Fujifilm GF 50mm f/3.5 R LM WR : Specifications and Opinions

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Ric1978

sent on 10 Dicembre 2025

Pros: The lightest in the series, good construction, naturalness of colors and blur, fast and accurate af.

Cons: Maybe not as scratchy as others, but is it a defect?

Opinion: Taken for light rides, not in weight but in thought, I liked how its size makes the complex with the 100s quite discreet. The construction is as good as the other GFs and I really like the screw-on lens hood with its cap that do not take up space even when mounted. Optically it must be understood for a moment because it has less contrast on subjects with fine details. The details are there but they are rendered in a natural way, they don't break the retinas like others but I see it as a feature, not as a problem. Also because in pp if you pump them for a moment they pop out, there are no artifacts from "invented" sharpness, the details are there. The general contrast is instead bright in the shapes but with colors that remain well managed and natural, this fact combined with an angle of view and a blur not extreme gives a sense of image that "comes out" very pleasant. Used at 6-700 euros it is a great buy.

Schsfn

sent on 23 Febbraio 2024

Pros: Compactness

Cons: micro-detail

Opinion: Lens purchased as new for GFX100S 100 II together with the 45 100, the 250 and the 23. I was looking for something smaller and more agile for spot rides. After the comparisons with the other lenses I put it back on sale because the results were merciless: microdetail, sharpness and three-dimensionality are not even close to those of the other three lenses. Agree the pancake and its compromises (as far as possible on the super full frame) but in my opinion it is evident that it is a glass designed for less resolving sensors and on 102 mpx it struggles a lot. Too bad!

Marioreds61

sent on 28 Ottobre 2022

Pros: Compact lens- Autofocus- Image quality- Price.

Cons: None in my opinion.

Opinion: What about this perspective? I bought used this 50 because I was interested in a fixed lens of little bulk to be used in trips out of town. I was very hesitant about the focal length becoming 40 in the midformat system and instead I use it all the time. It gives me photos with truly spectacular colors and definition not to regret much more expensive lenses. Now I use it in the studio as the first lens and I can do everything from portrait to full figure. The advantage of this lens is also the weight that after a day of shooting you begin to appreciate it for sure. In street photos you have to get used to the focal length but then once you understand it gives you really fantastic shots. Mounted on the GFX 50SII I can shoot at really low times. Even the blurred is very pleasant quite pasty then obviously used at the right distance. Optics to keep in the kit even if it may seem a duplicate in the zoom lens park. I recommend it and promote it with flying colors.

Lella1952

sent on 02 Ottobre 2022

Pros: size, image quality

Cons: ahhh... if he had had an extra stop of opening .....

Opinion: I got it after reading several reviews, and because after a few years of 23mm, 32-64, 120 macro, 45, and 63mm, I finally wanted to try this "light pancake". Works. it works great, "fast" in AF, does not distort, and in terms of image quality is slightly below 63mm which for me remains the best. I have not yet become accustomed to the actual 40mm focal length, it is not 35 is not 50, surely the portability has gained without loss in image quality. to buy

Ferorake

sent on 27 Settembre 2022

Pros: Solid Fuji GF style construction, diaphragm ring proportionate to that of the MF, record-breaking optical rendering, small dimensions

Cons: No one sincerely...

Opinion: What can I say, an exceptional lens with virtually no flaws. Amazing, although the size is far from a normal "pancake" to which we are accustomed on FF. The yield is perfect, zero distortion, zero aberrations, zero vignetting: perhaps a step below the brother GF 45. Honestly, however, everything is recoverable very quickly in PP, so much so that I am undecided on which of the two to keep. Excellent extremely fast autofocus, which is not obvious in the GFX system. The only negative note is clearly the price that is light years away from the 50ino Nikon 50 1.8 D or the 50 1.8 Canon, but the quality you pay. Here we are in the field of "flawless" optics, and rightly all this comes at a price.

Nangi

sent on 31 Marzo 2020

Pros: Image quality, ease of use (pancake), FAST AF, absolutely precise and quiet, bokeh, price. This lens has a limited "breathing" that makes it great for filming. The lens is sealed in ten places, making it resistant to dust and weather and able to operate at temperatures of up to -10 degrees Celsius. GF 50mm is a small and lightweight optic, measuring 84x48mm diameter and weighing 335g

Cons: The lens is sharp, but not the sharpest on the GFX platform; the color yield is "softened"; it's not stabilized

Opinion: The GF 50mm f3.5 optics is a pancake lens equivalent to a 40mm f2.8 on FF: it should satisfy street photographers, documentary filmmakers, landscapers and many more. The images are sharp, there is little or no distortion and there is no vignette: as pancakes it is a joy to use. Flare resistance is crazy! Perhaps the only negative thing about this lens is that it seems to produce slightly attenuated colors. The bokeh is not the smoothest and pasty, but it is still pleasant to the eye; it is not ultra-fast, but it can still produce a beautiful insulation of the subject when working close enough to the same. A lens for optics is the absence of chromatic aberration and the perfect control of the distortion. The color rendering of the optics is attenuated and therefore in post production the saturation slider will be taken into account: in other words, shooting in the Velvia color profile mode also helps... The lens is a bit soft at the edges when used at full opening, but closing a hair let's say to f/5.6 you get an excellent corner to corner sharpness. The difphering begins to become apparent at the diaphragm of f/22, but even for such diaphragm closures it gives "breathtaking" images. I close these impressions by saying that the optics is really easy and must be part of the GFX kit: mounted on GFX 50R, the combination weighs only 1110 mg making it the lightest GFX kit and the perfect choice for street and travel photography.

user175007

sent on 31 Marzo 2020

Pros: Size and weight, price

Cons: Brightness

Opinion: As a benchmark I'll use zoom 32-64 to get a reference. The construction is typical Fuji, quality, optics and the smallest and lightest and this and a remarkable plus, the sharpness offers nothing extra and comparable to the zoom but it should be remembered that it is a reference point and does not look at a zoom for detail rendering , less inclined to flare and chromatic aberrations, has slightly less saturated colors and even contrast and slightly less marked offers overall a rendering that prefers to zoom. Af very fast but low brightness for a fixed, makes that the 32-64 but especially the new 45-100 that is also stabilized is a fearsome competitor, since the latter also looks like a zoom of considerable yield. The price allows you to enter the GFx world without fainting and the optics finds in the compact dimensions and lightness its nature to exist, zooming when you have to travel all day becomes challenging, while the 50 makes everything very easy and should be considered if you love travel discreetly and lightly, if you go out to photograph and stay hours with the car in your hand as in the street or the classic tourist and the perfect optics