Some Japanese stores started to mark the Fujinon XF56mm f/1.2 as discontinued, as reported by the Japanese website asobinet.
This really does not come surprising, as last year Fujifilm has update the lens with a new, sharper and weather sealed version, the Fujinon XF56mm f/1.2 R WR.
It’s a lens that many own and I know many love. I have own myself and the fact that I am very happy with it does not really trigger my GAS for the new one.
I posted an X-H2s autofocus test made by a German guy specialised in Wildlife photography, and translated it for you here.
The particular thing about his test: he set up a dedicated “bird tracking test track“, which basically allows him to compare the various cameras for bird tracking under comparable conditions.
On his test track, he got the following results for the Fujifilm X-H2s.
Some people were disappointed by those numbers, especially when compared to the 85-90% hit rate of stacked Sony cameras.
But percentage alone is not the whole story. You have to factor in the frames per second into the equation.
So let’s do just that (taking the worst results he got with X-H2s – 61%)
Conclusion:
In his test, when every camera is shot at its maximum burst, the X-H2s will give you more sharp images than any other camera, except for the Sony A1.
If you want to get 3 additional sharp images per second (27 instead of 24), then you have to spend $4,000 more and get the very expensive Sony A1.
My take:
I want Fujifilm to beat any other brand in terms of sharp images per second. So I am not happy with the result of the X-H2s. I want a hit rate of 80%+ at 40fps.
And I also want an even smarter autofocus and the camera to match in terms of AF smartness in this case is the new Sony A7rV.
That’s why I am not completely satisfied and I want firmware, Fujifilm… more firmware in 2023!
The German Youtube channel AmazingNature Alpha (who shoots a lot with Sony cameras), tested the Fujifilm X-H2s autofocus with the XF200mmF2 and the XF150-600mmF5.6-8.
Now, there are lots of autofocus tests for wildlife out there. But what sets this one apart from all the others? Well, I’ll tell you below.
Before we dive into it, here are few considerations he makes.
NOTE: it’s in German, so you get it “Patrick-translated” below.
Gear Used
General Considerations:
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Back at the X Summit in May, Fujifilm announced the Fujinon XF 8mm f/3.5.
FujiRumors already compared the XF8mmF3.5 in size to other Fujinon lenses here.
It is no surprise that during the development for this lens Fujifilm made several versions of it, and those versions now appeared as patents.
Looks like Fujifilm went for the golden middle: not the widest nor the longest, not the slowest nor the fastest: hence, XF 8mmF3.5. A good decision if you ask me, but you are free to tell us your opinion in the comments.
