I have to say the truth: this is the first good and thorough review I see on this lens, thank you for it! Might get this lens to pair with my 100 II :)
I have been a Hasselblad shooter for 52 years now. Currently using the X2D. That said, I have always wanted a TS lens in medium format. I've shot with large format cameras, and have long owned a Nikon 24mm TS lens. I have been eyeing this Fuji lens for quite a while now. I whole-heartedly agree with what you said towards the end of the video - I am willing to purchase a GFX body just so I can purchase and use this 30mm TS lens! Great informative video, as usual!!
The 30 T/S is a phenomenal lens. It hasn't been off my original GFX 100 since I bought it. An absolutely essential lens for architecture and a great landscape photography lens too. It is expensive but the mechanics of the lens are top notch and justify the price.
Fuji redefining once more the standards for Medium Format. Thanks for the comprehensive presentation, top as always. - According to the Hasselblad Natural Colour Solution (HNCS) I was always tempted to get into MF by the X2D. Unfortunately there are so many reports about wobbly lens mounts and that is honestly not acceptable at that price tag. Even old entry level Canon 550D doesn’t suffer of that X2D issue; if it makes click, the lenses are totally fixed. Or on my Leica SL and M, it is fixed like welded. It’s a little bit a pity Hasselblad has that mount issue on the X2D, I never read or heard something similar for the X1D and X1D II. - It would be nice to have some RAFs you don’t use as samples for download and pixel peeping. 😅
A great feature here (distinguishing this from the usual Canon / Nikon alternatives) is that the lens actually sits fixed when mounted on a tripod using the tripod mount adapter, and it is the camera body that is shifted as necessary. In this way, you avoid parallax when stitching. This is similar to the XT, of course...but even more flexible in that it allows tilt also in vertical orientation.
In your hands even Fujifilm HiRes 400 mpx works. Astonishing! I learned new things from your illustration of the lateral/cross shift of the tilt function. Thank you. Greetings.
Thanks for your very thorough, interesting and honest assessment of this lens. I’m just about to order the GFX100s Mark 2 - I think this lens will be my very next purchase.
I would love to see some of your horizontal panoramas from use with this lens. Especially at 15mm of shift. I have found that there is considerable distortion on the far edge of the shifted files, especially noticeable on man made objects like buildings where the dimensions are known. I am seeing elongation and flattening towards the edges of the shifted images, and the amount is considerable. Thanks Paul
@@mathphotographer I liked your review so much I watched it again ha ha. This camera just reinvented #sharp#. Now all I need is 20,000 Dollars for the system and I'm in business.......... Thanks again.
This was a delightful presentation with science and examples. I've never shot with tilt and shift, but I've been curious about it since I first read about the Nikkor F mount tilt and shift lenses and the Zone 6 4" x 5" cameras. As usual, your explanations and examples made everything clear.
one more great test. this channel is one of the best on you tube. every test is clear very esay to understand. even I will never buy this lens I enjoy very much to discover how good is it.
Thank you for this video. I have been waiting for the (rumored 60mp) Z7 III to be officially announced before I make my decision between it and the Fuji GFX line. The fact that Nikon has not even bothered to make a tilt shift for the mirrorless line has me leaning toward the Fuji. What an amazing piece of glass! great demonstrations as well… I appreciate your efforts!
Thanks and so sorry to hear ... if you are in landscape or architecture photography, this camera + lens is THE ONLY gear you will ever need. Everything you want to do will go well with this camera/lens combo. Thanks for your kind comment.
Lovely video of this extraordinary lens. It reminded of how much I liked working with plate cameras which had their lenses on a rack and bellows. Still life photography can be so creative with focus control like this. Seeing this video has made me think about Fujifilm more seriously as a medium format option. No leaf shutter a la Hasselblad but that needn’t be a big drawback. How does the colour science compare? Fuji has a good reputation in that area.
Colour science at Fuji is great too, and lots of vintage film filters hard to reproduce yourselves in post-processing, so go for the Fuji pre-settings :)
really nice! But for now I am happy with the pixel shift on the SL2, works amazing. Tried it now on Sony A7RC... well you need to import the individual file into Sony's desktop app and combine it there... too much hassle.
Leica SL2 also takes care of RGB aberration when parts of the image are moving (eg leaves or grass) while GFX creates artifacts that ruin the image. I own X2D and really happy with it, but I wish it had more lenses. H system had tilt shift adapter, maybe Hasselblad will make one for X system
I would never own these dream lens & camera even until I died. The food & utility inflation in my country are so bad, I'm saving up for food so badly...
Interesting video. Thank you. I have been using a Canon 24 TSEii adapted to a GFX 50R & I very much like the combo. However, I went on a 2 day over night wild camping trip in the Lake District, UK, & I now realise that I need to reduce my back pack weight (my camping gear is pretty light weight already). So, I started looking for an alternative to the 24TSEii - & weight is the one reason why I would not consider this GF30T&S lens. I've ended up with a Nikon 28 PC lens adapted to the GFX 50R, it is much lighter & more compact that either the 24TSEii or the GF30T&S. Granted, shift & tilt will be limited, but I will have to live with that if it is a question of taking such a lens on a trip or leaving it behind because it is too heavy.
Tipp... it's easy to get me with new camera tech to watch a video, but with steel drums is as easy to loose me! And don't try to catch up with pan's flute. But damn I love your videos anyway :)
Great video a quality and detailed presentation! This shift tech lens is as close to using a sheet-film large-format camera as possible, prior to applying any perspective digital corrections in post. Q: I see that every one of your cameras have a matt screen protector applied. What brand have you chosen? Thanks and don't change your style of video.
I was disappointed that your scheimpflug example did not include the ability to pull the foreground and background of the page in focus using vertical tilt (plus stopping down to taste). Too steep an angle to achieve that result?
thanks for the great video, i currently use the canon lenses to shift. The question is if the metadata information of the shift does reflect on the lens vignetting correction? or is that not a factor in this lens since it is not an extrem wide-angle.
Hi Matt, I got a question, way off topic but I hope you could answer it for me as you are the only one I know who can answer this for me. I have the sl2s reporter edition and I would love to add the Summicron 28mm safari to my collection. Can you tell me if the safari green or military green as you call it is the same kind of green used on the sl2s reporter edition? Many thanks in advance, Peter.
If you combine the X2D with the legacy shift adapter for legacy lenses you can achieve the same quality pictures, just a bit more montage and a bit more volume :) I love my X2D too so never mind :)
@@memcrew1 I guess convinced with the statement in the beginning of the video that GFX is the best medium format camera now. I’ve seen a video from another photographer (Wil Moreno) on RU-vid who had X2D, sold it to get GFX 100 II, and now switched back as he couldn’t get the same color quality out of GFX even after hours of editing. I don’t have GFX and never tried it, but X2D does produce really good colors indeed. I tried to simulate them with my Nikon and couldn’t get there either.
@@mathphotographer oh yeah, I was looking at the adapter, but it makes the camera sooo big (which is fine for the studio, but not so convenient for carrying around)
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Yes - its expensive and people should only invest in this lens if clients pay them for their work. But if you are in landscape or architecture photography and clients pay for your work, then this camera/lens combo is unbeatable!
