Nice review, Mike. It’s really helpful to learn about your experiences with the GF120/4. There are not a lot of actual ‘user experience’ reviews of that lens. I’m looking forward to your follow-up video.
Thanks so much, really glad you found it helpful! Stay tuned! The video will largely be studio focused. Anything you’d like me to talk about with the 120mm?
Killer review! Insane how small that medium frame body is, absolutely a consideration for people who want the benefits of medium frame and want something they don’t have to dread carrying around.
Thanks so much Joe! I had alot of fun making it. I'm spoiled in size with the X Series, i'd imagine lens wise the GFX is def a bit larger than full frame with 2.8 and large aperture lenses. But at at least the body is small!
Good review man can Dan send me a gfx100s also...🥲🥲🥲 LOL also...How's the raw files on M1 now? Adobe is fully optimized on M1 now did you see an improved performance?
Thanks so much Tung! Not sure Dan can hook you up if you are in canada! 😅 Oh yeah. BIG improvement. It's no where near as fast as X-H1 files, but substantially faster. Highly recommend. I'm thinking with a new 16" M1 with more ram and maybe an M1X chip, should be blazing fast to edit gfx100s raws.
Really interesting to hear your take on the GFX system. I've been an X series for the past 10 years and love shooting with my X-T4 and X100V. Lately I've been noticing the artefacts in the shadow recovery part of my workflow when editing and have been bracketing and merging HDRs as a get around. Conscious of the bigger lenses and bodies, how much of a step up would you say it'll be if I go about my street/landscape photography with my usual 1 body+ 3 lenses set up? I've noticed the GF line lenses come with some pretty compact options so really intrigued!
Wow - 10 years on the x-system! Pretty cool. I got the X-T2 (sold when X-H1 came out) in 2018. I love it… Short answer: Ever since I borrowed the GFX100s 3 times… I dont even want to use my X-H1 anymore. LOL Longer answer: Ive been shooting less on a regular basis, but when I borrow the GFX, I shoot non stop for 3 weeks. So its been interesting. One thign I appreciate about the X-H1 and lenses… I can EASILY walk around with 4 lenses. Even a laptop if I have to. Its not too big of a deal. I have the 50-140, 8-16, 23mm 1.4 and 80mm macro. All phenominal lenses… but the detail and dynamic range in the GFX really makes me not want to even use the X-H1. yes there is a time and a place. I was really hoping for a sale on the GFX to make the purchase… but even with the resolution being so much larger, everyone says its overrated and overkill… but man it does come in handy! With the X-H1 i need to VERY selectively crop. Helped me get pretty good at composition. Every megapixel must count. But with the GFX there is wiggle room. It's also a skillset to look at an image and make a killer composition cropping. The gfx is insanely heavier. But honestly, I would prob just take 2 lenses with me max. The 250mm is just insanely big. I did enjoy it, but didnt want to carry it. But I could see myself always carrying the 110 and the 23mm for street work. Feel free to DM me on IG. Would love to talk more.
Thank you for this review. I am considering this camera. I have a quick question on your tether setup in Lightroom. Did you have to use any special software like Aquire or a special plugin to get the camera connected to LR? I was under the impression that Fuji cameras did NOT connect automatically to LR. So how did you do this?!?
My pleasure Janis! You are correct. To connect to LR, you must unfortunately purchase a plugin from Adobe. At least thats what I did - purchased it years back to tether my XH1 to LR. But i did a quick google search to get you the link, looks like you can download for free from Fuji's site? fujifilm-x.com/en-us/support/download/software/tether-plugin-pro-for-gfx/ Either way, you need an additional plugin to do this. It's frustrating for sure. The PRO version lets you live view which is $80. The other $30 version doesn't have a live view. Depending on your setup, you might be able to skip the pro. Check out some of my other videos like the studio headshot or food studio shoot. I talk more about tethering.
Hi Mike, many thanks for the review! Question regarding AF: is it possible to focus manually and get the focus confirmation on the eyes or chosen point?
Glad you enjoyed the review! Yes absolutely! If you have experience with X series cameras like the XH1 or XT4 its the same. You can set to manual focus, and use the focus ring, to select the part in focus. Or you can also select a point and press the AF button in manual mode as well.
It wasn’t bad. I have never used the 50s or 50r before, but I would bet they are a bit better due to the larger pixel density. I was impressed with this camera, but the pixels aren’t very “large”. The amazing IQ does help substantially with low light, especially paired with the 110mm f2.
Hello! Typically I always shoot on either continious focus or manual and use the AF button to pop in the focus. I always pretty much do center priority. Does that answer your questions?
i also shoots gfx i have the 100s and 50r i have 110mm 45mm 32-64mm and 100-200mm the 100-200 on 100mm is a close up lens way better than the 110mm i can tell the 120 has less saturated colors where the 110mm has more saturated colors and contrast in my eyes
@@MikeBanom there are many things that contribute to a good lens but one of them is sharpness this is my order of the lenses I have but remember it is extremely close 1: 45mm 2: 110 3: 100-200mm-32-64mm but again its extreme close in sharpness BUT if i had to glue one lens permanent to my cameras this is my choise 50r100-200mm-100s 45mm
I like your video but there is one thing I notice. Just about everyone who does a video or a review on the camera of any of Fuji medium format camera. They complain about the focusing speed but they come back and say but after all it is a medium format which even doing the digital age are not known for fast focusing and are not meant to be a sport camera. I have the GLX 50R,X-Pro2 and one of my favorite cameras ,the X-H1.
Valid point - it's calling out the obvious, but I still felt it was necessary to be said. As you said, medium format is not known for autofocus, however the autofocus is absolutely better than the X-H1. I love that camera, its my main camera, but I wish the autofocus was better.
@@王小勇-v6w No problem. Yes and no. Aside from the studio photos in this video, everything else was taken on the street without a tripod. Using natural light.
@@faenjeggiropp I thought you were supposed to sell a kidney for the 100s? Nahh jk jk. Nice! Very interesting that you switched from the A7RIV!! I'd be very interested to watch a review on it.
@@faenjeggiropp Honestly, I dont think you can go wrong with any GFX body at this point. They all are amazing! Would you say you can pull more data out of each fuji raw vs the sony? For example, more detail in shadows/highlights? Raws also handle more color / contrast?
@@MikeBanom The dog is not a good example to shoot and review. No spectrum of colors, and it is disgusting to let the whole vodeo about a single puppy!
@@farisalfaris8120 Disgusting is a pretty strong word man. Let's keep the comments positive and productive. Decent point on the color - that's what I had lined up while I had the camera, so that segment can be a reference for megapixels and not color. Color you can see throughout the rest of the video as edited work.
@@MikeBanom I think the more monochome dog colours display the "colour" accuracy not seeing any poor magenta or green shifts in the nuetrals that has plagued the Sony/Nikon sensors! Also the lack or any morie effect on zoomed in details shows how incredible the IQ reallt is! Soooo well done. PS Plenty of colour in your NY images, bravo :)
@@mashkanasy Thank you! Glad you found this helpful! The IQ of this camera sells it to me way more than the megapixels. Truly impressive. Stay tuned for the part 2 review. Fuji was cool enough to send me another GFX100s w/ an 80mm and 100-200. This review will have different focuses such as long exposure. Cheers!
@@MikeBanom of course mate! you had a big variety of examples and that is awesome. just for a second would you see a huge difference in dynamic range vs the classic ff bodies?
@@gkandilakis My main camera is an X-H1 and has been for a few years, so I cannot comment on FF. But compared to the X-h1, let me phrase it this way. The DR on the GFX100s is so incredible… I dont even want to use my X-H1 anymore lmfao. Truly phenomenal!
GFX100s review part 2 here:
ruclips.net/video/31XMklU2qy4/видео.html
Night shots looks insane. That large format sensor really gives the photos a special look.
Agreed 100%. See my comment below to Joe jojo. But the IQ of this camera really helps bring out insane details at night!
Getting my GFX 100S today, can't wait even more after seeing your amazing night shots! Just beautiful!!
Thanks so much! I hope you enjoy your 100s!
idk why I didn't visit the gardens last year. definitely gonna hit it when spring gets here
Def worth it!
Nice review, Mike. It’s really helpful to learn about your experiences with the GF120/4. There are not a lot of actual ‘user experience’ reviews of that lens. I’m looking forward to your follow-up video.
Thanks so much, really glad you found it helpful! Stay tuned! The video will largely be studio focused. Anything you’d like me to talk about with the 120mm?
Killer review! Insane how small that medium frame body is, absolutely a consideration for people who want the benefits of medium frame and want something they don’t have to dread carrying around.
Thanks so much Joe! I had alot of fun making it. I'm spoiled in size with the X Series, i'd imagine lens wise the GFX is def a bit larger than full frame with 2.8 and large aperture lenses. But at at least the body is small!
Great review, even better images. Nice to see a review from a good photographer.
Thank you so much for the kind words! It was actually my first video review, so I appreciate it!
Good review man can Dan send me a gfx100s also...🥲🥲🥲 LOL also...How's the raw files on M1 now? Adobe is fully optimized on M1 now did you see an improved performance?
Thanks so much Tung! Not sure Dan can hook you up if you are in canada! 😅 Oh yeah. BIG improvement. It's no where near as fast as X-H1 files, but substantially faster. Highly recommend. I'm thinking with a new 16" M1 with more ram and maybe an M1X chip, should be blazing fast to edit gfx100s raws.
Really interesting to hear your take on the GFX system. I've been an X series for the past 10 years and love shooting with my X-T4 and X100V.
Lately I've been noticing the artefacts in the shadow recovery part of my workflow when editing and have been bracketing and merging HDRs as a get around. Conscious of the bigger lenses and bodies, how much of a step up would you say it'll be if I go about my street/landscape photography with my usual 1 body+ 3 lenses set up? I've noticed the GF line lenses come with some pretty compact options so really intrigued!
Wow - 10 years on the x-system! Pretty cool. I got the X-T2 (sold when X-H1 came out) in 2018. I love it…
Short answer:
Ever since I borrowed the GFX100s 3 times… I dont even want to use my X-H1 anymore. LOL
Longer answer:
Ive been shooting less on a regular basis, but when I borrow the GFX, I shoot non stop for 3 weeks. So its been interesting. One thign I appreciate about the X-H1 and lenses… I can EASILY walk around with 4 lenses. Even a laptop if I have to. Its not too big of a deal. I have the 50-140, 8-16, 23mm 1.4 and 80mm macro. All phenominal lenses… but the detail and dynamic range in the GFX really makes me not want to even use the X-H1. yes there is a time and a place. I was really hoping for a sale on the GFX to make the purchase… but even with the resolution being so much larger, everyone says its overrated and overkill… but man it does come in handy! With the X-H1 i need to VERY selectively crop. Helped me get pretty good at composition. Every megapixel must count. But with the GFX there is wiggle room. It's also a skillset to look at an image and make a killer composition cropping. The gfx is insanely heavier. But honestly, I would prob just take 2 lenses with me max. The 250mm is just insanely big. I did enjoy it, but didnt want to carry it. But I could see myself always carrying the 110 and the 23mm for street work. Feel free to DM me on IG. Would love to talk more.
Thank you for this review. I am considering this camera. I have a quick question on your tether setup in Lightroom. Did you have to use any special software like Aquire or a special plugin to get the camera connected to LR? I was under the impression that Fuji cameras did NOT connect automatically to LR. So how did you do this?!?
My pleasure Janis! You are correct. To connect to LR, you must unfortunately purchase a plugin from Adobe. At least thats what I did - purchased it years back to tether my XH1 to LR. But i did a quick google search to get you the link, looks like you can download for free from Fuji's site? fujifilm-x.com/en-us/support/download/software/tether-plugin-pro-for-gfx/
Either way, you need an additional plugin to do this. It's frustrating for sure. The PRO version lets you live view which is $80. The other $30 version doesn't have a live view. Depending on your setup, you might be able to skip the pro. Check out some of my other videos like the studio headshot or food studio shoot. I talk more about tethering.
This is insane! 🤯
Wait till you see the next video! Coming out in the next 2 weeks 😎
@@MikeBanom I'm already sold 😂 but you got my attention!
Thank you. great video and info.
Thanks for the comment Alan, glad you enjoyed the video!
Good review, very interesting
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi Mike, many thanks for the review! Question regarding AF: is it possible to focus manually and get the focus confirmation on the eyes or chosen point?
Glad you enjoyed the review! Yes absolutely! If you have experience with X series cameras like the XH1 or XT4 its the same. You can set to manual focus, and use the focus ring, to select the part in focus. Or you can also select a point and press the AF button in manual mode as well.
how was the low light performance?
It wasn’t bad. I have never used the 50s or 50r before, but I would bet they are a bit better due to the larger pixel density. I was impressed with this camera, but the pixels aren’t very “large”. The amazing IQ does help substantially with low light, especially paired with the 110mm f2.
Really cute dogs
haha thank you!
Hi mike, which mode and focus settings are you using in the street photgraphy part? thx
Hello! Typically I always shoot on either continious focus or manual and use the AF button to pop in the focus. I always pretty much do center priority. Does that answer your questions?
@@MikeBanom Thx, thats what i was asking for. Will try the 110mm in Zurich next weeks, hope you will find more Subscribers because its a good channel.
@@MischkaT1 Best of luck with the 110mm! Thanks so much!
So, when are you dropping the next video?
I'm waiting on some audio recording equipment to up the quality a bit. But dont worry, it's coming!
i also shoots gfx i have the 100s and 50r i have 110mm 45mm 32-64mm and 100-200mm the 100-200 on 100mm is a close up lens way better than the 110mm i can tell the 120 has less saturated colors where the 110mm has more saturated colors and contrast in my eyes
Interesting. How would you rank your lenses in sharpness?
@@MikeBanom there are many things that contribute to a good lens but one of them is sharpness this is my order of the lenses I have but remember it is extremely close 1: 45mm 2: 110 3: 100-200mm-32-64mm but again its extreme close in sharpness BUT if i had to glue one lens permanent to my cameras this is my choise 50r100-200mm-100s 45mm
@@tedtedsen269 how about 23mm. Is it more sharpers than 45mm ? I have 80mm 23 mm and 35 70mm
Lovely
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That was good
Glad you enjoyed it!
Cool 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Damn. @10:05 you can check for ticks!
Ahahahahaha! I forgot to mention that the GFX100s can also help protect you and your dog's health in addition to being a killer camera! 😂
@@MikeBanom That is one mighty expensive tick tracker!
@@erickyanez6297 ahahahaha hey whatever it takes to justify the purchase!
I like your video but there is one thing I notice. Just about everyone who does a video or a review on the camera of any of Fuji medium format camera. They complain about the focusing speed but they come back and say but after all it is a medium format which even doing the digital age are not known for fast focusing and are not meant to be a sport camera. I have the GLX 50R,X-Pro2 and one of my favorite cameras ,the X-H1.
Valid point - it's calling out the obvious, but I still felt it was necessary to be said. As you said, medium format is not known for autofocus, however the autofocus is absolutely better than the X-H1. I love that camera, its my main camera, but I wish the autofocus was better.
使用好光线真重要，不然日常的环境下。拍摄不出这样的效果。
I translated this, but not sure I got the meaning.
@@MikeBanom my english is poor.
light is very important.
at normal conditions ,we can not get such pictures.
@@王小勇-v6w No problem. Yes and no. Aside from the studio photos in this video, everything else was taken on the street without a tripod. Using natural light.
@@王小勇-v6wnever apologize for your English lol. His Chinese is beyond bad
This set costs only 12 300$
lol.....
how to earn money for such a camera without credits for an ordinary photographer is not entirely clear
Agreed! It is very very expensive! I was lucky to have time to review this equipment for 3 weeks, but unfortunately I do not own it!
@@faenjeggiropp I thought you were supposed to sell a kidney for the 100s? Nahh jk jk. Nice! Very interesting that you switched from the A7RIV!! I'd be very interested to watch a review on it.
@@faenjeggiropp Honestly, I dont think you can go wrong with any GFX body at this point. They all are amazing! Would you say you can pull more data out of each fuji raw vs the sony? For example, more detail in shadows/highlights? Raws also handle more color / contrast?
You must choose a more advanced and better example!
Thanks for the feedback - could you elaborate more on what you mean?
@@MikeBanom The dog is not a good example to shoot and review.
No spectrum of colors, and it is disgusting to let the whole vodeo about a single puppy!
@@farisalfaris8120 Disgusting is a pretty strong word man. Let's keep the comments positive and productive.
Decent point on the color - that's what I had lined up while I had the camera, so that segment can be a reference for megapixels and not color. Color you can see throughout the rest of the video as edited work.
@@MikeBanom I think the more monochome dog colours display the "colour" accuracy not seeing any poor magenta or green shifts in the nuetrals that has plagued the Sony/Nikon sensors! Also the lack or any morie effect on zoomed in details shows how incredible the IQ reallt is! Soooo well done. PS Plenty of colour in your NY images, bravo :)
@@mashkanasy Thank you! Glad you found this helpful! The IQ of this camera sells it to me way more than the megapixels. Truly impressive. Stay tuned for the part 2 review. Fuji was cool enough to send me another GFX100s w/ an 80mm and 100-200. This review will have different focuses such as long exposure. Cheers!
i dont want to see a dog...
Cover your eyes!!
@@MikeBanom dogs are awesome and super hard to Photograph. Nice example mate
@@gkandilakis Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed the dog examples!
@@MikeBanom of course mate! you had a big variety of examples and that is awesome. just for a second would you see a huge difference in dynamic range vs the classic ff bodies?
@@gkandilakis My main camera is an X-H1 and has been for a few years, so I cannot comment on FF. But compared to the X-h1, let me phrase it this way. The DR on the GFX100s is so incredible… I dont even want to use my X-H1 anymore lmfao. Truly phenomenal!