The Fuji GFX 100RF arrived from LensRentals looking brand new. The first surprise was how compact it felt compared to the other GFX cameras. For a medium-format camera it is downright svelte, close in heft to a Nikon Z7 with a small 35mm lens. The design calls to mind a modern digital version of the… [Read More]

I tested the GF 100RF wide open for distortion, both with and without the Lightroom lens corrections. Without:   I added the red line so that you can see the distortion. It’s pretty severe without the software correction. You can also see the vignetting of the lens.   With the Lightroom lens corrections enabled, both… [Read More]

I set up the GFX 100RF as follows. Manual exposure Manual focus Red peaking, low Arca Swiss Cube Foba camera stand 2-second self timer 5 images in each setting ISO 100 F-stops from f/4 through f/11 Shutter speeds adjusted to give equal exposure Note that this regime eliminates focus curvature as a variable. I developed… [Read More]

When you’ve got an f/4 lens, it’s not hard to avoid mechanical vignetting and the resultant cat’s eye bokeh. Fuji almost did that with the GFX 100 RF. I think they would have if they weren’t trying so hard to make the lens small. These are a bunch of far out of focus images of… [Read More]

Good news here. There isn’t any to speak of. I tried the Roger Cicala Q&D Focus curvature test at three distances.