Jeff Kane

I stole borrowed some ideas from Bill Fortney's blog (www.billfortney.com) and purchased an old (1980s) Nikon 300 f/4.5 lens.
 
Works great with focus peaking and a $25 Fotodiox adapter.  Gives me a 450mm FOV and more reach than my 55-200 can achieve. Not perfect as my MF skills are lacking - but with decent DOF it's possible to get some good shots.
 
I'm looking forward to Fuji's 100-400 offering next year but until then this works. I'd love to try the Nikkor 400/3.5 but don't want to spend $1000 right now.
 
Couple of photos with zero artistic merit as I sat on my back porch playing with the lens and X-T1.

I stole borrowed some ideas from Bill Fortney's blog (www.billfortney.com) and purchased an old (1980s) Nikon 300 f/4.5 lens.
 
Works great with focus peaking and a $25 Fotodiox adapter.  Gives me a 450mm FOV and more reach than my 55-200 can achieve. Not perfect as my MF skills are lacking - but with decent DOF it's possible to get some good shots.
 
I'm looking forward to Fuji's 100-400 offering next year but until then this works. I'd love to try the Nikkor 400/3.5 but don't want to spend $1000 right now.
 
Couple of photos with zero artistic merit as I sat on my back porch playing with the lens and X-T1.

I stole borrowed some ideas from Bill Fortney's blog (www.billfortney.com) and purchased an old (1980s) Nikon 300 f/4.5 lens.
 
Works great with focus peaking and a $25 Fotodiox adapter.  Gives me a 450mm FOV and more reach than my 55-200 can achieve. Not perfect as my MF skills are lacking - but with decent DOF it's possible to get some good shots.
 
I'm looking forward to Fuji's 100-400 offering next year but until then this works. I'd love to try the Nikkor 400/3.5 but don't want to spend $1000 right now.
 
Couple of photos with zero artistic merit as I sat on my back porch playing with the lens and X-T1.

No problem, I'm sure you wanted the best for the community - thanks for that!
 
Sorry if I'm a little bit paranoid, but I'd like to avoid a shitstorm „Fuji X Forum spreads virus“
 
Andreas

I also don't trust focus peaking. So I don't use it and just trust my own eye. I just use the magnification.
 
 
 
Just an advice for all those who don't want this: Set the focus mode selector from M to S - from manual to single AF. Then it keeps the magnification even when pressing the shutter button half way down.

I bought a Nikon 300 4.5, same/similar to the one Jeff Kane uses. With focus peaking it works very well and I'm satisfied with the results. However, manual focusing has climbed my list of things to improve because of that lens...

I stole borrowed some ideas from Bill Fortney's blog (www.billfortney.com) and purchased an old (1980s) Nikon 300 f/4.5 lens.
 
Works great with focus peaking and a $25 Fotodiox adapter.  Gives me a 450mm FOV and more reach than my 55-200 can achieve. Not perfect as my MF skills are lacking - but with decent DOF it's possible to get some good shots.
 
I'm looking forward to Fuji's 100-400 offering next year but until then this works. I'd love to try the Nikkor 400/3.5 but don't want to spend $1000 right now.
 
Couple of photos with zero artistic merit as I sat on my back porch playing with the lens and X-T1.