Medium Format Camera with Full Frame Lenses! Does it work - Yes or No?

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[GregCarrick]

Hi Leigh, good to see your enthusiasm for the GFX. To answer your call out, I have been using full frame lenses on my 50R for over a year. Utilising the in body 35mm crop they are a good alternative. Using the full sensor, I have mixed results with the amount of vignetting, depending on the lens. BTW the TTArtisan 100mm f2.8 lens covers the full sensor with no issues, so that's worth trying for very low cost. Cheers

[davidottman]

Leveraging existing equipment appeals to many of us. Sometimes we get results that aren't available with conventional combinations. In diving into the large format world, I've had to do a lot of DIY work to adapt various pieces of equipment to each other. It's fun and interesting, and can save money while learning. Thanks for creating this video!

[keithliu]

Not crazy at all. You've identified an archetype of photographer and collector that definitely exist...as I am one of them. Though I started doing this via the Hasselblad system. Great video!

[gregpantelides]

Great video, Leigh!

I would probably opt to use old school film medium format lenses. That way you can cover the full sensor area and save $ too.

But if you have 100MP and FF lenses lying around…why not!

[gvz]

Thank you Leigh & Raymond, yet another excellent video!! And we are thinking the same thing. I have some Nikon Ai-s lenses (for my FM3a) and Voigtlander M-Mount that would work perfectly in this application. Also, as you said, this would help build out the system while I am saving funds to get GFX lenses in the future. Yes, I see it as a great way to use full frame lenses to help step into medium format. Comment: I sure wish the GFX had a D-Pad. Lastly, is this your last (for now) GFX video? And we would like to hear the conclusion; did you purchase one? Thanks again (from Tucson)!!

[artur.charaev]

The real glory of gfx is ef glass with fringer adapter: it makes look you cant replicate with FF and with AF. While vignette could be removed in post.

[sshapiro]

Thank you for the information. I have a GFX 50S II and several lenses designed for the system, but I would like to find some telephoto zoom options. It makes sense to fill in the zoom lens gaps with something from Canon, Nikon, or Sigma, if possible. Having "only" 60 MP doesn't seem like much of a limitation.

[curtisb]

Hello again Ma'am
Just finished reviewing your latest video on full frame lens mounted to medium format cameras ! I am really excited to when you get down to the Nitty gritty, and we see the images !! Yes, I am a big believer in this concept of adopting a full frame lens to not only medium format but aps-c, as well ! Again, I am looking forward to seeing your next video tutorial on this subject ! You at least for . Keep me inspired !!! Thank you !

[ewtriplett]

Canon EF lenses are often great on Fujifilm medium format. I particularly like the 40mm f2.8, the 16-35mm F4 IS, and 100-400mm ii. I use the Fringer adapter..

[jamescaldwell]

Id love to see specific examples with different lenses on the medium format sensor without cropping. I’d definitely want to use the full sensor size and crop in post, deciding on a vertical or horizontal crop after the fact.

[rudigerwolf]

Leigh, M-mount on the X2D produces an interesting look. I love filling out the X2D kit with those lenses. But, they actually feel heavier than the new V lenses. And I give up auto-focus. Of course, manual focus is easy with magnification. And IBIS is nice. So no complaints. But I would say the X2D with native lens is likely lighter. Thanks for the video and thought provoking content.

[lilianigbinosunvape]

What atime to be alive, i am doing the opposite to you i'm a macro shooter and recently bought a view camera system, and i am filling out my lens collection with vintage MF macro lenses trying to take advantage of a larger image circle in the MF lenses to broaden the covage of a the shallow depth of field, its proving to be an interesing experiment, so having done that at the back of my mind there is a thought to get an MF camera since they are only 0.7x larger than FF, where as true MF is so much larger. its a rabbit hole with no end, and i have found this series of MF videos really informative so thank you

[josephschimmer]

I‘m getting good results with my Voigtlander 50/1.2 - when sticking to the square format. And instead of the extremely expensive 30mm TS lens I‘m using a 45/2.8 Pentax 67 lens with a shift adapter.

[stevenscarborough]

Thanks for the excellent video! FYI, I got a Nikon to Gfx adapter for my GFX 50sii. I tried out various Nikkor lenses and had fun. One lens that I still use today: Nikkor 28mm PC f3.5. This one does not vignette in GFX mode and has about 5mm of usable shift with no vignetting. For the full 11mm of shift, I can go to 35mm mode and still have about 30mp out of the 50 in my camera.

Some benefits:
o not expensive; I paid $330 for my very good copy
o use as a regular lens (without shift) yields an equivalent ff view of about 23mm. A lot less $ than the 23mm Fuji prime.
o you can use it as a shift lens instead of the very pricey new Fuji tilt-shift lens.
o the images I have obtained are very good

[RonnieM]

Using both is an excellent idea, I mostly shoot manual anyway. Lenses are too expensive to completely swap systems.

[MrKeith]

What about adapting a Hasselblad Medium format lens to the camera? Is that possible?

[osvaldomedina]

minoltas are great to adapt to the gfx- the tiny 45mm f2 covers beautifully the sensor and the 58mm f1, 2 renders great. I now mainly use adapted lenses on my gfx, the 32-64 stays unused.

[jliang]

I have GFX system, a fuji zoom lens 45-100mm and 110mm F2, I may get the ultra wide zoom 2-0-35mm F4. But I have tried a large number of EF mount lenses with Fringer adapters. I have a large collection of Sigma ART HSM series EF mount prime lenses. I have 40mm, 50mm., 85mm, 105mm and 135mm, I also use Canon 200mm F2.8, 300 F4.0, Fringer adapter has aperture control ring and provide good autofocus for these lenses. Sigma is probably the most popular series to adapt to GFX system because most of its prime lenses do cover the sensor. I have also used Nkon F mount lenses on GFX like the vintage 105mm F2.5 and Voitlander 58mm f1.4, M mount like TT Artisan 50mm F0.95, Light lens lab elcan 50mm F2, M42 mount Helios 58mm F2 (that cover the full sensor) and Yashica 50mm F2.0

[brianeibisch]

I think Nikon will soon bring out a medium Format camera (MFC). As the Zf and Zfc cameras show, Nikon is not shy about competing head to head with FujiFilm. As the FTZ adapter shows, many lenses can be adapted to a new format camera and I think Nikon will adapt their Z mount lenses to a MFC. So you just need to have an adapter to allow the light cone enough travel and expansion to cover the sensor. The great success of Z mount was the FTZ adapter allowing people to still use their old glass 😅and I think Nikon will do the same with their new MFC, I.E. ZTMF. Cheers

[javaman]

I only recently learned that 35mm SLR lenses would work on digital medium format cameras with little vignetting. I'm already using my Canon FD lenses on my Fuji X-T2, so I would definitely use them on a GFX if I decided to take that route. There is an FD to GFX adapter, and it has the advantage of being much shorter than the FD to X-mount adapter so the lens doesn't stick out so far from the camera body.