For those who are unware, Dustin grades equipment quality based on the number of times he says "really" and "really, really" during his review. This being a fact, the Fujinon GF 55mm is obviously highly rated by him.

I always apreciate your indepth looks and these chart shots are very helpful. Thank you.

Thank you for your excellent review. I am tempted, as I really like the focal length and the image quality seems great. It is unfortunate indeed that they still don't use linear motors in these lenses, as to me the GF 110mm f2 with its linear motors is still the most appealing design.

I appreciate your thorough reviews and your opinions!

best review of my life! Diligence is otherworldly! thanks!

Thanks as ever Dustin. How does its IQ stack up against any/all of, the GF 45, 50 and 63mm's I wonder :)

Very precise, detailed and very logical analysis. Wish other reviews (by others) were as good, but regrettably this is not the case.

Glad to see the old coffee mug shot still hanging!

Awesome review Dustin. I tested it for two weeks and had similar disappointments. Was not my cup of tea. However outstanding image quality.

Really stunning image quality from this one. Though I must say I’m surprised at the criticism of the AF (from commenters too). I mean really? It’s a huge aperture MF portrait specialty lens. If you need super fast and precise AF with tracking, there’s a lot of Canon/Sony/Nikon offerings for that. That’s not really the point of this lens or MF

good to see they fixed the CAs That was the main problem with the 80mm

Nice review, thanks.

Great review! As always 🙏 I’m also curious as to how this lens compares to my 63mm in terms of field of view and separation 🤔 As I don’t think I could keep both $$🥺

Quality review, as usual 👍. Optically, this lens is unbelievable! If it had AF on par with my 50/3.5, I'd seriously consider one. But the Af is a bit of a deal breaker, same as with the 80mm. Pity.

Great review. And a lovely lens. As you say, the cost is high, but so is the quality and yes, no higher ( in fact lower ) than some full frame lenses. Your moggie is beyond adorable. Never work with children or animals, especially one like that! Cheers and thank you 🙏👍

On the subject of expensive 50s: Any hint if you will be testing Voigtländer's new Canon RF mount Nokton f1? Manual focus, but electronic connection for EXIF and focus guide (!) :-)

Hi sir, regardless of focal length. Do the sharpness, contrast, and detail on par with the GF 110? TY

Do you ever engage the pixel shift mode to capture true RGB and compare the downsampled (100MP in this case) shots to remove sensor interpolation issues from lens tests?

How would u compare the image quality to the Leica s lenses?

Thanks for the 80 side by side 🙌

Awesome review! Fuji continues to baffle me: "Let's make a $7,000 state-of-the-art camera with lots of video features, a super sharp $2,300 portrait lens, and then stick in a noisy, slow autofocus motor and no detent to declick the aperture ring!!!"

Hey Dustin, do you find this lens to be at Zeiss Otus level? How do this medium format cameras and lenses perform in the contrast realm?

I’ll wait to get it used for $1900. That’s a great price for it.

LM focus motors are faster, but not as accurate with heavy glass. Sony is no benchmark here, as they don't have MF lenses. MF lenses are different .... The XF 56/1.2 WR and 50/1.0 are much too loud indeed and the motor design looks outdated (my reason to return the 56/1.2 WR immediately), especially at this price point, whereas the Viltrox 75/1.2 is silent (no speed daemon too, but I left the 50/1.0 at home while shooting a conference yesterday, using the Viltrox, which isn't as disturbing in a silent environment).

thanks , distortion is too much

Really and really really

Coming from the Sony A7R5, when the Fuji rep came to my monthly meetup at my studio, and I tried this camera for around 30 minutes taking photos of guests and doing some reportage… I absolutely hated it. Slow autofocus, faster than the previous version but still so so slow, and the image quality compared to the Sony + 50 1.2 was lacking. I’m sure there are scenes where this sensor outperforms the Sony, but some percent of those I could just use stacking or high res mode. It’s just not for me… if they produced these and lenses that were 1.0 full frame equivalents I’d be more tempted to justify their existence. For me what this does is done better by Leica on the fun end and Phase one on the IQ end.

According to Fujifilm, it is not called Mark II, but The Second. Thanks for the review.

Considering the price, the flare is a bit....

old one mow a feasible buy

Huge size, slow AF, good IQ, still the good ol' medium format lens recipe. Part of me was expecting the new GFX can be a breath of fresh air and catch up in tech quirks with the FF brands, but alas.

roolly roolly

gfx 1.7=FF 1.0=APS-C 0.75

As usual with Fujifilm, a let down in autofocus. Okay but unreliable.

That is an ugly camera. Lens is dull too but wonderful image quality. Fuji should seriously consider employing a new aesthetic design team. Actually many camera manufacturers could too. I haven't seen a new camera that caught my eye for a long time.