If anyone is considering the 100s vs the 50 sII, it's a no brainer, go with the 100s. Everybody loves to talk about the benefits of medium format sensor size and crop factor, but there is a similar inverse crop factor phenomenon caused by resolution. The central 51 MP portion of the 102 MP sensor is physically 1/2 the size of the medium format sensor. So now if you treat this as its own sensor and compute the crop factor, it is 1.57. So with the 100s, it turns every GFX lens into two. The 110mm F2 performs both like an 87mm (0.79 MF crop factor) AND like a 172.7 mm at 50MP. So why would you buy just the 50MP which is locked into causing the 110 to behave like an 87? But aren't the 50s II pixels 2x larger and therefore will encouter 2x the photons in the same amount of time? Yes, but the 102MP chip is BSI and it has almost 2x the photon to photoelectron conversion efficiency because of the more sensitive modern silicon. So it can produce similar images with half the light. That's a free stop to counteract the shrunken pixels so it's surprisingly balanced in performance. So that $2k lens on the 100s performs like having 2 lenses which is $4k worth of glass on the 50sII. If you buy more than one lens then this savings easily makes up for the difference in body price. Guess what else you get when you buy the 100s? A Sony A7R5 (kinda). The 100s uses the bigger brother sensor chip of the 61MP A7R5. The semiconductor is the same except the FF version is just smaller. Pixel pitch is the same, pixel sensitivity is same, full well charge capacity is same. So If you want the 110mm to perform like an actual 110mm with a crop factor of 1, just put the 100s into 35mm mode and guess what you get? A7R5 quality images. A7R5 images are 9504x6336. 100s in 35mm mode are 9552x6368. The big issue here is that you can't use E mount lenses otherwise you could get nearly identical images. So buying the A7R5 is like buying the GFX and permanently locking it into 35mm mode. I would go for a used GFX over a new a7r5 at the same price. So if you are in the market for a camera, eat all the free lunches that the 100s gives you and buy that one.
Loved those images. The quality of the Fuji 'medium format' is staggering. Thank you and thanks Fuji, who I think have served film and photography really well for decades. Subbed.
Thanks. Started with Fuji with their S1, then 2, then 3 cameras. Then switched back to Nikon until Fuji came out with the GFX series and they are the best thing that has happened to me in my 35 years of Pro shooting.
Christopher, such joy in your voice at the end of this video was great to listen to, I'm also finding the 100s+50/3.5 a magic little combo every day I use it. Thanks for the video.
Ah the viewfinder / loupe thing you carry for the 100s, can’t you please link to this? Love your energy and enthusiasm, very cool / practical reviews. Found your channel by way of your “macro showdown” and was hooked. Keep it up.
Thanks for your video Chris. I’m currently undecided between these two cameras for expand my x-mount system for increase my product photography, I find your video the only one really useful on RUclips currently. It almost seems that the GFX100 doesn’t exist more since the GFX100S was released. Thank you, I always follow you with pleasure. Merry Christmas and happy holidays, peace. (:
@@sgroadie6367 More than ever, and it may at some point start selling for less than $10,000. It is my opinion, that the 100S cannot easily replace the 100 for architectural photography
I said it once, I ll say it again, there s no way back when you start shooting with the gfx 100s :D I love this camera every day. Everything about it is just perfect. BTW, I crashed mine last month in Bangkok, sitting on a bench, wanted to take quick shot. When I jumped up the strap got stuck on the bench. The camera bounced out of my hands, straight to the ground. Must have been a huge impact when it hit the ground, ( my heart stopped beating for a moment :) ) but the camera is working like day 1. Some scratches on the body but nothing else. Actually I am on Bali, would love to see some of your prints in real. Half a TB of RAM is just mindblowing, Christopher . (and I always have been pretty happy with my working pc´s that are around 5K €, but 64GB RAM is my limitation)
My GFX100 with Schneider 28mm PC lens feel off my tripod and down a concrete stairway. Lens did not survive, but the 100 did. Wrote to Fuji and congratulated them. If you are on my island, Whatsapp me at 628321854320
Steven, at the end of the day, it all depends on what kind of photographer you want to be. But, yes, for me, I find when traveling the GF 23, 50, and 110mm are the ones i most use. Again, professionally right now in my life, architectural photography is my vocation, which means Nikor 19mm TS, Schneider-Kreuznach 28mm. 4.5, Hartblei 49mm TS are top on my list. The SK28 does about 75% of the work. Downside is that they only ever made 100 of them and therefore very, very hard to come by. Next problem is, Mirex the company that made the adapter for my GFX is out of business and I know not yet with what to replace it with, once i wear out the one i have. Any ideas are welcome on that subject.
@@christopherleggettphotography thanks for your detailed response. I am going to purchase the 3 GF lenses you use and recommended basically a “light” kit for hiking around. I also rented the Canon TS-E 90 Macro, the latest one and it worked quite will the the GFX100s.
@@christopherleggettphotography I am using the Fringer adaptor… Curious, if you found a really good deal on a GFX100 would you purchase it now or just go with the GFX100S..?
@@kuau714 All depends on your needs. for me, the 100 is essential for architectural work. Mainly the view finder, but all the function buttons. And i take the 100S along as backup. But for most else, the 100S is as good or better.
Most welcome. Have not been making new segments, as here, now, there is work again, which is the best thing that a passionate photographer could ask for.
I love your videos and your enthusiasm, glad to hear you are doing well, could you tell us a bit more about how you do the multi merge shots with regard to focus and aperture.? Looking forward to more videos, thanks Douglas in Ireland
Your friend was trying to tell you politely stop obsessing over the equipment. Sorry but these images are extremely mundane, start looking at the world, not the pixels.
Well, i went to the US to have fun and shoot around the country, but instead, i was diagnosed with prostate cancer, so i had to have it removed, but it was caught in time and i now have a new lease on life. 💪🏻 So, yes. am doing much better now. Thank you.
@@christopherleggettphotography I also had the same surgery, caught just in time 20 years ago, so there's hope for a good outcome. Have recently purchased a GFX100s. Couldn't make up my mind between the 100s and a used 100 for landscapes because of the conflict between tilting viewfinder and difference in weight and bulk for hiking. Your solution with the Hoodman loupe seems excellent, I will try. Wishing you future good health and all the very best for Christmas.
@@robertparsons558 Robert, it is always nice to know a feel that one is not along. Thank you for your kind words and may Christmas also the the best for you and your family.
If anyone is considering the 100s vs the 50 sII, it's a no brainer, go with the 100s. Everybody loves to talk about the benefits of medium format sensor size and crop factor, but there is a similar inverse crop factor phenomenon caused by resolution. The central 51 MP portion of the 102 MP sensor is physically 1/2 the size of the medium format sensor. So now if you treat this as its own sensor and compute the crop factor, it is 1.57. So with the 100s, it turns every GFX lens into two. The 110mm F2 performs both like an 87mm (0.79 MF crop factor) AND like a 172.7 mm at 50MP. So why would you buy just the 50MP which is locked into causing the 110 to behave like an 87? But aren't the 50s II pixels 2x larger and therefore will encouter 2x the photons in the same amount of time? Yes, but the 102MP chip is BSI and it has almost 2x the photon to photoelectron conversion efficiency because of the more sensitive modern silicon. So it can produce similar images with half the light. That's a free stop to counteract the shrunken pixels so it's surprisingly balanced in performance. So that $2k lens on the 100s performs like having 2 lenses which is $4k worth of glass on the 50sII. If you buy more than one lens then this savings easily makes up for the difference in body price.
Guess what else you get when you buy the 100s? A Sony A7R5 (kinda). The 100s uses the bigger brother sensor chip of the 61MP A7R5. The semiconductor is the same except the FF version is just smaller. Pixel pitch is the same, pixel sensitivity is same, full well charge capacity is same. So If you want the 110mm to perform like an actual 110mm with a crop factor of 1, just put the 100s into 35mm mode and guess what you get? A7R5 quality images. A7R5 images are 9504x6336. 100s in 35mm mode are 9552x6368. The big issue here is that you can't use E mount lenses otherwise you could get nearly identical images. So buying the A7R5 is like buying the GFX and permanently locking it into 35mm mode. I would go for a used GFX over a new a7r5 at the same price.
So if you are in the market for a camera, eat all the free lunches that the 100s gives you and buy that one.
Very clever. 👏🏻
Loved those images. The quality of the Fuji 'medium format' is staggering. Thank you and thanks Fuji, who I think have served film and photography really well for decades. Subbed.
Thanks. Started with Fuji with their S1, then 2, then 3 cameras. Then switched back to Nikon until Fuji came out with the GFX series and they are the best thing that has happened to me in my 35 years of Pro shooting.
Christopher, such joy in your voice at the end of this video was great to listen to, I'm also finding the 100s+50/3.5 a magic little combo every day I use it. Thanks for the video.
What a kind thing to say. 🙏🏻 ... and, yes, it is a magic combo.
Ah the viewfinder / loupe thing you carry for the 100s, can’t you please link to this?
Love your energy and enthusiasm, very cool / practical reviews. Found your channel by way of your “macro showdown” and was hooked. Keep it up.
Oh I found it in the caption on second viewing. Your captions could stay on screen a little longer. 😅
Hoodman HoodLoupe Outdoor LCD Viewfinder for 3.2" Screens, and thank you for your compliment.
Thanks for your video Chris.
I’m currently undecided between these two cameras for expand my x-mount system for increase my product photography, I find your video the only one really useful on RUclips currently.
It almost seems that the GFX100 doesn’t exist more since the GFX100S was released.
Thank you, I always follow you with pleasure.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays, peace. (:
Much appreciate your comment. But as a professional architectural photographer, the GFX100 is still my choice camera.
The GFX100is still available. Not discontinued.
@@sgroadie6367 I know, my comment was referred about Fuji’s intentions/advertise on GF system. It’s just an opinion
@@sgroadie6367 More than ever, and it may at some point start selling for less than $10,000. It is my opinion, that the 100S cannot easily replace the 100 for architectural photography
Have you tried to use GFX camera with Hasselblad H2D HC lenses (made with Fuji), with Fuji adapter. The HC lenses do not have aperture ring.
I said it once, I ll say it again, there s no way back when you start shooting with the gfx 100s :D I love this camera every day. Everything about it is just perfect.
BTW, I crashed mine last month in Bangkok, sitting on a bench, wanted to take quick shot. When I jumped up the strap got stuck on the bench. The camera bounced out of my hands, straight to the ground. Must have been a huge impact when it hit the ground, ( my heart stopped beating for a moment :) ) but the camera is working like day 1. Some scratches on the body but nothing else. Actually I am on Bali, would love to see some of your prints in real. Half a TB of RAM is just mindblowing, Christopher . (and I always have been pretty happy with my working pc´s that are around 5K €, but 64GB RAM is my limitation)
My GFX100 with Schneider 28mm PC lens feel off my tripod and down a concrete stairway. Lens did not survive, but the 100 did. Wrote to Fuji and congratulated them. If you are on my island, Whatsapp me at 628321854320
@@christopherleggettphotography Hey, thanks for invitation. The number doesn’t work. Tried it twice. I think I should congratulate Fuji, too 👍🏼
not sure why it is not working. Pls. give me yours
I have the GFX 50S II and I also love the GF50. Small, compact. Light. Fast to AF.
Welcome to stage 3. A camera, a lens, and one hell of a good picture.
So is the takeaway you like the 50 and the 110 the most correct? What TS lens that you have used are your favorites? Thanks
Steven, at the end of the day, it all depends on what kind of photographer you want to be. But, yes, for me, I find when traveling the GF 23, 50, and 110mm are the ones i most use. Again, professionally right now in my life, architectural photography is my vocation, which means Nikor 19mm TS, Schneider-Kreuznach 28mm. 4.5, Hartblei 49mm TS are top on my list. The SK28 does about 75% of the work. Downside is that they only ever made 100 of them and therefore very, very hard to come by. Next problem is, Mirex the company that made the adapter for my GFX is out of business and I know not yet with what to replace it with, once i wear out the one i have. Any ideas are welcome on that subject.
@@christopherleggettphotography thanks for your detailed response. I am going to purchase the 3 GF lenses you use and recommended basically a “light” kit for hiking around. I also rented the Canon TS-E 90 Macro, the latest one and it worked quite will the the GFX100s.
@@kuau714 What adapter are you using?
@@christopherleggettphotography I am using the Fringer adaptor… Curious, if you found a really good deal on a GFX100 would you purchase it now or just go with the GFX100S..?
@@kuau714 All depends on your needs. for me, the 100 is essential for architectural work. Mainly the view finder, but all the function buttons. And i take the 100S along as backup. But for most else, the 100S is as good or better.
Great stuff Christopher.. thank you for sharing
Most welcome. Have not been making new segments, as here, now, there is work again, which is the best thing that a passionate photographer could ask for.
I love your videos and your enthusiasm, glad to hear you are doing well, could you tell us a bit more about how you do the multi merge shots with regard to focus and aperture.? Looking forward to more videos, thanks Douglas in Ireland
Would you mind being a little more specific, as, after your flattery, am motivated to see if i can help. 😎 Christopher in Bali.
don't have those lenses. Do you?
Seems like Fuji is the only gimmick free camera maker left!
You are right about that.
Thank you for the perspective on the two cameras. I just received my 100s.
Hope it will get you to stage 3 👍🏻
Your website isn't working.
Thank you so much for telling me. Am on it 🙏🏻
Your friend was trying to tell you politely stop obsessing over the equipment. Sorry but these images are extremely mundane, start looking at the world, not the pixels.
hello! hope you are doing all right!
Well, i went to the US to have fun and shoot around the country, but instead, i was diagnosed with prostate cancer, so i had to have it removed, but it was caught in time and i now have a new lease on life. 💪🏻 So, yes. am doing much better now. Thank you.
@@christopherleggettphotography oh god 🙏
@@christopherleggettphotography I also had the same surgery, caught just in time 20 years ago, so there's hope for a good outcome. Have recently purchased a GFX100s. Couldn't make up my mind between the 100s and a used 100 for landscapes because of the conflict between tilting viewfinder and difference in weight and bulk for hiking. Your solution with the Hoodman loupe seems excellent, I will try. Wishing you future good health and all the very best for Christmas.
@@robertparsons558 Robert, it is always nice to know a feel that one is not along. Thank you for your kind words and may Christmas also the the best for you and your family.