Can the Fujifilm GF 30/3.5 Deliver a Fully Sharp Image with Focus Stacking?
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I spent some time today reviewing a variety of Fujifilm GFX100S images (several lenses) that I shot on my last trip. My impressions from before were reinforced: it’s awfully hard to make a 100-megapixel capture for multiple reasons*, but barely good enough lens performance is a key limitation that is impossibly to work around wih some of the focal lengths.
I’ve added another focus stacking example to this page:
Can the Fujifilm GF 30/3.5 Deliver a Fully Sharp Image with Focus Stacking?
The Fujifilm GF 30mm f/3.5 is not a lens I can get excited about. There might be better samples out there than the sample I had, but if I’m going to shoot a Klingon-designed camera, I’d rather eat another +$1000 on lens cost and enjoy a really top-notch performer. That it ain’t.
* Autofocus errors, focus shift, field curvature, real depth of field less than one might hope for, lens skew.
Fujifilm GFX100S + Fujifilm GF 30mm f/3.5 R WR @ 24.7mm equiv (30mm) + polarizer Breakthrough Photography X4
ENV: White Mountains, altitude 11600 ft / 3536 m, 60°F / 15°C
RAW: LACA corrected, vignetting corrected, push 0.17 stops, +20 Shadows, +20 Whites, +10 Dehaze, +10 Clarity, USM {6,50,0}, SmartSharpen{40,0.7,20,0}
[low-res image for bot]
