Fujifilm 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 XF R LM OIS Zoom Lens with 3 UV/CPL/ND8 Filters + Flash + Soft Box + Kit for X-A2, X-E2s, X-M1, X-T1, X-T10, X-Pro2 Camera

The 55-200 lens is excellent for what it is. It isn't in the same category as the Fujinon XF 50-140. I've rented that and loved it. Can't afford it. But I wanted something that would give me decent image quality and give me this focal length range. I'm impressed with the 55-200's image quality, including bokeh. I shoot a lot of flower photos. I shoot a lot of butterfly photos. Even at f/8.0, this lens gives nice, rounded circular blur. I had been using a series of third party lenses, older lenses with aperture control on the lens via fotodiox adapters. Don't get me wrong, a lot of those lenses were of extremely good quality and gave great results, but I didn't have that focal length range with them.I've kept this lens on my X-T1 full time since 01 July 2016 (except for the odd macro shot). You can search either my full name John Guarino or johngpt at Flickr if you want to see images shot with it. Amazon doesn't let us put in a link.I'm finding it to be exactly what I'd hoped, a good quality all around lens. I can get a subject filling frame with it and it gives superb detail and superb bokeh. It's quite light weight.I keep it on manual focus mode, which allows focus peaking. I cheat by getting the center square aimed on target and press the AF-L button. I find this to be more reassuring for my aging eyes. The focus peaking sparkles tell me if I have truly focused at the distance I want. The lens and camera do well with S mode autofocus and halfway depressing the shutter release, but I don't get that reassuring focus peak sparkle.This is a technique I had adopted with the Fuji X100, as when it first came out, it had autofocus problems. I find I really like the technique even with the X-T1 having superb autofocus capability.Now, what are the weaknesses of the 55-200? It's not a macro lens. The closest it'll get is just under 1 meter. It's also not a "fast" lens, especially at the longer focal lengths. But the X-T1 has pretty decent image quality at high ISO, so I'm not finding f/4.8 to be a problem. And as I stated earlier, I'm markedly impressed with the background blur even at f/8.0.So when shooting flowers, or butterflies, I can have it between 135 and 200 mm focal length, keep it at f/5.6 or f/8.0, ISO 400 to 800, and stop action, get great background blur, and keep all of the main subject in focus. I can isolate my subject by standing back and using that longer focal length.All in all, I highly recommend this lens. That being said, if I were just starting out with the X-T1, I would have purchased just the camera body, and gone with the superb XF 18-135mm lens. It's weather resistant, as is the X-T1. I've rented it also. It covers most of the focal length range in which I'm interested. It has outstanding image quality. But when I purchased the X-T1, the two extremely high quality, expensive zoom lenses had not yet been released.I already had the X100 and the wide angle conversion attachment that gives me 19mm focal length for landscapes. So between the two bodies and this 55-200, I've got my ranges covered.

I love taking bird and wild life photography and was very limited with my kit lens 18-55mm so I bought the 55-200mm.To me it was the perfect compromise as it is light and affordable and that it allows you to take decent shot of nearby animals. I use it with my Fuji X-T3. I attached a picture of an humming bird I took through my window and even though the there is a window in between, I got a very sharp result. I would recommend it for people with a limited budget who look for a good lense that they can carry everywhere.

It is compact and for the money sharp enough. It is not pro grade but close enough.The little accessories that came with it are cheap stuff. I am not using them and trying to give them away. I don't think any serious photographer would want to pay for them!!

This is a wonderful lens. It is also weather resistant, which adds greatly to its usability.I own a few professional level Nikons ( D4, D800), and an array of lenses that sold to purchase a small house. That said, many of those lenses have plastic barrels (and in a few cases, mounts). This Fuji lens, on the other hand, just reeks of quality. The lens barrel is metal. The minimum focus distance is 3.6' at all focal lengths. That means it will function in closeup situations as a macro. The image stabilization system is better than Nikon's, providing (says Fuji) up to 4.5 f stops of shake-free images. I can say this: I have shot with this lens mounted on an X-T100 hand-held at 1/4 second and achieved images sharp enough to make 16 x 20 enlargements.Flare and chromatic aberration have not been a problem.I can recommend this lens without reservation.

Lens is great! Accessories are pretty much worthless. I just bought this 'kit' because it was the same price as another option with the lens alone.* Camera cannot hold Fuji XT with this lens at the same time* Lens tote is HUGE - like way too big! It's like a futon for your lens* Tripod - I truly wouldn't put my Fuji on this tripod and trust it.* The filters are cheap, but I don't mind playing with an ND and Polarizer filter. I'm not a professional, so color casting won't cost me anythingIn hindsight, I would've just purchased the lens as pretty much everything else is going straight to the garbage can.

This is a very sharp lens when used with Fujifilm XT-2. Good for bird photography.

My favorite all around lens. The clarity is exceptional on both my xt2 and xpro2 cameras.

I love this lens.