Fujifilm 50-140mm f/2.8 Review (Long Term)

Fujifilm 50-140mm f/2.8 Review (Long Term)

Here at Ultralight Photography, I’m usually all about shedding grams, ditching bulk, and dancing up mountains with featherweight kits. But sometimes—just sometimes—image quality wins the argument against weight. Enter the Fujifilm XF 50-140mm f/2.8 R LM OIS WR, a pro-grade telephoto zoom that’s built like a tank but shoots like a dream. I’ve owned this lens for a few years now, and while it’s rather far from ultralight, I’ve found it incredibly useful in situations where I don’t care that…

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Do You Need a Guide to Trek in Nepal? (As of 2025)

Do You Need a Guide to Trek in Nepal? (As of 2025)

If you’re planning a trek in Nepal, you’ve probably encountered conflicting information about whether hiring a guide is mandatory. Ever since a major change in trekking regulations in 2023, this question has become a common point of confusion among travelers. What Changed in 2023? In early 2023, the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) announced a major policy shift: all trekkers in national parks and conservation areas would be required to hire a licensed guide. The new rule came into effect on…

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Book.green

Book.green

If you are like me and ever had a hard time going through the long list of all the available flights, you might be interested in the new search engine I recently developed: Book.green. The main idea is to present the flights in a way that lets you easily compare the differences in route, duration, ecology and certainly price. Let’s have a look, picture is worth thousands words sometimes 😉 You can see flights grouped by routes, so that it’s…

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Patona Platinum added to the Battery test

Patona Platinum added to the Battery test

New battery brand, Patona Platinum, was added to the Fujifilm NP-W126S compatible battery test. Its capacity looks good and temperature management even better, so definitely recommended for European photographers (as it isn’t available in the US). Read more details in the test, which covers 14 different battery variants now! And drop me a note in case your favorite (and widely available) battery is missing in the test… 😉

Phoide is here!

Phoide is here!

Hi all ultralightphotography.net readers! It has been quite a long time since I posted the last update here. No, I didn’t give up photography and neither this website! It’s just that I’ve been very busy and particularly with my new project Phoide, which I’d like to introduce briefly here, since I hope that it might be useful for many photographers. Phoide aims to contain great photography spots all around the world in an easy to use web application with many…

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Moravian Tuscany with Fujifilm XF 100-400mm

Moravian Tuscany with Fujifilm XF 100-400mm

Moravian Tuscany is a region in the southern Moravia, part of the Czech Republic. It actually is a part of Moravské Slovácko, but the term Tuscany is used by photographers for the small region west of town Kyjov, since its landscape resembles that of Tuscany. Some locals don’t like this term, as we learned from a farmer who was taking care of his vineyard, while tens of photographers were composing very similar images of the St. Barbara chapel nearby. Yes, the…

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Battery test update

Battery test update

I updated the Fuji battery test with 5 more brands, which results in a very thorough test of 13 distinct types of NP-W126S compatible batteries! Some of them show pretty good performance, similar to the Fuji’s original batteries. The new brands are Watson, Wasabi, Green Extreme, Jupio and Baxxtar Red. Also structure of the test was slightly updated, presentation of results should be easier to read now. Enjoy!

More batteries tested soon!

More batteries tested soon!

I haven’t posted anything for a while, but there’s a huge update of the NP-W126 battery test coming. Not only the content will be restructured, but there will be 5 new brands tested! These brands are Watson, Wasabi, Green Extreme, Baxxtar and Jupio. Stay tuned!

On safety of third party NP-W126S batteries

On safety of third party NP-W126S batteries

I have already done quite a bit of measurements of several NP-W126S batteries, either originals or 3rd party clones in my big test. However, I haven’t gone beyond the + and – terminals, while the batteries have 4 in total. It’s about time to correct this omission today! A bit of theory All Li-ion batteries obviously have at least two terminals: + and -. Some of them feature more than these two though, as is the case of NP-W126S, where…

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Patona Premium battery tested

Patona Premium battery tested

I have just finished testing of a new Patona Premium battery that works as a replacement for the Fujifilm NP-W126S. It performs very well, definitely exceeds the ordinary Patona and shares pretty much the same results as the best non-OEM battery tested so far — ExPro White. It’s a pleasure to see a battery that delivers the claimed capacity. Check out the full test results!