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Laowa 100mm 2.8 on Fuji x mount ?

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a_c_skinner Forum Pro • Posts: 13,047
Re: Laowa 100mm 2.8 on Fuji x mount ?

The Canon 180 is very sharp.  The Fuji 55-200 is very sharp up to about 150mm, then becomes merely very acceptable.  However Andy Mumford sells big prints made with it.  Can't say about the 70-300, like the Canon I've not used it but it reviews well.  Gets farly close up too.  Overall though the biggest determinanat of IQ is user technique and pretty much all Fuji's lenses, in the centre at a reasonable distance and stopped down a little will be very sharp indeed.  If you are getting poor results from any of the Fuji lenses it isn't the lens but the way it is used and what you are expecting from it.

The Canon 180 on APS-C will be a very specialised and rather unwieldy lens.  The only reason to buy it is if you want both a macro lens and long focal length.

For flowers and landscape the 70-300 will probably be your best bet accepting it won't get into the really close range.  Longer than 90mm is a focal length where OIS becomes a huge boon.  As a flower snapper of 45 years a good zoom avoids a lot of crawling around in the dirt.

If you want close and money and weight not object then the 80mm plus the 1.4TC is very good.  That is how I will avoid buying the Canon 180 and an adaptor.

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