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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Kalum Carter

I am tempted to ditch my modern lenses for some vintage glass – here's why

Hasselblad medium format film camera.

Lately, I’ve found myself circling the idea of adapting vintage lenses to my Fujifilm GFX 50S II medium format camera. It started, as these things often do, with a few idle searches and forum threads, but it’s quickly turned into an obsession.

I keep imagining the softened corners, the contrast in tone, and the way old glass renders light; something that feels worlds away from the precise, clinical perfection of most modern lenses.

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