The images taken on higher resolution X-T2 are every bit as sharp as with the older camera

, I will dump my 55-200mm...its a great lens too, an excellent travel lens as it's light and compact (compared to the 100-400) with great picture quality

SUPERB image quality as every review you may find online says, but it was so HUGE AND

More reach and getting more details, better colors and just better pictures opened a new world to me (for example I was able to take pics of an eagle sitting on a tree and seeing all his feathers and super details in great quality).yes, its expensive..yes its heavy and big

As we were getting it ready to ship back to Fuji for replacement at the dealer, we cleaned the contacts (again)

The images taken on higher resolution X-T2 are every bit as sharp as with the older camera

It started happening again and this time I used alcohol to clean both camera and lens contacts

Fuji should do a better job at documenting it.

Fuji did a great job

However, if you do need the reach of 400mm lens, there's no way around it and 100-400mm will do the job well and produce many sharp images

The lens is fast to focus very sharp even wide open and pairs very well with the 1.4x TC, even the OIS works better than I could have imagined.

The owners manual never really details how the OIS works.

Fantastic optics, never had a lens that equalled it... five stars

You would never think how far I was from the subject just spectacular optics.

I began to simulate birding shots, as if under the canopy of trees, with less than ideal lighting

Feels solidly built, sharp, focusing on static things in bright light felt relatively fast for 400mm lens, not spectacular fast, but OK, even with 1.4x extender on it.

Lens was well packed and arrived in perfect condition

I couldn't justify the price for a lens that won't perform in less-than perfect conditions

The bokeh with this lens is excellent also.

I get some great bokeh from this lens, though

Feels solidly built, sharp, focusing on static things in bright light felt relatively fast for 400mm lens, not spectacular fast, but OK, even with 1.4x extender on it.

I noticed is the contrast falls off in direct bright sunlight, this is true for most lenses, it makes a dull picture, other issue is focusing, now the lens focuses well, but if you are on auto shutter, well often you will be far below the correct shutter speed to get a nice crisp BIF photo, also at 800mm its hard to keep anything in frame, just practice, its a rewarding lens, for a good price and easy to carry and shoot, no tripod

In the lower light conditions there was limited aberration and the shots that were in focus were crisp!Focus:Result, 1 out of 3 shots were in focus using the automatic focus (testing both continuous and half-press

All three rings (aperture, zoom, focus) have good feel to them, like on all of Fuji lenses.

Broken is ok, neither enhancing the picture, nor detracting from it.

, I will dump my 55-200mm...its a great lens too, an excellent travel lens as it's light and compact (compared to the 100-400) with great picture quality

I noticed is the contrast falls off in direct bright sunlight, this is true for most lenses, it makes a dull picture, other issue is focusing, now the lens focuses well, but if you are on auto shutter, well often you will be far below the correct shutter speed to get a nice crisp BIF photo, also at 800mm its hard to keep anything in frame, just practice, its a rewarding lens, for a good price and easy to carry and shoot, no tripod

Broken is ok, neither enhancing the picture, nor detracting from it.

I can say that it provides the sharpest pictures of all my zoom lenses, even hand held