Fujifilm GF 32-64mm f/4 Distortion and Distortion Correction
Related: distortion, distortion correction, Fujifilm, Fujifilm GF 32-64mm f/4 R LM WR, Fujifilm GFX100S, Fujifilm Lenses, Fujifilm medium format, Fujifilm mirrorless, medium format, optics
I had not done this exercise before for the Fujifilm GF 32-64mm f/4, since I covered it several years ago, and there was no mechanism to use Adobe Camera Raw without mandatory distortion correction. That is no longer an issue with images shot on the Fujifilm GFX100S.
In part, I wanted to help myself decide how to evaluate the Fujifilm GF 35-70mm f/4.5-5.6 vs the Fujifilm GF 32-64mm f/4 and prime lenses like the Fujifilm GF 63mm f/2.8. A low distortion lens vs one with a lot of distortion that needs distortion correction is not a realistic or fair comparison for practical photography.
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This page characterizes distortion and distortion correction for the Fujifilm GF 32-64mm f/4 R LM WR, with an examples at 32mm, 36mm, and 62mm:
Fujifilm GF 32-64mm f/4: Distortion and Distortion Correction
Includes uncorrected and corrected examples, plus crops showing sharpness losses from distortion correction.
Fujifilm GFX100S + Fujifilm GF 32-64mm f/4 R LM WR @ 29.8mm equiv (36.2mm)
RAW: Enhance Details, LACA corrected, vignetting corrected, +20 Whites, +10 Clarity, diffraction mitigating sharpening
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