X-T2 with 50-140mm 2,8, wonderful!

I've never thought I would spend that much money on a lens. But I did and I'm happy with it. The 50-140mm lens is a kind of masterpiece. But - I have to learn so much more about the possibilities of my Fuji-System. After some missed shots, I finally got some nice pictures of one of my Bulldogs running. Absolutely love the one, were he is sitting in the sun.

Both pictures taken with my X-T2 and the 50-140mm.

Oliver 2.0






Vignetting added in Lightroom.

Hi, thanks for sharing this.

Unfortunately the first one isn't focused on the dog's face, but on his body instead. In case you took a burst you should have a couple of them in focus . The 2nd one is decent and perfectly in focus (eye).

Cheers

Yes I agree. I only just recently got this lens an even though I have not used it a lot so far when I did it impressed me a lot.

Great rendering and fast AF.

Greg.

Nice shots from a gem type lens

I love the first one as it has character and energy. It doesn't matter for me which part of the body is sharp but matters that it is nicely framed and with good light

Congrats on obedient dog and the gem

Cheers

Hi ad thank your for your reply! Yes, it takes a while until I find the right settings. And indeed, there have been others being sharp, but without that special body language.

Thank You again,

Oliver 2.0

Yes, it' s a wonderful lens! Thanks for your reply!

Thank You Abdul!

Great shots, thanks for posting them!

I also have the 50-140 and really like it. I plan to add the 2X TC in the next several months and double my fun!

X-T2 withe the 50-140/2,8 is really a fantastic combo. I have been shooting with Canon Pro cameras for many years. For the last years mainly with 5D cameras of the latest models.

Used to have 2 of them but that was a bit heavy. So I traded in one of them for a X-PRO1.

When i t came to the feel and ergonomics of the camera I loved it. But it was so damn slow. It only worked when things was still. If things moved I had to use my Canon.

Then came X-PRO2 and well now it started to work. So I got the 50-140. It was something new in the Fuji corner. Now it started to match the Canon.

With that in mind I considered to totally switch over from a full frame dSLR to Fuji.

The I don't mean one camera one lens. Rather a bag full of what I think I need for a trip to a destination that is fantastic and I am going to go there once in my lifetime.

Such a backpack used to be 15 kilos. I wanted that to be cut with 50 %.

So I thought I was on the right track with my results with the X-PRO2.

So I was prepared to get my hands on the X-T2 as soon as as possible.

I could get hold of the X-T2 rather early and tested it for a few months against my trusted Canon 5Ds r. And on that one I only used the famous L-lenses.

I compared on screen but even more by printing in A2 from my professional printer.

After 3 months I was prepared to jump ship.

I was convinced and sold my Canon 5Ds r a month ago. I havent regreted that once since then.

If you have a dog you quite often shoot him playing around. He is presumably often the only available camera assistant. Not so very helpful but a god model.

Also a god target for learning how to shoot sat moving and unpredictable targets.

My present dog is a 35 kilo flat coated retriever. He is just as fast as road runner. It is just the peep-peep that is missing.





Fujis is oneof best vcameras I ever have worked with.

Nice shot with the 4 paws off the ground (face focused or not). Yes, I also agree.... I am really liking that lens. See my post today concerning the Mexico trip I am on. I am carrying that big lens in the street attached to the XT-2 and I posted about 30 shots taken with it in the past three days.

Thank You for your kind words!

Oliver 2.0

Like Your picture and your dog! Yes, the X-T2 is the right camera for dogphotography. And like you said: they are cool models. They never say "No, stop taking pictures of me!", like my girlfriend does.

Hello Greg, checked your pictures on Flickr - Super! I like them a lot!

With kind regards,

Oliver 2.0

Did you use a 70-200 f2.8 on fullframe in the past for comparision? I was very disappointed by this lens on photokina. It didn't quite match in Bokeh and Autofocus.

But it's impressive, coming from a mediocre lens like normal APS-C Kitlenses...

vscd said:

Did you use a 70-200 f2.8 on fullframe in the past for comparision? I was very disappointed by this lens on photokina. It didn't quite match in Bokeh and Autofocus.

But it's impressive, coming from a mediocre lens like normal APS-C Kitlenses...

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No, I haven't use such a lens on fullframe. This was the first time I spent that much money on a lens. But I don't regret it.

I did some other shots (portraits of my dog... LOL). I find the Bokeh nice and I really like it.

oliver2punkt0 said:

vscd said:

Did you use a 70-200 f2.8 on fullframe in the past for comparision? I was very disappointed by this lens on photokina. It didn't quite match in Bokeh and Autofocus.

But it's impressive, coming from a mediocre lens like normal APS-C Kitlenses...

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No, I haven't use such a lens on fullframe. This was the first time I spent that much money on a lens. But I don't regret it.

I did some other shots (portraits of my dog... LOL). I find the Bokeh nice and I really like it.

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Ok, then I understand you This Bokeh is the typical nice look of a 70-200 2.8 which nearly everyone uses together with the standardzoom 24-70. Compared to the existing ones (like Nikon 70-200 2.8 or Canon 70-200 2.8 L IS II) the Fuji is not really good, I didn't like the Bokeh in comparision. But for it's own sake it's quite good of course.

I think the bokeh is pretty good. I have been shooting Canon for around 15 years.

I have around 8 L-lenses and among them the famous 85/1,2.

In comparison I think the 50-140/2,8 is pretty good.

Here is one example.

Flash Photo said:

I think the bokeh is pretty good. I have been shooting Canon for around 15 years.

I have around 8 L-lenses and among them the famous 85/1,2.

In comparison I think the 50-140/2,8 is pretty good.

Here is one example.

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I don't like the bokeh, but bokeh is also a very personal taste... but if you really have a 85L you should see the difference. Really. No comparision.

Yes I really do have the 85L. Of course there is a different.

We are comparing f 1,2 on a fullframe camera with a f. 4 lens when it comes to depth of field.

At least I am happy enough with the Fuji and the lenses to have now sold my Canon 5Ds r and I have sofar not regretted it.

Still a number of lenses that I have to sell.

Flash Photo said:

Yes I really do have the 85L. Of course there is a different.

We are comparing f 1,2 on a fullframe camera with a f. 4 lens when it comes to depth of field.

At least I am happy enough with the Fuji and the lenses to have now sold my Canon 5Ds r and I have sofar not regretted it.

Still a number of lenses that I have to sell.

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Bokeh is of course more than the depth of field... so it's not about the blurryness, the 50-140 is just rather distracting in the background. Sadly you don't have any gear listed, so I can't see what you could sell to me