Fujifilm GF 80mm f1.7 quick review and studio shoot. First look at Fuji's new medium format lens.
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Here's my first look at the new Fujifilm GF 80mm f1.7, for the GFX medium format camera system. You can see my first impressions of this lovely lens and then come with me while I shoot 4 different looks in the studio to put the lens through its paces. There are lots of finished images towards the end of the video, which were all shot at f8, 1/125 sec and ISO 100 - the camera body is the Fujifilm GFX 50S. Kris Karl (kriskarl.com) shot most of the studio footage and the model is Evie Robertson.
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Excited to see this new video! I'm a big fan of your work & have been enjoying your FB group recently. Beautiful images here, as always. Thanks for sharing!
I really appreciate that Zach, thank you so much! 🙌🏼
Again, your set and your model deliver astonishing results. Congrats for your lovely and respectful work in your studio.
Very much appreciated, thank you 😊
Side remark: love the fancy shades. Looking good!
Haha thanks 😅
Great job getting varied looks in a studio space! I liked the smaller backdrops/canvases idea with matching, informal backgrounds. Nice.
Thanks for watching: appreciate the positive feedback 🙌🏼
Yesss final found you 🙌🏾🙌🏾 can’t wait to watch and learn from you.
The Photos came out phenomenal :) i would be interested in the Lightning/Flash Setup. Can you share it with us?
I’m thinking on exploring the medium format territory and your works really convinced me to go for it! I’m ordering the 100s and this 80mm babe today! Love the way you present your videos, neat and concise, just like your studio setup and your visual style. Simplicity isn’t easy. I can’t stand the jibber jabbers from most of the gear reviewers. Your channel is now my favorite
Thanks for your comment! I hope you enjoy the camera 😊
Excellent results as always David. Thank you so much for sharing this insight and BTS glimpse of your photo session. I just love how your lighting makes the subject POP in the final image.
Thanks for watching and for your lovely comment :-)
Thinking of revisiting 80mm
Love the perspective of a working full time photographer… Thx a million for sharing your work. I was distracted by the crazy glasses at first, but they’re growing on me! 😂 Keep up the excellent bloody work mate!
Thanks very much! Glad you like the glasses 🤓
Beautiful setting
Thanks!
Wonderful stunning results. Thank you for this beautiful video and it’s a shame that so little people give you a like I cannot understand at all. would love to see a little more detailed explanation of your lighting. I see some lights in your video but I don’t get it since there are obviously two facing backboards with some sheets on it one on the side feathering but anyways love your content.
Watched this earlier today. Love how you've got this set up. But really love the use of the apple boxes. As far as that lens is concerned. Now the GAS has struck and I now want to buy that lens to add to my 32-64. Excellent work David.
It’s a lovely lens, for sure. Thanks so much for your comment 😊
Just got my first medium format camera gfx 50s, your videos helped me a lot in the selection. Can’t afford the gf lenses yet, using with m42 adapter. Thanks for the videos, very professional work. 😊😊😊
I hope you enjoy the new camera - I love mine.
Honestly, your work is more inspiring to me than Annie Lebevioitz. Don't get me wrong, she's a trailblazer but you really got the color right. Her style is very heavy green/blue tints. I'm using a Canon 5D3 right now but considering an R5 or the GFX100s. I'm nervous about the slow AF of the GFX. But the color rendering in-camera for the GFX the way you use it is quite stunning. I really love your set building, the colors are so dynamic, and the scene is so interesting. A big reason I love it is due to the color combinations you use in your set building. People see your images and realize it looks amazing but it's so deceptively simple you miss it. I really have to study the way you layer your set.
I’ll take that! Thanks for your very kind feedback. Yes, everything I do is grounded in old-fashioned colour theory and composition. I know what you’re saying about the autofocus on the GFX cameras: it is certainly okay, and people say the new S cameras are much improved in that respect. But if quick autofocus is important then the GFX cameras are some way behind Sony and the new Canon R cameras.
For colour output, I think the Fuji cameras are the best straight from camera. I’ve shot with most cameras that are relatively current and, to me, Fuji gets really beautiful results with the least work afterwards.
Thanks for that new video. Funny, but although this is obviously a superior lens to the 63mm and closer to the 110mm in terms of build quality and aperture, I somehow find it's look less appealing, less "classic" and - in lack of a better word - less "organic" than the both other lenses. Maybe a bit too unbalanced sharp, something I'd more expect from a Fuji X camera rather than a Gfx. I know that the 110mm is also sharp, but at the same time it has an almost painterly look, some "Hollywood" appeal.
But hey, that young woman - the model - is really gorgeous...
Appreciate the comment, thank you. I do know what you mean about the overall look of the 80mm: to me it seems more modern whereas the other two are more ‘classic’. Don’t even know if that makes sense lol. It is certainly very sharp. The one I had had pretty slow autofocus, almost like it wasn’t quite ready for primetime. I’d imagine it will be ironed out with a firmware update or something.
David you need to drop the 63mm and keep this 80mm as main your lens the pictures appears much more sharper and clean.
I hope to do that 😊
One more question. If you were just starting out and you could only choose one lens regardless of the cost difference, out of the
63 f2.8, 80 f1.7,
and the 110 f2, which one would you own first.
The 110 f2 is by far the best lens of the ones you mentioned.
Great review, Really enjoyed this!
This lens and the 110mm is definitely a toss up for me for my next lens (i started with the 45-100mm). Would you review the 110mm too in the future? Love your work!
Thanks so much. The 110 is an incredible lens for sure. Yes, I’ll do a review & shoot video soon 😊
@@DavidShoukry wonderful, definitely looking forward to it! (plus any real world shoot comparison between it and the 80mm)
In regards to showing the capabilities of the lens for portraits, some full body standing images would've been nice to see.
I don’t think I had enough room to do any full-length ones: my studio is very small!
@@DavidShoukry I like what you have achieved with mid body images. I too am in a small studio, but I believe that at 10-12 feet from the backdrop, the 80mm lens should work. I have the GFX 50S II and will be purchasing the 80mm for portraits.
Yes you’d be fine with amount of space. I was shooting at about 6-8 ft there.
Hello David,
Wanted to ask you after after having tried the 80mm, how did the autofocus perform. From your experience, out of the 63mm, the 80mm and the 110mm which one has the best autofocus.
Thanks for your time.
My impression was that the autofocus on the 80mm was not great. Pretty slow and missed quite frequently. The focus on the other 2 lenses performs better but can also be a little temperamental!
What kind of material are those backdrops you are hanging with the clip? Are they painted?
They are painted artist’s canvas.
80mm vs 110mm? If you had to pick one?
It would be the 110mm if I could only have one.
When are you running discounts on your masterclass David? I’ve just invested all my cash in the gfx 50s and the 80mm 1.7
There is a discount right now. Use code FLASH50 to get £50 off for another 24 hours.
@@DavidShoukry sweet !
@@DavidShoukry done!! Thanks now I got 8 hours of good stuff hopefully ;)
Thanks!
Is there any discount after X'mas ? I'm eager to learn too
Thanks for this wonderful video. I love your reviews! I am getting my 80mm next week and can't wait to compare it to my 110 and 63. It really does fill that well-needed focal length between 63 and 110. In a studio last week, the 110 was too long and the 63 was a bit too short and as I only have the 32-64 zoom, that was also insufficient. The 80 would have been perfect.
I appreciate your comment, thank you! I hope you enjoy this wonderful lens 👌🏼
Benjamin. Did you end up getting the 80mm.? I am getting one soon. I was wondering whether you are fine with the sound and speed of autofocus on it? It looks like an ideal lens for my purposes but many people are scaring me away from it regarding it's focus "clunkiness".
@@nth_to_see_here I did indeed and love it. Shot an ELLE Cover of actress Fala Chen.
@Benjamin Kanarek I ended getting it too, I've had it for a year now. I love it. Don't mind the speed/ sound (my earlier concerns when writing the comment). It's faster and quieter than I expected.
Looks great but just a bit out of my price range, but the Fuji medium format stuff is on my when i win the lottery list
Agreed, it certainly isn’t cheap.
@@DavidShoukry is around 2K second hand such a terrible price for an excellent medium format body?
Good and bad prices are relative to what people can afford. The Fuji mf cameras are great and well priced for sure.
Will you be adding it to your kit bag? Lovely images, but that 63mm seems to do the trick from previous images I’ve seen of yours. Nice vlog.
I would like to get one! Hopefully I’ll pick up one of these: I enjoyed the few days that the lens was with me.
I have one huge question what are your film recipes you set on your camera? I love the color treatment
Thanks so much! I shoot mostly using Pro Neg Hi and do a bit more colour grading in Photoshop.
Oh, where can I buy the white/blue/yellow background?
Hello David. Beautiful work! What programme do you use to tether from your Fujifilm gfx to PC ?
Thanks! It’s Capture One Pro.
love your videos, commercial music selection is the worse
You commented to say you don’t like the music?
@@DavidShoukry i love the video, very informative, just that half of the video i had to watch without sound, they come together, information, images, music. Tons of great music has been made, make a collaboration with artists that can help you. I am just asking to give searching music more attention as a passion, i do not care as a viewer you have to buy it on stock, or search 1 week an artist that can help you create amazing music to promote him aswell.