Scenes Seen: FUJIFILM GFX100S + Voigtlander Nokton 40mm f/1.2 & Ultron 28mm f/2.

Scenes Seen: FUJIFILM GFX100S + Voigtlander Nokton 40mm f/1.2 & Ultron 28mm f/2.

Subtitle: A surprisingly good M mount lens solution.

The camera.

Week 1 WIth The GFX System: What I Have Learned So Far.

The lenses.

35mm M Glass On GFX Medium Format (2 of 2): Voigtländer Nokton 40mm f/1.2 Aspherical.

Much Ado About A Filigree: Camera Gear Form Vs. Function.

The setting.

The usual weekly chorus rehearsal run, with a stop through downtown Durham.

First the Nokton.

Switched to the Ultron.

And back to the Nokton.

Thoughts.

Why the subtitle:

A surprisingly good M mount lens solution.

Pretty straightforward. I had an M mount camera.

Vintage Digital: A Year of Leica M Type 240 Ownership Update.

However, and I must admit that I’m surprised by this outcome myself, I prefer using the GFX100S with my M lenses. Why? I am glad I imagined that you asked.

There are a few reasons, actually.

Adapting.

Adapting glass is not exclusive to the GFX system.

That can be done with nearly any mirrorless camera.

IBIS.

Yes. I got along fine with the M 240 not having IBIS. But if given a choice I will always take IBIS.

Manual focus experience.

But the GFX has a couple more tricks up its sleeve. A great two screen manual focus aid that can be used through the EVF and puts me in the mind of a rangefinder experience. However, the real trick is that you can use it with the back-tilt screen.

Tilt the screen up or sideways and low and high angles are on the table as well.

Two focal lengths.

Medium format mode.

Used, as I do, with the full sensor and a 40mm lens that works out to a 31.6mm full frame equivalent, and a 28mm lens works out to 22.12mm.

Full frame mode.

That brings a touch of vignette, which I happen to like. Easy to eliminate by using the camera in full-frame crop mode. Not only retains the original focal length.

Resolution.

Full sensor brings 100MP. But here is the kicker. Unlike the 24MP M 240, I traded towards this camera, in full frame crop mode the GFX packs 60MP… You know… Like an M11.

Flexible.

Along with being a great platform for using M mount lenses, you also have access to modern phase detect AF.

Combine all of that with the fact that a GFX100S barely costs any more than a many years old M 240 and a fraction of an M11, and I am well pleased with the outcome.

This is not a solution for all.

If, as I thought I did, you MUST have an M, then only an M will do.

That is what I had thought, but I am happier with the GFX.

Welp. Enough of that.

Happy capturing.

-ELW