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All, I’ve got an 12mm Samyang, 18-50 mm Sigma and Fuji 100-400 mm for my Fuji X-T5. I’d like something to cover the 50-100 mm gap. There is the Fuji 55-200 that I can get used, but I’m wondering if the new Viltrox 75mm f1.4 (c.112 mm equiv.) might be a good prime option? New (none used yet) it would be about £100 more than a used 55-200 mm. Obviously I wouldn't get the versatility of a zoom, but I quite fancy another prime lens, and the Viltrox is meant to be very good. The Viltrox is often said to be a portrait lens, but I'd be using it more for events like motor racing paddock shots, and aircraft on the ground at airshows, where the 50 mm Sigma might not have the reach. I know that I could crop the 50 mm images, or if necessary fit the 100-400 mm lens for this kind of thing, but walking around in a crowd with a 100-400 mm lens attached isn't much fun. Any thoughts? Thanks.

Here's another Robin.

Here are a couple taken with my new X-T5 (new body) and 100-400 (used lens!). I'm still getting used to the camera, but so far so good. Thanks.

Thanks. What is ASPC? Yes, the shutter speed is important for propeller aircraft to avoid the blades being frozen. I'm limited to a fastest speed of about 1/250". What tracking and AF modes are best for panning, when the subject is moving in pretty much a straight line?

Hello, I'm new to this forum, having recently got an X-T5 to replace my Canon M5. I'm currently using the Fuji 100-400 (for wildlife & aircraft) and Sigma 18-50 (for general purpose) lenses, and am going to get a Samyang 12mm (for night sky images) and possibly the Fuji 55-200 lens as well, which would pretty much replicate my old Canon lens range and complete my setup. I've been using the camera for a few weeks, and have got some images that I'm really happy with. However, I'm struggling a bit with the overwhelming AF options and modes. If I'm honest it feels like the good results I've got are a result of luck in choosing settings, rather than me choosing them based on anything other than a basic understanding of what they're doing. 1) The "BIRD" setting - is this for birds in flight or birds on the ground, or birds that are feeding, or...what? When activated, it doesn't seem to remove the options for AF-C CUSTOM settings, or AF MODE, so what's it actually doing? I notice it greys out PHOTEMETRY when a subject setting is activated, but that's obviously not in the autofocus menu. Ironically, I've often had to change out of BIRD mode to get decent exposure of...BIRDS. I'd have thought if there's a "Bird" setting, it would figure out everything you need to take optimum images of "birds"? Same with "AIRPLANE" mode - I've still got all the AF options to set, despite it knowing I want to photograph aircraft (presumably in flight). 2) I've assigned the four quadrant buttons to change things like AF MODE, PHOTEMETRY, SUBJECT DETECTION ON/OFF and FACE DETECTION ON/OFF. However, it can get very confusing because it seems to switch modes as soon as you press whatever button is assigned. If you continue to scroll through and press "SET" (which seems logical to select a function), it takes you to the main menu. It seems like once you scroll through the options, you have to either wait until the selection times out, or half press the shutter release button. A minor detail, but I've ended up selecting the wrong setting by instinctively pressing "SET" and not realising it's scrolled to the next option. To me it's not intuitive to not be able to scroll and set my chosen option. 3) Panning - mainly for birds in flight and aircraft flying at airshows: With the 100-400, should I switch IS on or off? Also, which AF mode should I be in? After all, if I'm panning effectively, and the subject is moving in pretty much a straight line from left to right, the subject shouldn't be moving much at all in the viewfinder, apart from perhaps towards or away from the camera at a relatively slow rate. Any advice on the above much appreciated. Thanks.