Fun: GFX 50S with Leica 50mm APO-summicron-M

[Maciej Freudenheim]

Isn't it a beauty? If I'm calculating it right, it's 40mm f/1.6 equivalent on 35mm.Images I tested so far seems really good. Fotodiox adapter.







Obligatory cat picture (sorry for that), wide open f/2.0:


50mm APO-summicron-M wide open on GFX 50s

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Maciej Freudenheim

 

[howardfuhrman]

Isn't it a beauty? If I'm calculating it right, it's 40mm f/1.6 equivalent on 35mm.Images I tested so far seems really good. Fotodiox adapter.

Obligatory cat picture (sorry for that), wide open f/2.0:


50mm APO-summicron-M wide open on GFX 50s

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Maciej Freudenheim

Great shot - extraordinary detail.

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Howard

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[borissimo86]

I don't see strong vignetting. Does the lens cover the entire sensor or did you crop the image?

 

[JimKasson]

I don't see strong vignetting. Does the lens cover the entire sensor or did you crop the image?

If that's the full GFX frame, the Apo 'cron has better coverage than the Otus 55:

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Jim

 

[Mike Stratil]

Jim,

At $7800, maybe it should be better than the Otus.

 

[Rick Knepper]

I don't see strong vignetting. Does the lens cover the entire sensor or did you crop the image?

If that's the full GFX frame, the Apo 'cron has better coverage than the Otus 55:

http://blog.kasson.com/the-last-word/otus-551-4-on-gfx/

Jim

 

[JimKasson]

I don't see strong vignetting. Does the lens cover the entire sensor or did you crop the image?

If that's the full GFX frame, the Apo 'cron has better coverage than the Otus 55:

http://blog.kasson.com/the-last-word/otus-551-4-on-gfx/

The dimensions of the posted image as reported by Windows is 5206 x 3614. I think there was a little cropping involved.

Or resampling. The image is lot less impressive if it was cropping. Maybe the OP will let us know.

If it's cropping, it's no surprise that the lens looks great on a 5.3 um sensor. We already know it looks great on sensors with finer pitch, like the one in the a7RII. And if it's cropping, we don't get to see if there's any corner smearing.

Jim

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[Maciej Freudenheim]

Sorry. Yes it was cropped, as the scenario was a very poor (wide open, dark scenery in corners anyway) example of lens performance anyway.

Here's uncropped version:



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Maciej Freudenheim

 

[JimKasson]

Sorry. Yes it was cropped, as the scenario was a very poor (wide open, dark scenery in corners anyway) example of lens performance anyway.

Here's uncropped version:

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The coverage is indeed impressive, and better than the Otus 55. Can't tell about corner smearing, since the corners aren't in focus. No color casting.

Jim

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[Suteetat]

I did try 50/2 apo with GFX and at f8, landscape distance, there is definitely quite a bit of smearing. I do like its look for portrait and street with GFX but I would not use it for landscape for sure.

 

[Wild Light]

This is really quite impressive. Has anyone tested a Noctilux yet?