EBC Fujinon GX M 100–200mm f/5.6 (zoom)
Fuji Photo Film · Fuji GX680 · 1997
single source, unconfirmedAlso known as: EBC Fujinon GX M 100-200mm f/5.6 · Fujinon GX M 100-200mm F5.6 · Fujinon GXM 100-200mm F5.6 · Fujinon GX-M 100-200mm f5.6 · Fuji GX680 100-200mm f5.6 · Fujifilm GX680 100-200mm F5.6 zoom · EBC FUJINON GX M 100-200mm 1:5.6 · Fujinon GX 100-200/5.6 · フジノン GX M 100-200mm F5.6 · フジノン GX 100-200mm F5.6 ズーム · フジ GX680 100-200mm F5.6 · EBC フジノン GX M 100-200mm
Variants & identification
| Variant | Mount | Years | Serial ranges | Production |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EBC Fujinon GX M 100–200mm f/5.6 (1997–2011) | Fuji GX680 | 1997–2011 | — | — |
- Launch year: no source dates the zoom. Every copy seen carries the GX M marking, which English Wikipedia says arrived with the GX680III, dated to December 1997 by Japanese Wikipedia and 1998 by English Wikipedia, so 1997 is the earliest documented year it could have existed; the page carries the single-source flag for that reason. English Wikipedia's table marks the row 'GX (M)', the same form it uses for primes that exist in both markings, but no plain-GX zoom was found in Fujifilm's list or in dealers' listings.
- Optical construction (14 elements in 11 groups), closest focus (0.5 m at 100 mm, 1.12 m at 200 mm), the 105 mm filter and the notes バリフォーカス (varifocal) and アオリ使用不可 (movements cannot be used) are from Japanese Wikipedia's Fujifilm product list; English Wikipedia's table, drawn from Fujifilm's Japanese lens page, gives the same construction, f/5.6–64, 118 × 118.5 × 176 mm, 2,150 g, a 46–92 mm f/2.6 equivalent on 35 mm film and a list price of ¥398,000. A dealer listing found by search gives 1,800 g; the maker's figure is used. The dimensions are width × height × length of the lens on its board, so no diameter is given.
- Support: English Wikipedia says a support rail under the camera and a support ring on the lens are necessary and are optional, not supplied; that tilt cannot be used; and that the 80 mm rail extension cannot be used with it. Its movement footnote adds that the maximum effective movement is reduced with the 50mm or the zoom. The 500 differs in being supplied with its rail.
- Price: ¥398,000 is the list price on Fujifilm's lens page as recorded by Wikipedia, with no year attached; the launch year is assumed.
- End date: Fujifilm's list of discontinued interchangeable lenses gives 2011年3月出荷終了 (shipments ended March 2011) for the GX M 100-200mm 1:5.6.
- Shutter: English Wikipedia says the shutter in every GX680 lens is electronic and made by Seiko, 8 s to 1/400 plus B, flash synchronisation at all speeds. No source gives a blade count.
How to tell them apart
- The only zoom for the GX680 and the only GX680 lens with a 105 mm filter thread; 2,150 g, 176 mm long on its board, with a zoom ring but no focusing ring, since the body's bellows focuses it (Wikipedia)
- A rectangular GX680 lens board with the GX bayonet and an electronic Seiko leaf shutter inside. Fujifilm's GF 100-200mm f/5.6 for the digital GFX cameras shares the range and aperture and nothing else: it is an autofocus lens with a bayonet and no shutter
- GX M marking only; the support rail and ring it needs were sold separately, so most copies come without them
EBC Fujinon GX M 100–200mm f/5.6 (1997–2011):
- Front ring reads EBC FUJINON GX M 100-200mm 1:5.6; the one zoom of the GX680 line, with separate zoom and focus settings since the body's bellows focuses it (Wikipedia)
- A 105 mm filter thread, which no other GX680 lens has, and 118 × 118.5 × 176 mm on its board: at 2,150 g the heaviest lens of the system (Wikipedia)
- EBC Fujinon GX M 100–200mm f/5.6 (1997–2011): Found only in the GX M marking, which dates from the GX680III of December 1997; no plain GX 100–200 has been seen, though English Wikipedia's table marks the row 'GX (M)' like the primes. No source dates the lens, so 1997 is the earliest year it could have existed. Fujifilm's list of discontinued lenses ends its shipments in March 2011. Japanese Wikipedia calls it a varifocal lens that must be refocused after zooming; it needs a support rail under the camera and a support ring on the lens, sold separately, and tilt cannot be used.
Specifications
- Construction
- 14 elements / 11 groups
- Aperture range
- f/5.6–f/64
- Shutter
- Seiko electronic leaf shutter in the lens, 8 s–1/400, B; flash sync at every speed (Wikipedia)
- Min. focus
- 0.5 m
- Dimensions
- 176 mm long
- Weight
- 2150 g
- Filter
- 105 mm
- Years manufactured
- 1997–2011
- Country
- Japan
- Coating
- EBC multicoating, Fuji's Electron Beam Coating, as the name prefix states
- Original price
- ¥398,000 list (Fujifilm's lens page as recorded by Wikipedia; year not stated) (today ¥442,000)
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History
The 100–200mm f/5.6 is the one zoom made for Fuji’s GX680, the 6×8 studio reflex with view-camera movements on its front standard, and at 2,150 g the heaviest lens of the line. Fujifilm’s figures, as carried by the Wikipedia tables, are 14 elements in 11 groups, a constant f/5.6 to f/64, closest focus at 0.5 m at the 100 mm end and 1.12 m at 200 mm, a 105 mm filter thread that no other GX680 lens shares, 118 × 118.5 × 176 mm on its board and 2,150 g, which English Wikipedia renders as a 46–92 mm f/2.6 equivalent on 35 mm film. Japanese Wikipedia calls it a varifocal lens: focus does not hold through the zoom, so the bellows must be reset after every change of focal length. The shutter is the electronic Seiko leaf shutter common to the line, 8 s to 1/400 plus B with flash synchronisation at every speed.
Its weight sets its terms. English Wikipedia, following Fujifilm’s lens page, says a support rail under the camera and a support ring on the lens are necessary and were sold as options rather than supplied, that tilt cannot be used, that the 80 mm rail extension cannot be used with it, and that effective movement is reduced with it as with the 50mm; Japanese Wikipedia says flatly that movements cannot be used. The 500, the other lens that needs a rail, at least comes with one.
No source dates it. Every copy seen is marked GX M, the marking that arrived with the GX680III of December 1997 and adds an electronic exposure counter that the III displays per lens, so the page takes 1997 as the earliest year it could have existed; English Wikipedia’s ‘GX (M)’ label on the row leaves a plain GX version possible, but none has turned up. Fujifilm’s list of discontinued lenses ends its shipments in March 2011, with most of the line. The list price on Fujifilm’s lens page, ¥398,000, is recorded by Wikipedia without a year. No review, test or user account was found: Danny Burk’s 2002 system review does not mention a zoom, and what search turns up is dealers’ copy, one listing giving 1,800 g against the maker’s 2,150 g.
When buying, ask whether the support rail and ring are included, since they were separate purchases and the lens is not meant to hang from the front standard without them. Test the shutter on a body, because it is electronic and fires only with the camera’s power; work the zoom through its travel and look for haze between the many groups. Left open: the launch year, Fuji’s names and prices for the rail and ring, the blade count, a dated price list, and any first-hand account of how it draws.
This history is AI-written, from the sources listed at the foot of the page. Where the record is silent it says so rather than filling the gap — but no human wrote these sentences.
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