates check out the Steelsring page here.
When you shoot full AUTO, the camera records only JPEG files.
Some say this makes sense, as the AUTO mode is supposed to make it all for you and simplify your life.
And although I never shoot AUTO on my X-E3, it happens sometimes that I handle the camera to a friend or relative (or even to one of my little students). And since they are not familiar with photography, the AUTO switch comes in very handy.
The problem: it will write only JPEG files on the SD card. But even if it’s not me taking the pictures, it’s still my camera and my SD-Card, and I want always both, RAW and JPEG on my SD-card, as you never know, maybe there is some nice image there that could need a little tweak.
Also, here is another example a FR-reader made, and that shows how useful RAW capability in Full AUTO would be.
The FR-reader did set up the camera for long exposures, all full manual, and suddenly a beautiful bird came and rested shortly on a stone nearby. Without messing around with the settings, the FR-reader quickly switched the camera to AUTO and grabbed a picture of the bird before it flew away. And while in this case the Auto mode allowed him to capture the decisive moment, he would have loved to have the RAW file of that image too.
I strongly hope other Fujifilm cameras having the AUTO capabilities will get the AUTO-RAW capability via firmware update in near future. It would make the AUTO mode more useful for me.
