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(open thread) Carl Sandberg said that "The fog comes on little cat feet". Sneaky, sneaky, sneaky. Sneaky stuff that fog.

Providing that you've got a zoom already I'd take 35f2. Love this lens.

Could anyone offer me some advice please. I use the X-T2 which I adore, with the 55-200mm lens. Mainly I'm a landscapist but one of my regular jobs is for some horse racing photography, some of which is in low-early morning light. I have been playing with focussing points but I'm having some issues with for instance a horses head (which is moving) keeping in focus even when i use the single point auto focus, or zone. In some cases the camera seems to lock on to the rider rather than the horse, even when I move focus points onto the horses face and I'm getting the in-focus 'bleep'. I'm shooting at the open end of the 55-200 usually at 200. I use continuous focus tracking on the front switch, option 2 in the focus tracking menu, and I'm still not hitting focus every time. Please could someone offer some help? I previously used full frame Nikon and the 70-200 which was a much faster lens, but I'm sure I should be getting more success rate with the Fuji than I am. I guess what I'm looking for are some fool proof settings that I can use as standard for this kind of photography. Any info gratefully received, thank you!

For what it is worth, there is a person that goes by the name of Morris that has some approaches for birds in flight using long lenses on a X-T3 that may be of some help: https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1594539/0 He is using a three box zone focus with center switching on continuous mode ... there are several pages in that thread with lots of discussion.

I hope to do some horse photography soon Jayne, so probably ask you some questions if that is okay.

Thanks so much! Really helpful and reassuring that I'm on the right track

Thanks @TokyoInPicsso the hit rate in focus isn't very high in low light. I've done a bit of research and have now set the camera to back button focus, could this be helpful? Yes, a lot of low morning light...