What is Fujifilm's best lens for wildlife photography - PART 4 - Teleconverters
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2024
- 6 lenses, 2 teleconverters, 14 different combinations.
Teleconverters affect more than just your zoom and aperture, in this video I explain their impact on sharpness and focus speeds in this journey to find out Fujifilm's best lens for wildlife photography.
Options include XC 50-230mm II, 55-200mm, 70-300mm, 100-400mm, 50-140mm, 200mm
Plus both 1.4x and the 2x teleconverters
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Part 1 - Zoom
• What is Fujifilms best...
Part 2 - Sharpness
• What is Fujifilm's sha...
Part 3 - Autofocus
• What is Fujifilm's fas...
Part 4 - Teleconverters
• What is Fujifilm's bes...
Part 5 - Conclusion
• What is Fujifilm's bes...
Fuji's best settings for Astrophotography
• Fuji's best settings f...
Fujifilm's best wide-angle lens
• Fujifilm's best wide-a...
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Thank you for an actual in-depth review, that doesn't flat out tell me not to bother with teleconverters.
Best explanation I’ve ever seen!
Brilliant! Thank you!
Wow, I just wanted to say thank you for all the work you did on this series. Super great job and super helpful! Truly grateful. Beck
Thank, I really appreciate the comment
Consice and to the point - thanks
Brilliant help for an Old Pro shooter, thanks Mate. You and Andy Mumford are tops.
Cheers mate, appreciate it
Wow, did I get a sneak peek? (Love the videos by the way! Very informative, while being honest and clear about what points are subjective. Excellent stuff! I'm very excited to see where this channel is headed!)
Yeah you shouldn't have been able to watch this
@@ThomasBusbyPhotography Good stuff! It only had one view at the time. I think I might have been the only one!
This is outstanding and extremely informative. I'm shooting golf so AF Tracking isn't hypercritical at all. 50-140 plus 1.4TC sounds like a brilliant winner for me. Cheers mate!
Thank you and all the best
Excellent.
Great video 👍 I use the 1.4 teleconverter plus the Mcex-11 tube on my 80mm macro and it works great!
Why would you use a macro extension on a macro lens?
@@marcin1699 fujiaddict.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Fujifilm-EX-Tube-Chart.jpg
This was exactly the kind of information I was looking for - this really helped my (future) buying decisions (currently own the 50-140 + 1.4 after selling the 55-200). Thank you, looking forward to next week's episode! Is there a way to set a reminder?
Yup, if you subscribe and hit the notification button that looks like a bell, you'll get a notification when I post it.
And also thank you very much for the kind words, I really appreciate them
This series is just confirming that Fuji currently doesn't make a wildlife lens that would fit my preferences. :-( The 100-400 I find lacking, the 50-140 is fabulous but short (even more so given that I already have the 90 in my kit), and I'm not dropping 6K on 200mmm+teleconverter. Really wish they made a top notch 300mm F4 for say 2K, like the competition does. It would fill a big hole in their current lens lineup. 50-140+ 1.4x teleconverter seems like the closest compromise one can get to that in the Fuji system at the moment, but quite some trade-offs there. Would be interested in seeing a more practical test of that combo as well...
I actually very much understand, and yes a 300mm f/4 would be perfect.
I have the 100-400 & 1.4x tele converter, but also considering the new 70-300 with the 1.4x. Will be a lot lighter combo and won’t lose as much light as my current set up. Have you looked into this combo yet?
Yes I've tested every single combo, what do you mean it won't lose as much light? As they are both f/5.6 at the higher end?
Since I purchased an Hasselblad 120mm macro and and fotodioX adapter for Fuji XI had hoped for some edge to edge sharpness, with the lens becoming somewhere around a 180. Who knows what this very big and wide adapter really makes it. I did lose macro, though, and closest focus is now, say, 30 inches. But when you add extension tubes, or teleconverters doesn't it make a lens more macro?
Extension tube are used for macro( let you get closer to the subject)
Teleconverters increase focus range by what ever the magnificent. I.e 2x teleconverter on a 100mm lens will make it 200mm.
Great video man!! Do you have any comments about the image quality of cropping vs using the 1.4 or 2x TC on the 70-300? I recently purchased the lens and am interested in taking moon pictures with the landscape or cityscape. Both TC are about the same price but not cheap. For landscape I'm fine shooting the lens at f8 or f11, which seem to be sharper than f5.6. however the 2x starts at f11 and stepping down would be f16. Will diffraction kick in here for this value? And how much better are the TC over cropping? Will the 1.4 stepped down to f11 and cropped be better than the 2x TC?
I know there are a lot of questions but hope you have experience with it or can point where to look at more information :) thanks!!!
Cropping quality is a personal preference and not something I like to do or to say how much cropping you like, as far as the which TC gives the best results with the 70-300 I’m not sure I could say more than what I already have in this video and in part 5.
Hi can the 2x teleconverter be used with the viltrox 85mm-1.4 Fuji mount
I don’t not know actually but I VERY highly doubt it
So best combination under 200mm = 50-140 + 1.4x (2in1 lenses and still portable)
Can 1.4x TC be used with xf35/1.4..?
No it can not sorry
So the FUJI TC will work with the 55-200mm? I thought it did not!!! Can you confirm that? Thank you!
I don’t think anywhere in the video I say that it can?
And to help set ya mind at ease here is fujifilms lists to show you what lenses do and do not work
fujifilm-x.com/global/support/compatibility/lenses/xf2x-tc-wr/
This might sound like a crazy question but I have the viltrox 75mm f1.2 could I use a 2x on that lens ?
I have no idea but I’d doubt it. If ya have any stores nearby it would be worth a try though
@@ThomasBusbyPhotography haha thanks I'll see if anyone can help me test it
What if i use a teleconverter in something like a 18 to 60mm? Or a smaller prime like a 35mm f2? I guess the decrease in quality means its just better to get the more expensive lens.
The Teleconverters don’t work on any other lenses unfortunately, just the ones mentioned in this video
The two 1.4x converters are not the same. The f2.0 has an addition glass element. I have a diagram from fujifilm that shows them.
I should look into that, but from no difference I meant from my testing, other than that the 200mm's one works better on it than the normal one does
@@ThomasBusbyPhotography I can email it to you if you'd like. I have the image somewhere on my phone.
Hey tb, I would have purchased the 70-300 by now, if it wasn’t for this!
It would have been better to show sharpness all at close to the 50-140+ x1.4 (200mm)
Then compare all that go to 280mm
Leaving just the 100-400 with extra reach.
Comparing at max zoom shows nothing really 😩
For most of the wildlife work I see and do, the lenses are used more near the max zoom side of things rather than near the 200mm side of things.
In the next video I have a reach vs quality chart using a algorithm I made up which might have a bit more of the info you're hoping for.
Yes but it would have been more helpful to have just gone straight for a 200 + 280mm comparison in order to compare all these more favourably. Cheers TB can’t wait for the follow ups. Good food for thought none the less. 🤠
Just to double-check: so the teleconverter affect the aperture. Does it the the exposure or just the depth of field? Or both?
Both,
Plus if you lens/body doesn’t have the correct firmware it might also show the wrong aperture e.g. If you have your lens set to f4, it might show f4 on your camera instead of f8.
But it will be working as if in f8.
Hope that doesn’t confuse things more.
@@ThomasBusbyPhotography thx u mate. Planning to buy 1.4 converter for my 16-80. Very helpful. Cheers
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but no teleconverters work with the 16-80 sorry mate
@@ThomasBusbyPhotography oh wowwwww. I didn't know that. Only work with a few lenses. I thought it works for every lenses. Thanks :)
No sorry, if you watch the rest of this wildlife series of mine it explains which ones
If Fuji approach you and ask what focus range would you like us to make next, what would you pick and why?
12mm.
Vloggers and astro shooters are a big market, I'd want it bright and WR, but it wouldn't need IS with the amount of IBIS around these days.
But it would be nice if it had fujis newer AF motors in it
What about you?
@@ThomasBusbyPhotography that's a good point especially regarding with the astro currently there's to much of trade of weather it's due to lack of WS or it has has chromatic aberration etc
I would like they to bring out a superzoom 600mm something wildlife/ sports.
Yeah I think I've seen on rumor sites they are working on a 150-600 and a 300mm both of which would be awesome, though I'd rather see fujis AF algorithm come up a level with eye AF etc as good as some of the other brands
@@ThomasBusbyPhotography them lens would make Fuji more competitive.
Yeh I surprised they haven't improve the eye af, Sony has an impressive system not used it myself but looks it
i love your videos. bery helpful and informative. Thank you.
but "1.4x darker aperture" means HALF of the light passing through!!
"2x darker aperture" means that only a QUARTER of the light passes.
I saw this mistake of yours already in other videos.
if you multiply the aperture number by 1.4 you have half the light.
meaning f/1.4 has only half the light of f/1.0
same with the factor 2 : an aperture of f/8 has not half the light of f/4 but only a quarter!!!
I say it was a way to help explain it to new people as saying 1.4x smaller or larger aperture confuses people.
But I hope that saying your aperture is 1.4x darker is hopefully easier to understand but yes I agree that it could also be confusing.
Edit: the more I think about this the more I agree with you, and think I need to leave my personal experience I've received from new photographers behind when trying to explain this.
1.4 x or 2 x !!! Which is better? :)
It depends on what you're trying to shoot, but in general I like the 1.4x better
@@ThomasBusbyPhotography thanks dude :) I have XT4 ,xf 70-300 and 1.4X. I know maybe it's not enough but What settings do you think I should use for bird photography :) Thanks!!
1/2000 of a sec or better, the brightest aperture it will allow and auto iso up to 6400
@@ThomasBusbyPhotography Thanks dude :)
Comparing 100-400 tested on X-pro 2
www.ephotozine.com/article/fujifilm-xf-100-400mm-f-4-5-5-6-r-lm-ois-wr-review-29005
70-300 on X-S10
www.ephotozine.com/article/fujifilm-fujinon-xf-70-300mm-f-4-5-6-r-lm-ois-wr-review-35472/performance
Why have you shared these?
Just trying to figure what’s best for 300mm max reach. Though this comparison is X-trans 3 - 100-400,
X trans 4 - 70-300.
In my series the only time sensor has a effect on results was for AF speeds as they were done on the X-T4.
Everything thing else is based on MTF, which doesn't factor the sensor.
I guess the tested focal distance must be a factor also and commonly test close to or at infinity which I suspect isn’t always the case elsewhere!
If you do that then spending more for less reach falls flat on it’s face !!!
If I do what sorry?
Test at 280mm could reveal a ranking more like
1 200X1.4
2 70-300
3 100-400
4 50-140x2
Id suggest waiting for the series final, I don't test at 280, but I think it should get you the answers you're looking for.
8th.
Better than last week, proud of you.
@@ThomasBusbyPhotography 😀😀😀👍🏻
i have fuji 70-300
..its extremely sharp...way more than 50-230 lens...bad information
You should watch the rest of the series
@@ThomasBusbyPhotography i have watched all 5 parts, 50-230 is the worst fuji lens ever according to me..70-300 is way way more sharper than 50-230 hands down..70-300 is a little bit softer than 100-400 thats negligible,
I’m happy you’ve found the right lens for you
@@ThomasBusbyPhotography plus the teleconverter thing is scam.....even if i zoom in 2x without teleconverter still sharper than 2x tele without zoom..
WTF?