Fujifilm announces GF 80mm F1.7 R WR medium-format lens: Digital Photography Review

FUJIFILM Announces FUJINON GF 80mm F1.seven R WR Lens: The World’s Widest Aperture Autofocus Lens for a Large Format Camera System

Valhalla, N.Y., January 27, 2022 – FUJIFILM North America Corporation is pleased to announce that information technology will release its FUJINON GF80mmF1.7 R WR Lens (GF80mmF1.7), the earth’south first*1 AF-capable F1.7 interchangeable lens for Large Format camera systems, including FUJIFILM GFX Arrangement digital cameras, in March 2022.

GF80mmF1.7 R WR has a standard focal length of 80mm (a 35mm equivalent of 63mm). Its large-diameter autofocus (AF) prime lens features a maximum aperture of F1.7, which also makes it the fastest lens among Fujifilm’southward G Mount lenses.

“Portrait photographers using GFX System cameras can now choose FUJINON GF110mmF2 R WR for when they want images with a tighter angle of view or option GF80mmF1.7 for when they want something slightly wider,” said Victor Ha, senior managing director of marketing and production management for FUJIFILM Due north America Corporation’s Electronic Imaging Division. “This choice will certainly give paradigm-makers more than options creatively, especially since the highly anticipated bokeh produced from GF80mmmF1.seven’s wide aperture is sure to provide an incredible aesthetic quality to any image.”

Product features

Optically designed for limitless creativity

• GF80mmF1.7 R WR features ix rounded diaphragm blades that can be stopped down to provide edge-to-edge sharpness or opened upwards to produce images with beautifully smooth bokeh, with phenomenal separation between a discipline and its background, from whatever GFX System camera. Comprising 12 lens elements in 9 groups, including 1 aspherical chemical element and two, Super ED elements, this lens is optimally balanced to control spherical aberration and deliver a quality of bokeh non able to be replicated past whatever other Large Format lens on the marketplace.
• Fujifilm’s ultra high-precision drinking glass molding technology has been used on the two aspherical lens surfaces to produce a tolerance of 1/100,000th of a millimeter. This is five times more authentic than regular lens molding techniques can produce and serves to minimize the onion-ring effect that tin how the lens handles the out-of-focus areas of an image.

The globe’south showtime F1.7 lens with autofocus for a big format digital system

• GF80mmF1.vii features a powerful DC motor that has plenty torque to drive the focus group of half-dozen lens elements, including the aspherical element, to quickly deliver accurate and reliable autofocus, even when the lens is wide-open at F1.seven and when depth of field is extremely shallow. The lens besides supports the Face / Eye AF role, which uses an avant-garde focusing algorithm to accurately acquire focus on a subject’s confront or optics even when they are moving within the frame.

• GF80mmF1.seven brings low-light focusing capabilities of GFX100 and GFX100S to EV-5.v, which is a 0.5 stop improvement in the example of GFX100. With GF80mmF1.7, autofocus functioning for both of these cameras is maximized in dimly lit environments.

Compact and practical size

• Measuring at 3.9 in. (99.2mm) long and weighing but 1.75 lb. (795g), with a filter thread size of 77mm, GF80mmF1.7 is practically sized and suited for both on-location and in-studio applications.
• Weather-resistant seals have been applied to the lens butt at 10 locations on the lens to protect it confronting grit and water, while also providing it with the ability to operate at temperatures as depression as 14°F (-10°C). The front end lens element is also coated with fluorine to repel dirt, adding another layer of conditions-resistant performance to the lens .

Pricing and Availability

GF80mmF1.vii R WR is currently expected to be bachelor in March 2022 at a manufacturer’due south suggested retail price of $2,299.95 and $2,290 CDN. For more information, please visit https://fujifilm-x.com/en-united states/products/lenses/gf80mmf17-r-wr/.