Fujifilm GFX 50s + 120mm f/4 Macro Plus Diffraction and Sharpening Evaluations
Related: Adobe, Adobe Camera Raw, diffraction, Fujifilm, Fujifilm GF 120mm f/4 Macro R LM OIS WR, Fujifilm GFX50S, Fujifilm medium format, Fujifilm mirrorless, image stabilization, medium format, post processing
See my Fujifilm GFX wish list.
Kicking off my evaluation of the Fujifilm GFX in the Medium Format section, I start by evaluating the lens performance of the about $2699 Fujifilm GF 120mm f/4 Macro R LM OIS WR:
Fujifilm GFX 50s + 120mm f/4 Macro Aperture Series @ 1:10: Dolls
Includes images from f/4 to f/16 at up to full resolution along with large crops.
The findings above have a serious 'gotcha', and y’all are not going to like what I have to show for distance performance with the 120/4.
Adobe Camera Raw support for the GFX just arrived today. What I have found is that the GFX does not behave at all like the Hasselblad X1D in terms of sharpening or diffraction.
Accordingly, I take a detailed look at mitigating diffraction effects as well as how much to sharpen GFX files in Adobe Camera Raw. I think these two pages should be very helpful to any GFX shooter:
Fujifilm GFX 50s: Mitigating Diffraction from f/4 through f/32
Fujifilm GFX 50s: Sharpening Amount with Adobe Camera Raw
GFX 50S + Fujifilm GF 120mm f/4 Macro R LM OIS WR @ 98.7mm equiv (120mm)
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