I have to give props to the GF80/1.7.
I try out so many adapted lenses that I sometimes forget how good native GFX lenses are.
I just bought it, again, for the third time, and I'm immediately reminded what an incredible lens it is.
I've gone through many 85-ish lenses for the GFX, and none of them fully live up to what the GF80 can deliver in terms of speed, sharpness, texture, smoothness and bokeh power.
Some lenses can do some of those things, but the GF80 does them all.
It gets trashed a lot because the AF is slow, but maybe those naysayers were expecting to shoot Formula One with it?
For portraits, the AF does a great job, and you can't beat the creamy sharpness this lens produces.
The lens arrived today, so no portraits yet, but here are some quick snaps I took outside, wide open at f1.7
Unedited, they're simply RAW files exported as JPGs. All controls and sliders set to zero.
Agreed! The 80 1.7 has become my *favorite* lens in the GFX system, I even prefer it to the 110 f/2. (slightly wider framing, shorter, lighter)
I came from the Nikon system, and the best comparison I can make is that the 80 1.7 is like the 58 1.4G in terms of rendering, framing and usability. The 110 f/2 is more like the 85 1.4G.
The only thing I don't like about it is the constant AF movement for no good reason. You turn on the camera, the elements move. You hit play, the elements move. You exit out of preview, it moves again. You turn off the camera, it moves yet again. What is the deal with this lens? I have 5 other GFX lenses and none of them do it. I don't mind slow focusing, but this constant AF back and forth is so annoying. I hope someday Fuji comes up with a firmware to fix it.
If you can get over that annoyance, it will reward you with FANTASTIC image quality. All of these are wide open shots. It doesn't really get much sharper stopped down, you just get more DOF. It's a freak of a lens and I love it.
GFX100SGF80mmF1.7 R WR lens80mmf/1.71/250s1250 ISO0.0 EV
GFX100SGF80mmF1.7 R WR lens80mmf/1.71/25s100 ISO0.0 EV
GFX100SGF80mmF1.7 R WR lens80mmf/1.71/500s1600 ISO0.0 EV
GFX100SGF80mmF1.7 R WR lens80mmf/1.71/500s125 ISO0.0 EV
GFX100SGF80mmF1.7 R WR lens80mmf/1.71/1800s100 ISO0.0 EV
GFX100SGF80mmF1.7 R WR lens80mmf/1.71/4000s100 ISO0.0 EV
GFX100SGF80mmF1.7 R WR lens80mmf/1.71/3000s100 ISO0.0 EV
GFX100SGF80mmF1.7 R WR lens80mmf/1.71/750s100 ISO0.0 EV
Here's another nod for the 80!
I shoot mainly portraits. After looking through my images I realized I was often at ~65mm on a 24-70. The 80mm (63mm equivalent) was almost the perfect focal length. I find the 50mm to wide and slightly boring, but the 80 was just right lol.
Needless to say the optics are fantastic.
+1, love the 80mm lens. I use it for portraits, along with the 45mm Fuji and an elderly Canon 50mm f/1.4 FD SSC from 1970 or so. My GFX kit is slimmed down to exactly what I want in retirement, and I use it only for portraits.
Joseph. wrote:
Agreed! The 80 1.7 has become my *favorite* lens in the GFX system, I even prefer it to the 110 f/2. (slightly wider framing, shorter, lighter)
I came from the Nikon system, and the best comparison I can make is that the 80 1.7 is like the 58 1.4G in terms of rendering, framing and usability. The 110 f/2 is more like the 85 1.4G.
The only thing I don't like about it is the constant AF movement for no good reason. You turn on the camera, the elements move. You hit play, the elements move. You exit out of preview, it moves again. You turn off the camera, it moves yet again. What is the deal with this lens? I have 5 other GFX lenses and none of them do it. I don't mind slow focusing, but this constant AF back and forth is so annoying. I hope someday Fuji comes up with a firmware to fix it.
If you can get over that annoyance, it will reward you with FANTASTIC image quality. All of these are wide open shots. It doesn't really get much sharper stopped down, you just get more DOF. It's a freak of a lens and I love it....Show more →
The Nikon 58/1.4 is a fine lens, but I did not get along well with it. I didn't like the AF or the center sharpness, though there was nothing objectively to complain about. It had more to do with the way it was sharp and the way it used AF, and I preferred the GF55 in those respects.
Some beautiful shots posted here. Might possibly rethink not buying the 80/1.7. I have the 55/1.7 and love it much more than I expected to. I don't do many portraits and went with the 55 as a better focal length for me. I was thinking of trying an adapted 645 80mm but now not sure.
