Fujifilm XF100-400mm lens review | Kyle Valla
Even on a cold, overcast Seattle morning there are still plenty of photographic opportunities at Woodland Park Zoo. With Fuji’s new XF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 OIR WR telephoto lens in hand I wanted to give myself a challenge while testing their newest entry to the X-Series lineup. I confess that I don’t photograph at these focal lengths very often so some of the shortcomings I came across were my own and no fault of the lens. When the zebra that one moment is staring straight at you for a nice closeup suddenly decides to gallop about, it was easy for me to forget to increase my shutter speed and capture the action. Telephoto lenses are great to have at a zoo. The compression of the scene helps fences and nets fade away as though there is nothing between you and the animal. With a f/5.6 widest aperture at the telephoto end, this lens very effectively drops the background into a pleasing blur of color, isolating the subject from their environment…….
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