Strongly considering it for the next video!

The main thing to look for is the rear lens element size. Bigger the better but not always the case. As a general rule with 35mm lenses, I don't use any focal length wider than 50mm on the GFX without knowing it's very likely to vignette, unless it's been tested beforehand. Most 70mm lenses should be fine on 6x7. That said I wouldn't personally go wider than 100mm unless you see a test first. All of the lenses should be rated by a 35mm equivalent so 100mm would be 50mm on a 6x7. If the choice was there I'd choose the 70mm format lens over the 35mm for the Pentax.

Thanks for watching! As with all vintage manual focus lenses, this one is an acquired taste, and if one is looking for sharpness with any lens over 40 years old, especially the modern expectations of sharpness, they need look elsewhere and buy new glass. Of all my Minolta lenses, this one is easily the softest wide open. But to me, and so many others that adore it, the dreamy characteristics are something that can be an asset and not a flaw. For someone on a budget, a 5d classic is a bargain, however to my knowledge there isn't any EF glass at 1.2 that can be purchased cheaper than the Minolta. The 50mm 1.2 is the closest and they average $600 USD on eBay whereas the Minolta can be had for half that. And on top of that, the rendering output with the Minolta, due to the GFX sensor size looks unlike any Canon lens I've used on the system thus far, including the 50mm 1.2. It is indeed a soft lens, with some copies faring better than others I've heard. But it is a lens that I think is and will be a classic for years to come. And since doing this video, I need to do a follow up. I was totally wrong about the video usage with this lens. It is magnificent! And in the future I plan on putting side by side images before and after cropping and editing so it's more transparent. Especially with my editing not being everyone's taste. I've had a number of people asking about that and I think that's a fair criticism. Cheers!

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Yes I wish that Fujifilm or Laowa would make a 1.2 lens for the system. Many people in the community don't care for DOF or bokeh but I'm in the opposite camp. The brightest lens I'm aware of that is made to cover the GFX sensor is the Mitakon 65mm 1.4. I'd really enjoy a native lens like that with autofocus. I didn't know Laowa made that lens until recently and I'm really excited that someone finally made an ultra bright 35 for full frame. I'll have to try it out soon!

It's worth every penny. I don't think there is any real difference optically between the versions so new or old you can't go wrong!

Hey thanks for checking out the video! I do believe a single helicoid would be sufficient for this lens as long as it clears the rear mount with no possibility of hitting the sensor. I have not tried an adjustable aperture however I think there are companies that make them in the thread size for this lens. It could easily be mounted in the helicoid at the expense of size. I haven't seen them in a while but if I find one for sale I'll share it on here!

I never knew that thanks for the tip Anton!

@@daygon128 There is a list if the radioactive vintage lenses out there in the internet... You can also spot it by yellow tint to the glass when looking through, caused by radioactive decay of thorium affecting glass molecular structure... You can easily remove yellowing by prolonged exposure to the UV light, sun or led UV torch... Sometimes you can buy vintage lenses with big discount due to yellowed glass, and easily fix it with UV 😉👍

Yes you can! One potential caveat of the 65:24 crop mode is that it must be shot in JPEG, unless they have changed that in a firmware update. So you'd have to have your colors right when shooting in that mode. Either way it's a very cool feature and it can be used with most lenses!

That's a good problem to have! Lol! If the Voigtlander doesn't vignette I'd definitely go with it because you would also have the benefit of it being a newer lens. I haven't used one so I'm not sure how they'd compare, but 1.2 to 1.4 is negligible in my opinion. I will say that you can't go wrong with the Minolta 58 1.2 on any system. And my comments about not using it for video are totally wrong. I have been using it for video on my X-T3 with the Metabones Speed Booster over the past year and I'm stunned at how good it is.

Same I use the MD lenses more due to weight. They seem lighter and if I'm shooting all day I prefer them!

Yes it won't let me give a direct link on here but I know B&H Photo has them or you can get it directly from Fotodiox. Be sure to search for Minolta MD to Fujifilm G mount adapter and it should come up!

@@daygon128 thank you so much