Jason Haven
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Would absolutely love a 1:1 Macro, but woof is that thing big.
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80mm Macro Announced - Thoughts?
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JS Burnie
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Ouch! My aching lens mount!
Excited by this lens for wedding work. Optically by the samples and the one quick review that I've seen over at fujirumors this should be superb.
I'm not too hung up on size - the 80mm macro offers up an interesting field of view in 135 format terms that is useful for insect macro photography, wedding details. The lens also has weather sealing, focus limiter switch, internal focus and by all accounts fantastic image quality. My guess is that it is designed for future higher resolving Xtrans image sensors beyond 24mp. Price wise, it's in the ballpark of what I was expecting, perhaps a little bit more expensive.
I'm not too hung up on size - the 80mm macro offers up an interesting field of view in 135 format terms that is useful for insect macro photography, wedding details. The lens also has weather sealing, focus limiter switch, internal focus and by all accounts fantastic image quality. My guess is that it is designed for future higher resolving Xtrans image sensors beyond 24mp. Price wise, it's in the ballpark of what I was expecting, perhaps a little bit more expensive.
Greg7579
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Can't wait! 2 grand.... But I'm buying it the second it hits... Can I preorder at BH yet. 1:1, OIS, etc....
Yes, yes, yes!
Yes, yes, yes!
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JS Burnie
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Better warn your wife, because I bet she'll be carrying it! 
Lettermanian
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First dibs when you're ready to sell it used in a couple of years... 
Albert Valentino
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Thoughts? ....
i was a fuji shooter for four years, since late 2012. Great cameras with great glass. But i lacked a good closeup solution for flowers, insects.... i used a Tamron 90mm macro on my fuji but wanted a stabilized solution. After Fuji cancelled the 120mm macro i got tired of waiting and didn't want to miss another summer of shooting... it would not be so bad if my fuji the 55-200 had better closeup ability. So, i moved over to Olympus and my 90mm f2.8 macro was now stailized with IBIS. Last spring i purchased the tiny Olympus 60mm macro, same FOV as the Fuji 80mm. It is so small and light I can take it anywhere and the results are fantastic.
I have no doubt this Fuji macro will be a fantastic piece of glass but the size, weight and price of this lens, compared to my little 60mm macro, has me feeling good about switching.
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i was a fuji shooter for four years, since late 2012. Great cameras with great glass. But i lacked a good closeup solution for flowers, insects.... i used a Tamron 90mm macro on my fuji but wanted a stabilized solution. After Fuji cancelled the 120mm macro i got tired of waiting and didn't want to miss another summer of shooting... it would not be so bad if my fuji the 55-200 had better closeup ability. So, i moved over to Olympus and my 90mm f2.8 macro was now stailized with IBIS. Last spring i purchased the tiny Olympus 60mm macro, same FOV as the Fuji 80mm. It is so small and light I can take it anywhere and the results are fantastic.
I have no doubt this Fuji macro will be a fantastic piece of glass but the size, weight and price of this lens, compared to my little 60mm macro, has me feeling good about switching.
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I also have the inexpensive, small, light (and stabilized on Olympus OMD bodies) and very good Olympus 60mm macro. I love my Fuji X-T2, but the 80mm is too big, heavy and expensive for my current needs. Seems like some Fuji glass ends up being the same size and weight as some high quality full frame equivalent lenses. I remember seeing the pictures of this lens as a prototype and it looked huge, but was hoping the final product wouldn't be such a monstrosity.
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I have frequent thoughts on the subject of the Pen-F and a 25-45-60 macro kit.
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I thought that he meant that without both ois and a collar it wasn't for serious macro work that would involve a mix of both handheld and tripod shots.
Many people expected the same, but Fuji choose to make a non compromise lens, the ultimate macro lens.
So it's big, heavy, costly, but have top notch construction (including small ceramic ball, to guide the focusing group) , 5 special glass (3 ED, 1 Super ED, 1 aspheric : a record for a 80 mm macro) , state of the art IS (rated 5 stops) weathing sealing, and fast AF (one of the weakest point of the 60 mm F2.4)
The 80 mm macro is a professional tool
Get one, yes - but what are you gonna call it Greg? As I said in my second post, The Brick has been edged out. Someone in a past post referred to the prototype as a "Behemoth". That would keep the alliteration going - The Brick, the Bore & the Behemoth. Or are you going to keep with the building industry? What's bigger than a brick?
Cheers, Rod
Cheers, Rod
Hi,
I don't have the slightest doubt that this will be a top performing lens. It fits Fuji's quality ethos and the glass design information tells you that. It is however large and heavy in the context of the system and their camera sizes. That is a detraction for the macro photographer who pursues their interest in the field, perhaps carrying their gear in a heavy pack for many days. That's as against any number of other applications that often happen indoors - product, industrial, jewellery, food, etc. I may still get one. (And yes, it should have a tripod collar.)
The lens is very similar in size and weight to Nikon's Micro Nikkor 105/2.8 VR lens and heavier than Canon's EF 100/2.8L (which they were kind enough to design with a removable tripod collar). I wonder if they had to design it this big to get a larger sweet spot for top performance, and whether it may also be designed to cover a future FF camera. (Whatever they say, if Canon & Nikon come out with FF mirror-less systems in the next year or two, you can bet your boots that Fuji will already have a strategy in place to respond.)
Regards, Rod
I don't have the slightest doubt that this will be a top performing lens. It fits Fuji's quality ethos and the glass design information tells you that. It is however large and heavy in the context of the system and their camera sizes. That is a detraction for the macro photographer who pursues their interest in the field, perhaps carrying their gear in a heavy pack for many days. That's as against any number of other applications that often happen indoors - product, industrial, jewellery, food, etc. I may still get one. (And yes, it should have a tripod collar.)
The lens is very similar in size and weight to Nikon's Micro Nikkor 105/2.8 VR lens and heavier than Canon's EF 100/2.8L (which they were kind enough to design with a removable tripod collar). I wonder if they had to design it this big to get a larger sweet spot for top performance, and whether it may also be designed to cover a future FF camera. (Whatever they say, if Canon & Nikon come out with FF mirror-less systems in the next year or two, you can bet your boots that Fuji will already have a strategy in place to respond.)
Regards, Rod
The review posted has it at .5 cm larger diameter and 3 cm ( about an inch and 1/2) and and about 150 g heavier than the 50 f2. Unless I had a real need for a specialized macro lens I would have no interest in this lens. It really a specialized lens for macro and quite big and heavy and slow.
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Here's the problem.
Does a lens specifically built for an apsc sensor have to be this high grade that it ends up being heavier, bigger, longer and more expensive than a ff equivalent?
It remains to be seen how great optically it really is, but I doubt it will reach the level of say the Sony 90mm macro.
Also no matter how high grade it is it will just be only sitting in front of a 24mp apsc sensor. Will we ever see a higher mp apsc sensor in a few years time? Who knows....?
It seems Fuji is pulling an Olympus much like their "Pro" prime which aims to go upmarket. To me they are overbuilt, over-engineered and of course overpriced.
When you see something like this you start questioning yourself why I don't just jump on a ff mirrorless system....
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I am positive that this will be an awesome performer. But you can do as good for cheaper and smaller with a K-70 and DFA 100mm. The pentax rig would be stabilized, weather resistant, and have better balancing. The drawbacks would be lack of a focus limiter and the lens being screw-driven.
If I was a pro macro shooter, I think I would go the DSLR route. Since, I only dabble in macro, I am fine with an adapted macro lens or a Raynox on my 90mm.
If I was a pro macro shooter, I think I would go the DSLR route. Since, I only dabble in macro, I am fine with an adapted macro lens or a Raynox on my 90mm.
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