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Fujifilm GFX with 120/4 AF accuracy

April 16, 2017 JimK 1 Comment

This is the 33rd in a series of posts on the Fujifilm GFX-50S. The series starts here. I repeated yesterday’s auto focus tests with the Fuji 120 mm f/4 macro lens instead of the 63. Here are the results: First of all, a word of explanation for numbers you’ve probably never seen before. Yes, you… [Read More]

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Fujifilm GFX with 63/2.8 AF accuracy

April 15, 2017 JimK 11 Comments

This is the 32nd in a series of posts on the Fujifilm GFX-50S. The series starts here. There have been conflicting reports about whether the Fujifilm GFX 50S focuses at taking aperture or not. It’s an important question, because, as we’ve seen in the last post, the 63 mm f/2.8 lens has a moderate amount… [Read More]

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a7RII/Otus 55 vs GFX/Fuji 63

April 14, 2017 JimK 3 Comments

This is the 31st in a series of posts on the Fujifilm GFX-50S. The series starts here. Since the GFX came out, there has been much ‘net discussion as to whether there are any quality improvements over the best full frame (FF) cameras with the best glass. Those discussions usually ignore the fact that the… [Read More]

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a7RII & GFX on-axis sharpness w/ Otus 85

April 12, 2017 JimK 10 Comments

This is the 30th in a series of posts on the Fujifilm GFX-50S. The series starts here. There has been a lot of talk on the ‘net that the resolution differences between the a7RII and the Fuji GFX 50S don’t amount to much, so why suffer the increased hit on the pocketbook, loss of features,… [Read More]

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Fuji 63/2.8 focus shift and LoCA

April 11, 2017 JimK 5 Comments

This is the 29th in a series of posts on the Fujifilm GFX-50S. The series starts here. I took the same general experimental protocol that I used in the last post on the Fuji 120mm f/4 G macro lens and applied it to the 63 m f/2.8 “normal” lens. Subject distance was 2 meters. Wide… [Read More]

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