Serious;y it’s worth it now they have the new 100mp out. I used on location in Iceland for 3 weeks and it outperformed the Hasselblad for colour, lenses, focus and ease of use. I have a behind the scenes /process in Lightroom to photoshop I did for @fuji_Uk if your interested :) james
I stumbled upon your channel as a result of viewing a review by an angry guy. Yours is far superior because it includes actual images. I took away some valuable info and am subscribing right away.
I agree this camera is stunning and after owning the Hasselblad I finally sold it and love the Fuji. Well worth investment now they have the 100MP version out. The lenses are super as it’s focus ability in low light, rain and sleet 👍
Paul did not just play some great tunes, you gave him the honor of the final chords in this excellent vid. That, and the great content, made me subscribe. Thanks.
I can't agree more with your comment about the shooting experience vs. the X-T2. You really need to slow down and be very careful to avoid any movement... think exactly how you are going to do the shot. I do mostly landscape, but my first trial shots were with my cats, and it all came down to me in a second, that this thing really required much more thought. The quality, though, is totally amazing
For those who have subscribed and twice received notification for this video, apologies I had to re-upload due to an error with first upload. Thanks for following me and subscribing.
So true in the difference of shooting experience from formats. You do end up making more "meaningful images going methodical....Great review. You have a great set and models to work with! :-)
Thanks so much for such a comprehensive review. It was really helpful as the quality of other reviews in terms of finding out actual information has been pretty bad tbh.
Hello John. Thanks for your effort but your description of the shutter lacked clarity. You mentioned shutter vibration but since there is an electronic shutter it was confusing as to whether shutter function was Silent, as on the X-T2 or not. Also you made no mention of the AF speed. Slow or fast? Is it contrast detect of phase detect? And what about mentioning that the GFX is not X-Trans sensor, like the X-T2.
Richard Rivera thanks for watching. Just a first impression, not intended as a full review, so yes lots left out. I talk about all three shutter types around the 14:20 mark. Only two shutter functions work with flash, which all my portraits were shot with, so the fully silent, electronic shutter unfortunately does not come into play, so shutter vibration, although not bad, is part of flash work. Flash has to either be with fully or partial mechanical shutter, but with the new e-front shutter, vibration is nicely reduced, especially if shooting in low light and flash, with 60th or below shutter speeds hand held. Available or natural light shooters benefit from the same features found on the XT2. Hopefully in future I'll comment further on the sensor. Thanks again.
Amazing review John, thank you very much. I ended up buying a GFX 50S as well. I really liked you portable flask kit setup, what' are you using? Cheers
Thanks Joas, it was a while back, I was using the godox ad400 with battery pack, these days I use two godox ad200’s together with combined head unit. Very easy setup and has full TTL for fujifilm.
Great impressions and beautiful images. I'm curious as to what lighting solution you were using with the man on the wharf. He was very strongly back lit were you using HSS?
TheSurfheart Thanks for watching. No HSS, just shooting at the max sync speed of 125th. If I want shallow depth of field, I just use a ND filter. My personal preference is not to use HSS when shooting straight forward portraits as it dramatically affects recycle time, always great to be able to shoot half or full power flash with quick recycle. If it is a fast paced shoot in full sun, HSS is non negotiable. I used the Godox 360 bare bulb flash, good power in portable size.
Very good review John,i dont know who you are, but this was a really nice insightful explanation about a very exciting camera and lenses.And I liked the pictures you took,very sharp and pixel peeping porn for someone...keep up the good work :)
so im 8 mins in and you are talking about the exposure compensation dial missing... I am mostly sure you have found this feature already but the front scroll dial will work for exposure compensation adjustment. on my xt20 I press the dial and right above the meter a blue dot or half dot appears and I can adjust the exposure comp with that dial. I really hope its the same on the gfx. I hope this helps brother
nick reynolds thanks for the info, yes a little further into the video, I mention the dial. On the gfx, it has a little function button labelled +/-, once pressed the front dial handles the comp. Actually any function button on the body can be programmed to do this, so not a deal breaker, some may even prefer, I just personally prefer a dial. Thanks for watching and giving feedback, cheers
right on . I'm basically sold on this camera I will be skipping right over the full frame and going to medium and I know that has some limits to it.. as you said I will have to be more methodical with shooting. I like this challenge this and I think it will ultimately hone my skills as I grow. my main uses will be for landscape and architecture photography with the intent to print large and sell fine art. thanks for your video. it was helpful....now to obtain about 10000$
Great review! Were you using High Speed Sync when you took these photos? I believe the max flash sync speed for this camera is 1/125 and I noticed your background is not blown out and way overexposed so I was wondering how you accomplished this with this camera? Thank you.
Thanks for the comment. I carry ND filters for my XT2, but unfortunately did not have step up rings to use them on the GFX, so I shot at 125th sync speed, 100 ISO at f8 or f11. To create the impression of shallow depth of field at f8, I set my subject close to me with the longer lens against a distant backdrop which gives a pleasing background that has just enough detail to tell what it is. If you want shalllow depth of field, either shoot at 125th with an ND filter, roughly 5 stops in full sun or there are now options available for Fuji HSS. Godox flashes are now full TTL and HSS with Fuji gear. HSS however has slower recycling times and less full power. NDs work very well for portraits in full sun, cheers.
I think the old Pentax 6 x7 had a flash sync of 1/30th, some of the 35mm film cameras I owned had flash sync of 1/60th - they worked okay and took good pics.
Hi John, Pls help me understand the Flash / HSS setup that you used. I read that the shutter speed tops out at conservative limit of 1/125 sec. So with the HSS, how far can you push the shutter speeds?
Cheers, thanks for the kind words, I use Godox flash products. The particular flash I used on this shoot is the Godox AD360 bare bulb flash, no reflector, just bare bulb into a shoot through umbrella.
Great video John, thanks for sharing. Now I've found you I'm going to subscribe. You are lucky to have such wonderful 'Mediterranean' light in CPT. Its now winter in UK with sunset by 1600hrs! and often grey cloudy. I like the concept of slow thoughtful photography which I try to practice on my X-T2. Would I be correct in thinking that the GFX's main advantage is seen in large prints as postings to websites and media relies on one's computer's VDU and wouldn't be any better than that of an X-T2? On a different tack I'm about to buy my first iMac. Could you advise me what spec yours is and if its fast enough for your professional needs? Many thanks, Christian.
Thanks so much Christian for watching and commenting. In a sense you are correct, that prints, enlargements is where the GFX would shine, however medium format has characteristics that are different to smaller sensors. Besides the fact that your depth of field would be shallower at the same aperture, distance and equivielent FOV, the look of the out of focus areas, the dynamic range and performance at higher ISO's have to be factored in and give medium format the advantage. However lugging it around is a disadvantage and you may miss opportunities that the XT2 provides you with. I just finished a job where I was shooting both my XT2 and GFX and even though I noticed these small thing in quality, in reality my client was happy with all the work and couldn't tell which was which. The XT2 is a great camera and if you are happy with its performance, then you cannot go wrong. I actually still run an iMac that is around 6 years old. I loaded it with tons of ram, around 20GB and I run an SSD for my software, which makes all the difference. In fact it now performs better then when I first bought it. Obviously the new ones are incredible, but depending on your budget, i cannot see you going wrong with an middle point in specs, even just adding a SSD to a lower spec machine may perform well for you. The beauty of apple is that yes you pay more, but there is no way my PC would have given me 6-7 years of trouble free computing, especially the amount of work I would put it through. Good luck.
John Armstrong Photography Hi John, Thanks so much for your comprehensive reply. Ignoring the more enjoyable use of the GFX for the time being, if you were to retake that fabulous portrait of Robert at Kalk Bay using an X-T2 and a comparable lens, say the XF 90mm f2, or the XF 50-140 f2.8, do you think you could get the same fabulous result? I think my next purchase has to be a remote flash set up and the 50-140 f2.8. and see how far I can progress with those. You're getting me focused in to what I really enjoy; taking fewer but more considered photos. Thanks for that. Best wishes
John Armstrong Photography Are you using HSS? The photos have a narrow depth of field. EDIT: never mind, I just saw the whole video, the part where you give the shooting info, wow, it looks a lot narrower than F 9.0. And you shot it at sync speed.
I would be interested to see some how the photos straight from camera of the ones you do around the 4:30min mark of the guy by the water. It looks a lot like you did a lot of exposure boost around him in post? My main concern with this camera has been it's rather poor flash sync speed of only 1/125. Which if that holds suit with other cameras, that means likely it's even a bit less than that.
Thanks Jeff for the comment and question. As shown and mentioned towards the end, you are viewing out of camera jpgs with very minimal editing. Only slight contrast, shadow and highlight adjustment, and mainly removing red from skin, but very little done to the jpg. The “boost” your talking about is probably the fact I’ve under exposed the shot by a stop and a bit, bringing in background colour and detail, then I lit him with the flash, creating that separation and impact. Not sure about your point towards the end, but yes the gfx has a 1/125th sync. I would say it used to be a concern for me, especially shooting wide open in full sun, but now there is a host of powerful ttl Fuji flash options, allowing faster speeds, to the point that I no longer carry ND’s. Thanks.
Dear John. Amazing review. Really good. And nice photos you did on it. Can you tell me what ND filter you used on the fishermen. The shoot (coloured) you zoomed in on in your office. I mean. Was it a 3 stop or 6 stop ? Yours Truly Morten
Morten Fog, thanks for watching. On this shoot I did not use a ND filter, that image was shot at f9. I do however use a ND for most of my portrait shoots with off camera flash and my Fuji gear when I want to shoot wide open for shallow depth of field. I use Hoya ND's and a 4 and 6 stop cover most situations, allowing flash sync. Cheers
It didn't think that the Godox ad360 could provide so much power, for F9 on a sunny day. But great to know. Thought about getting the AD360 or the AD600.
Thanks for your time. I'm looking into doing another video using the GFX, were I will share files. In respect to the three people who allowed me to photograph them, I unfortunately won't be sharing these. Hopefully will have something for you soon, cheers.
Hi Luis, the 110mm is a faster lens at f2 (wider aperture), so in general, most would opt for it over the 120mm f4 for portraits. The 120mm however would do a great job, it costs less and offers the both macro and the stabilisation feature. You have to be more accurate and steady with the 110 wide open, but it will offer the highest quality.
thanks Emmet, it was standard Provia, but I did do small colour adjustments, like reducing red in skin, along with usual tone curve and contrast adjustments. I have since edited these in RAW, amazing, lots of dynamic range, lots of possibilities with these files.
Thanks for watching. Yip thats what you get with a demo camera going from photographer to photographer, as well as put out on display at all the launch demos. I just put up the jpegs from the shoot straight after with minimal adjustments done to get the video out asap. I have since edited the RAW's for myself and have done all the necessary. I'll also leave the cleaning of a medium format sensor to Fuji, I'm not touching. Cheers
Mikkel Örstedholm Actual very good. Godox has made huge strides over the last 5 years or so, I'd say they are one of the biggest and best quality aftermarket companies out there, you should check out their range. There is a ton of poor quality Chinese products out there, Godox is not one of them. Cheers
Tommy Wu yes correct, all my off camera flash portraiture is done with no TTL and HSS. For shallow depth of field I use a ND filter. TTL and HSS can be obtained using roboshoot and new cactus triggers.
The problem with digital now is that it's simply to sharp and clear . It's lacks character unless you are prepared to post process to desharpen and emulate film grain.
I'd love to have your level of confidence to just pull random people and take their photos. I don't think it's something you could do in the UK where I'm based.
Daniel Nguyen thanks for watching, sorry non of the shots were shot wide open, so certainly not a bokeh demonstration. ND's or HSS would have been needed for full sun portraits and flash. I did feel that at f9, the out of focus areas looked very pleasing. Hopefully in future I'll do a video showing work done all shot wide open with and without flash.
Theoria Apophasis thanks for watching. As mentioned in the video, Ive got a few things to consider, is it a need or a want? At this point it's looking almost certain I would. I'm in a unique position being a X photographer for Fuji. If I only needed the GFX a few times a year, Fuji would allow me to use it, no problem. In exchange I do a lot of representative work for them, and they use my images, we have a good relationship. As portraiture is a massive part of my work, owning a GFX would be ideal as I travel a fair amount and would use it almost daily. So yes, in a couple months there is a strong possibility that I will be purchasing one with possibly 2 lenses. Cheers
Gracias por ver. Mi canal es acerca de mi perspectiva con el equipo, por lo que lamentablemente mi voz y cara son parte de eso. Echa un vistazo al canal de Fujifilm, eso es todas las especificaciones, no hay historias, usted tendrá mejor suerte allí, gracias.
Mi comentario es porque el tiempo del vídeo, podía poner las fotos que ha hecho con la cámara y comentarlas, seguro que tiene buenas imágenes y así, nos haríamos una idea real de un profesional que hace buenas fotos. En la página de Fuji, aunque hay fotos, no sabemos en qué condiciones se tomaron y a quien encargo Fuji que las hiciese
Se que es complicado para usted entender mi idioma pero no es con usted con quien hablaba, sino con el señor John Amstrong, creo que el sabe responderme solo.
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Best review of the 50s I've come across so far. Great work!
Cheers John, thanks for your time and comment.
John Wright agreed
those images are jaw-dropping! This has got me thinking about this camera now.
Serious;y it’s worth it now they have the new 100mp out. I used on location in Iceland for 3 weeks and it outperformed the Hasselblad for colour, lenses, focus and ease of use. I have a behind the scenes /process in Lightroom to photoshop I did for @fuji_Uk if your interested :) james
Oh my, those zoomed in black and white shots look amazing!
I stumbled upon your channel as a result of viewing a review by an angry guy. Yours is far superior because it includes actual images. I took away some valuable info and am subscribing right away.
in2food cheers, thanks for your time.
Has this angry guy forearms full of tattoos?😂
Tremendous work, my friend. Your shots are a delight to behold.
THANK YOU! That was great! I want, I want, I want! Gorgeous images you produced there!!
Hugo Rojas beautiful
I agree this camera is stunning and after owning the Hasselblad I finally sold it and love the Fuji. Well worth investment now they have the 100MP version out. The lenses are super as it’s focus ability in low light, rain and sleet 👍
Holy moly... those portraits... Amazing!!!
Thanks for posting again! Was about to go nuts as I could not find it again yesterday. Really enjoy your videos and photos, great inspiration thanks.
Sorry about that, glad you found it again and got to see it, thanks
Paul did not just play some great tunes, you gave him the honor of the final chords in this excellent vid. That, and the great content, made me subscribe. Thanks.
this is by far, the best review i´ve seen.
Great Shots !
Maximilian Heinsch, cheers thanks for watching.
Excellent, excellent review. Being a portraitist, I want this camera!
Very detailed John. Thanks for your time.
I can't agree more with your comment about the shooting experience vs. the X-T2. You really need to slow down and be very careful to avoid any movement... think exactly how you are going to do the shot. I do mostly landscape, but my first trial shots were with my cats, and it all came down to me in a second, that this thing really required much more thought. The quality, though, is totally amazing
Agreed. Best GFX review.Thank, mate.
For those who have subscribed and twice received notification for this video, apologies I had to re-upload due to an error with first upload. Thanks for following me and subscribing.
John Armstrong Photography All good in the hood
So true in the difference of shooting experience from formats. You do end up making more "meaningful images going methodical....Great review. You have a great set and models to work with! :-)
cheers Phil
Great review and fantastic set of images....thanks.
Just beautiful
Thanks so much for such a comprehensive review. It was really helpful as the quality of other reviews in terms of finding out actual information has been pretty bad tbh.
Annono Mowz Awesome, glad I could help.
Beautiful images of your daughters.
Thanks, my pride and joy!
What I would like is a direct exposure compensation dial.
Nice review - thanks for making the effort to do this.
Thanks for your time.
A video after a long time ..good work mate..keep it coming
Hopefully through our winter in SA, ill put a few more videos together, thanks for watching.
amazing photos!
great video!
cheers, thanks for watching
Thanks a lot, from Brussels !
Thanks for your review again.
Thanks for the review. I 'understand' the camera better now. I think i will stop with my analog Hasselblad, to expensive all those films!
TheValentia1 Thanks for watching, good luck with your big decision.
Hello John. Thanks for your effort but your description of the shutter lacked clarity. You mentioned shutter vibration but since there is an electronic shutter it was confusing as to whether shutter function was Silent, as on the X-T2 or not. Also you made no mention of the AF speed. Slow or fast? Is it contrast detect of phase detect? And what about mentioning that the GFX is not X-Trans sensor, like the X-T2.
Richard Rivera thanks for watching. Just a first impression, not intended as a full review, so yes lots left out. I talk about all three shutter types around the 14:20 mark. Only two shutter functions work with flash, which all my portraits were shot with, so the fully silent, electronic shutter unfortunately does not come into play, so shutter vibration, although not bad, is part of flash work. Flash has to either be with fully or partial mechanical shutter, but with the new e-front shutter, vibration is nicely reduced, especially if shooting in low light and flash, with 60th or below shutter speeds hand held. Available or natural light shooters benefit from the same features found on the XT2. Hopefully in future I'll comment further on the sensor. Thanks again.
Good work John!! The shutter sounds like my old Contax G1!
Gotta love the G1, The Xpro line must of in some way been inspired by that camera, thanks for watching.
What lens were you using in this video? What camera did you record this video with?
Amazing review John, thank you very much. I ended up buying a GFX 50S as well. I really liked you portable flask kit setup, what' are you using? Cheers
Thanks Joas, it was a while back, I was using the godox ad400 with battery pack, these days I use two godox ad200’s together with combined head unit. Very easy setup and has full TTL for fujifilm.
Great impressions and beautiful images. I'm curious as to what lighting solution you were using with the man on the wharf. He was very strongly back lit were you using HSS?
TheSurfheart Thanks for watching. No HSS, just shooting at the max sync speed of 125th. If I want shallow depth of field, I just use a ND filter. My personal preference is not to use HSS when shooting straight forward portraits as it dramatically affects recycle time, always great to be able to shoot half or full power flash with quick recycle. If it is a fast paced shoot in full sun, HSS is non negotiable. I used the Godox 360 bare bulb flash, good power in portable size.
Thanks for the explanation John, much appreciated.
TheSurfheart Sure, no stress
Very good review John,i dont know who you are, but this was a really nice insightful explanation about a very exciting camera and lenses.And I liked the pictures you took,very sharp and pixel peeping porn for someone...keep up the good work :)
so im 8 mins in and you are talking about the exposure compensation dial missing... I am mostly sure you have found this feature already but the front scroll dial will work for exposure compensation adjustment. on my xt20 I press the dial and right above the meter a blue dot or half dot appears and I can adjust the exposure comp with that dial. I really hope its the same on the gfx. I hope this helps brother
nick reynolds thanks for the info, yes a little further into the video, I mention the dial. On the gfx, it has a little function button labelled +/-, once pressed the front dial handles the comp. Actually any function button on the body can be programmed to do this, so not a deal breaker, some may even prefer, I just personally prefer a dial. Thanks for watching and giving feedback, cheers
right on . I'm basically sold on this camera I will be skipping right over the full frame and going to medium and I know that has some limits to it.. as you said I will have to be more methodical with shooting. I like this challenge this and I think it will ultimately hone my skills as I grow. my main uses will be for landscape and architecture photography with the intent to print large and sell fine art. thanks for your video. it was helpful....now to obtain about 10000$
Awesome ! thanks for the review (y)
Fuck me the quality is amazing....nothing compared to my XT2 but the GFX50 feels so huge
Great review! Were you using High Speed Sync when you took these photos? I believe the max flash sync speed for this camera is 1/125 and I noticed your background is not blown out and way overexposed so I was wondering how you accomplished this with this camera? Thank you.
Thanks for the comment. I carry ND filters for my XT2, but unfortunately did not have step up rings to use them on the GFX, so I shot at 125th sync speed, 100 ISO at f8 or f11. To create the impression of shallow depth of field at f8, I set my subject close to me with the longer lens against a distant backdrop which gives a pleasing background that has just enough detail to tell what it is. If you want shalllow depth of field, either shoot at 125th with an ND filter, roughly 5 stops in full sun or there are now options available for Fuji HSS. Godox flashes are now full TTL and HSS with Fuji gear. HSS however has slower recycling times and less full power. NDs work very well for portraits in full sun, cheers.
I think the old Pentax 6 x7 had a flash sync of 1/30th, some of the 35mm film cameras I owned had flash sync of 1/60th - they worked okay and took good pics.
Hi John, Pls help me understand the Flash / HSS setup that you used. I read that the shutter speed tops out at conservative limit of 1/125 sec. So with the HSS, how far can you push the shutter speeds?
Ok John Understand that I am being ignored **SIGH**
That was an excellent review, thanks!
Jed Read cheers, thanks for watching.
I agree, this is the best review I"ve seen on the GFX. Thank you.
Question, what strobe were you using in the shoot?
Thanks,
Cheers, thanks for the kind words, I use Godox flash products. The particular flash I used on this shoot is the Godox AD360 bare bulb flash, no reflector, just bare bulb into a shoot through umbrella.
Thank you for your reply John (not everyone replies on RUclips), so I appreciate it.
The Minimalist no stress
fantastic looking images!
Cruzboy Cheers, thanks for watching.
Hey John - great stuff man - thanks!
Thanks Werner, thanks for watching
Great video John, thanks for sharing. Now I've found you I'm going to subscribe.
You are lucky to have such wonderful 'Mediterranean' light in CPT. Its now winter in UK with sunset by 1600hrs! and often grey cloudy. I like the concept of slow thoughtful photography which I try to practice on my X-T2. Would I be correct in thinking that the GFX's main advantage is seen in large prints as postings to websites and media relies on one's computer's VDU and wouldn't be any better than that of an X-T2?
On a different tack I'm about to buy my first iMac. Could you advise me what spec yours is and if its fast enough for your professional needs?
Many thanks, Christian.
Thanks so much Christian for watching and commenting. In a sense you are correct, that prints, enlargements is where the GFX would shine, however medium format has characteristics that are different to smaller sensors. Besides the fact that your depth of field would be shallower at the same aperture, distance and equivielent FOV, the look of the out of focus areas, the dynamic range and performance at higher ISO's have to be factored in and give medium format the advantage. However lugging it around is a disadvantage and you may miss opportunities that the XT2 provides you with. I just finished a job where I was shooting both my XT2 and GFX and even though I noticed these small thing in quality, in reality my client was happy with all the work and couldn't tell which was which. The XT2 is a great camera and if you are happy with its performance, then you cannot go wrong.
I actually still run an iMac that is around 6 years old. I loaded it with tons of ram, around 20GB and I run an SSD for my software, which makes all the difference. In fact it now performs better then when I first bought it. Obviously the new ones are incredible, but depending on your budget, i cannot see you going wrong with an middle point in specs, even just adding a SSD to a lower spec machine may perform well for you. The beauty of apple is that yes you pay more, but there is no way my PC would have given me 6-7 years of trouble free computing, especially the amount of work I would put it through. Good luck.
John Armstrong Photography Hi John,
Thanks so much for your comprehensive reply. Ignoring the more enjoyable use of the GFX for the time being, if you were to retake that fabulous portrait of Robert at Kalk Bay using an X-T2 and a comparable lens, say the XF 90mm f2, or the XF 50-140 f2.8, do you think you could get the same fabulous result?
I think my next purchase has to be a remote flash set up and the 50-140 f2.8. and see how far I can progress with those.
You're getting me focused in to what I really enjoy; taking fewer but more considered photos. Thanks for that.
Best wishes
love this review. great channel mate. subscribed.
Great review, great shots.
A+
Great review! The portraits are amazing. What flash are you using?
afterrain71 Thanks for watching and your kind words, I used the Godox ad360 flash with shoot through umbrella.
John Armstrong Photography Are you using HSS? The photos have a narrow depth of field. EDIT: never mind, I just saw the whole video, the part where you give the shooting info, wow, it looks a lot narrower than F 9.0. And you shot it at sync speed.
nice pictures also awesome camera.
where is this location looks beautiful.
congratulations
Miguel from L.A , thanks for watching, it's an area called Kalk Bay, just outside the city of Cape Town, in South Africa.
Great review John like it, especially long tern user review more important,
Nice Review! Do you have a flickr page where we can drool over the images you shot with the GFX?
MrKdr500 thanks for watching, sorry man, no Flickr account. Will try in future to give people access to the RAWs, cheers
South Africa
I would be interested to see some how the photos straight from camera of the ones you do around the 4:30min mark of the guy by the water. It looks a lot like you did a lot of exposure boost around him in post? My main concern with this camera has been it's rather poor flash sync speed of only 1/125. Which if that holds suit with other cameras, that means likely it's even a bit less than that.
ah I guess I see it later in the video
Thanks Jeff for the comment and question. As shown and mentioned towards the end, you are viewing out of camera jpgs with very minimal editing. Only slight contrast, shadow and highlight adjustment, and mainly removing red from skin, but very little done to the jpg. The “boost” your talking about is probably the fact I’ve under exposed the shot by a stop and a bit, bringing in background colour and detail, then I lit him with the flash, creating that separation and impact. Not sure about your point towards the end, but yes the gfx has a 1/125th sync. I would say it used to be a concern for me, especially shooting wide open in full sun, but now there is a host of powerful ttl Fuji flash options, allowing faster speeds, to the point that I no longer carry ND’s. Thanks.
Thanks for sharing...
nice shots, cool sailors, captain. Quint, Jaws, get a Zulu warrior
cheers, thanks for watching
Dear John. Amazing review. Really good. And nice photos you did on it. Can you tell me what ND filter you used on the fishermen. The shoot (coloured) you zoomed in on in your office. I mean. Was it a 3 stop or 6 stop ? Yours Truly Morten
Morten Fog, thanks for watching. On this shoot I did not use a ND filter, that image was shot at f9. I do however use a ND for most of my portrait shoots with off camera flash and my Fuji gear when I want to shoot wide open for shallow depth of field. I use Hoya ND's and a 4 and 6 stop cover most situations, allowing flash sync. Cheers
thanx John. Keep up the exelent work. :-)
It didn't think that the Godox ad360 could provide so much power, for F9 on a sunny day. But great to know. Thought about getting the AD360 or the AD600.
can you upload those samples in high resolution somewhere? really loved their quality
Thanks for your time. I'm looking into doing another video using the GFX, were I will share files. In respect to the three people who allowed me to photograph them, I unfortunately won't be sharing these. Hopefully will have something for you soon, cheers.
what is the flash You use?
Reminds me of shots from 'Tum Mile'!
such a great review man, would love it if you do a follow up.
Nice review..
Which lens is better for portrait the 110mm or 120mm
Hi Luis, the 110mm is a faster lens at f2 (wider aperture), so in general, most would opt for it over the 120mm f4 for portraits. The 120mm however would do a great job, it costs less and offers the both macro and the stabilisation feature. You have to be more accurate and steady with the 110 wide open, but it will offer the highest quality.
which camera is this video shot with? thanks
mete kavruk Mark the videographer who put this together works on a Canon 5d mk111
Were you using classic chrome?
thanks Emmet, it was standard Provia, but I did do small colour adjustments, like reducing red in skin, along with usual tone curve and contrast adjustments. I have since edited these in RAW, amazing, lots of dynamic range, lots of possibilities with these files.
Whats the spot on the new sensor?
Thanks for watching. Yip thats what you get with a demo camera going from photographer to photographer, as well as put out on display at all the launch demos. I just put up the jpegs from the shoot straight after with minimal adjustments done to get the video out asap. I have since edited the RAW's for myself and have done all the necessary. I'll also leave the cleaning of a medium format sensor to Fuji, I'm not touching. Cheers
7:10 what a wonderful world ;)
What is that strobe unit you are using?
Hi Mikkel, its the Godox 360 bare bulb flash. There are numerous Godox triggers avaiable depending on ones needs.
John Armstrong Photography Is see! How is the build quality?
Mikkel Örstedholm Actual very good. Godox has made huge strides over the last 5 years or so, I'd say they are one of the biggest and best quality aftermarket companies out there, you should check out their range. There is a ton of poor quality Chinese products out there, Godox is not one of them. Cheers
Great! Absolutely will do!!!! Thanks a lot!
+John Armstrong Photography I have 2x 360s and a 600..great product for the money..no issues.
What the lighting brand you using???
Thanks for watching, I use Godox flash products. On this shoot I used the Godox AD360.
Thank you!!!
Thank you
Godox AD360 work well with Fuji GFX?? NO TTL on Fuji right???
Tommy Wu yes correct, all my off camera flash portraiture is done with no TTL and HSS. For shallow depth of field I use a ND filter. TTL and HSS can be obtained using roboshoot and new cactus triggers.
The problem with digital now is that it's simply to sharp and clear . It's lacks character unless you are prepared to post process to desharpen and emulate film grain.
I'd love to have your level of confidence to just pull random people and take their photos. I don't think it's something you could do in the UK where I'm based.
Beautiful views! Beautiful pictures. But the bokeh doesn't seem too be that great. Did I miss something?
Daniel Nguyen thanks for watching, sorry non of the shots were shot wide open, so certainly not a bokeh demonstration. ND's or HSS would have been needed for full sun portraits and flash. I did feel that at f9, the out of focus areas looked very pleasing. Hopefully in future I'll do a video showing work done all shot wide open with and without flash.
John Armstrong Photography Thank you for clearing that up, John. 😊
but are you actually gonna BUY one :)
Theoria Apophasis thanks for watching. As mentioned in the video, Ive got a few things to consider, is it a need or a want? At this point it's looking almost certain I would. I'm in a unique position being a X photographer for Fuji. If I only needed the GFX a few times a year, Fuji would allow me to use it, no problem. In exchange I do a lot of representative work for them, and they use my images, we have a good relationship. As portraiture is a massive part of my work, owning a GFX would be ideal as I travel a fair amount and would use it almost daily. So yes, in a couple months there is a strong possibility that I will be purchasing one with possibly 2 lenses. Cheers
And you Ken? :)
1:53 that dust on the sensor...
I will wait from broncolor to come up with HSS support for this camera. I will not buy it until broncolor gets up to date.
Best review of the 50s ... fuck the main channels, because they are paid turd drops.
Üiii
vaya chapa, se trata de enseñar lo que hace la cámara no oírte y ver tu cara.....vaya tels
Gracias por ver. Mi canal es acerca de mi perspectiva con el equipo, por lo que lamentablemente mi voz y cara son parte de eso. Echa un vistazo al canal de Fujifilm, eso es todas las especificaciones, no hay historias, usted tendrá mejor suerte allí, gracias.
Mi comentario es porque el tiempo del vídeo, podía poner las fotos que ha hecho con la cámara y comentarlas, seguro que tiene buenas imágenes y así, nos haríamos una idea real de un profesional que hace buenas fotos. En la página de Fuji, aunque hay fotos, no sabemos en qué condiciones se tomaron y a quien encargo Fuji que las hiciese
Gracias por aclarar y dar comentarios, algo para mí para mirar y para mejorar, gracias
Get a life
Se que es complicado para usted entender mi idioma pero no es con usted con quien hablaba, sino con el señor John Amstrong, creo que el sabe responderme solo.