Fujifilm has a lot of great portraiture lenses so it is no surprise that DPRTV picked the Fujifilm X-S10 with XF56mm f/1.2 as being one of the best budge portraiture options on the market alongside the Fujifilm GFX100S with GF110mm f/2 as the premium portrait solution. I think I personally would go with the XF90mm f/2 and GF80mm f/1.7 myself, which is funny because in a way the XF90mm f/2 is more comparable to the clinical nature of the GF110mm f/2 while the GF80mm f/1.7 is more comparable to the XF56mm f/1.2’s character. All 4 are great lenses, but I prefer the character of the bokeh that the GF80mm and XF90mm produce.
Canon, Sony, Panasonic, and Nikon all made the list too, but they received honorable mentions or filled out the middle ground and were sometimes paired with third-party Sigma glass. While Chris and Jordan both agreed about the GFX100S and X-S10. Below is the entire list
Under $1,000
Sony a6100
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary
A little over budget
Sony a6100
Sigma 56mm f/1.4
Still a little over budget
Canon EOS M50 Mark II
Sigma 56mm f/1.4
Under $2000
Fujifilm X-S10
Fujinon XF90mm f/2
or
Fujinon XF56mm f/1.2
Under $3000
Panasonic S5
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG DN
or
Sony a7C
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG DN
Under $5000
Sony a7R IIIA
Sony 50mm f/1.2 GM
or
Canon EOS R6
Canon RF 85mm f/2
or
Nikon Z7II
Nikkor 85mm f/1.8 S
Under $10000
Canon EOS R5
Canon RF 85mm f/1.2
or
Fujifilm GFX100S
Fujinon GF110mm f/2
No Limit?
Fujifilm GFX100, but GFX100S will do
Alpha?
What’s interesting is in the above list there is a lot of back and forth, but once you get into the range where price doesn’t matter anymore it always comes back to GFX because there is no better system regardless of price unless you want to deal with large format film, but even then you will be giving up a lot of conveniences. In short, if you have the money you can’t go wrong with GFX.
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Fujifilm GFX100S: B&H Photo / Amazon / Moment / Adorama
Fujifilm GFX100: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Fujifilm GFX50R: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Fujifilm GFX 50S: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Fujinon GF 110mm F 2 R LM WR: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Fujinon GF80mm f/1.7: B&H Photo / Amazon / Moment / Adorama
Fujifilm X-S10: B&H Photo / Amazon / Moment / Adorama
Fujinon XF56mm F1.2 R: B&H Photo/ Amazon / Adorama
Fujinon XF56mm F1.2 R APD: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama