On the DPR Medium Format Forum, a poster has advocated for use of the term “image fidelity” as a scalar description of photographic technical quality. He has referenced the term “high fidelity” in audio as an analog and an exemplar. I am unconvinced that this new terminology offers any advantages over the conventional term “image… [Read More]
Fujifilm 30 mm f/5.6 GF tilt/shift lens summary part 3
This will be the last summary post in my review of the Fujifilm 30mm f/5.6 GF tilt/shift lens. It’s not about the lens in particular, but about how to handle tilt and focusing when using the GFX cameras with any tilt/shift lens. Examine the scene and decide where you want to place the focal plane…. [Read More]
Fujifilm 30 mm f/5.6 GF tilt/shift lens summary part 2
In the previous post, I talked mostly about the mechanical operation of the Fujifilm 30 mm f/5.6 GF tilt/shift lens. In this one, I will summarize the optical performance. Light falloff The GF 30/5.6 T/S lens has a very large image circle for such a short focal length. This almost always comes with significant light… [Read More]
Fujifilm 30 mm f/5.6 GF tilt/shift lens summary part 1
I’ve had a Fujifilm 30 mm f/5.6 GF tilt/shift lens on loan from LensRentals for about three weeks, and I’ve done the basic testing. I had hoped to get some time using the way the lens was intended, but testing this complex lens turned out to take all the time I’d allotted to the task. … [Read More]
Fujifilm 30mm f/5.6 T/S lens — sharpness, shift vs post, extreme right
Lensrentals has loaned me a Fujifilm 30mm f/5.6 GF tilt/shift lens. I’m getting ready to send it back, and I asked on DPR if there were any tests that anybody wanted me to run. One reader asked that I compare the sharpness of shifted images vs ones that applied the same sort of corrections in… [Read More]