I'm glad the 50mm TS-E works so well on the GFX, and it's great to see you have the GFX 100S II to test! It will be interesting to see how much of an improvement you think it is for your style of shooting. I'm thinking you may appreciate the improved IBIS and viewfinder the most, but I don't remember you saying if you use the EVF or not while shooting handheld. I haven't seen the 100S II in person, but have read and watched many reviews. Fuji claims 8 stops of image stabilization now, compared to 6 stops with version I, but apparently this is an "up to"/maximum result when used with their most effective IS stabilized lenses. Gordon Laing says in his Cameralabs video review on KZread, "NEW Fujifilm GFX 100S II REVIEW first looks," that he's found the 100S II to have 4.5 stops in his test, and found the 100S to have just 3 stops of compensation. So it's only about half of what they claim, but 4.5 stops is still a lot, and 1.5 stops improvement should be easily noticed, and could come in very useful for handheld shots! The dynamic range is said to have also been improved, but a company tested it (I forget their name), and found the improvement to only be in the new 80 ISO, compared to the DR in both cameras at 100 ISO. You wouldn't benefit from the improved autofocus tracking, so that wouldn't be a factor. One thing that I miss from the Canon 5DsR is being able to quickly scroll across recorded images at 100% resolution with the joystick, in order to check sharpness, etc. during shooting. It takes forever, for example, 20 seconds with the 100S to scroll from the left to the right side of an image in the lcd. The 5DsR was lightning fast in comparison. Because the 100S II has a faster processor, I'm wondering if scrolling across recorded images is now much faster. I haven't seen any reviewers mention this, but would think a lot of photographers check their images in the field, to make sure of focus, etc., but maybe not, since the reviewers never mentioned how tedious this is with the 100S. It's nice to see they dropped the price by $1,000! FUJI is impressive! Tony Northrup just did a video showing how Nikon hamstrung their Z6 III's dynamic range a full stop in order to use a lot of the pixels to improve autofocus instead of capturing max light for DR. The GFX cameras may have 2 more stops of DR! I hope FUJI always puts image quality for stills above autofocus speed and video capability.

@KeithCooper

3 күн бұрын

Actually, virtually no significant improvement [for myself] - yes, the IS might be a tad better and the viewfinder a bit sharper. I'll leave detailed testing to others, but I certainly wouldn't consider any of it a reason to update [YMMV]. Indeed, it makes a used mk1 100S even more enticing for the curious ;-) I only ever use the EVF when handheld - my eyesight makes the screen on the back about as useless as most phones are to me. That and I have not spent years getting a good stance for hand held just to hold the camera out in front of me to see the screen... ;-) If the DR is better, then my casual testing hasn't shown it in any meaningful way - I only have the mk2 here for a while though, so a rather limited set of testing in this case.

Nice, I bit the bullet and found a new copy last October. Your review was one of the deciding factors, one I kept going back to when lusting over it 😅 In any case, eventually going to Fuji medium format is also why I haven't hesitated investing in these lenses. Glad to see you're using them in the exact scenario of medium format I want eventually!

@KeithCooper

5 күн бұрын

Thanks - just going out to test the 50mm a bit. Well, at least I will when the rain stops... ;-)

Hello Keith. It would be nice to compare the quality of the Canon ts-e 50mm with the Fujinon GF45 f/2.8. My comparison of Canon ts-e24 f/3.5 mark2 with Fujinon GF23 f/4. Canon has chromatic aberration. At medium and close distances it gives quality for 100 megapixels; closer to infinity, the resolution of the optics is insufficient for 100 megapixels. Better (linear) stretching to the edges, this makes the image better, the wide-angle effect is less noticeable. Fujinon GF23 f/4 is optically perfect, no chromatic aberrations. I don't like its strong contrast. And a very noticeable (nonlinear) stretching to the edges of the image along the long side. I had not noticed this before on other wide-angle lenses and thought it was due to the size of the sensor. I had to sell the Fujinon GF23; I stopped using it after buying the Canon ts-e24. (Google Translater). Eduard.

@KeithCooper

4 күн бұрын

Nice, but not likely for testing from me - I rarely ever do comparisons between single examples of a lens, but I don't have a 45mm and I got the TS-E50 because it is tilt/shift. Similarly, the Fuji 23mm is very nice [I've looked at it] but once again not relevant for any of my photography. I have a TS-E24 and it works just fine ;-)

@Fujik1966

4 күн бұрын

@@KeithCooper Yes, that’s right, it’s more universal. For us, who are not picky about autofocus, this is a very worthy replacement from Canon. And they have the same price. If only Fujifilm would think about the price. Now I’m faced with choosing a fixed long lens for GFX, and again in favor of Canon. The small aperture GF TS 30/5,6. $$$$s that won't don't pass into aperture make Fujifilm tilt-shift lenses uncompetitive. We have them on sale.

Do you see any difference between the 45 mm TS & 50 mm TS on a Fuji GFX sensor?

@KeithCooper

4 күн бұрын

I don't have a TS-E45 here, however from my testing of the two previously [see my detailed written reviews], the TS-E50 is a distinctly better lens - bigger image circle and much less CA and distortion. At full shift there is relatively little vignetting on the 50 on the GFX. The TS-E45 wasn't an L lens - the differences were noticeable on my 5Ds and I would expect them to be even more so on the GFX100S. Some initial tests with the 50 on the 100S are very promising - especially when I had a go with the GFX set to a square crop ~75MP and a good field of view. I'll have plenty of examples for an article soon, and do a video to go with it. The only 'better' aspect of the TS-E45 is in the increased focus throw. The 50 needs careful focus at 100MP and it's easier with more focus ring throw at the infinity end - that and the 50 focuses past infinity [which is useful]

@pedroparado60

4 күн бұрын

@@KeithCooper ​​⁠​​⁠thanks for your input. I own the 4 Nikon TS lenses and after switching to Fuji GFX bodies, I found that the Nikon 45 mm is the lens I use it most on that sensor size, whereas the 24 mm is the 2nd best. I wish my 24 mm would be vignette free than it is my 19 mm f4 but I think it is a matter of size. I not only use shift but also tilt mostly on both lenses, to extend depth of field on my landscape shots, so I get the most of these lenses on my compositions. I would love to buy the new Gf 30 mm f5.6 but it is out of stock and it seems it will continue off stock for a long time.

@KeithCooper

4 күн бұрын

Yes, the PC-E lenses do suffer in some respects from being in the narrow F mount, but I recall the PC-E45 was good, but not up to the TS-E50

@pedroparado60

3 күн бұрын

@@KeithCooper yes, Canon TS lenses have the advantage to the Nikon siblings because of their bigger mount size, which is better to prevent vignette issues. Another disadvantage of the Nikon TS lenses, except the 19 mm f4, is that the tilt button comes at 90 degree of the shift one, so in order to align both buttons the lens has to come back to Nikon service for factory rotation , a service that cost me USD 150, plus tax, per each lens, at Nikon USA in NY.

@jefffenske1958

3 күн бұрын

@@KeithCooper Every Canon EF and non-Canon EF mount lenses that I've tried on the GFX 100S with adapter show no vignetting in square, "1:1 Large" (33x33mm), including fisheyes - and in "65:24 Large" XPan panos (44mm wide). [For some very wide angle lenses, the petal shaped hood has to be cut off.] And Fuji's full, "Large" crops can be used to frame the exact composition in these chosen aspect ratios while shooting.

hi Keith. Can you reply with the name of the adapter you use for using Canon EF lenses on you Fuji GFX camera and any comments about the use of the adapter ??

@KeithCooper

2 күн бұрын

It's the Fotodiox one. A photographer in the US kindly gave it to me [not Fotodiox BTW] - that means it's the only one I've used to any degree. It just works - AF is slow on some of my 20 year old EF lenses and a couple of times it's 'lost' the lens which is attached, but with my manual focus TS-E lenses, no trouble whatsoever. The place to ask for a range of experiences would be the MF forum at DPReview, where you should get/find a variety of answers