Although the lens gets stellar reviews it seems a trend that most reviewers resort to using it with the supplied 1.4x converter. This suggests the one drawback of the lens, for wildlife at least, that 200mm (or 300mm effective fov) is just too short. Even at 1.4x the effective fov is only 420mm which might be ok for wildlife portraits but you'd still be cropping heavily. For birds in flight, in my experience, you needs a longer lens or a bigger sensor to crop from (and Fuji currently max out at the 26mpx on the X-T3).
Or am I missing something?
One internet pundit suggests that the only reason for the existence of the 200/2 is that Fuji are planning on introducing a pro-body to go with it and other future lenses.
LouisB
Hm - larger sensors and decent lenses (mirrorless) for wildlife - sorry but then my choice would be clearly the Sony A9 paired with that wonderful G-Master 100-400. Given all the advancements that the latest FW updates brought for this camera and the fact that this camera (sensor) was already the best performer for fast action before the FW updates makes this a no-brainer for me. Let me say it otherwise - if I were to go into serious wildlife shooting and want (need) FF my choice would be this Sony combo.
As you I am very attracted by Fuji cameras and lenses - main reasons these products are simply the most photographic ones available today (except Leica) but for a totally different price. And we all know that stellar color science! But the 2/200 - although a stellar lens - is simply too restricting for real wildlife shooting. IMHO and with all my wildlife shooting experience I always prefer the benefits of a great zoom (the 100-400 in the Fuji lineup) to a fixed focal length. So here you already have it - the best combo for wildlife in Fuji ecosystem today.
WRT professional Fuji camera - I think this is currently their X-H1 and I am pretty sure this will become the X-H2 as soon as it will be released.
But forget any different sensor size in the Fuji lineup - this is APSC and MFD - period. They made it so clear so many times that this is their strategy and I am pretty sure this will not change soon.
Future sensor developments in APSC should move the MP count to around 36MP and will probably give at least the same IQ but with much higher resolution than today's 26MP sensors. I think this will happen over the next 2-3 years at least if not faster, so a little patience and you should be in heaven with your Fuji systems :thumbs: