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 p.97 #12 · Adapting Lenses to the Fuji GFX | |
markhout wrote:
I don't mean to be a d*ck, but you've 'hemmed and hawed' about purchasing an expensive camera, and you don't want to be bothered to go through this whole thread?
What you've got in the pages before is the cream of the crop of GFX players sharing their vintage lens experience. It is the single one-stop resource on the Internet. Highly recommended. And you got great suggestions and directions in the earlier question you asked (https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1820308/).
TL;DR it's a matter of taste.
In fact, you may very well find that your full-frame camera is serving your purpose better, particularly if you're looking at cropping your GFX image. I can go on and on about the Mitakon 65mm having such an awesome Pentax 67 + 105mm experience, but it may not serve your intent. Just read, learn and play.
If you're a Nikon / Canon / Leica M / M42 shooter, buy a cheap dumb adapter and just try all of your lenses. But if you want the real GFX experience you must buy GFX lenses. They are stunning. Only a handful non-GFX medium format lenses are great challengers (vs the full-frame experience), but most of them are expensive even 2nd hand and AF lenses require expensive adapters.
Here is the cheat sheet that you want. We are spoiled for choice in the 50mm category!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uxvvpxJ9QVFFyh0pW2rs9KBmUW9vlh-d-VnbcLDCTn8/edit#gid=0...Show more →
Thanks for the link, that is what I was looking for.
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freaklikeme wrote:
I haven't used the Nokton. I haven't been impressed with the performance of any of my friends' M lenses on my 50sII, which included the APO-Lanthar 50. Even the ones that "cover" have strong FC, color cast, and corner smearing. If I were already using the Lanthar on another system, I could see taking advantage of it's size and weight with the expectation of some cropping, but I wouldn't purchase any M-lens for the soul purpose of using it on the GFX.
Thanks, that is helpful!
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Steve Spencer wrote:
That you like a 4 X 5 aspect ratio will help in two ways. It cuts the image circle to about 50mm instead of 55mm and the crop factor is .73, so you can use a longer lens. You ideally want a 55mm lens (with a 4 X 5 ratio that will look just like a 40mm FF lens), so the lens you will probably want is the 55 f/1.7 GF lens that is on the roadmap. That will get you a roughly a 40mm f/1.2 FF lens equivalent. In the meantime I would recommend going with a medium format 55mm lens, and a good and cheap option is the Mamiya 645 55 f/2.8, that will get you a 40mm f/2.1 FF equivalent, it is a nice performing lens, it can be fairly easily obtained, and it is cheap and easily adapted. And of course it easily will cover the image circle. I have tried a bunch of fast 55-58mm lens on the GFX and none of them covered the image circle to my satisfaction (even with a 4 X 5 aspect ratio) but there are a lot of interesting options. I had the Canon FD 55 f/1.2 Asph, which is a really good lens, but it didn't cover the image circle as well as I liked and I found I preferred the much slower Mamiya 645 55 f/2.8 and the Contax 645 55 f/3.5 much more even though they are a lot slower.
Personally, I would get something cheap now and save your pennies for the GF 55 f/1.7 when it gets made, but you have a ton of choices. I just would not expect full coverage of the image circle with any of the FF 35mm lenses. That might not matter much to you, but it did to me....Show more →
Ah yes, good tip, thank you! that 55mm does sound pretty great for my use. Much appreciated on the various equivalency numbers, I always have a hard time figuring those out.
I actually have a Mitakon 65mm f/1.4 coming, but I'm worried that lens is going to be too big and heavy, hence the question. I'll look into the lenses you suggested as well. Cheers!
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