I recently bought EF 35mm f2 IS lens, and it fits so well with GFX 100s ii sensor. No hard vignetting. Soft vignetting is within the range of being manageable, with Lightroom correction or 5x4 ratio cropping.
Seabassius wrote:
@rdeloe@ I just posted a WTB for a 35-70 if you happen to want to free up some precious desk drawer space....
It was worth asking, but no. This one I'm keeping. I got it at one of Fuji's "used to be regular" 50% off sales. I think of it as the lens every GFX photographer should have simply because it's light, sharp, and covers such a useful range of focal lengths.
I do all my work with a digital view camera that has the GFX 100S as the "back" (hence the adapted lenses). When the time comes that I need a native lens, it will serve me well.
What is the best autofocus capable Nikon F -> GF adapter on the market today? I have a few lenses sitting around that I really don't want to sell and it looks like they do pretty well on the 33x44 sensor (Sigma 40/1.4, Sigma 20/1.4 and Nikon 58/1.4).
pingflood wrote:
What is the best autofocus capable Nikon F -> GF adapter on the market today? I have a few lenses sitting around that I really don't want to sell and it looks like they do pretty well on the 33x44 sensor (Sigma 40/1.4, Sigma 20/1.4 and Nikon 58/1.4).
IDK about best, but I have the Fringer and it works really well.
Still one of my favourite adapted lenses: Mamiya 150/3.5 (@f/16 for DOF)...
It's tiny, relatively fast, sharp enough, and draws beautifully (Sonnar-ish?).
GFX50S IIMamiya 150/3.5 lens150mmf/1.01/20s100 ISO0.0 EV
You're right. Didn't realize it was in Auto for 35mm mode. Looks like there is some vignetting. I can test it in full mode later today. Battery died when I went out to test again and need to get ready for work.
Trying the Canon EF 35mm f/1.4 L II for Aurora.
Thought in advance that I wouldn't mind the vignetting wide open for this, but I am not so sure. Some vignetting correction applied, but it only accentuates the dark far corners.
Maybe I will try stopping down to f/2 next time.
Trying out the GFX50Sii with a Fringer (Nikon mount) adapter.
The Zeiss 135mm f2 APO Zf.2 is amazing. The Nikon 58mm f1.4 is pretty good too but not quite so as the Zeiss.
Any other must haves that would be in the Zeiss 135mm quality? I see a few other Zf.2 Zeiss lenses such as the 35mm f1.4 and f2.0 that sound interesting.
jeffro wrote:
Trying out the GFX50Sii with a Fringer (Nikon mount) adapter.
The Zeiss 135mm f2 APO Zf.2 is amazing. The Nikon 58mm f1.4 is pretty good too but not quite so as the Zeiss.
Any other must haves that would be in the Zeiss 135mm quality? I see a few other Zf.2 Zeiss lenses such as the 35mm f1.4 and f2.0 that sound interesting.
Neither of the Zeiss 35mm lenses cover the sensor well. If you want a lens that wide, I found the Contax 645 35mm to be pretty good and obviously covers the whole sensor very well. At 55mm I also really liked the Contax 645 55 f/3.5 and the 120 f/4 Macro is a gem. Getting the Fringer Contax 645 adapter is totally worth it in my view if you get those 3 lenses.
Steve Spencer wrote:
Neither of the Zeiss 35mm lenses cover the sensor well. If you want a lens that wide, I found the Contax 645 35mm to be pretty good and obviously covers the whole sensor very well. At 55mm I also really liked the Contax 645 55 f/3.5 and the 120 f/4 Macro is a gem. Getting the Fringer Contax 645 adapter is totally worth it in my view if you get those 3 lenses.
Good advice. Worth noting the 120 macro is a manual focus, not a deal breaker imo if shooting macro.
Jeff, the zeiss 100 makro planar is pretty good. Not quite as good as the 135 (which is out of this world), but if you can control the chromatic aberration and stop down to 4 or 5.6 to minimize the vignette, I really love shooting with it… especially for close focus stuff like flowers.
