{"id":169081,"date":"2023-09-15T09:44:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T08:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=169081"},"modified":"2023-10-18T05:55:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T04:55:22","slug":"fujifilm-has-introduced-the-fast-gf-55mm-f1-7r-wr-prime-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/photo\/fujifilm-has-introduced-the-fast-gf-55mm-f1-7r-wr-prime-lens\/","title":{"rendered":"Fujifilm has introduced the fast GF 55mm F1.7R WR prime lens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fujifilm\u00a0has introduced\u00a0the fast prime lens\u00a0GF\u00a0<strong>55mm F1.7R WR\u00a0<\/strong><strong>.\u00a0<\/strong>Since this is a lens for medium format GF cameras, the full-frame equivalent focal length is 43mm.\u00a0The main feature is the F1.3 aperture &#8211; together with the previously presented GF 80mm F1.7 lens, they are one of the brightest lenses for medium format.\u00a0The price of the new item is $2299.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/64_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em class=\"photo-title\">GF 55mm F1.7R WR<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The optical design of the GF55mm F1.7R WR consists of 14 elements in 10 groups, including 2 aspherical elements and 2 ED;\u00a0Fujifilm says this minimizes axial and spherical chromatic aberration.\u00a0Electronic filling based on GMR magnetic resistance technology is responsible for focusing accuracy.\u00a0The lens offers a minimum focusing distance of 50cm, is approximately 10cm long and weighs 790g.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/65_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em class=\"photo-title\">Optical design GF 55mm F1.7R WR<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lovers of beautiful bokeh will be pleased by the fact that 11 aperture blades create almost perfectly round highlights even at F4 or F5.6.\u00a0The company also promises sharpness across the entire frame, including at open apertures.\u00a0For plein air shooting, the body has a design that is resistant to weathering and low temperatures.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/66_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em class=\"photo-title\">GF 55mm F1.7R WR<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/67_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em class=\"photo-title\">GF 55mm F1.7R WR on a Fujifilm camera<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fujifilm\u00a0has introduced\u00a0the fast prime lens\u00a0GF\u00a055mm F1.7R WR\u00a0.\u00a0Since this is a lens for medium format GF cameras, the full-frame equivalent focal length is 43mm.\u00a0The main feature is the F1.3 aperture &#8211; together with the previously presented GF 80mm F1.7 lens, they are one of the brightest lenses for medium format.\u00a0The price of the new item is [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/photo\/fujifilm-has-introduced-the-fast-gf-55mm-f1-7r-wr-prime-lens\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":169087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[651],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-169081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-photo","tag-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}