New lens releases for Fujifilm’s unique GFX medium format cameras don’t come often, so when one arrives, it is worth taking a look.  Their newest lens is the Fujinon GF 20-35mm F4 WR, a wide angle zoom that proves to be a great match even to their extremely high resolution Fujifilm GFX100S (102MP!) that I used for this review.  As Fuji’s Medium Format has a unique crop factor of 0.79x (as compared to 1.0x of standard full frame), the equivalent focal length of this zoom is 16-28mm, making this the widest angle of view available on the GFX platform.  At 20mm the angle of view is 108°, which gives you a very wide view of the world.

You can zoom into a 76° angle of view at 35mm, which gives you quite a different framing:

While the GF 20-35mm doesn’t sport all of Fuji’s bells and whistles, it does come with a weather sealed design (WR) and aperture control ring (R).  The weather sealing is robust, sporting 12 seal points along with a fluorine coating on the front element.

Fuji calls this lens extremely compact, and, while that’s true in medium format terms, it is still a fairly large lens by the standard of smaller sensors.  But what is equally true is that Fuji has managed to create a wide angle zoom that has relatively few optical flaws and is thus a great tool for maximizing the performance of those incredible medium format sensors.

The MSRP of the lens is $2499 USD, which is fairly reasonable for this type of lens.  There are plenty of Full Frame 15/16-35mm F2.8 lenses that are within a few hundred dollars of that price point, and you certainly wouldn’t find any equivalent medium format lens anywhere close to that price point.  If you are invested in Fujifilm’s GFX system, you have done so because of its relative value, not because it is cheap.  So is the GF 20-35mm F4 worthy of adding to your kit?  You can watch my video review, read my text review, or just enjoy the photos below.

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Thanks to Fujifilm Canada for providing me a review loaner of the GF 20-35mm along with the GFX100S body to test it on.  As always, this is a completely independent review.  All opinions and conclusions are my own.

Photos of the Fujinon GF 20-35mm F4 

Photos Taken with the Fujinon GF 20-35mm F4

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Purchase the Fujinon GF 80mm F1.7 @ B&H Photo | Amazon | Camera Canada | Amazon Canada | Ebay 

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