Possibly making the jump soon

[jeffself]

Hey everyone. I'm currently shooting an Olympus OM-D E-M1 and I have a spectrum of lenses from the 7-14mm PRO up to the 40-150mm PRO. So in essence, I cover 14mm to 300mm in full-frame focal length.

 

I have been shooting quite a bit of sports in the last year and have grown tired of the E-M1's tracking. Its horrendous. So I really started paying attention to the Nikon D500. I figured I would switch to that and either the 70-200mm f/2.8 and 300mm f/4 for my sports kit. I didn't really want to use the D500 for my everyday needs since I'm a fan of mirrorless. I figured I would get a Sony A7 II or III at some point.

 

Then I saw some videos for the X-T2. It has piqued my interest a lot. Not only is it as fast as the D500, it seems like it could replace my Olympus as my everyday kit although I don't think I'll get rid of this kit for a long time. The Olympus lenses are fantastic.

 

I still love to shoot landscapes so I would like to know what wide-angle lens is available for this system?

 

Anyone know the roadmap for Fuji lenses? Are they working on anything with an equivalent 400mm or bigger?

 

I'll be renting the X-T2, booster grip and 50-140mm f/2.8 to test soon. I'm definitely interested in seeing how well it performs at something like a high school football game at night. If it works well there, I'm sold.

[frankinfuji]

Fuji already have a 100-400mm OIS zoom.

 

You may miss the in-body IS of the OM-D, but having moved from Lumix micro 4/3 to Fuji, I don't think there's much else you will miss.  But the one area where the best DSLR's may have the edge is sports photography and image tracking, although I hear the X-T2 is a big step forward in this area.

 

Will be good to hear what you think after your trial.

[addicted2light]

Hi and welcome.

 

Just to give you some perspective (even if I don't shoot sport) I have an Olympus E-M10 with the Pana 25/1.7 and 35-100 (the small one, not the 2.8) as my "non-photographic travel" and street camera that, shutter lag aside, I quite love.

 

But the Fuji files, IMO, are noticeably sharper already with the über-cheap 16-50 kit lens as long as you know how to properly sharpen them (sharpening with Fuji files is totally different than with other cameras, they need a TON of sharpening to realize their potential, but then they won't look oversharpened but simply "sharp").

 

And a comparable pro kit is not that much different in terms of size and weight (check on camerasize, the version "camera + lenses" on the top left).

 

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E-M1 + 12-40/2.8; X-T2 + 16-55/2.8; E-M1 + 40-150/2.8; X-T1 + 100-400 (600mm eq.)

 

As wide angles for landscapes, this is more my field (and yes, lame pun intended ). With Fuji you are super covered: you can choose between the 10-24/4 OIS, 14/2.8, 16/1.4, 23/1.4 and now 23/2. I haven't tried all of them, but apparently they are all stellar lenses, so which one you choose is just a matter of personal taste/needs.

 

Lastly, about Sony. For landscapes I have an A7r. After buying a Fuji X-T10 on a whim (it was heavily discounted at a brick and mortar store nearby) I started to get much better results from the Fuji, with much more consistency and with MUCH less effort. At some point I even compared their output side-to-side shooting the same scenes, just to be sure I wasn't "seeing" things, and up to 100cm wide the Fuji files are nearly indistinguishable, seen side-to-side, from the ones shot on the A7r...IMHO.

 

Long story short: my A7r has now landed on ebay...

Edited September 14, 2016 by addicted2light

[Tom H.]

I stopped touching my em1, when I was given an X100T. The files will blow you away if you're used to micro four thirds. The one thing I don't really miss is the ibis. It would be nice to have it someday, but I can do without.

 

Can't say the focus on the xt2 is as fast as the Nikon, but it blows my old Canon dslr away, and that's good enough for me.