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]
Should I buy a medium format digital camera?
I get asked this question a lot; so often that I’m going to write a general response. This doesn’t replace the personalized advice that I have given and will continue to give, but it will add to it. For whom is this article intended? I’m thinking of someone who already owns an interchangeable lens full… [Read More]
Another reason to keep your old images
During the late 1960s I took pictures of Can-Am and USRRC races for a magazine called Competition Press and Autoweek. I had lots of images of famous drivers like Dan Gurney, Bruce McLaren, Dennis Hulme, Jim Hall, Parnelli Jones, Mark Donohue, etc. During one of my moves in the 1970s almost all the negatives got… [Read More]
Fujifilm GFX 100S II summary
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]