I’m not sure that further time spent with this camera is going to teach me much. I have the GFX 100 II, and the comparison to the S version is pretty simple: Fixed EVF on the S version, so the tilting EVF adapter can’t be used S version EVF is lower resolution, but that doesn’t… [Read More]
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Good Enough
As I was driving this morning, Molly Tuttle’s Good Enough – a plea to avoid perfectionism – came on the radio. It got me thinking about art and the possibly misplaced search for perfection. As a design engineer, I found the concept of good enough to be ever-present. The design constraints always meant that the… [Read More]
Fujifilm GFX 100S II EDR
Lensrentals has loaned me a Fuji GFX 100S II for testing. Today I’m reporting on engineering dynamic range (EDR). In single shot mode at putative 14-bit precision: Same as the GFX 100 II, including the odd results at ISO 80, which in that camera was the result of gratuitous in-camera black point processing. In single… [Read More]
Fujifilm GFX 100S II precision
Lensrentals has loaned me a Fuji GFX 100S II for testing. My first test was to measure the precision in various drive modes: Single shot, 14 bit Single shot, 16 bit CL CH 5 fps CH 7 fps The results, all with the camera in EFCS mode: So, the answers are:… [Read More]
Hasselblad XCD 135/2.8 vs Zeiss 135/2 Apo-Sonnar, Siemens star, corner
When I did my review of the Hasselblad XCD 135/2.8 a few weeks ago, a few people asked me to compare it to the venerable Zeiss 135mm f/2 Apo-Sonnar. It took me a while to dig up the lens, but I finally found it, and ran my usual Siemens star test, using the Zeiss version… [Read More]
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