Straighten skyscrapers in cityscapes by tilting the lens by +/- 8.5° to correct for parallax or by adjusting the shift by +/- 15mm and lens rotation by +/- 90° to control which landscape details will stay in focus. The rotation has locks at -90°, 90°, and 0° with clicks every 30°. Tilt/shift rotation locks at 0° and 90° with clicks every 45°.

The GF 30mm lens digitally communicates with FUJIFILM's GFX-system cameras to record lens adjustments and save that information to the metadata of those files to be used in post-production.

The GF 30mm features a tripod collar designed to keep the lens's optical axis centered when used with a tripod.