I was talking about real estate photography the other day, when we visited the late Peter Lindbergh s apartment in Paris. That brings me to today s post. (By the way, just by chance, the "handbook" sized edition of Peter Lindbergh s retrospective.
Having It All
If I was a little cranky yesterday I apologize. I m not slagging the new Sony 35mm in any way, and it s important to mention that I didn t
review it either! I haven t touched one.
IOW, I m not judging.
As far as comparative size is concerned, most 35mm ƒ/1.4 s are SLR lenses, aren t they? Some of them, like the Sigma, have been adapted to mirrorless by adding a permanently attached adapter.which is to say, starting with a retrofocus design to enable clearance for an SLR mirror, then adding spacing between the lens and the sensor. No wonder they re big.
The Verdict
So it looks like the consensus is that I should try the Fuji GFX 50R with the 50mm ƒ/3.5 or 45mm ƒ/2.8 lens. I ll request one for review. (It doesn t cost me anything to borrow equipment, but thanks to those who expressed concern about that.)
A couple of readers suggested that I should review
all of them. All the medium format digital cameras. That actually would be oddly appropriate. The first involved, long-term brief I was given as a Contributing Editor to a photography magazine (
Darkroom Photography) was to systematically review the options among medium format cameras. Before I was done I had reviewed the Bronica SQ-Ai, Rolleiflex 6002 and 6008 Integral, Fuji GS645S, Fuji GX680, Exacta 66, Mamiya 6, Bronica ETRSi, Bronica RF645, Mamiya RZ67, and probably a few more that aren t coming to mind at the moment. (Favorites: the SQ-Ai and Mamiya 6.) I used some TLRs too, just not sure if I actually wrote about any of them.