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I bought the 50-140 last week to mount on my X-T1 and have been running it through it's paces.  The lens is superb.  I've no issues with image quality at all.

 

I've read about and experienced the noise of what I assume is the OIS.  I don't like the noise in quiet situations, but I can also hand hold and shoot at pretty slow shutter speeds... so the trade-off is a fair one.

 

What I haven't read in any reviews is the soft "clunking" of the lens I hear and feel when I'm handling it... mostly when its off the camera while taking it out or putting it away.  Something in the lens slides and "clunks" lightly as I point one end up and then turn it back down again.

 

I'm not excessively worried about it, but I'd like to know if this is normal for this lens.  If it's not, I've got another week to return it for another copy.  Thanks for your feedback.

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I also experienced the noise on my 50-140. Mine was making more and more. And now I have lens errors :( It does not work any more. This is the fourth lens I have troubles with from Fujifilm. 

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I've had mine (X-T1 and lens) for a little over a week. Find it very quiet and smooth to operate. The only issue I've encountered is that the tripod foot sticks out a long way off the lens compared to a Nikon 70-200 and so it doesn't fit my bag as well unless I remove it.

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I also experienced the noise on my 50-140. Mine was making more and more. And now I have lens errors :( It does not work any more. This is the fourth lens I have troubles with from Fujifilm. 

Koban,  When you say you experienced "the noise" do you mean the humming of the OIS, when the camera is turned on... or the "clunk" of something inside the lens moving back and forth when the lens is off the camera and when the camera is turned off?

Thanks.

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The noise was also when OIS is off and when continuous focusing is off etc. This is a normal behavior of the 50-140. But mine copy it was getting worse and worse. And now its defect :( This is the third copy that suffers this behavior when I can believe the shop. My personally experiance with Fuji lenses are not that great. First a bad sample of the 10-24 and 2 times 56mm. Think I had to much bad luck with Fuji... really enjoy shooting with it. But I doubt there QA... 

 

I tested my lens on the X T1, X M1 X Pro1 all the same behavior and lens errors. 

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I have just recently taken delivery of my 50-140mm. Sure it is big for a Fuji lens and the tripod foot sticks out a lot. However it is easy to remove the foot, so this is not much of a problem.

 

Last night I took it out to shoot the nearby lighthouse after dark. 30minutes after sunset, it still managed to be sharp enough that I can distinguish the fence wire 2km distant! The optical performance of this lens is simply astounding. My Nikon 70-200mm would be hard pressed to match this.

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The clunking noise is normal. I have it on my XF55-200 as well. Once the camera is switch off, it clunks around.

 

I take it that the OIS mechanism is only held firmly in place when the lens is energized. I'd imagine some kind of gyroscopic mechanism working it's magic. I just try not to knock the lens around too much. Otherwise, it works great.

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Thanks for your reassurance.  I've heard from others that the clunking noise is normal when the camera is turned off or is off-camera .  I too don't try to knock the lens around.  The crispness of the images is superb and I've not regretted the purchase for a moment.

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Every time I've used the 50-140 it has made some noise with OIS on, and every other lens with IS also makes some noise and low vibration. It's just the nature of IS, and why professional videographers use other methods of stabilising their footage instead of relying on lens IS.

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