{"id":12069,"date":"2021-01-28T02:36:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T02:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/?p=12069"},"modified":"2021-01-28T04:16:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T04:16:34","slug":"xf-70-300-mm-f4-5-6-r-lm-ois-wr-lens-great-quality-for-an-affordable-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/xf-70-300-mm-f4-5-6-r-lm-ois-wr-lens-great-quality-for-an-affordable-price\/","title":{"rendered":"XF 70-300 mm f4-5.6 R LM OIS WR lens.. ( great quality for an affordable price)"},"content":{"rendered":"

By now everyone would have heard about the new lens from Fujifilm
\nThe xf 70-300 mm lens<\/p>\n

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You may check out the video here<\/a><\/p>\n

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I was very happy to be able to work with the lens recently.
\nBringing it out for some bird and wildlife photography around Singapore.<\/p>\n

First look at the lens, and I am very surprised with the size and weight
\nIt\u2019s not big at all, and is a very light lens.<\/p>\n

Despite that, the lens has got a solid built
\nIts fast autofocus up to 5.5 stops of optical image stabiliser and weather resistance make it a
\nnatural choice for photographers who shoot wildlife or sports<\/p>\n

It is compatible on both 1.4 times and 2 times TC, which at its maximum, can reach up to 900 mm<\/p>\n

The OIS can be combined with IBIS systems found in XT4 and X-S10 to add five-axis stabilisation which can further help to minimise camera shakes caused by linear shift<\/p>\n

The lens also have a minimum focus distance of 32.6 in (83 cm) and magnification of 0.33x, to enable it to be used to create dynamic closeup photography<\/p>\n

It is also weather resistant to protect it against dust and moisture, and can operate at temperatures down to -10 degrees celcius<\/p>\n

As a wildlife photographer, we usually have to lug big lenses around for photography
\nAnd that itself is a deterrent to people doing wildlife photography<\/p>\n

However with the xf70-300 mm lens, this will no longer be an issue
\nFor a focal length like this, the lens is really easy to manage and easy to bring it around<\/p>\n

People usually wonder if this lens can actually track birds in flights ?
\nThis will not be an issue, the following images are taken with this lens (with XT4) and even with the 1.4x TC,
\ntracking and autofocus is fantastic<\/p>\n

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even tracking the crested hawk through the trees is not gonna be a problem<\/p>\n

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The shots above were taken at f8, and yes,\u00a0 at that aperture, you can also get a nice bokeh if you choose a good background.<\/p>\n

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Bird photography would usually require pretty long lenses with focal length from 600 mm and above
\nSo with the 1.4x TC, which i used for a lot of the following photos, it gives me a focal length of 630 mm
\nWhich is perfect for me<\/p>\n

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as mentioned earlier,\u00a0 at f8, and choosing a correct background, you can still get nice bokeh<\/p>\n

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Alot of people will probably compare this lens with the XF 100-400 mm lens, which one is better or more suitable
\nHowever, I think the 2 lenses are independent of each other.<\/p>\n

The xf 70-300 mm lens is very versatile
\nIt is small and you can bring it for your overseas trips ( even if you are not into wildlife photography, it\u2019s good for landscapes as well)
\nWhereas the xf 100-400 mm lens is very much heavier and big
\nYou probably wouldn\u2019t want to lug it along for your normal overseas trip<\/p>\n

Some people might not be a full fledged bird\/wildlife\/sports photography enthusiast, they might just want to try out those genres
\nso they might not want to invest in a xf 100-400 mm lens ( which is big, heavy and expensive)
\nBut this is where this 70-300 mm lens comes in.. it\u2019s affordable at usd$799, and\u00a0 if you decide that sports, wildlife photography is not for you,
\nyou can still keep this lens for other genre of photography ( eg landscape and travel)<\/p>\n

I do bring a number of cameras and lenses along to Kenya when I go back there every year,
\nand with this lens, it can also lighten my load in the bag.
\nthis lens will work well with my other lenses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By now everyone would have heard about the new lens from Fujifilm The xf 70-300 mm lens \u00a0 You may check out the video here \u00a0 I was very happy to be able to work with the lens recently. Bringing it out for some bird and wildlife photography around Singapore. First look at the lens, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,548,571],"tags":[572,406,402,564,136,345,573,574,89,32,16],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12069"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12069"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12103,"href":"https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12069\/revisions\/12103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.williamchua.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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