yeah… Fuji is cool and Fuji shooters are the guys and girls you want to have a beer with or go for a walk, whilst Sony shooters… well lets say - I’d rather have a beer or walk alone 😂
I just sold up all my Nikon gear and bought into xt5 system. Quite excited for my next chapter with a lighter system and film sims. My first dip was the x100v and then I was sucked in. Give it a go with 100v you won’t regret it.
I want to add my vote to the Fuji column! I was/am a Canon shooter and loved that system & glass but I got an X100 Classic from craigslist in Jan 2022 and got bit by the Fuji bug. Got a killer deal on, first, a Fuji 18-55 f2.8-4 zoom (thanks in no small part to reviews of Frost, Mumford, & Orange) and then kept my eye out for a good XT2 deal. Snagged an XT2 for a bargain in Oct and-Man!-I love my Fuji! Also got an EF-to-Xmount adapter so I can use my fave Canon lenses while I decide what Fuji glass to invest in as I switch over fully away from the Canon system. Canon’s recent actions made me feel even better about the switch. Shooting on the Fuji is just joyous-I’m heading out right now for a stroll & shoot afternoon with my Fuji (and a Ricoh GRii in my pocket-but that’s a whole ‘nother topic 😉) Be Well, All! 🤗
@@snapbyedy2.8 is still 2.8 regardless of the sensor size but you'll get less background blur because you'll have to be further from your subject due to the 1.5x crop factor if you'd want to get the same framing.
Bought this one a few weeks ago for a price as sharp as the lens itself. I can only agree with your review. It's a fantastic lens. I also bought the XF 1.4 teleconverter for use with this lens. Also useful for the XF 70-300.
I have none of the focussing issues you mentioned with this lens, I also shoot with an xt3. I’ve had the lens for almost 3 years and use it in very bad to extreme weather in the Scottish highlands, it’s an incredible lens.
Hi, I really hesitate to purchase the 50-140 with my current xt3, mainly because of its weight. But never tried it. What's your feeling about it? Do you use it with a tripod?
@jorisl9563 Hi. The 50-140 is, in my opinion, the best lens that Fuji make - that's if you want a very tough, optically excellent long lens. The lens has a tripod foot so as a result its very stable on a tripod (of course you have to be using a good tripod and head). I like having the weight, especially in bad weather, but yes it is a heavy lens.
If I had to sell every Fuji lens I owned but one I'd probably keep the 50-140 as it is legendary. In my experience it does pretty much everything well and typically with faster and more accurate autofocus even in crappy light. Awesome OIS. Excellent image quality and color pop that frankly gives up pretty much nothing to primes I've used. I can agree that the focus ring is a bit sloooooooooooooow, I assume it was to aid "precision", but it stands out nonetheless. I haven't had AF issues with mine that aren't typical of Fuji-firmware update? Maybe it has something to do with the minimum focus distance - it is typical for lenses like these, but a "con" at 3 feet or so. That feels like a lot once you bring the lens indoors to smaller rooms. I recommended a battery grip to aid handling. It is big and heavy so far as Fuji goes, but every time I've come home to look at the shots, the lens has given me great results and probably my highest keeper rate.
This one is my favorite lens, it's quite sharp at 2.8 all the way through. I've found for videos if you lock focus as you're zooming in/out the focus with stay on the subject, whereas if you keep af on it with go out of focus. Just one of the quirks that I found with it using it for events. Great review!
Very good footage of this top lens. I have personnally started my Fuji experience with some prime and a wider zoom lens, but now a tele lens is in the project. The comments made by other 50-140 users confirm and validate all that I have already read and heard about this lens and where it excels! Everyone who owns it says it's either the best if not one of the best owned lenses. 👌👌
This lens got me started in Sports photography. The autofocus wasn’t always the best (I blame the camera). But it got the job done before I switch to canon. Man I love fuji. Tempted to buy there cameras and lenses again…
My copy of the lens also has the occasional focusing issue, but I still would not part with this lens. It's simply stellar! One of the very best I own.
Thank you for covering this lens Christopher. It has been my favorite and most used lens for events by far. I loved it on my X-T4, and I plan to love it even more on my X-H2.
Very nice review.....I just bought an XH2 with a 16 80mm lens combo. I have a Viltrox 13mm 1.4 and an 18 55mm f2.8. This lens and a 70 300mm lens are in my stars. That 16 80 could be traded for this in a heartbeat.
I've got the 16-80 and 70-300 combo, which should be great for travel. The 18-55 and 50-140 F2.8 would give you less reach, but a stop brighter at distances. Probably a worthy trade for local photography. Nice set.
Wow...I was just looking for a review for the XF 50-140mm on your channel about an hour ago...and all of a sudden here it is. Keep churning them out at this rate, and there will be no more lenses left to test 😜
I got my X-H2 yesterday and after being rather blown away by it as I was upgrading from X-T1 and after seeing this video, I decided to pull the trigger on a used copy of this lens.
Pro-Tip: Buy this lens used for about 1000-1100 dollars on the used market in "Like New" Condition. A lot of hobbyist photographers buy this lens, then almost never use it. Unless you're making money off your camera, it's really difficult to add this to your everyday shooting lens lineup because of size and weight (in relation to Fuji's excellent light weight primes.) I shoot events, portraits and some weddings and I was able to get this lens, practically brand new for about $1000 used and use it almost every job.
I used to have one of these when I shot Fuji. It's a stellar lens albeit relatively big and heavy. As I recall the the lens emitted a tiny humming noise when the lens was on. I think it's because it has floating elements that engage when it is powered on. Anyone curious about Google the lens name and "humming noise" and you'll see other posts about it. The noise occurred regardless if the OIS was on or not.
The hum can seem like it could be a problem when you're inspecting the lens at home when all is quiet, but out on a job it's not noticeable. The floating element gives a physical feedback clonk & sound when the camera is turned or off, so you can be sure you have actually turned the camera on or off without looking!
Even with OIS off, the hum occurs because the elements need to be held fixed in place. Same thing with IBIS camera bodies, even when it is "off" it is actually "on" - holding the sensor in place. Funny thing is I actually like the noise sometimes, its like hearing a little engine. But that might just be me - I also like older Nikon lenses where you can hear and feel the lens snap to focus.
For fuji cameras 16-55 f2.8 and 50-140 f2.8 are enough. 2 solid zoom lens which give full prime lens serie performance of 16mm-23mm-35mm-50mm-80mm-120mm And even with 2x extender it can make 280mm bird photos. Expensive lenses but ideal for everything.
A great review! I need to rebuy one for myself, I had to sell a few years back and have wanted since. Those focus issues you mentioned on X-T3, I wonder if you have a firmware issue. I had similar issues with the 70-300 when on firmware version or two ago and I just lived with it, but now that I am on the latest firmware of X-T3 I have noticed those issues are gone it seems.
Now Fuji is busy with updating its current lenses, this is probably the prime candidate for an update of the zoom lenses. I recall that Tony Northrup did a direct comparison with the Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 regarding the image quality and the Fuji got pretty much butchered. I'm glad to see that this time it's performing reasonably well on the test charts. But issues regarding autofocus and minimal focus distance are probably not related to the camera or the copy of this lens, but rather the design of the lens itself.
I don't trust Tony Northrup with any comparison - he compared Sony's crappy 16-50 E PZ kit lens vs. Fuji 18-55 and found the Sony to have a better IQ. I don't think that you can get such a bad copy of 18-55 and such a good copy of 16-50 to come to that conclusion.
Tony's very first sharpness test made the Fuji look like dog s***. But it was partly a BS comparison - the FF cameras had significantly more megapixels which makes a big difference on hard crops like that and he knows it. It was a totally unfair comparison, that sets us up for an industry friendly conclusion - more $$$ wins. I can vouch that while the 50-140 is a touch less sharp/less contrast wide open, it looks excellent from f/3.6 - about as good as its gets on the 26mp sensor. The first shot I ever took with the lens was a torso shot at f/4, and I was shocked that it was prime-like razor sharp amazing holy cow cry my eyes out good. I hate hyping things but screw Tony he did a disservice with that test. If you have a Fuji this lens is worth every penny. Anyway I can also vouch for some of his findings and dispute others. No lens is perfect, but frankly the 50-140 is one lens I wouldn't change all that much. Speed up the manual ring, optimize the IQ wide open. Not sure I'd want the flaring reduced-its produced some of my favorite shots. But certainly add some aperture blades, keep pushing faster/quieter autofocus, reduce the MFD to 2 feet or less, and so on. Make it an F/2 and I'll write a check tomorrow, because that would be amazing.
Something is really amiss on that channel when T. Northrup alone is comparing Fuji gear. Yes, he makes this lens sharpness look like sh#t by a brief comparison shot. But how can that be, when I shoot with it, I'm not limited by lens blur but I'm limited right up to sensor pixel interpolation blur. And that's on my 26 MP X-T3, which makes sense as this lens is on the 40 MP recommendation list.
Size, weight, sharpness down to the corners especially in the middle of the zoom range and lens hood. Those are all worth upgrading. Perhaps the autofocus system too. In my opinion they should rather upgrade the 16-55 which first.
I think about a short telephoto lens, not only for landscape but also for portrait ... I'm interested in comparison to XF90/2 ... please test it. 😊 Great video 👍😊
This is a very nice lens. But it's big and heavy, and the OIS is loud. And given I moved to Fuji for smaller cameras it felt a bit like overkill for my uses. I also had some focus issues. I sold my 50-140mm and bought a guitar instead. 🙂
This is spectacular Lens ! other APSC systems from Canon Nikon and Sony forget about such lenses. You are forced to buy the Full Frame versions that cost more, are larger and are heavier
It is the equivalent of a 70-200 F4 on full frame, Sony Nikon and Canon apsc cameras are more aimed toward amateurs, hobbiysts will get a 70-200 F4 a Tamron 70-180 2.8 or an old 70-200 F2.8 and an entry level FF body, and professionnals will get the newest 2.8 version.
@@mariobnc1995 you gotta take into account that APSC sensors have 2 Times less area than FF ones, which means twice the noise. So if you shoot this Lens at 100mm 1/2000s F/2.8 2000 ISO, you will have the exact same picture as me with a FF 70-200 F4 at 150mm 1/2000s F/4 4000 ISO. So yes, an F2.8 Lens is 2.8 no matter the sensor, but light gathering capability does not only comes from aperture, but also sensor area, and you have to take it into account when comparing systems. The easiest way to compare is to apply crop Factor to focal length as well as aperture (even if none is physically true), because it allows you to accomodate for DOF, FOV, and noise differences.
honestly I don't give a damn about the equivalence factor I shoot with both Full Frame and micro four thirds and I don't see any real difference except in the minds of people who have mental problems who should think about shooting and not worry about the blur I'm more interested in the depth of field and brightness which on smaller sensors is larger so I can use the lenses wide open and I don't have to close
@@mariobnc1995 if you're happy with crop sensor, it is fine. But i don't even know what you mean by "brightness" the APSC sensor will have the same Signal/Noise ratio at 3200ISO as a full frame at 6400, so it hasn't more "brightness". I shot MFT for quite a long time before really investing in photography. And good MFT lenses are expensive as fuck (And the fastest are only F2.4 FF equivalent), and i did see a difference in noise. The OM-5 i was shooting with couldn't even go up to 2 000 ISO before picture looked like crap, my pictures with the Z6 look good up to 20 000 ISO, and even higher in the right circumstances. As for APSC, i did shoot a lot with those, their only advantage over full frame is the weight and size, good APSC lenses are usually more expensive than their FF counterparts. Prime example being this 50-140 2.8, which costs more than 1000€, when i can buy Full frame 70-200 F2.8 (better) at this price, or a 70-200 F4 (strict equivalent) for half.
Hey Christopher, thanks for anothe great review. Concerning the focusing issues, I wonder if you checked if both the camera and the lens firmware is up to date?
I love this lens but the auto focus issue when focusing up close subjects is the same with my copy. You need to manual focus first and then it can auto focus better at things up close.
Regarding focusing issues, my copy had trouble holding focus at 140mm. Even Fuji couldn't repair it and in the end had to exchange the lens. The new one works flawlessly so far. I suspect some copies have problems with the focusing system.
I had the exact same problem with my copy. I send it to Fuji and they said the zoom sensor module has to be replaced. Lens was bought used and no longer under warranty, so repair was very costy, but worth it and now it works like a charm.
The lens is great, optically, but you pay that in weight and size. Sold it and have been happily using Sony instead of Fuji with the Tamron 70-180. Night and day for shooting indoor sport, and definitely a better AF on the Sony (that might have been fault of the X-T4). I wouldn't go back to the Fuji lens, but hope Fuji delivers an updated version that is lighter and smaller than this beast.
I may need to look into this. I am used to primes and own the 23 and 33… the new variants. Now I did sell the 56APD a while ago and am now in search for a portrait solution… Pondering between the 50/1.0 and the 90… but this one here could be also an option! The new 56 could be also an option but I do prefer the FoV of the 50/2.0 that I own… anyone with experience in this regard? I mostly shoot documentary, events and occasionally some travel. 😅
Mr. Frost, I love your reviews! Can you please review the budget telephoto lens Mitakon 135mm? This lens looks very sharp, APO and is super cheap at $300 or $200 used.
The 50-140 is one beast of a lens. The two lenses I never fail to take to a job is the 16-55 and 50-140, they cover all bases and have great IQ. Focusing manually on the 50-140 sucks, though, it’s not your copy, you have to turn and turn the ring to get it going. Terrible thing, hopefully Fuji releases a mk2 soon with better everything.
@@MelvinGarcia Why would you want to pull focus from 1m to infinity? The mapping is slow over 10meters in telephoto, but that helps when you follow focus at that distance, when people are walking towards the camera, etc. In the focus pulls normally required and rack focus, the mapping works fine. It is 10 to 20degrees in most cases and up to 70 or 90 for a drastic rack focus in untypical setups, which is not bad.
@@MelvinGarcia The stiffness of the lens is probably planned for those shooting in telephoto to make sure it is not changed by mistake, because the dof is shallow, I mean things like putting the lens down, changing filters, etc. On 16-55 it is less stiff and on 8-16 it even less stiff due to the deeper dof as the focal length decreases. They can't really make a focus ring as easy to turn as on a telephoto cinema lens, where the camera is on a tripod and there are no movements required.
Isn't it weird how Fuji can release this lens several years ago and it remains sharp on the newest Fuji cameras, yet most full frame manufacturers have to release several versions to keep up with their newer cameras? I love this lens. It's a bit heavy but it's solid and sharp. However, I don't think it resolves the newer 40mp sensors like Fuji says. I tried it with my XH2 on some birds in flight, and it's just not as crisp as it is when I use it on my XH2s at the race track.
Even thought most of what I do I low light. And I know full frame is better in low light. I can't seem to bring myself to sell my Fuji system. It's so much more fun to shoot than my Nikon Z5.
I keep eyeing this lens on ebay buy can’t quite pull the trigger, I don’t know just how much use it would really get. I may end up hiring one instead, but I’m glad you did a review. With regards the focusing issues you had, maybe see there’s a firmware update that might fix things?
On my X-T4 I have a very weird issue. When you are max. zoomed in (140mm) the focus sometimes "wobbles" around. When I switch to manual focus, I can see the focus indicater on the focus distance bar see dance around. When I slightly zoom out (135mm) all works fine again. Anyone else experienced the same?
@@GemuesesuppenI got mine repaired few months ago, fujifilm charged me around 240€. :( They had to replace something called, as I remember, Zoom Position Sensor. Part was cheap, but replacement required some advanced disassembly I guess.. I have similar problem with my old XF56 while pointing camera up - focus elements start to slightly and randomly float.
Hi! Can you review and comparare the Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro and the Laowa 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5x Ultra Macro? They are the two best lenses to do extreme macro photo and much better than the Mitakon 20mm f/2 4.5x Super Macro.
To sum up it seem like the 90mm f2 is the only lens of fuji you havent been reviewed yet. I own it so would love to see a video compare this 50-140 and the 90 in quality
Funny I've had the opposite experience - it is one of the most reliable lenses I have. When it does miss, it usually does not miss by a lot (meaning, the photo is usable at smaller print sizes). At a wedding of over 300 candid shots taken, it only missed badly a few times. Had I used the 18-55, I would have been likely to lose a lot more photos to AF bulls*** or image quality issues. I have no idea what focus issue Chris here was having, besides breathing in video or perhaps getting too close. Any Fuji lens I try to shoot at the MFD freaks out when I'm too close and hunts for seconds wasting my life while it fails. The 50-140 often just gives me the red box to tell me to back the eff up.
and size and weight… but then you have to compare the whole system and collection of lenses… body with ultra wide, standard and telephoto zooms + few primes… and if you compare an entire systems it is always apsc is lighter cheaper and the weight is less ❤
I've done the comparison and the Fuji compares extremely well on size, weight, and cost with FF f/2.8 lenses - especially at used prices. It is on par with the f/4 lenses, which are typically "inferior" non-pro lenses on Sony/Canon/Nikon FF systems that no one dreams about. This Fuji lens is part of a "pro" line. At this zoom length, an f/4 "depth of field equivalent" is a good thing. Heck I shoot this lens at an f/6-f/8 "equivalent" all the time to get the right blend of bodies and blur. The more relevant question for staging a comparison is, what are you doing with the lens or what do you need the lens to do?
A closer comparison to full frame lenses would be to the 70-200 F4 since that is about how much light gathering ability you actually have when adjusting for the sensor size
No. An f/2.8 let’s in more light by definition, so you can get a faster shutter speed for the same exposure, regardless of the sensor size of the camera it’s to be used on. However, on a full frame camera you can just double the ISO to get the same speed, and full frames tend to have one stop better ISO performance, so it ends up being equivalent for that reason. This is where lenses to be used on full frame cameras have the advantage, because it costs less money and weight to make an F4 lens. Nevertheless the cost of Sony cameras are much higher so you pay more there. Then once you have a Sony there’s the temptation to buy their premium lenses, which are definitely more expensive than Fuji’s most expensive lenses.
With almost identical weight (995g vs. 1045g) with a mirrorless 70-200mm f/2.8 lens, bad ergonomics when paired with a X-T series camera, low reproduction ratio of 0.12x, why not just stick with primes instead?
@@muttishelfer9122 First of all, the reproduction ratio for sony is 0.3x or 1:3.3. Secondly, "equivalent reproduction ratio" only works when the megapixels of cameras with different crop factors are the same.
I use XT3. Ergos are fine on its own but better with a battery grip since I can one hand it more comfortably. If you see no value in zoom lenses, the mainstay of all kinds of professional photography the world over, I don't think any answer to your question I give you will open your eyes. Happy shooting.
@@shang-hsienyang1284 1. No. The max. reproduction ratio of the Sony 70-200 F4 is 1:7,7. Please check the facts before writing! 2. No.The equivalence is only related to the crop faktor and has NOTHING to do with the resolution!
@@djstuc Full frame lenses fit on smaller sensors depending on the mechanical limitations, but that is not the point. The point is that comparing f2.8 APS to f2.8 full frame is misleading, and anyone saying that his APS or 4/3 lenses are lightweight does not understand that they are lightweight because they have a small aperture and small elements that gather less light in total. APS f2.8 imaging can be matched by full frame f4 and cropfactor*APSfocal length, so any comparisons should be made to that. It produces same geometry results and DOF. It is the reasonable comparison.
@@djstuc I find it interesting that you think any comment that is not of direct interest to you is pointless. Comments are information and about things you may not be aware of or interested in. What do you mean people like me? Are we enemies or something? You mean people that understand optics and imaging and compare systems objectively based on physics and actual photographic results? I probably own more Fujifilm APS cameras and lenses than you will ever need. Why do you think f4 full frame lenses are amateur and f2.8 APS lenses are professional? They have the same parameters really. Same absolute aperture. F2.8 APS aperture is a large as f4 full frame aperture because the focal lengths are larger on full frame and f stop number relates to the focal length.
@@djstuc Red badge is a marketing term. It is like an Canon L designation. I check the element configuration and use test charts with the actual bodies. Reviews are not very dependable in the days of digital correction unless they use the same body you use. You are mistaken about f4 vs f2.8. F2.8 is merely a number amateurs have come to associate with a lens being professional, and is the reason we do not get f2 zooms from Fuji and f1.4 zooms from Panasonic for MFT. The other is that APS users cannot afford lenses with a large aperture and want smaller prosumer friendly setups.
@@djstuc You are not making any sense. Canon have f4 lenses in their L series. Are these not professional because they are not Fujifilm? They are for people that want light weight and low cost, like APS users do. They come at a similar cost with Fujifilm f2.8, and have similar size and weight. Nikon have such lenses also. Your perspective is distorted by assumptions and brand loyalty. In order to dismiss someone's opinion, you have to present an argument. Claiming two lenses that cost the same and have similar optical parameters belong to different classes in nonsense. I wouldn't even call it rhetoric. Your attempts at attacking the person instead of the argument does not cut it for rhetoric either because it is poorly executed.
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I love my sony system, but for some reason I cannot explain is my temptation of switching to Fuji... Everything they make seems so cool!
yeah… Fuji is cool and Fuji shooters are the guys and girls you want to have a beer with or go for a walk, whilst Sony shooters… well lets say - I’d rather have a beer or walk alone 😂
I just sold up all my Nikon gear and bought into xt5 system. Quite excited for my next chapter with a lighter system and film sims. My first dip was the x100v and then I was sucked in. Give it a go with 100v you won’t regret it.
I feel exactly the same haha
I want to add my vote to the Fuji column!
I was/am a Canon shooter and loved that system & glass but I got an X100 Classic from craigslist in Jan 2022 and got bit by the Fuji bug.
Got a killer deal on, first, a Fuji 18-55 f2.8-4 zoom (thanks in no small part to reviews of Frost, Mumford, & Orange) and then kept my eye out for a good XT2 deal.
Snagged an XT2 for a bargain in Oct and-Man!-I love my Fuji!
Also got an EF-to-Xmount adapter so I can use my fave Canon lenses while I decide what Fuji glass to invest in as I switch over fully away from the Canon system.
Canon’s recent actions made me feel even better about the switch.
Shooting on the Fuji is just joyous-I’m heading out right now for a stroll & shoot afternoon with my Fuji (and a Ricoh GRii in my pocket-but that’s a whole ‘nother topic 😉)
Be Well, All! 🤗
@@Graphicshiv what lenses did you get?
I have this lens since 2017 and it's such an outstanding lens. I have no focus issues here. One of the best lenses in the XF line.
Is that true that F2.8 in apsc is like F4.2 in fullframe? So this lens is basically 75-210mm F4.2?
@@snapbyedy2.8 is still 2.8 regardless of the sensor size but you'll get less background blur because you'll have to be further from your subject due to the 1.5x crop factor if you'd want to get the same framing.
@@theodorelenoirdoes that only apply to the lens? Taking the APSC into consideration isn’t it like a 4.0ish?
Bought this one a few weeks ago for a price as sharp as the lens itself. I can only agree with your review. It's a fantastic lens. I also bought the XF 1.4 teleconverter for use with this lens. Also useful for the XF 70-300.
Chris, do the Fuji 90mm F/2 next please! I've unanimously heard praise for it online and I'd love to see your meticulous dissection of it :D
This lens is a magic factory.
I concur!! Looking forward to the 90mm f2 review soon! Thanks in advance Chris! 📸
I have none of the focussing issues you mentioned with this lens, I also shoot with an xt3. I’ve had the lens for almost 3 years and use it in very bad to extreme weather in the Scottish highlands, it’s an incredible lens.
Hi, I really hesitate to purchase the 50-140 with my current xt3, mainly because of its weight. But never tried it. What's your feeling about it? Do you use it with a tripod?
@jorisl9563 Hi. The 50-140 is, in my opinion, the best lens that Fuji make - that's if you want a very tough, optically excellent long lens. The lens has a tripod foot so as a result its very stable on a tripod (of course you have to be using a good tripod and head). I like having the weight, especially in bad weather, but yes it is a heavy lens.
@@ashtoddphotography Thank you, I guess it's worth a try!
If I had to sell every Fuji lens I owned but one I'd probably keep the 50-140 as it is legendary. In my experience it does pretty much everything well and typically with faster and more accurate autofocus even in crappy light. Awesome OIS. Excellent image quality and color pop that frankly gives up pretty much nothing to primes I've used. I can agree that the focus ring is a bit sloooooooooooooow, I assume it was to aid "precision", but it stands out nonetheless. I haven't had AF issues with mine that aren't typical of Fuji-firmware update? Maybe it has something to do with the minimum focus distance - it is typical for lenses like these, but a "con" at 3 feet or so. That feels like a lot once you bring the lens indoors to smaller rooms. I recommended a battery grip to aid handling. It is big and heavy so far as Fuji goes, but every time I've come home to look at the shots, the lens has given me great results and probably my highest keeper rate.
Why did you have to sell all your lenses? What setup are you using now?
@@da009999 He said "if" he had to sell all of his lenses
One of the sharpest - if not the sharpest - Fuji lens. This thing has incredible image quality. Thanks for this review 👏🏼
This one is my favorite lens, it's quite sharp at 2.8 all the way through. I've found for videos if you lock focus as you're zooming in/out the focus with stay on the subject, whereas if you keep af on it with go out of focus. Just one of the quirks that I found with it using it for events. Great review!
works beautifully on the 40mp/s bodies too
Such a stellar lens, some of my favorite shots came from this combo with the X-T3
Very good footage of this top lens. I have personnally started my Fuji experience with some prime and a wider zoom lens, but now a tele lens is in the project. The comments made by other 50-140 users confirm and validate all that I have already read and heard about this lens and where it excels! Everyone who owns it says it's either the best if not one of the best owned lenses. 👌👌
This lens got me started in Sports photography. The autofocus wasn’t always the best (I blame the camera). But it got the job done before I switch to canon.
Man I love fuji. Tempted to buy there cameras and lenses again…
My copy of the lens also has the occasional focusing issue, but I still would not part with this lens. It's simply stellar! One of the very best I own.
just today I’ve searched for your review of 50-140 and thought “what? where is it? - maybe I’m doing something wrong…” ❤
Thank you for covering this lens Christopher. It has been my favorite and most used lens for events by far. I loved it on my X-T4, and I plan to love it even more on my X-H2.
Would it be too big/awkward on the x-t30?
Very nice review.....I just bought an XH2 with a 16 80mm lens combo. I have a Viltrox 13mm 1.4 and an 18 55mm f2.8. This lens and a 70 300mm lens are in my stars. That 16 80 could be traded for this in a heartbeat.
I've got the 16-80 and 70-300 combo, which should be great for travel. The 18-55 and 50-140 F2.8 would give you less reach, but a stop brighter at distances. Probably a worthy trade for local photography. Nice set.
A return to form. A truly unique lens to be reviewed on this channel. Thanks!
Wow...I was just looking for a review for the XF 50-140mm on your channel about an hour ago...and all of a sudden here it is. Keep churning them out at this rate, and there will be no more lenses left to test 😜
What a lens! Wished it was tested on your XH2 to see how does resolve the 40mp sensor.
Indeed, such lens and its focal cover with 40 mpix looks like crazy combo with plenty of cropping possibilities
I got my X-H2 yesterday and after being rather blown away by it as I was upgrading from X-T1 and after seeing this video, I decided to pull the trigger on a used copy of this lens.
Impressive performance. Better than I expected.
My dream lens for Fuji
Really really tempted to get this for weddings. That focal range would be perfect and great speed too!
wait it's crazy you dont have the fuji 90mm f2 review
I use this lens professionally regularly. It's amazing
Pro-Tip: Buy this lens used for about 1000-1100 dollars on the used market in "Like New" Condition. A lot of hobbyist photographers buy this lens, then almost never use it. Unless you're making money off your camera, it's really difficult to add this to your everyday shooting lens lineup because of size and weight (in relation to Fuji's excellent light weight primes.) I shoot events, portraits and some weddings and I was able to get this lens, practically brand new for about $1000 used and use it almost every job.
I used to have one of these when I shot Fuji. It's a stellar lens albeit relatively big and heavy. As I recall the the lens emitted a tiny humming noise when the lens was on. I think it's because it has floating elements that engage when it is powered on. Anyone curious about Google the lens name and "humming noise" and you'll see other posts about it. The noise occurred regardless if the OIS was on or not.
The hum can seem like it could be a problem when you're inspecting the lens at home when all is quiet, but out on a job it's not noticeable. The floating element gives a physical feedback clonk & sound when the camera is turned or off, so you can be sure you have actually turned the camera on or off without looking!
Even with OIS off, the hum occurs because the elements need to be held fixed in place. Same thing with IBIS camera bodies, even when it is "off" it is actually "on" - holding the sensor in place. Funny thing is I actually like the noise sometimes, its like hearing a little engine. But that might just be me - I also like older Nikon lenses where you can hear and feel the lens snap to focus.
For fuji cameras 16-55 f2.8 and 50-140 f2.8 are enough.
2 solid zoom lens which give full prime lens serie performance of 16mm-23mm-35mm-50mm-80mm-120mm
And even with 2x extender it can make 280mm bird photos.
Expensive lenses but ideal for everything.
A great review! I need to rebuy one for myself, I had to sell a few years back and have wanted since.
Those focus issues you mentioned on X-T3, I wonder if you have a firmware issue. I had similar issues with the 70-300 when on firmware version or two ago and I just lived with it, but now that I am on the latest firmware of X-T3 I have noticed those issues are gone it seems.
Now Fuji is busy with updating its current lenses, this is probably the prime candidate for an update of the zoom lenses. I recall that Tony Northrup did a direct comparison with the Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 regarding the image quality and the Fuji got pretty much butchered. I'm glad to see that this time it's performing reasonably well on the test charts. But issues regarding autofocus and minimal focus distance are probably not related to the camera or the copy of this lens, but rather the design of the lens itself.
I don't trust Tony Northrup with any comparison - he compared Sony's crappy 16-50 E PZ kit lens vs. Fuji 18-55 and found the Sony to have a better IQ. I don't think that you can get such a bad copy of 18-55 and such a good copy of 16-50 to come to that conclusion.
Tony's very first sharpness test made the Fuji look like dog s***. But it was partly a BS comparison - the FF cameras had significantly more megapixels which makes a big difference on hard crops like that and he knows it. It was a totally unfair comparison, that sets us up for an industry friendly conclusion - more $$$ wins. I can vouch that while the 50-140 is a touch less sharp/less contrast wide open, it looks excellent from f/3.6 - about as good as its gets on the 26mp sensor. The first shot I ever took with the lens was a torso shot at f/4, and I was shocked that it was prime-like razor sharp amazing holy cow cry my eyes out good. I hate hyping things but screw Tony he did a disservice with that test. If you have a Fuji this lens is worth every penny.
Anyway I can also vouch for some of his findings and dispute others. No lens is perfect, but frankly the 50-140 is one lens I wouldn't change all that much. Speed up the manual ring, optimize the IQ wide open. Not sure I'd want the flaring reduced-its produced some of my favorite shots. But certainly add some aperture blades, keep pushing faster/quieter autofocus, reduce the MFD to 2 feet or less, and so on. Make it an F/2 and I'll write a check tomorrow, because that would be amazing.
Something is really amiss on that channel when T. Northrup alone is comparing Fuji gear. Yes, he makes this lens sharpness look like sh#t by a brief comparison shot. But how can that be, when I shoot with it, I'm not limited by lens blur but I'm limited right up to sensor pixel interpolation blur. And that's on my 26 MP X-T3, which makes sense as this lens is on the 40 MP recommendation list.
Size, weight, sharpness down to the corners especially in the middle of the zoom range and lens hood. Those are all worth upgrading. Perhaps the autofocus system too. In my opinion they should rather upgrade the 16-55 which first.
@@matt88169 you can try with an A7 III and get the same results.
I think about a short telephoto lens, not only for landscape but also for portrait ...
I'm interested in comparison to XF90/2 ... please test it. 😊
Great video 👍😊
This is a very nice lens. But it's big and heavy, and the OIS is loud. And given I moved to Fuji for smaller cameras it felt a bit like overkill for my uses. I also had some focus issues. I sold my 50-140mm and bought a guitar instead. 🙂
And does the guitar play well?
The focus with this lens works perfectly fine on my My XH2s and XT4, sounds like a rare glitch.
We need this for Sony FE 💗💗💗 45-130 would be perfect!
Nice vid ! Thinking about this for the X-T5.
Really wish they would give this lens a refresh. Some updated styling and maybe even find a way to make it a little lighter / smaller
This is spectacular Lens ! other APSC systems from Canon Nikon and Sony forget about such lenses. You are forced to buy the Full Frame versions that cost more, are larger and are heavier
It is the equivalent of a 70-200 F4 on full frame, Sony Nikon and Canon apsc cameras are more aimed toward amateurs, hobbiysts will get a 70-200 F4 a Tamron 70-180 2.8 or an old 70-200 F2.8 and an entry level FF body, and professionnals will get the newest 2.8 version.
@@pierrevilley6675 no is F2.8 lens I don't care about mental blur, it's more about brightness
@@mariobnc1995 you gotta take into account that APSC sensors have 2 Times less area than FF ones, which means twice the noise. So if you shoot this Lens at 100mm 1/2000s F/2.8 2000 ISO, you will have the exact same picture as me with a FF 70-200 F4 at 150mm 1/2000s F/4 4000 ISO.
So yes, an F2.8 Lens is 2.8 no matter the sensor, but light gathering capability does not only comes from aperture, but also sensor area, and you have to take it into account when comparing systems. The easiest way to compare is to apply crop Factor to focal length as well as aperture (even if none is physically true), because it allows you to accomodate for DOF, FOV, and noise differences.
honestly I don't give a damn about the equivalence factor I shoot with both Full Frame and micro four thirds and I don't see any real difference except in the minds of people who have mental problems who should think about shooting and not worry about the blur I'm more interested in the depth of field and brightness which on smaller sensors is larger so I can use the lenses wide open and I don't have to close
@@mariobnc1995 if you're happy with crop sensor, it is fine. But i don't even know what you mean by "brightness" the APSC sensor will have the same Signal/Noise ratio at 3200ISO as a full frame at 6400, so it hasn't more "brightness". I shot MFT for quite a long time before really investing in photography. And good MFT lenses are expensive as fuck (And the fastest are only F2.4 FF equivalent), and i did see a difference in noise. The OM-5 i was shooting with couldn't even go up to 2 000 ISO before picture looked like crap, my pictures with the Z6 look good up to 20 000 ISO, and even higher in the right circumstances. As for APSC, i did shoot a lot with those, their only advantage over full frame is the weight and size, good APSC lenses are usually more expensive than their FF counterparts. Prime example being this 50-140 2.8, which costs more than 1000€, when i can buy Full frame 70-200 F2.8 (better) at this price, or a 70-200 F4 (strict equivalent) for half.
I have the Fuji 50-140 f/2.8 an it is outstanding. Flair is okay probably my only complaint. Thank you.
Got the 70 - 300 mm its very good on non cloudy days.
X100V review by you would be amazing
Hey Christopher, thanks for anothe great review. Concerning the focusing issues, I wonder if you checked if both the camera and the lens firmware is up to date?
I love this lens but the auto focus issue when focusing up close subjects is the same with my copy. You need to manual focus first and then it can auto focus better at things up close.
I didn’t have the focus issues on my X-S10. Interesting what you observed.
Regarding focusing issues, my copy had trouble holding focus at 140mm. Even Fuji couldn't repair it and in the end had to exchange the lens. The new one works flawlessly so far. I suspect some copies have problems with the focusing system.
I had the exact same problem with my copy. I send it to Fuji and they said the zoom sensor module has to be replaced. Lens was bought used and no longer under warranty, so repair was very costy, but worth it and now it works like a charm.
The lens is great, optically, but you pay that in weight and size. Sold it and have been happily using Sony instead of Fuji with the Tamron 70-180. Night and day for shooting indoor sport, and definitely a better AF on the Sony (that might have been fault of the X-T4). I wouldn't go back to the Fuji lens, but hope Fuji delivers an updated version that is lighter and smaller than this beast.
My wish is that Fuji or Sigma will make a new 50-135 F/2.0 as a upgraded version of this lens. If that comes true, I buy it immediately :))
I may need to look into this. I am used to primes and own the 23 and 33… the new variants. Now I did sell the 56APD a while ago and am now in search for a portrait solution… Pondering between the 50/1.0 and the 90… but this one here could be also an option! The new 56 could be also an option but I do prefer the FoV of the 50/2.0 that I own… anyone with experience in this regard? I mostly shoot documentary, events and occasionally some travel. 😅
You get what you pay for and even more.... I have it for a week with fuji xh2 its superb...
Yo, Chris, how did it take this long to test this banger? Thanks for reviewing one of my faves :)
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Mr. Frost, I love your reviews! Can you please review the budget telephoto lens Mitakon 135mm? This lens looks very sharp, APO and is super cheap at $300 or $200 used.
The 50-140 is one beast of a lens. The two lenses I never fail to take to a job is the 16-55 and 50-140, they cover all bases and have great IQ.
Focusing manually on the 50-140 sucks, though, it’s not your copy, you have to turn and turn the ring to get it going. Terrible thing, hopefully Fuji releases a mk2 soon with better everything.
What are you pulling focus for? I shoot people at all distances on X-T4 in linear mode and it works fine for this use.
@@aristotle_4532 yeah try going firm minimum to infinity. I’ve had two copies of the lens. The ring is heavy to turn and requires way too many turns.
@@MelvinGarcia Why would you want to pull focus from 1m to infinity? The mapping is slow over 10meters in telephoto, but that helps when you follow focus at that distance, when people are walking towards the camera, etc. In the focus pulls normally required and rack focus, the mapping works fine. It is 10 to 20degrees in most cases and up to 70 or 90 for a drastic rack focus in untypical setups, which is not bad.
@@MelvinGarcia The stiffness of the lens is probably planned for those shooting in telephoto to make sure it is not changed by mistake, because the dof is shallow, I mean things like putting the lens down, changing filters, etc. On 16-55 it is less stiff and on 8-16 it even less stiff due to the deeper dof as the focal length decreases. They can't really make a focus ring as easy to turn as on a telephoto cinema lens, where the camera is on a tripod and there are no movements required.
Isn't it weird how Fuji can release this lens several years ago and it remains sharp on the newest Fuji cameras, yet most full frame manufacturers have to release several versions to keep up with their newer cameras? I love this lens. It's a bit heavy but it's solid and sharp. However, I don't think it resolves the newer 40mp sensors like Fuji says. I tried it with my XH2 on some birds in flight, and it's just not as crisp as it is when I use it on my XH2s at the race track.
Always wondered how this lens will compare with the Sigma 50-100 F1.8 for crop sensor cameras. Not sure it's available for the Fuji mount though
You can adapt it via Canon EF to Fuji X adapters.
Even thought most of what I do I low light. And I know full frame is better in low light. I can't seem to bring myself to sell my Fuji system. It's so much more fun to shoot than my Nikon Z5.
I keep eyeing this lens on ebay buy can’t quite pull the trigger, I don’t know just how much use it would really get. I may end up hiring one instead, but I’m glad you did a review.
With regards the focusing issues you had, maybe see there’s a firmware update that might fix things?
How can i use this on fuji gfx100s pls? Thanks
On my X-T4 I have a very weird issue. When you are max. zoomed in (140mm) the focus sometimes "wobbles" around. When I switch to manual focus, I can see the focus indicater on the focus distance bar see dance around. When I slightly zoom out (135mm) all works fine again. Anyone else experienced the same?
I experience exactly the same on my X-H1, it’s quite frustrating :(
@@wieteskawieteskaMine got fixed by Fujifilm last week. How much they charge is open, but it must be below 150€ they said.
@@GemuesesuppenI got mine repaired few months ago, fujifilm charged me around 240€. :( They had to replace something called, as I remember, Zoom Position Sensor. Part was cheap, but replacement required some advanced disassembly I guess..
I have similar problem with my old XF56 while pointing camera up - focus elements start to slightly and randomly float.
will u review the fe 70-200 gm II also?
Hi Christian, i wanna ask if u will consider reviewing the Z 24-200 zoom lens for nikon
Could you please test the Tamron 20 - 40 2.8?
Hi! Can you review and comparare the Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro and the Laowa 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5x Ultra Macro? They are the two best lenses to do extreme macro photo and much better than the Mitakon 20mm f/2 4.5x Super Macro.
To sum up it seem like the 90mm f2 is the only lens of fuji you havent been reviewed yet. I own it so would love to see a video compare this 50-140 and the 90 in quality
more fuji glass please !
Great performance for a 8 year old lens!
Yeah!!
How is this lens compared to a 55-200mm?
Fujifilm needs to update this lens with mark II version.
What would you change?
Improved auto focus better image stabilisation, overall optical performance and make the lens lighter.
Not all of it.
@@djstuc According to you!
@@djstuc Okay mate!
You should test Fuji lenses in the new 40MP sensor
Great review. Where is the scene at 8:16 located?
Tenby, Wales :-)
Ah.The Lee Strobel allusion. PTL.
Interesting comments here.
It appears warriors of two Lords are fighting it here.
more fuji
Comparing this to Dustin Abbotts review, it seems like you reviewed to completely different lenses, weird! Are the newer ones improved?
Wow. I knew this was a good lens, but it really justifies its price and size with that performance.
When I was a Fuji shooter this lans has the most incosistant AF in my whole Fujinon lens lineup (the 23 f2 was not so far behind).
I had focus issues with mine too. Ended up selling it. I didn't need the low light capability as much so the 50-230mm is fine for me.
Funny I've had the opposite experience - it is one of the most reliable lenses I have. When it does miss, it usually does not miss by a lot (meaning, the photo is usable at smaller print sizes). At a wedding of over 300 candid shots taken, it only missed badly a few times. Had I used the 18-55, I would have been likely to lose a lot more photos to AF bulls*** or image quality issues. I have no idea what focus issue Chris here was having, besides breathing in video or perhaps getting too close. Any Fuji lens I try to shoot at the MFD freaks out when I'm too close and hunts for seconds wasting my life while it fails. The 50-140 often just gives me the red box to tell me to back the eff up.
My copy is razor sharp.
Fuji 200mm f2 Is Sharpest Fuji Prime lens.
Fuji 50-140 f2.8 is Sharpest zoom lens.
How is it (in terms of sharpness) vs the Viltrox 75mm 1.2 PRO
You should compare the price to a 70-200 f4 full frame lens instead of f2.8 if you want a fair comparison imo.
and size and weight… but then you have to compare the whole system and collection of lenses… body with ultra wide, standard and telephoto zooms + few primes… and if you compare an entire systems it is always apsc is lighter cheaper and the weight is less ❤
I've done the comparison and the Fuji compares extremely well on size, weight, and cost with FF f/2.8 lenses - especially at used prices. It is on par with the f/4 lenses, which are typically "inferior" non-pro lenses on Sony/Canon/Nikon FF systems that no one dreams about. This Fuji lens is part of a "pro" line. At this zoom length, an f/4 "depth of field equivalent" is a good thing. Heck I shoot this lens at an f/6-f/8 "equivalent" all the time to get the right blend of bodies and blur. The more relevant question for staging a comparison is, what are you doing with the lens or what do you need the lens to do?
was this lens lent to you? Was it heavily used by the time you got it?
Nah, I had problems focusing on closer objects and in moderate lighting... annoying.. sold it.
A closer comparison to full frame lenses would be to the 70-200 F4 since that is about how much light gathering ability you actually have when adjusting for the sensor size
No. An f/2.8 let’s in more light by definition, so you can get a faster shutter speed for the same exposure, regardless of the sensor size of the camera it’s to be used on. However, on a full frame camera you can just double the ISO to get the same speed, and full frames tend to have one stop better ISO performance, so it ends up being equivalent for that reason. This is where lenses to be used on full frame cameras have the advantage, because it costs less money and weight to make an F4 lens. Nevertheless the cost of Sony cameras are much higher so you pay more there. Then once you have a Sony there’s the temptation to buy their premium lenses, which are definitely more expensive than Fuji’s most expensive lenses.
really want to see the performance of this lens with 40mp.
XF 30mm f2.8 review please…
Is there no such thing as a perfect Fuji zoom lens?
With almost identical weight (995g vs. 1045g) with a mirrorless 70-200mm f/2.8 lens, bad ergonomics when paired with a X-T series camera, low reproduction ratio of 0.12x, why not just stick with primes instead?
the Fuji has a better max. reproduction ratio (1: 5,4 FF equ.) than the Sony 70-200mm F4 (1:7,7).
@@muttishelfer9122 First of all, the reproduction ratio for sony is 0.3x or 1:3.3.
Secondly, "equivalent reproduction ratio" only works when the megapixels of cameras with different crop factors are the same.
I use XT3. Ergos are fine on its own but better with a battery grip since I can one hand it more comfortably. If you see no value in zoom lenses, the mainstay of all kinds of professional photography the world over, I don't think any answer to your question I give you will open your eyes. Happy shooting.
@@shang-hsienyang1284 1. No. The max. reproduction ratio of the Sony 70-200 F4 is 1:7,7. Please check the facts before writing!
2. No.The equivalence is only related to the crop faktor and has NOTHING to do with the resolution!
0:50 LOL that fuji lens is not much smaller or lighter than a full frame lens!!!!! very disappointing given the smaller sensor!?
Maybe after certain focal length, the size benefit diminishes
This lens is at similar size, weight and cost with the equivalent full frame f4 lens. No advantage in any of these categories.
@@djstuc Full frame lenses fit on smaller sensors depending on the mechanical limitations, but that is not the point. The point is that comparing f2.8 APS to f2.8 full frame is misleading, and anyone saying that his APS or 4/3 lenses are lightweight does not understand that they are lightweight because they have a small aperture and small elements that gather less light in total. APS f2.8 imaging can be matched by full frame f4 and cropfactor*APSfocal length, so any comparisons should be made to that. It produces same geometry results and DOF. It is the reasonable comparison.
@@djstuc I find it interesting that you think any comment that is not of direct interest to you is pointless. Comments are information and about things you may not be aware of or interested in.
What do you mean people like me? Are we enemies or something? You mean people that understand optics and imaging and compare systems objectively based on physics and actual photographic results?
I probably own more Fujifilm APS cameras and lenses than you will ever need. Why do you think f4 full frame lenses are amateur and f2.8 APS lenses are professional? They have the same parameters really. Same absolute aperture. F2.8 APS aperture is a large as f4 full frame aperture because the focal lengths are larger on full frame and f stop number relates to the focal length.
@@djstuc Red badge is a marketing term. It is like an Canon L designation. I check the element configuration and use test charts with the actual bodies. Reviews are not very dependable in the days of digital correction unless they use the same body you use.
You are mistaken about f4 vs f2.8. F2.8 is merely a number amateurs have come to associate with a lens being professional, and is the reason we do not get f2 zooms from Fuji and f1.4 zooms from Panasonic for MFT. The other is that APS users cannot afford lenses with a large aperture and want smaller prosumer friendly setups.
@@djstuc Are you an art critic? What does my work have to do with a technical matter?
@@djstuc You are not making any sense.
Canon have f4 lenses in their L series. Are these not professional because they are not Fujifilm? They are for people that want light weight and low cost, like APS users do. They come at a similar cost with Fujifilm f2.8, and have similar size and weight. Nikon have such lenses also. Your perspective is distorted by assumptions and brand loyalty.
In order to dismiss someone's opinion, you have to present an argument. Claiming two lenses that cost the same and have similar optical parameters belong to different classes in nonsense. I wouldn't even call it rhetoric.
Your attempts at attacking the person instead of the argument does not cut it for rhetoric either because it is poorly executed.