Re: Pre-order: Fujifilm GFX 50S Medium Format body ($6,499)
Gents,
Relating to the Actus discussion, as an Actus user with Sony A7, I'm trying to get my head around the cost/benefit of moving to the GFX as a back vs. using the Sony and stitching.
My primary lenses for archtecture and landscape work are an Actar 24, Zeiss PC-Distagon 35, Rodenstock HR 60/4, and a Sironar Digital 90/5.6. Image circles are 60mm, 63mm, 70mm and 115mm. APO-Rodegon-N 80 and APO-Rodegon-D 1:1 for close-in and Macro work.
At the wide end with these lenses, while they should clear the mount, there's not a lot of shift margin with the Fuji - perhaps a few mm with the Actar, 5-8mm with the Zeiss PC-D, and 10-12mm with the Rodenstock HR 60. Of course the 90 has coverage enough for anything the camera can do.
So, if I am willing to stitch with the Sony - and I understand that isn't always possible - I can utilize the coverage of my lenses already. The pixel density of the two are quite similar - the Sony A7 has about 20% more pixels per square mm than the GFX, so a trivial resolution advantage goes to the Sony and perhaps a slight noise advantage to the GFX.
So, at the moment, upgrading from the Actus/Sony to the GFX version doesn't seem like a huge win. (Note that, at the moment, I'm not looking to go to another full native solution.)
Re: Pre-order: Fujifilm GFX 50S Medium Format body ($6,499)
Gents,
Relating to the Actus discussion, as an Actus user with Sony A7, I'm trying to get my head around the cost/benefit of moving to the GFX as a back vs. using the Sony and stitching.
My primary lenses for archtecture and landscape work are an Actar 24, Zeiss PC-Distagon 35, Rodenstock HR 60/4, and a Sironar Digital 90/5.6. Image circles are 60mm, 63mm, 70mm and 115mm. APO-Rodegon-N 80 and APO-Rodegon-D 1:1 for close-in and Macro work.
At the wide end with these lenses, while they should clear the mount, there's not a lot of shift margin with the Fuji - perhaps a few mm with the Actar, 5-8mm withthe Zeiss PC-D, and 10-12mm with the Rodenstock HR 60. Of course the 90 has coverage enough for anything the camera can do.
So, if I am willing to stitch with the Sony - and I understand that isn't always possible - I can utilize the coverage of my lenses already. The pixel density of the two are quite similar - the Sony A7 has about 20% more pixels per square mm than the GFX, so a trivial resolution advantage goes to the Sony and perhaps a slight noise advantage to the GFX.
So, at the moment, upgrading from the Actus/Sony to the GFX version doesn't seem like a huge win. (Note that, at the moment, I'm not looking to go to another full native solution.)
Re: Pre-order: Fujifilm GFX 50S Medium Format body ($6,499)
Gents,
Relating to the Actus discussion, as an Actus user with Sony A7, I'm trying to get my head around the cost/benefit of moving to the GFX as a back vs. using the Sony and stitching.
My primary lenses for archtecture and landscape work are an Actar 24, Zeiss PC-Distagon 35, Rodenstock HR 60/4, and a Sironar Digital 90/5.6. Image circles are 60mm, 63mm, 70mm and 115mm. APO-Rodegon-N 80 and APO-Rodegon-D 1:1 for close-in and Macro work.
At the wide end with these lenses, while they should clear the mount, there's not a lot of shift margin with the Fuji - perhaps a few mm with the Actar, 5-8mm withthe Zeiss PC-D, and 10-12mm with the Rodenstock HR 60. Of course the 90 has coverage enough for anything the camera can do.
So, if I am willing to stitch with the Sony - and I understand that isn't always possible - I can utilize the coverage of my lenses already. The pixel density of the two are quite similar (the Sony A7 has about 20% more pixels per square mm than the GFX).
So, at the moment, upgrading from the Actus/Sony to the GFX version doesn't seem like a huge win. (Note that, at the moment, I'm not looking to go to another full native solution.)
Re: Pre-order: Fujifilm GFX 50S Medium Format body ($6,499)
Gents,
Relating to the Actus discussion, as an Actus user with Sony A7, I'm trying to get my head around the cost/benefit of moving to the GFX as a back vs. using the Sony and stitching.
My primary lenses for archtecture and landscape work are an Actar 24, Zeiss PC-Distagon 35, Rodenstock HR 60/4, and a Sironar Digital 90/5.6. Image circles are 60mm, 63mm, 70mm and 115mm. APO-Rodegon-N 80 and APO-Rodegon-D 1:1 for close-in and Macro work.
At the wide end with these lenses, while they should clear the mount, there's not a lot of shift margin with the Fuji - perhaps a few mm with the Actar, 5-8mm withthe Zeiss PC-D, and 10-12mm with the Rodenstock HR 60. Of course the 90 has coverage enough for anything the camera can do.
So, if I am willing to stitch with the Sony - and I understand that isn't always possible - I can utilize the coverage of my lenses already.
So, at the moment, upgrading from the Actus/Sony to the GFX version doesn't seem like a huge win. (Note that, at the moment, I'm not looking to go to another full native solution.)
Re: Pre-order: Fujifilm GFX 50S Medium Format body ($6,499)
Gents,
Relating to the Actus discussion, as an Actus user with Sony A7, I'm trying to get my head around the cost/benefit of moving to the GFX as a back vs. using the Sony and stitching.
My primary lenses for outdoor work are an Actar 24, Zeiss PC-Distagon 35, Rodenstock HR 60/4, and a Sironar Digital 90/5.6. Image circles are 60mm, 63mm, 70mm and 115mm. APO-Rodegon-N 80 and APO-Rodegon-D 1:1 for close-in and Macro work.
At the wide end with these lenses, while they should clear the mount, there's not a lot of shift margin with the Fuji - perhaps a few mm with the Actar, 5-8mm withthe Zeiss PC-D, and 10-12mm with the Rodenstock HR 60. Of course the 90 has coverage enough for anything the camera can do.
So, if I am willing to stitch with the Sony - and I understand that isn't always possible - I can utilize the coverage of my lenses already.
So, at the moment, upgrading from the Actus/Sony to the GFX version doesn't seem like a huge win. (Note that, at the moment, I'm not looking to go to another full native solution.)
Am I missing something?
Michael
Mar 04, 2017 at 08:44 PM
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