Taking a self portrait with a Canon FD 85/1.2L is impossible. The closest focus with 90 cm - simply isn't enough.

At least not for my arms *LOL*

Mitakon Speedmaster 80/1.6

Of course, there is a Mitakon Speedmaster 80 mm ƒ 1.6 lens and the exceptionally close min focus down to just 50 cm. That lens is specially made for the larger sensor in the Fujifilm GFX cameras... but it is a tricky lens. As with the Mitakon 65/1.4 lens. The latter by the way, as a longer min focus distance of 70 cm.

The manual focus on both lenses is almost impossible to get right. O let's just say, you have to be very veeeeery slow and careful, to get it spot on.

The fine details very fuzzy (at aperture ƒ1.4), which makes it difficult to set the sharpness correctly. Albeit both lenses have an utmost beautiful rendering - which is similar to the analog version of: Pentax 67 + Takumar 105mm ƒ2.4 lens. A very special combo - which the Mitakon 65/1.4 seem to emulate almost perfectly with the same character.

However, I already have the Mitakon 65/1.4 so I didn't feel that i wanted to (almost) duplicate the same, with a 80/1.6 lens - which is just a touch longer lens. (you can crop the Mitakon 65/1.4 images and get in essence the same like what the Mitakon 80/1.6 frames). The difference from 65mm to 80mm is very small. Therefore the lens was of no interest to me.

Samyang XP 85/1.2

I think the Samyang XP 85/1.2 is more flexible overall even if it doesn't focus as closer as the Mitakon 80/1.6 - and above all - the Samyang is optically way better at bright apertures.

Anyway, we gonna see if all what i just wrote in the past pages really holds up in real life. I also hope that i get a good copy of the Samyang lens.

Since the lens has a communication chip - IBIS in the GFX should automatically kick in, stabilizing the lens accordingly (without the need to enable, change and set it manually).

Nice !

By the way; adapted to a Fujifilm GFX camera, a Samyang 85/1.2 becomes equivalent to a 67mm ƒ 0.95 lens (!) on fullframe.

Rendering of the Mitakon lenses for GFX

Below you see images made with the Mitakon 65/1.4 lens mounted on the Fujifilm GFX 50s II camera. The lens really has a very special rendering. As long you can set the focus correctly, you can get very fine portraits with a special flair in its rendering.

It makes those two Mitakon lenses very special for portraits !

Speaking of Mitakon for GFX - the lenses turn out very sharp when you stop them down. Vignetting is never an issue, because they have been made for the larger sensor.