Why I Love the Fujinon XF 10-24mm F4 R OIS WR for Pro Motocross Photography

If you’re like most people, when you think of sports photography equipment and gear the first thing that comes to mind is a huge telephoto lens. You generally aren’t thinking about a sports photographer working with a short wide-angle lens. It just doesn’t look… right? Absolutely there is a big place for big badass lenses in the pro sports photography workspace - they’re a critical tool for getting close to the action from a distance, and the lens compression effects can make shots look (insert chef’s kiss action here!) insane. But for how I work as pro motocross and enduro photographer/photojournalist, the small but incredibly mighty Fujinon XF 10-24mm F4 R OIS WR from Fujifilm is more often than not my go-to lens. The bottom line is that it’s tack sharp, it’s durable, and the wide angles it affords allow me to work extremely close to the action while still capturing the context of the scene beyond the bike and rider.