Got a 50R yesterday. My initial impressions are that unless you are using MF/GFX lenses, it’s not worth the bump up from an A7r3. I don’t think I am gaining enough using FF lenses, especially considering I nearly always shoot below 50mm where adapted FF lenses suffer in terms of vingetting and coverage.
Given the size increase, I doubt I’ll keep it, but I will be doing testing with FF and RF glass.
But I am temped to pick up a GFX 45 to really unlock the 50r...
nehemiahphoto wrote:
Got a 50R yesterday. My initial impressions are that unless you are using MF/GFX lenses, it’s not worth the bump up from an A7r3. I don’t think I am gaining enough using FF lenses, especially considering I nearly always shoot below 50mm where adapted FF lenses suffer in terms of vingetting and coverage.
Given the size increase, I doubt I’ll keep it, but I will be doing testing with FF and RF glass.
But I am temped to pick up a GFX 45 to really unlock the 50r...
See if the retailer will let you add the 45 for the kit/bundle price. It would have only been $500 more to add the 63 and $700 to add the 45 to your 50R at the time of purchase.
highdesertmesa wrote:
See if the retailer will let you add the 45 for the kit/bundle price. It would have only been $500 more to add the 63 and $700 to add the 45 to your 50R at the time of purchase.
It's a good idea and thank you for the suggestion, but I picked up my 50R off the b/s forum here. I will say, not sure why/how, but the lenses seem to behave a little differently on the GFX sensor. I assume it's the lesser pixel density, the change in FOV, the shallower DOF or other things people on here might know, but I feel like the GFX sensor is kinder to my lenses. They seem to show less issues than on the a7r2/3 even in the FF/more central area of the GFX sensor.
nehemiahphoto wrote:
It's a good idea and thank you for the suggestion, but I picked up my 50R off the b/s forum here. I will say, not sure why/how, but the lenses seem to behave a little differently on the GFX sensor. I assume it's the lesser pixel density, the change in FOV, the shallower DOF or other things people on here might know, but I feel like the GFX sensor is kinder to my lenses. They seem to show less issues than on the a7r2/3 even in the FF/more central area of the GFX sensor.
Supposedly the Fujifilm-specific GFX sensor microlens design is a big contributor to the sharpness of the GF and adapted lenses. I've also found with adapted lenses you can increase the sharpness in C1/LR well above the default and get really close to native sharpness, at least in the center. 645 and 67 lenses are your best bet if you want to adapt. Or carefully select from those 35mm lenses known to work well; but, even then, most 35mm lenses are not as sharp in the corners as the GF lenses.
For what it's worth, the next generation sensor beginning with the GFX 100 will be a BSI design, which is supposed to be improve corner sharpness on adapted lenses that where not originally designed to cover 44x33.
highdesertmesa wrote:
Supposedly the Fujifilm-specific GFX sensor microlens design is a big contributor to the sharpness of the GF and adapted lenses. I've also found with adapted lenses you can increase the sharpness in C1/LR well above the default and get really close to native sharpness, at least in the center. 645 and 67 lenses are your best bet if you want to adapt. Or carefully select from those 35mm lenses known to work well; but, even then, most 35mm lenses are not as sharp in the corners as the GF lenses.
For what it's worth, the next generation sensor beginning with the GFX 100 will be a BSI design, which is supposed to be improve corner sharpness on adapted lenses that where not originally designed to cover 44x33....Show more →
Sounds quite similar to the a7r versus a7r2 which incorporated a BSI sensor and helped with off central and color smearing. I'll have to food around with sharpening more in LR. Thanks for the info.
I am sure the images from 100MP backlight GFX microlens sensor will be absolutely nuts when paired with top tier glass at optimal apertures.
- The 75 Lux has some hard vingetting, but slightly less the the Minola 58 1.2
- The Minolta 58 1.2 has hard vinegetting in the corners, and gets wonky just before the hard vingetting
- The CV 35 1.7 covers the entire GFX sensor with no hard vingetting and decent corners stopped down it seems!!!
- The MS Optics 73 1.5 Sonnetar covers the entire GFX sensor
I would like to post crops for the CV 35 1.7 and other lenses, but my adapter won’t let me reach infinite on much of my glass. Anyone else experience this/have any helpful thoughts?
