EBC Fujinon GX MD 125mm f/3.2
Fuji Photo Film · Fuji GX680 · 1986
single source, unconfirmedAlso known as: EBC Fujinon GX MD 125mm f/3.2 · Fujinon GX MD 125mm F3.2 · Fuji GX680 125mm f/3.2 · Fujifilm GX MD 125mm f3.2 · EBC Fujinon GXD 125mm F3.2 · Fujinon GX D 125mm f/3.2 · Fuji EBC GX 125mm 3.2 · フジノン GX MD 125mm F3.2 · フジ GX680 125mm F3.2 · EBCフジノン GXD 125mm F3.2
Variants & identification
| Variant | Mount | Years | Serial ranges | Production |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EBC Fujinon GXD 125mm f/3.2 | Fuji GX680 | — | — | — |
| EBC Fujinon GX MD 125mm f/3.2 | Fuji GX680 | 1997 | — | — |
- Year: no source dates the lens's introduction. 1986, the system's launch (Japanese Wikipedia; Fujifilm's own history), is carried as a floor: the GXD form belongs to the generation before the December 1997 M chip, and no source says whether this lens was among the nine unnamed lenses shown at the GX680's PMA debut. Danny Burk's July 2002 review counts three f/3.2 lenses in the line. The end date is the system's discontinuation in April 2010 (camera-wiki), not a lens-specific date.
- Construction (8 elements in 6 groups), closest focus 0.55 m and the 95 mm filter are given by both Japanese Wikipedia (6群8枚, 0.55m, φ95) and the English Wikipedia lens table. Weight (895 g), the dimensions 101 × 107 × 96 mm and the list price ¥178,000 come from the English Wikipedia table alone, which gives no year for the price. Only the third figure is entered as length: the first two, 101 × 107 mm, are shared by most lenses of the line and describe the lens unit on its board rather than a round barrel.
- The D: no source expands the letter. Japanese Wikipedia says of the group that GXD is the large-aperture f/3.2 high-image-quality design ('GXDはF3.2の大口径で高画質設計'); English Wikipedia and camera-wiki list the three f/3.2 lenses as GX MD without explanation. The English table's f/3.2–32 is the source for the minimum aperture.
- The GXD variant rests on dealer listing titles (Kamerastore's 'EBC Fujinon GXD' on the 180 mm, and eBay titles for the 125 mm reading 'GX D' and 'GXD') and on Japanese Wikipedia's GXD term; no maker document naming a plain GXD 125 was found.
How to tell them apart
- Engraved EBC FUJINON GX MD (or GXD) 1:3.2 125mm with a 95 mm front thread; the 125mm f/5.6 of the same system is a smaller lens with an 82 mm thread, 545 g against 895 g, stopping to f/45 rather than f/32 (English Wikipedia)
- Mounted on its own electronic lens board with the GX bayonet, with an aperture ring and a depth-of-field preview lever on the lens and no shutter-speed ring: the Seiko leaf shutter inside is timed electronically, 8 s to 1/400 plus B, and cocks automatically (camera-wiki; English Wikipedia)
- One of three f/3.2 lenses, 115, 125 and 180 mm, all with 95 mm filters (English Wikipedia; Burk, 2002)
- Fits only the GX680 bodies (GX680, GX680II, GX680S, GX680III, GX680IIIS)
EBC Fujinon GXD 125mm f/3.2:
- 'GXD' (or 'GX D') in the name, without the M: the marking of the first generation, before the exposure-counter chip of December 1997 (dealer listing titles; Japanese Wikipedia's term for the f/3.2 lenses is GXD)
EBC Fujinon GX MD 125mm f/3.2:
- 'GX MD' in the name: the M generation carries the electronic exposure counter introduced with the GX680III in December 1997, so the III displays a per-lens shot count; on a GX680 or GX680II the lens works without the counter (English Wikipedia)
- EBC Fujinon GXD 125mm f/3.2: The first form of the lens, known from dealer listings that title it GXD or GX D and from Japanese Wikipedia's use of GXD for the three f/3.2 lenses. No source dates its introduction; the marking places it in the 1986–1997 lens generation, before the M chip.
- EBC Fujinon GX MD 125mm f/3.2: The lens as listed in every current lens table, with the M chip of the December 1997 generation. English Wikipedia, camera-wiki and Japanese Wikipedia list it as GX MD 125mm f/3.2; the system was discontinued in April 2010.
Specifications
- Construction
- 8 elements / 6 groups
- Aperture range
- f/3.2–f/32
- Shutter
- Seiko electronic leaf shutter in the lens, 8 s–1/400, B; flash sync at every speed
- Min. focus
- 0.55 m
- Dimensions
- 96 mm long
- Weight
- 895 g
- Filter
- 95 mm
- Years manufactured
- 1986–2010
- Country
- Japan
- Coating
- EBC (Electron Beam Coating) multicoating
- Original price
- ¥178,000 list price (year not stated; English Wikipedia's lens table), against ¥142,000 for the 125mm f/5.6 and ¥183,000 for the 115mm f/3.2 (today ¥229,000)
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History
The EBC Fujinon GX MD 125mm f/3.2 is the fast normal lens of the GX680, Fuji Photo Film’s 6×8 studio single-lens reflex of 1986: English Wikipedia’s table makes it the equivalent of a 57 mm f/1.5 on 35 mm film. It shares its eight-element, six-group construction, its f/3.2–32 range and its 95 mm filter thread with the 115mm f/3.2, focuses to 0.55 m and weighs 895 g. The system also offers a 125mm f/5.6, a six-element lens of 545 g with an 82 mm thread, at a lower price; the f/3.2 buys a stop and two thirds at the cost of 350 g and a larger filter. Fujifilm’s own history of the Fujinon name explains the size of every GX lens: the revolving back meant each had to cover an 8 × 8 cm image circle and keep covering it under the front standard’s rise, shift, tilt and swing.
Like every lens of the system it sits on an electronic lens board with the GX bayonet and carries its own Seiko leaf shutter, timed electronically from 8 s to 1/400 plus B, cocked automatically and synchronising flash at every speed; the lens has an aperture ring and a depth-of-field preview lever but no shutter-speed ring. The lenses of 1986 were marked GX; with the GX680III of December 1997 came GX M, a chip that lets the III show a shot count for each lens and which the earlier bodies ignore. The three f/3.2 lenses are marked GX MD, and dealers also title them GXD or GX D. No source expands the D: Japanese Wikipedia says only that GXD is the large-aperture f/3.2 design made for image quality. No source dates this lens. Its GXD form belongs to the generation before December 1997, so the 1986 given above is the system’s launch, carried as a floor rather than a documented date; Danny Burk’s 2002 review already counts three f/3.2 lenses in the line, and the system ran until April 2010.
Its list price was ¥178,000, a quarter more than the f/5.6 lens of the same focal length, though the year of that price is not recorded. No published review of the 125mm f/3.2 was found; forum owners describe the f/3.2 lenses as very sharp, but that is anecdote rather than a test. Left open: the introduction date, the meaning of the D, the number of diaphragm blades, and whether a plain GX marking ever existed on this focal length at f/3.2.
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