DPRTV Reviews Fujinon GF45-100mm F4 on Fujifilm GFX100

May 9, 2020
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DPReview TV has published their Fujifilm GF 45-100mm F4 OIS review. Here is what they think about it:

basic general purpose everyday professional lens
it’s rugged and has OIS
it’s like a 35-80mm on full frame
Chris would like something wider
for landscape he prefers the GF32-64mm
the 35-80mm full frame rage however gets into portraiture territory, too
but overall there is a lot of crossover between the GF32-64mm and the GF45-100
what Fujifilm needs to release is something that goes from 20 to 35mm in full frame terms
[NOTE: FujiRumors leaked an old internal GF lens roadmap, and it showed a GF 20-36mm F3.5-4.5, which would be a 16-30 in full frame]
at 100mm he can handhold shots at about 1/30 of a second and still get very good and usable resolution. That’s very impressive
build quality feels excellent. Well build high quality lens. The weight is acceptable
excellent in containing chromatic aberration. No real chromatic aberration even in high contrast scenes
great job in controlling flair issue
optically a fantastic lens
sunstars are OK, but not great. But that’s classic for zooms
bokeh exhibits a little bit of onion rings, maybe a bit harder on the edges of the bokeh balls. Not as much cats eye in the corners wide open as he would have thought he’d get, and completely goes away if stopped down a bit
he shot handheld with the Fujifilm GFX100 IBIS, and he got very usable resutls at 1/15 of a second. So Chris is impressed
this lens would be awesome also for the Fujifilm GFX50R. It has OIS, and makes it a great walk around lens
has linear motor and focus incredibly fast paired with Fujifilm GFX100
easily delivers the sharpness you need even on 100 megapixel body
very consistent and high sharpness
in video, there is a fair amount of focus breathing. But besides breathing, it’s a nice lens for video
Chris says it’s still not the most versatile lens for him. He can’t rely just on this lens. He feels he has to take with him some other lens too, like the excellent 23mm prime lens or the 32-64 zoom
if you go with larger format zooms, this is a compromise you need to do. You can’t get same focal range easily like you get on a smaller sensor
depth of field equivalent of a f/3.2 on full frame. Gives you a lot of nice soft background
fantastic general purpose zoom

Fujinon GF 45-100mm f/4: BHphoto, AmazonUS, Adorama, Focuscamera
Fujinon GF 32-64mm f/4: BHphoto, Adorama, AmazonUS
Fujinon GF 23mm f/4: BHphoto, AmazonUS, Adorama
Fujifilm GFX 100: B&H Photo, AmazonUS, Adorama, Focuscamera

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