Archives for May 2017

This is the 56th in a series of posts on the Fujifilm GFX-50S. The series starts here. In the previous post, I found that the 135 mm f/3.4 Apo-Telyt-M did very well on the GFX if you crop to a 4:5 aspect ratio. Now I’m going to take a look at the 90 mm f/2 Summicron-M ASPH…. [Read More]

This is the 55th in a series of posts on the Fujifilm GFX-50S. The series starts here. Of the Leica M-mount lenses I have, I think only two might do well on the GFX. I haven’t found a full-frame lens shorter than 50 mm that really shines on the 33×44 mm Sony sensor, and the… [Read More]

This is the 54th in a series of posts on the Fujifilm GFX-50S. The series starts here. When I was testing the Zeiss 250/5.6 Superachromat on the GFX yesterday, I noticed that the combination of the camera base mounting and the long focal length made it quite sensitive to vibration. I thought that it might… [Read More]

This is the 53rd in a series of posts on the Fujifilm GFX-50S. The series starts here. Today the big brown truck brought a Kipon GFX adapter for V series Hasselblad lenses. I had had a total lack of success in stacking the Fuji H-to-G and the Hasselblad V-to-H adapters, and really wanted to test the Zeiss… [Read More]

This is the 52nd in a series of posts on the Fujifilm GFX-50S. The series starts here. Yesterday, Kipon GFX adapters for Leica M and R lenses arrived, so I’ll be testing some more. The timing is good, since I’ve decided that I really need to simulate off-axis bokeh, and I haven’t figured out a… [Read More]