Step Up Your Bokeh Game: The Minolta Rokkor 58mm f1.2 for Fuji GFX & X

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@vintagecameradigest Жыл бұрын

I have the older, thoriated version of this lens. I picked it up at an antique store for an unbelievable $20 because the diaphragm was stuck open. Easily fixed, but I’ve been trying to love this lens for a few years now and just haven’t been able to. I’m glad to know that it’s not just my copy that is a bit soft wide open. After watching this, though, I’m inspired to get it out and give it another shot.

@HeritageFocus Жыл бұрын

I never connected with it as well, it was a challenge.. some of the reviews make me wonder if I even had the same lens!

@poobs2361 10 ай бұрын

For anyone adapting vintage glass to the GFX there is a list available online of tons of old glass and whether or not it covers the GFX sensor (its community maintained although im not sure if its still being updated). Even on glass that does not cover the whole sensor it can still be used in the GFX 35mm crop mode, although there are some surprising entrees on that list (i picked up a 28mm f2 nikon lens and a 300mm f4.5 minolta that both cover the entire sensor with some vignette wide open). Whether youre looking for something wide or tele, heck i think theres even a couple of zooms that work, the list probably has something youre looking for and has been a great resource for me.

@poobs2361 10 ай бұрын

Some glass I use is Yashica 50mm f1.7 Yashica 135mm f2.8 Minolta 58mm f1.4 Minolta 300mm f4.5 Nikon 28mm f2 All of these image quite well on the GFX (with some vignette and smearing) with the 58 Minolta and 135 Yashica being optically the sharpest. Definitely a more busy and vintage style bokeh but on relatively small form factors compared to medium format or native GFX lenses (which is the real reason why I chose to adapt in the first place)

@BelowKelvin 10 ай бұрын

How do you like the 28 Nikon on the gfx?

@poobs2361 10 ай бұрын

@@BelowKelvin its actually surprisingly good, I've used it quite a bit so far but only indoors. It covers the whole sensor with pretty minimal vignette and distortion, although like most adapted ff lenses the distortion is at its worst wide open. But having such a wide lens that is for me plenty sharp (no where near clinical) and pretty bright at f2 is basically unbeatable for the price (I think I picked it up at around 150 with the adapter). Most of the time the issues with smearing, vignette and distortion start to improve at around f4 and by the time you get to f8-f11 it's almost completely gone.

@choongching 4 ай бұрын

Care to share the url?

@YOUAREMYKIN Жыл бұрын

Such a helpful video! Thank you

@HeritageFocus Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@jamescaldwell5 8 ай бұрын

I lucked out and picked up one of these as my first vintage lens. I use it on my 60 mp full frame sigma FPL, and I love it. I think an APSC sensor under utilizes it, and the medium format is asking it to do more than it was designed for. I assume the GFX has a crop mode which makes it act like a full frame? The optical vignetting causing the very busy bokeh around the edges of the medium format sensor are not an issue with the full frame sensor.

@jbide7178 Жыл бұрын

I use quite a few Canon FD lenses on my GFX50r. I tried the Rokkor 50 f1.4 vs the FD 50 f1.4 and preferred the FD. I'd love to see you test some FD mount lenses, so. I can get a comparison in your terms.

@HeritageFocus Жыл бұрын

Definitely on the list! Thanks for watching. :)

@caleidoo 2 ай бұрын

My lens has nowhere near as much vignette as shown in the video. Just some very little piece of the corner. Two things to keep in mind. I have the older version, with metal focus ring. And I take the lens hood off - it vignettes on GFX. I made a bigger lenshood with a 55-67mm step up ring and a simple metal lens hood. And the vignetting is just super minimal. Near non existing at closer distance and really only showing at infinity - which you rarely use this lens at.

@danwichgames 10 ай бұрын

did u not use the 35mm crop mode in the gfx?

@love2huntbooks2 11 ай бұрын

Dumb question, hope someone can help. I'm looking to purchase the gfx 50r and love it for the 65:24 panorama (closest I'll get to xpan). Does anyone know if i can still shoot 65:24 with Minolta lenses?

@HeritageFocus 11 ай бұрын

Yes, you can shoot 65:24 with no lens if you wish.. Any lens should work with any ratio.. it may not work *well*, but it will take the picture! :)

@love2huntbooks2 11 ай бұрын

@@HeritageFocus Thank you for replying. Appreciate it

@poobs2361 10 ай бұрын

To be clear the 65:24 aspect ratio gives you a wide center crop on the GFX sensor. You're basically cutting off most of what the sensor would image to get a crop like that. These old adapted lenses would be doing pretty well as these old full frame lenses do struggle with vignette and smearing toward the edges of the frame at lower f-stops on the GFX sensor. At these lower f-stops shooting with a slight or major crop is actually incredibly beneficial

@love2huntbooks2 10 ай бұрын

@@poobs2361Thanks and yeah, I'm seeing that first hand now that I have the camera and the lenses. I've had a chance to test both the MC 35mm f2.8 and the MC 50mm f1.7. The latter is much much better with the DOF consistency. It's not just that it's a wider aperture, but with the 35mm, I'm seeing inconsistency in DOF across apertures. Maybe I landed a lemon. But overall, I'm thoroughly satisfied with the camera and FF lenses. Even tried an E49 28mm Leica 2.8 lens. Not an absolutely hard vignette but it is strong. Definitely usable with 65:24.