I’ve become a big fan of Fujifilm GF lenses and the whole GFX medium format system. A ‘nifty fifty’ for full-frame cameras is often seen as the most essential prime lens. Taking the larger medium format image sensor into account, this 63mm lens gives the same field of view, and an entirely natural perspective. Depth of field is tighter due to the longer ‘actual’ focal length of the 63mm lens and, to me, it feels very similar to shooting with a 50mm f/1.8 lens on a full-frame camera. As such, it aims to take its place in the line-up of best Fujifilm GF lenses and be a perfect match for the best Fujifilm cameras like the Fujifilm GFX 100 II and Fujifilm GFX 50S II.
One of my absolute favorite GF lenses is the Fujifilm GF 55mm F1.7 R WR, but the GF 63mm is little more than half the weight and only costs about two-thirds as much to buy. Unless I’m feeling really desperate for the bigger GF 55mm lens’s faster aperture, the GF 63mm looks like a more manageable and affordable proposition.
