| sent on December 05, 2022
Pros: Tropicalized, zoom / internal focal range, very low weight for the category, just over 1600g, fast focus, fairly precise and totally silent, superzoom with clear optical rendering, sharp even at TA, generous tripod hook, color, built with first-rate material, respectable focal length 150-600mm (229-914mm equivalent on FF).
Cons: Probably for some the f / 8 is reason to "cry scandal" from my point of view is irrelevant considering that the diaphragm closes so from 539mm to 600mm (809-900mm equivalent on FF).
Opinion: It is a SuperZoom with incredible manageability despite its size, the excellent image stabilization system and the excellent final rendering of the file make it even more pleasant to use. Compared with other Superzoom such as Canon 100-500mm, Sony 100-400mm and Sony 200-600mm, just to name a few and that I got to use in unsuspected times, I would say that this Mr. Zoom (used with due care) has nothing to envy to the competition indeed, if we consider that the zooms listed above are used on FF systems my statement is more justified by the fact that the Fuji XF 150-600mm while working On the APS-C system does not highlight particular deficiencies worthy of note "this is obviously a purely personal opinion and based on the experience gained". The brightness is obviously not from fixed Supertele that above all to have one you have to donate a kidney but, as far as I'm concerned, it has enough brightness to allow you to make excellent shots even in low light conditions, obviously within certain limits! I managed to make freehand shots of birds sharp and without shake with times well below the safety threshold, obviously thanks to the flagship body aps-c "Fuji X-H2S" which certainly helps to further improve performance, on the other hand this optics is associated with this camera body of the latest generation is like saying bread and jam, Perfect combination! As for the construction quality, both the barrel and all the components do not disappoint and I can confirm with flying colors the excellent realization, you can appreciate the quality of the materials used both visually and to the touch as well as the extreme attention to detail. The color is very pleasant, a light and opaque gray / silver, out of the standards of the usual "Bianconi", the only discordant note perhaps is the hood, in my opinion it would have been better in color rather than black. PERSONAL CONCLUSION: In my opinion it is a lens designed mainly for wildlife photos in particular for birdlife, this does not mean that it can be used in other areas but, for birdlife I see this SuperZoom particularly suitable especially when we want to photograph small subjects such as birds at considerable distance. Analyzing more specifically the files produced by this lens, disabling the lens correction both in the camera and on Lightroom, I could see a slight chromatic aberration at TA in conditions of strong light contrast, easily solved in post-production or closing one / two stops. The vignetting is also present especially at long focal lengths (like almost all the Zoom that cover long focal lengths), to completely eliminate the phenomenon just close the aperture at f / 8 or correct in post-production, finally to be picky, you notice a very slight distortion at the minimum focal distance .... practically irrelevant. LAST thing, this beautiful SuperZoom as already mentioned in the Pros, already has an excellent sharpness at TA but reaches the apex from f / 8 to f / 11. Good shot to all! |
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