FUJIFILM GFX 100S: 102MP Medium Format Camera in a Full Frame Body - for $6,000
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The GFX 100S sports the same sensor and processor as the O.G. GFX 100, but with new, smaller shutter and IBIS assemblies, Fujifilm has managed to cram it into a body smaller than a Panasonic S1R. Along with the X-E4, Fujifilm's pincer movement on full frame is looking very smart.
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Still loving my 50S. It stays in the kitchen to capture random moments of my 5 and 3 year old children. 100S looking good! Hugh’s perspectives are excellent. Thanks pal!
My pleasure. 😊
I don't need one, but boy do I want one!
Lovely review.
That detail looked amazing when you zoomed in on the models eye.
Thanks for sharing that with us.
Our pleasure!
The amount of tech packed into this camera just gets me more hyped for future fuji cameras like the xh2
Wait and see if that camera can be something different and wonderful.
Exactly!
Can't wait for the X-H2 but their lens are getting old :(
@@MrBraveTurtle I think they will update the primes in the coming years, but the zooms are very nice and up to date
@@jamesshort6856 I pray for an updated 23mm f1.4 and 90mm!
I haven't watch your videos for a couple of months if not more. I forgot how good storyteller you are :) It's always joy to watch (listen) to your videos.
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To be honest this camera sparks more excitement for me than the sony a1. The bigger factor is 85mm f/1.7 lens. If fuji keep focusing on gfx & broaden gfx lens catalog , i believe gfx would be the new "norm" for pros in the future.
Only if you need the 102mp and you shoot in a studio. The FF will always be more versatile.
Once again I appreciate the review, especially the detail comparisons. And Elliott!
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Love my GFX100 but mostly a studio camera due to size, this new camera will help me take large format outdoors more, very promising
Same feeling about both cameras!
Fantastic video. Subbed. Love my XT4 but the GFX100s looks tempting. Looking forward to a full review
Welcome!
I will eventually get this one for landscape and architecture (also as a back for a 4x5 large format). I recently got the X100V for more street style and walk-around photography (using straight jpegs with custom film recipes). I also use an XT-3 with the 8-16mm as my daily work camera for real estate. Fujifilm has it all.
This is "end game camera" class.
Well put!
@@3BMEP thank you (:
I’m thinking about this concept a lot recently.
@@TimofejNenarokov Me too, as you'll have seen in my take on the Leica SL2-S. 😊
Although, I don't think Ragnarok can commence until the Foveon FF arrives ;)
As is the new Sony A1
Great review, thanks. Coney Island shots and footage are gorgeous.
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You sir are brilliant in putting all our gear acquisition considerations/needs in perspective. All that is needed is for us singly to take inventory of our own photographic needs and apply your thoughts to them.
As much as I would LOVE to get a GFX100S, I think practically on the high end a Z7II would be most efficient and all one needs (I come from both a Nikon and Fuji X background), until something calls for double that resolution.
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I am enjoying my 50s and I am glad I didn't jump the ship on the GFX-100. Now I get to enjoy all the goodies in a smaller body with GFX-100s. Gonna wait for the real use reviews to come out and then bite the bullet :-D Looking forward to your real use review.
As someone who'd been switching from digital to large- and medium-format film, I've been in the hunt for an "affordable" very high res body to use for "Scanning" negatives (wet plate, 4x5 film, and such)... but also something usable enough for more "casual" shooting. This looks like it will fill the bill perfectly. Now to save, save, save, lol
Today and Yesterday have been very, very interesting in the camera world... Seriously interesting.
Thanks Hugh...I can't wait until you "have one in hand". It will be well worth the wait!!
I love this channel. You have a habit of getting right to the heart of it all in such an elegant and informed manner. Plus, as is rarely the case in photography videos, the music is always great. Oh yeah, and I want this f$%!ing camera. Drawbacks aside (5fps, 1/4000th top shutter, 1/125th sync speed, "only" 4K/30), It is precisely what I've been hoping for.
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Love the music over the b+W shots in the gallery, what is it?
Great review! Intriguing. Patiently waiting for the Z7ii. 🤐😷
Love the serenity of your videos.
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Yet another superb video Hugh, you certainly challenge the viewers level of absorbing tech specs, but with that amazing voice of yours, it is a pleasure to accept that challenge. Thank you.
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Thank you for your kind review. I haved tested it here in Montreal. My major concern is the camera body is made on moulded cheap metal and si tiny. When is set it on my tripod i can feel the bottom will break at any time. At this price Fuji must find a way to produce a much more robust camera.
Thanks for the very informative video, Hugh... As usual! 👍
If money weren't any issue, then I'd order this GFX100s and the new 80mm this instant! 😂😂
Thanks for this. I was finally able to decide no. I have the 50R and would love ibis more than anything else. After watching about 20 reviews I was still undecided but leaning towards trying to purchase. Finally I rewatched this and realised it just didn’t tick the boxes I wanted or probably more to the point it ticked too many boxes I didn’t want. Thanks.
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This camera certainly does have me questioning my recent purchase of the X1Dii and two lenses. I really do like Hasselblad’s mobile app approach, and touch menus. Lastly I wanted the leaf shutter lenses for flash. But, flash is only a small part of what I want to do post-pandemic. The GFX line does seem more practical for my weekend shooting. But, the Hasselblad lenses are nice...
Get one in hand, my man! Good stuff as always.
spot on as usual, sounds like "if you have a system that works, there's no real advantage to changing" Then again on another note you will certainly find some postering with it, and blowing fine and elated stories of how now they are uniquely set apart LOL. Looking forward to the new s being in your hands and experienced...
I should have known better when I heard “let’s wrap this video up” that there would be 8 min left. As always great work Hugh!
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This camera definitely has my attention.
Awesome vid Hugh (As usual)
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It just hit me. After watching several years worth of your videos. And I mean this as a complement. You have channeled the very best of Spock!
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You hit it on the mark 🤣
Wow. This guy knows his stuff. He got me think all kinds of thoughts. 😂 next level my guy. 👍🏾
Great camera and great analysis Hugh. I’m afraid to say this camera is probably going to be back ordered into the summer due to its popularity
I suspect you’re right.
I'm in love. Truly. I do 80% video. I don't hate the price. I'm just so in 💕💕💕
Loved everything about this
aside from the ps2 action game music I felt so anxious like I needed to run from something but had no control over anything
"I call Stephen Shore" - that made me laugh all weekend. Bravo.
I plan to save up and buy one of these.....wow. Amazing. All we need is affordable 3rd party glass. (has to be good glass, very, very good glass...)
Having seen the older 100 images......the cropping options alone...wow. For street.....a new world. The quesiton - is there a "one lens" to get first if you can only afford one.....I am thinking the 45 and ideally an incamera "zoom"....agree with you.
The 2021 camera battle will be really good, the A1, the high res RF & Z and this camera.
I use Fujifilm XT4 at the moment, was tempted by Sony's release but a day later saw the Gfx100s and was like wow! Definitely renting it out to play :), thank you for your video!!
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Thought provoking for sure!
I thing landscape photographer will have a lot of fun with the GFX100S
Hugh yours is the first review for this potentially ground breaking camera and as someone who has already bought into the Fuji ecosystem. You didn’t let me down though I didn’t expect to be haha!
Anyway, thanks for a great wind down from the 9-5. So many questions and thoughts come to mind and if you’ve the time I’d love to hear your ideas.
I lived in Japan for 2.5 years (and worked for a traditional Japanese company) so am not an expert by any stretch of the imagination but have a little insight into Japanese business culture. Long story short as you likely know Japanese businesses are very very patient by American standards when it comes to being in the black. What Bezos did with Amazon to grow his company and undercut the competition while taking a temporary loss would be considered much less novel there and in some circles just plain common sense.
So when you said if they can afford it when talking about price cutting my thought was what is their own unique idea regarding what is “affordable” to them. If it’s a hard line and being willing to take temporary losses things could get very interesting very quickly!
Do you think they would do that I certainly feel it is likely and do you think their other optical departments and APS-C line up is enough to sustain them through such a period?
From my perspective it seems like a great plan because as the GFX system grows in popularity so does the brand even for those people who would never desire, need, or be able to afford such gear...My best analogy is the way the Audi R8 boosted Audi’s profile in the automotive world. My apologies if that’s of no help!
Anyway next question. Do you think that just as FF has dramatically reduced problems such as rolling shutter that same evolution will take place w/ MF or “super full frame” to the point where it’s a non issue?
And lastly since Sony develops these sensors besides growing revenue through their sales do you for see them or any other companies opening up a line of MF cameras? And if I could a follow up...having hands on experience with the L mount and other cameras do any if them have enough coverage within their glass line ups to drop a MF sensor into their current FF mounts w/o missing a beat (in your best estimation) or would everyone need to retool?
Thanks so much even for just reading this. Hopefully this sheds a little light on why I enjoy your thoughtful and unique approach so much! Cheers!
👌My nostalgic eargasm in morning coffee ☕ can't hold my thoughts anymore, gotta sell my car for this 102mega 😊
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Lots to think about.
I am so tempted to buy the GFX 100S and the GF 80mm f1.7.
I suspect you just might love it, Jose.
@@3BMEP You're right about that, Hugh. The caveat is that I would have to sell my GFX 50R, and I can't see myself doing that because I prefer the view finder style body.
Now that GF 80mm is another story. I own the 110mm f2 and consider it the best lens I've ever use. If the 80mm is remotely close, I just might pick it up for the size and aperture.
I have to admit, when I first saw the model number I was hoping for a GFX sensor X100 camera.
That said, GFX100S could be a compelling minimalist kit with the 50mm f/3.5 or 63mm f/2.8 🤔
Fascinating & entertaining analysis as always - thanks Hugh.
Interesting to see where the market goes with, as you say, crop & medium formats squeezing full frame, just at the point where full frame is busting out of being stuck in the middle. Watch these spaces ... hold that thought ;)
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Loved the opening line
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Such an interesting and great video yet again👌 as already a Fuji x series user I shall miss full frame and just add the Fuji gfx system in 2 years time when I think medium format shall maybe kill off full frame??
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My Rolleiflex was light (relatively) and fun too. And fun in the darkroom which digital certainly isn't.
We had the slow food movement, and before that the slow photography movement. In it, we were mindful, of everything, because there was auto nothing ;-)
Great video quality man.
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The S5+85mm looks exceptional, Hugh. Seriously. Watched this at 4k... damn.
Agreed!
I finally posted my review of it... what an exceptional value for the price.
~Taps his pockets in vain... Love that eye 'zoom-in' clip. It's like a neverending journey inside.
Wild, right?
AWESOME NEWS!!
Good times we are living in ; )
Great content! Amazing clarity and style on the video, very well done!
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SL2-S is a great choice now and compelling price compare to Nikon or Canon - SL2-S is beauty with excellent iso performance
Looking at the GFX 100 video sequence - the tiltable EVF seems to be a big loss. Don't know why Fuji had to integrate it instead of creating a new one matching the GFX 100S ...
My dear friend
The fact thàt you chosen to release this video rather than Sony Alfa One,, speaks about your minďset
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Loved the video! I'm an architectural photographer looking to make the upgrade from my x-series with no tiltshift currently and I am considering a 100s (big investment I know but there's a degree of future proofing too.) My ears definitely pricked up when you were talking about cropping- I am looking at using a canon 24 tse until Fuji get their act together, on the gfx it produces a 19mm equivalent (a bit wide for my liking) but can be rapidly turned into a 24mm with the 35mm mode. On the 100s there would be absolutely no compromise on image quality which is pretty amazing. I might only need the gf60 which again with the 35mm crop mode could be made into a longer lens, incredible stuff.
Great use case - thanks for sharing!
As you know, the hands-on experience of the SL2 is class-leading, both in terms of build quality and ergonomics, not to mention that fantastic EVF. My lonely collection of GFX lenses (relegated to living in their boxes again) await the hoped for development of a new body with, yes, 50 or 102 MP and phase detect AF, but also with upgraded buttons, control wheels, joystick, and top plate controls similar to the X-series models. Think Texas Leica meets SL2. I use and enjoy several X-series bodies and lenses as well as the SL2 and other Leica gear, but unloaded the GFX bodies due to frustration with their ergonomics. I was (am) hoping for a redesigned GFX100 with improved controls or a mid-size (like the 100S) with XT-3, XT-4, X-Pro 3 dials and much better secondary controls. Also, while understandable, it is frustrating to see a decrease in specs and performance of the EVF, especially given the trend toward improving those seen in the other brands. I hope this is a bridge camera, with a new “R” body and new large flagship body in the works. For now, it’s SL2 all the way.
I understand completely. ☺️🖖🏻
The new camera actually looks pretty good close-up (see Mindy Tan’s video), but I’m thinking my GFX lens collection may soon morph into one or two SL lenses .... First world conundrum for sure.
Will Canon EF Lenses get a vingette of black borders if used with an adapter in the GFX-100S?
Insofar as they are designed to cover 24x36mm while the sensor in the GFX 100s measures 32.9x43.8mm, probably.
Those Coney Island shots are fantastic
We so enjoyed that afternoon! 🙏🏻😊🖖🏻
As an owner of the GFX100, this new camera really drops the value on the current 100. What are the major improvements besides the smaller body and IBIS? I am quite happy with the GFX100 but is it worth me trading in for the s version? I do own more XT4 batteries but the dual GFX batteries last me through a day and I don’t mind the vertical grip. I am purely looking at trading to keep the camera that will hold the test of time if I ever need to resell.
OK, so how long until we get a 100MP medium format version of the x100? :)
Say, that Cartier-Bresson retrospective at ICP was months ago! (Great show BTW.) How long have you guys had this thing to test??
By the way I used the gfx100s with the 110f2 in my studio this is what I think of it: 😍🥰 love at first sight.
Holding thoughts is getting harder as I age, just saying.
Tell me about it!
That so funny, Martha.
Where can we buy merchandise of “ hold that thought”?
@@Mowikan 3bmep.threadless.com - seriously!
@@3BMEP epic stuff!!!!
Thanks for the lovely review. Owning Sony A7riV and A9ii's, my art work is growing and looking for improvements quality when it comes to larger prints for selling, if possible at all.. This is an area like you mentioned you only going to find out when having access to the 100s yourself and experience this camera. Yes the quality of the a7RIV is indeed already fantastic and it's hard to see significant differences using it it only for the internet or for prints up to 1 meter. Question here: how is Fuji with Broncolor flashes and especially the trigger from Broncolor ? Does it works nicely together? I see this is my wife's account this is Paul Raats :).
Glad Medium Format is getting less expensive. I think there is room for all formats, albeit in limited numbers. The right tool for the right job is what counts.
If you were starting from scratch would you buy the Leica SL2 or the Fuji GFX 100s?
Let me get my hands on a GFX 100S first! 😜
I thought this sounded like a medium format camera, the promotional email I got from Fuji called it large format. This sounds like the camera I’d sell my car for
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I love your videos. They are art in themselves. I shoot big still landscapes in very remote places. Think of Hidden Dunes in Death Valley in Summer. Very interested in this camera but miss the Fuji dials and am also wondering how you would compare to the SL2 for shooting landscapes. I do like Fuji’s colour renderings on its small X series camera (my poor man’s M equivalent and I know that is probably blasphemy to say such)….
Hi Hugh. Great review my friend - very informative. How do you feel about the reduced res evf and also the fact that the new body is 14-bit vs. 16-bit of the 100? I look forward to your answer!
As I said in the review, I wish it remained an option. I love that it can articulate and really change one’s perspective - literally. As for 16 vs 14 bit - let me get my hands on both, and I’ll let you know. 🤔 😊🖖🏻
It will be mine! In 3 years.
It is not about the gear ... until you see another review by Hugh to remind you that to some, gear is one more reason to get absorbed in good old photography. And what a superb proof of his own way as he dips into Fuji gear when everyone else seems to indulge in first impressions of the newest Sony camera.
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Very satisfied with my Nikon Z7 and great Nikon glass but must be honest. This really has me thinking.
I think the 617 wants a word about
'most strikingly designed camera in their history'
The Fuji GFX 100S will be the perfect companion with my black Olympus Pen-F. The GFX for the most serious work and m43 for the daily shoots. It's perfekt, and there are in fact many lenses I can use on both systems.
I'll wait for the Fujifilm GFX 100x.
I'm looking to get a GFX100R. My main focus will remain with the X-Mount system...
When do you think it will be available for purchase? In 2025?
All of my gear was destroyed in a fire just before the pandemic hit. I was patiently waiting for the R5 to come out last summer before replacing any gear, but then found no reason to purchase yet because I was stuck at home.
Now FUJI does this!!!
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can we have a 6x7 digital camera?
Super cute model! Hold that thought...did you say the build quality isn't quite up to Leica standards? I remember trying the GFX 50R and it felt dreadfully plasticky, after I had used the Leica M246.
My SL2 is indeed in a different league.
I would buy this camera if Fuji announced the development of a ~30mm tilt-shift lens.
There’s a chapter in Australian Quiz Champion and politician Barry Jones’ book “Sleepers Wake”. Simply, when you are the only person with a computer you have a business advantage. When everyone has a computer no one has an advantage but you have all spent a lot of money. And so it is now. Funny how the two retrospectives you feature are from photographers who shot 35mm and probably Tri X or earlier emulsions
I really like how the S5 that was used to record the video gives a more film vibe. Kind of like Sony but not too much. Am I wrong Hahaha?
Well, to me this sounds very much like the ultimate digital landscape photography medium format camera.
Smaller and lighter than the GFX 100 and weather sealed. With enough megapixels to print poster sized photos from a mountain peak or national park or what ever amazing landscape the landscape photographers are able to find on their trips (once things get to a post pandemic kind of situation, where travelling is possible again).
It's a system out of my reach, but that's OK - I'll stick to doing 6x9 landscapes on my foldable Welta Trio from 1937 with its' 110mm Rodenstock lens, that will do just fine for me.
If I get a digital HB back I need to get a 40mm lens also , its cheeper than to get the Fuji GFS and a lens but Fuji seems to be a better bet for the future..
I use analogue MF cameras as HB 503 CW and Fuji 690 GW and Nikon F-system. My Nikon D300 broke down in August after 12 years use. I'm not happy with Nikon only focus on the Z-system because I have a 300mm/2.8 screw drive lenses, manual Zeiss lenses and Nikon PC lenses so I will get a Nikon DSLR D850/D880 or Z8 for my old F-lenses then for the next 12 years I will switch to Fuji GFX but I have not decide on with lenses yet, Fuji need to produce some perspective control lenses. I'm into Forest and Landscape. I use Fuji X-pro 1 and X-T1 for more spontaneous art pictures
Great video! I shoot in-studio still life, mostly jewelry and always tethered. Is there any advantage to having the 100 GFX compared to the 100S?
Tilting EVF and dual batteries - I wish the titling EVF was an option on the 100s! Dual batteries? Much prefer the drastically lighter weight of the S - and carry the extra battery in my pocket!
@@3BMEP Thanks, I think the tilting EVF is a cool feature but I can't think of a situation where I'd need it.
Surely it will be a great camera ;) But I am just wondering, why the PASM control won over "oldschool" classical controls layout as they were on 50S.... :( I really do like that layout more :) Quick access to shutter speed and ISO was better (I think).... What do You and others think?
The D850 currently on sale is the best bargain in FF world 😀
Nikon really stumbled on their evergreen 5d equivalent with the 800 series.
What's the minimum ISO? A product page says it's 200? That would completely kill the point of the bigger sensor against a nikon at ISO64
Minimum ISO is 100, extended can go down to 50.
But for movie shooting, the movie ISO starts at 200
Yep, definitely a toss up - for me - between the Z7ii and the GFX 100S. Though I love the medium format look, having shot MF film at uni for four years, I wonder if there's a real discernible diff between it, and FF any more.
I'm not in Canada so I'm not partial or biased towards Sony, but I have owned a few Sonys, Canons, Nikons, Olympus and the Fuji XT3 (since sold). The GFX 100S is a beauty as are the lenses, but lens prices are outrageous (similar to the R5 lenses). However, the GFX 100S appears a far better bargain than the Sony A1. Always enjoy your unbiased reviews!
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These RUclips algorithms are scary, I placed my order for the GFX100s, then opened RUclips and your video was first in the list. My 50R is now relegated to backup camera, which might be a metaphorical equivalent of towing a Honda Civic behind a Lexus SUV.... The 80 1.7 is also most intriguing. (thoughts being held till in hand)
I hear you. More importantly: enjoy!
I'm thinking of selling my Canon gear to move to Fuji. But My Canon gives me more flexibility with Video for RUclips but GFX100s and X-T4 could be a formidable team. The idea sounds exciting but then I'm reminded that the Fuji cameras auto focus in video is meh at best. But it's exciting to think about.
Now that fujifilm has introduced two 100 megapixel cameras, how long will it be before we see Canon, Sony or even the Panasonic organic sensor enter the game at that price point. Love the Gfx 100s but can they compete once the bigger (much bigger) companies catch up...? Thoughts?
At this size, medium format is less of a niche market vs ff. Competition is always good for the consumer anyways if sony /canon start making MF