For Fujifilm medium format users, the GF 23mm f/4 R LM WR lens offers a wide angle of view suitable for genres like landscape and architectural photography. This excellent video review takes a look at the lens and the sort of performance and image quality you can expect from it in usage.
Coming to you from Christopher Frost, this great video review takes a look at the Fujifilm GF 23mm f/4 R LM WR lens. As part of the company's medium format line, the GF 23mm f/4 comes with an impressive range of features, including:
- 18mm-equivalent focal length
- Optical design includes 15 elements in 12 groups
- Incorporates a pair of aspherical elements to reduce spherical aberrations and distortions
- Features two extra-low dispersion elements and one Super ED element to control color fringing and chromatic aberrations
- Nano GI coating applied to individual elements to suppress reflections, flares, and ghosting
- Linear AF motor for quick and quiet focusing
- Internal focusing mechanism
- Physical aperture ring allows for intuitive exposure adjustment with a Command position for camera-based aperture selection
- Dust-, freeze-, and weather-resistant construction for use in harsh conditions
- Rounded nine-blade diaphragm for smoother bokeh
- Focal Length: 23mm
- Minimum Focus Distance: 1.25' / 38 cm
- Maximum Magnification: 0.09x
- Dimensions (ø x L): 3.54 x 4.06" / 89.8 x 103 mm
- Weight: 1.86 lb / 845 g
Altogether, the GF 23mm f/4 looks like another impressive lens from Fujifilm. Check out the video above for Frost's full thoughts on the lens.
The 23mm was one of the first GFX lenses I bought and it is a nice lens, although I don't use it as much as I thought I would given that I tend to use a wide lens with a FF Nikon. I did look at trading it in for the 20-35 but wasn't offered much for it, so I decided to keep it.