Reviews GFX LENS MASTER LIST Thumbnails are downscaled image captures (not graphics) of a white wall shot with the lens stopped open, focused at infinity. Vignetting invariably improves at near focus. Soft vignetting also tends to improve as the lens is stopped down, though some of those tested have fixed apertures (noted below). Hard vignetting …
Resolution: Unshifted For comparison we here include a capture at f5.6 by the Panasonic Lumix-S 20-60mm kit lens with lens profiling turned on.
Light Handling & Flare There’s more to a lens than resolution, so we’ll come to that last. Light angles are actually a dominant property of the behaviour of shift lenses on both sides of the iris – especially when comparing vintage lenses with period coatings. The Olympus 35mm Shift here tested has been remounted to …
Introduction Legacy medium format lenses have seen a recent uptick in valuation and demand, thanks largely to Fuji’s GFX system.The Pentax 645Z fraternity continues to watch with detached interest the pointless hurly-burly of the camera business while patiently going about its work much in the manner of twenty years hence – and Phase One and …
