Fujifilm Fujinon 200mm f/2 lens review - STUNNING IMAGE QUALITY!

Richard gets his hands on the Fujifilm Fujinon XF 200mm F/2 R LM OIS WR lens and is impressed with the image quality, especially when paired with the 1.4x teleconverter lens.

At £5400 the Fuji 200mm f/2 lens isn't cheap, but if you want to try it out (and you're in the UK) then you can hire it for as little as £96 for a weekend from our sponsor, Hire A Camera.

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0:00 - Intro
0:23 - Run through the lens features
1:52 - 1.4x Converter
1:56 - Focal length equivalents
3:05 - Construction, build and handling
3:40 - Image Quality
5:44 - Optical Stabilsation
6:07 - Stabilisation Demo
6:45 - Autofocusing
9:43 - Weather Sealing
10:02 - Price and Availability
10:24 - What this does for the Fujifilm X Series
11:22 - Summary
12:25 - Thanks and bye bye and subscribe! Thanks!

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0:00 - Intro
0:23 - Run through the lens features
1:52 - 1.4x Converter
1:56 - Focal length equivalents
3:05 - Construction, build and handling
3:40 - Image Quality
5:44 - Optical Stabilsation
6:07 - Stabilisation Demo
6:45 - Autofocusing
9:43 - Weather Sealing
10:02 - Price and Availability
10:24 - What this does for the Fujifilm X Series
11:22 - Summary
12:25 - Thanks and bye bye and subscribe! Thanks!

Mine just arrived today I could not believe how is finish beautiful

[alanperez]

I just bought 3 of this ones they are incredible

[mrg]

That pearl finish on the 200mm is VERY nice! What featured bird was that?

[marc]

Great and clear video. Thanks. This Fuji lens is really awesome and your images very impressive.
For ¼ of this price, you can also choose the 100-400 Panasonic (200-800 equivalent), wonderful on a G9 and probably more versatile.

[travislucas]

Thank you for your review I believe I will be getting this lens before spring next year

[tonyjames]

Great lens but I'm not sure how well it'll sell, I say this as pro shooters don't really view Fuji as a sports system and I don't see that changing. Also if I were into wildlife/birds I would stear towards a D500 and combine it with the fresnel 300/500 lenses which are massively cheaper.
It's a beautiful lens and on par with FF pro spec 300 2.8 lenses but so is the price and I don't feel that fits in with most Fuji users.

[markcutting]

Great review and very helpful! I must have one!

[JeremyGalloway]

Wow. God-tier lens! Unfortunately, I doubt anyone can afford it.

[WS-bkuu]

Nice review and stunning images! Don't think I'll be buying it but would love to rent it to shoot wildlife.

[BenjaminKanarek]

Version 3.0 firmware state that their AF speed and accuracy will be up to 300% improved.

[naijafootballphotographer]

Nice lecture Sir.
If I should use this lens with my Fuji XT30, what range will the lens give me?

[eliaspap]

Does it have an Aperture ring? Couldn’t really see one on footage.

[shanehinds]

I don't know if this would be that great for wildlife unless you can get pretty close. BUT I wonder how awesome it would be as a concert lens?

[oleggontar]

I don't understand that lens. Is it the 300mm f2.8 equivalent? And why is that good when that prime used on crop sensor is 450mm. 300mm is short for wildlife, it is usable on crop sensor. Fuji is dx sensor so compete with lens on dx sensor. It is a good portrait lens equivalent. But Fuji still doesn't have good glass for wildlife. (Only the 100-400 what is again shorter than competitor lens in the same nitche.)

[thanhatbuio]

Why did almost every camera youtuber attend that MLS game? I saw Chelsea and Tony, Matt Granger, the guy from Art of Photography, maybe Jared Polin was there too

[dvladutu]

You are wrong about the 525 focal length of this lens when camera is cropping at 30fps. The lens remain 420mm FF equivalent but the crop is digital.

[rotorfpv]

Why this lens is more expensive than lenses for fuji

[JACING]

You've totally forgot to tell about focus ring and manual focusing :(

[RomanCanas]

This is another niche lens from Fuji that just a few people is going to buy, us$6000 !!...200mm is not long enought for wildlife unless you are shooting big animals...fuji needs more afordable prime lens for wildlife, this lens costs as much as a Canon 400mm F2, currently I have the Fuji 100-400 mm that I have been using for a couple of years but I think I will switch to canon eventually, there are a lot of more choices of lens for wild life for canon, and a lot more in the used market. And better yet, canon just released a mirrorless camera.