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Laowa 100mm 2.8 on Fuji x mount ?

Started 1 month ago | Questions thread
Artur Darulewski Senior Member • Posts: 1,209
Re: Laowa 100mm 2.8 on Fuji x mount ?

a_c_skinner wrote:

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.

I have considered EF180/3.5, but it was unavaiable - had no opportunity to try it. Have you used it? If so, what can you say about AF (is it really so slow)?

Long FL seems very tempting for skittish insects.

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.

My experience with long zooms and insects or flowers is also very positive.

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.

In my country used EF 100/2.8L IS 1:1 macro is cheaper than used XF80. Can be also used with 1.4xTC and is known as very sharp lens, so it seems to be worth considering as well.

Cheers,

Artur

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