p.12 #1 · Utility of dynamic range beyond a certain point
gdanmitchell wrote:
My point above was not that the GFX system is right or wrong or that it is good or bad — just that working with it is a very different thing than working with high-end FF systems.
Like you, I also work (with my larger camera systems) almost* exclusively from the tripod, and I rely heavily on the LCD for framing and manual focus. (Basically I run the camera in a fully manual mode for this.) However, I moved away from using prime lenses (for my landscape photography) and for a decade or so have used only zooms, with the exception of occasionally using a macro prime. (I use a Pentax medium format zoom lens on a Mirex tilt/shift adapter at times, too.)
My personal issue with GFX — and I acknowledge that it is personal to my style of landscape photography, which often relies on long lenses — is that there is no Fujifilm zoom longer than 200mm (the 100-200). And, of course, that’s a wider angle of view than 200mm on FF. I rely a great deal on 70-200mm and 100-400mm zoom lenses, with the latter occasionally using a 1.4x TC.
I know that Fujifilm makes excellent 250mm and 500mm primes for the GFX cameras, along with a 1.4x TC. But I want (expect, need…) the precise compositional control provided by zoom lenses… and I do not’ want to deal with two big primes and a TC where one lens does the job on FF with greater control.
As I often add, though, YMMV. :-)
I see that you rely on a set of four prime lenses between 24mm and 135mm, and you can certainly find lenses that will work with that approach. Your T/S (Canon EF I presume) lenses should give you sufficient coverage for the somewhat larger miniMF sensor area, though your ability to to T and S will be a bit more limited, if that matters. You will, obviously, be getting larger angles of view, but some photographers are willing to crop to FF size occasionally.
If I had been in your situation — owning a set of lenses that should work well with an adapter — I probably would have moved to GFX several years ago.
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* my “almost” qualifier is that I do sometimes photograph wildlife with my current FF system, and I most often do that handheld. For me — but probably not for you — that is another negative on the miniMF system on several counts: speed, reach, and lenses. When I contemplated GFX while waiting to see if Fujifilm would ever come up with better long lens options, I assumed that I’d need a second system for this photography.
Well you sure are due for an upgrade you've been using that 5Dsr almost as long as I've been posting here. I'm sure you'll enjoy the Sony these modern sensors/cameras have had many generations of improvements now.
