weezintrumpete wrote:
So after hemming and hawing about getting a GFX, I just purchased a 50S from the board here with the intention of using it with manual focus glass.
Without going through this whole thread, is there a good resource for what adapted lenses work and don't work well with the GFX?
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. I have always loved my Nikon 105mm 2.5 and it works well on the GFX. But - again - that's only to experiment with a slightly larger sensor; these lenses work equally well (or bad) on full-frame cameras.
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!
