DPReviewTV Fujifilm XF 70-300mm F4-5.6 Review

DPRTV posted their Fujinon XF70-300mmF4-5.6 review.

If you are in a hurry, the summary can be found below

105-450 in full frame
67mm filterd
light and plasticy design
full weather sealing
build quality of other XF lenses
focus limiter
you can lock it at 70mm so the lens does not slide out when you walk around
to unlock it simply zoom in and it unlocks. It’s nice, speeds things up, no worry to fiddle with switches
silent linear motor with focus limiter option
nice and snappy autofocus
has OIS of 5.5 stops and works in conjunction with IBIS
almost no breathing, great for cineman
LoCA is minimal
1:2 Macro reproduction
even though it is not a very fast lens, the fact it has the telephoto range and can focus so close, can give nice soft blurry background
pretty heavy cats eye bokeh wide open. Much rounder bokeh when stopped down
wild bokeh wide open. Quite distracting onion rings. Not a problem for sports and wildlife, but if you have specular highlights it’s more an issue
no flare issue
sunstars pretty good
70mmF4 very nice sharpness. Stopped down improves a bit. Lens performs nicely
300mmF5.6 nice and sharp. No problem to shoot this lens wide open
Good and consistent throughout the range, with only minor softness in the corners
you can add the 1.4x TC and 2.0x TC. AF performance remains quite snappy with minor image quality loss with the 1.4x TC but gets pretty slow with the 2.0x TC
it replaces the XF55-200mm

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