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Steve Spencer wrote:
Actually the sensor in the GFX is basically the sensor in the Sony A7r and Nikon D800 made bigger. It is a very nice sensor, but the higher resolution of the new sensor (said to be 100mp) is bound to be nice. The rumors are that the new sensor is back side illuminated as well, so imagine a sensor that is more like the A7r II and A7r III but bigger. Actually if the rumors are correct it will have a slightly higher pixel density than those sensors as well. Being a BSI sensor will also allow the cameras to shoot at up to 6 fps and greatly improve its video capabilities. It should be a very nice upgrade, but I don't expect it in working models until at least 2019.
Personally, I am not interested in the Fuji G mount lenses either largely because they are focus by wire and I am putting a priority on getting lenses with a good manual focus experience and to me that means it isn't focus by wire. A number of the C/Y lenses are excellent choices for the Fuji. The 35 f/1.4 works quite well, not perfectly buy very nicely. The little 45 f/2.8 Tessar is reported to work very well, and less surprisingly the 85 f/1.4, the 100 f/2, and the 135 f/2 are all reported to cover the sensor with no difficulties. I am taking a serious look at the 200 f/2 Aposonnar, which is a lens that has always intrigued me and would make a very interesting 145 f/1.5 when cropped to 4 X 3 or squarer. If you like the C/Y look you should also consider the Hasselblad V series lenses which to my eye have a very similar look and as 6 X 6 lenses cover the sensor quite easily. I have the 40 f/4 CFE IF, the 100 f/3.5 C, and the 180 f/4 CF, and I might well get the 110 f/2 F. Also the Contax 645 lenses share a similar look as well. In that line I have the 45 f/2.8 and the 120 f/4 APO macro, and I might well get the 80 f/2. All of these lenses are Zeiss lenses from a similar era just made for different mounts and film sizes, so it isn't surprising to me they share a fairly similar look....Show more →
Good info Steve. I also despise fbw. I am not interested in video, faster FPS or even AF. I am interested in a larger sensor for the look of the files, hopefully more DR, more malleable files and better color. I am very familiar with FF lenses, and I've owned both the CY 35 and 100 (a couple times...). They are spectacular. I do have a CY 100-300 and 50 1.7 right now.
I know the MF lenses and realm far less than well.
I read some time ago--don't remember where--someone had used a contax 85 1.2 on MF and it covered it quite well, but not sure if it was crop MF or "normal" MF. Given the a7 series cameras keep bumping up in size and weight with each generation, the GFX gets more tempting. I am curious how the contax n 85 1.4 would do on the GFX, but that's an awkward FL for me.
I have a very nice FF set up with lots of small RF glass with lovely rendering, but I have an eye half open for the GFX.
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