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The Fuji 100-400mm ...
#11
Quote:The biggest negative is size and price. 
 

Are not both of these less than the canon by a fair margin? 

£1800 vs £1400 - 28% more

1640gms vs 1375 gms - 19% more
#12
the current Nikon 80-400 VR is 2200.- francs, while the Fuji here goes for 1700.- 29%

weight difference 1570 gr. vs 1375 gr. 14% difference.

 

BUT that's a FF lens, like Klaus said. Much lower production quantities, electric diaphragm and focus by wire might also have an impact. Especially the latter is very not useful.

#13
Interesting to compare weight vs sensor area covered

 

Canon       1640gms -  864mm<sup>2</sup> - 1.9g/mm<sup>2</sup>

Fuji            1375gms -  370mm<sup>2</sup> - 3.7g/mm<sup>2</sup>

Panasonic 985gms    - 225mm<sup>2  </sup>- 4.4g/mm<sup>2</sup>

 

Also the body weight should be considered 

x-t1 440gms

6d/7d 860gms

gh4 570gms

 

All adds up.

 

<sup>so the fuji and mft lenses are close. I suppose we should also consider the effective focal lengths, here the canon looks less competitive. </sup>

#14
The Canon camera will have a shape and grip more comfortable with the weight and length of the lens. 

The Fuji has more tele reach than the Canon used on FF (not when used on APS-C), the Panasonic even more.

 

It only makes sense to compare the Canon on APS-C to the Fuji, in my opinion.

 

The Canon 6D "only" weighs 760 grams (with battery and card), by the way.

#15
Depending where you are using this lens, an extra grip for X-T2 or even X-T1 gives more exposures, so at the end no weight advantage for Fuji. The batteries go down quickly once there's only 2 bars of indicator visible. And as mentioned, this lens sucks power once the camera is switched ON.

#16
It did occur to me that the extra grip would likely be used. Looking like the mft option is the way to go for people looking for a lightweight setup.

#17
I had zero difficulties using the lens on the naked X-T1.

#18
Good for you.

 

When I use "just" an X-E2 without grip, I need to be very "convincing" to move the zoom ring. Not to talk about manual focus with app. 700° from closest distance to ∞. I would appreciate if all that works a bit smoother and if there's a kind of intelligence behind the focus by wire which lets focussing speed increase when turning fast. To move the whole distance through, I have to grip and turn 7×, for me it just takes too long. But of course, AF set up to single and aim at something close to it, then override the AF is always a possibility.

  


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