Lensrentals has loaned me a Fuji GF 30mm f/5.6 tilt/shift lens. I measured distortion at about 10 or 12 foot subject distance with the lens on a GFX 100 II with shift and tilt zeroed out. This image was developed in Lightroom with lens profile corrections off. I added the red line at the top… [Read More]
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Fujifilm 30mm f/5.6 T/S lens — measuring tilt error
Lensrentals has loaned me a Fuji GF 30mm f/5.6 tilt/shift lens. In the previous post, I looked at tilt-related focus error as a function of the amount of unwanted tilt at various apertures. In this post, I’ll test my (borrowed) copy of the 30/5.6 GF T/S lens for tilt-related focus error. I can do this… [Read More]
Fujifilm 30mm f/5.6 T/S lens — allowable tilt error
Lensrentals has loaned me a Fuji GF 30mm f/5.6 tilt/shift lens. There have been reports of unwanted tilt when using this lens. I conducted an analysis of how much tilt it takes to cause various amounts of defocus error. While the stimulus for this work was the 30/5.6 T/S lens, it is applicable to any… [Read More]
Fujifilm GF 30/5.6 Tilt/Shift lens on GFX 100 II — Illumination falloff
Lensrentals has loaned me a Fujifilm 30 mm f/5.6 tilt/shift (T/S) lens to test. I mounted it on a GFX 100 II, focused it at infinity, aimed it at a white wall, and made four images at each f-stop from 5.6 through 11, rotating the camera 90 degrees around the lens axis. I brought the… [Read More]
Fujifilm GF 30/5.6 T/S lens, usage notes for view camera users
The Fujifilm 30 mm f/5.6 tilt/shift lens can emulate any two, and in some cases, even more, of the standard view camera movements. It manages this by allowing the user to mount the tripod either to the lens or the camera body, and allowing the shift and tilt axes to be rotated freely. I’ll go… [Read More]
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