Thanks for a thorough review Eric, very tempted by this camera for landscape photography. From watching yours and other video reviews on the camera, I think I’m going need to factor in a computer upgrade to handle the focus stacking file sizes.
Eric, that was a very relaxing review. GFX Fuji’s is what I need for my studio portraits. I shoot with my Sony a7iii with a few primes and one zoom lens. But I wanted to step into medium format but at that time you only had two options Hasselblad or Phase One and those were very very expensive. Now I been shooting for over 40years with medium format for studio Portrait’s and 35mm for faster actions . When shoot families and children’s it’s more of methodical composing with attention composition. And Fuji GFX is what I been wanting for with an affordable price. I leaning toward the Fuji gfx 50sii with the 45-100mm f4 gfx lens. That’s all I would need and maybe perhaps the gfx 110mm f2 prime. That would be perfect for my Fine-art photography. What you think? Also how do you like the gfx 45-100mm f4? And why? Thanks for sharing.
Jean-Michal, Thank you. The GFX 50Sii is a great option, especially if you are using a tripod. 50 megapixels is plenty and for the price it is a hard camera to beat. I used to use a GFX 50R and never worried about a lack of megapixels. One thing to keep in mind is that you may need more file storage space because of the large file sizes. The 45-100mm f4 lens it is my favorite lens for the GFX. It is approximately a 36-80mm f3.2 full frame equivalent lens. If I had to chose just one lens it would be the 45-100mm. In my experience it is the sharpest and most versatile lens I own. The downside is it is big and heavy, but if you are not hauling it on your back for several miles the weight is not an issue. Another thing to keep in mind, which maybe helpful to you for portraits, is that the GFX has a very shallow depth of field. The good news is that the focus fall off is very smooth so the shallow depth of field is not too noticeable. Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any other questions.
@@EricGebhard Eric my friend I tell you what I real miss. I don’t know if you were too young film cameras-back 40 plus years ago when you look into the Hasselblad, Mamiya tlr twins lens , Bronica’s,Yasica tlr when you popped up the diopter glass and view the ground glass, reflecting from the prism light gathering coming through the lens glass when the light hits it. The view from that ground glass with refine pebbles from the glass was magical. There was nothing like it. I miss that. I wish Fuji would recreate a simulation like that. Even simulate the viewfinder all the back of the screen. I back in the days of black and white film, developing in a dark room with an enlarger with the timer with the smell of developer stopper fixer mixing the ingredients. Dodging burn. Those were the good old days. Amen brother.
@@jean-michelargentin5465 Yea I'm old enough to remember film. I always used 35mm. In High School I took 2 semesters of photography. All we shot was B&W and we had to develop and print everything ourselves in the darkroom. You kind of felt like a mad scientist when working in the darkroom. I used a Canon AT-1 (fully manual camera) at the time and it was great. You're right, there is nothing like looking through a view finder and seeing the scene real time. I have yet to see an EVF that is as good as a viewfinder on an SLR.
@@EricGebhard aha we came from the same experience. One day years ago in the darkroom I have a vision like I always do but at that time I had no way to bring to this realm-but finally I was able to in 2016
Thanks for the nice review. That GF 250mm is a pricy chunk of glass, but by golly does it produce great images! If you use it with a monopod or tripod, it's fine. The linear motors and optical stabilisation perform absolutely great with the GFX100s, and the images are stunning. The GF 23mm, 110mm and 250mm are the best primes made for this system in my opinion, and the GF 45-100mm the best zoom. I like the image quality out of the newer 80mm f1.7 as well, but I am not entirely sold on the focus motors they put in that lens. The 50mm is a 'nice to have' lens, because it makes the camera small and as light as can be (it is annually on discount for 50% off). The image quality though is surpassed by the 45mm. The 30mm lens is also nice and light, compared to the 23mm. I am only not a fan of the 63mm and the 120mm macro lens, and I sold the 32-64mm for the 45-100mm which better suits my use case but I still consider a great lens.
Thank you for the feedback on the lenses. So far I have been stunned by the quality, both image and build, of the GF lenses. Some day I would love to try the 250mm lens. Maybe I'll have to rent it and give it a try. I have no doubt that it produces some amazing images but my wife might not be happy if I buy another lens. I debated whether to get the 32-64mm or the 45-100mm. I am really glad I chose the 45-100mm. It is probably the best zoom lens I have ever owned and it is my favorite lens to use on the GFX100S. Once again thank you for the information on the lenses. It is really appreciated.
@@EricGebhard You're most welcome. As a landscape shooter, I think the GF 20-35mm zoom that is on the roadmap to be released this year may become an interesting option and would pair well with your 45-100mm and 100-200mm without overlap in focal range (except for the 23mm prime of course). The GF 250mm is a less versatile lens, but a great lens. One of the coolest uses I had out of it was creating panoramas with it. I like the 65:24 aspect ratio in the GFX by any means, but stitching a few dozen close-ups together with PTGui gives panoramas you can zoom into endlessly to discover ever more detail. But that requires a subject with quite a few conspicuous objects, otherwise it is a nightmare to stitch together. Works well for cityscapes. Paired with the GFX100s the lens is fast enough for 'slow' wildlife shots (no running animals or birds in flight), like grazing animals or swimming birds. What I like with 250mm (or 350mm with 1.4x TC) is that you really have to pick a subject carefully as the angle of view is only 12,5 degrees, while with wide angles you have so much more in the frame that it allows for a bit more leeway. Have a great weekend!
@@Edwin-- Thank you for your insight. I hadn't though about the 250mm for panos. I only imagine the detail you get in pano from it. You are really making me interested in trying the 250mm. I use PTGui for stitching panos. It is the best software I have found for panos.
I tried it and it is a fantastic lens but just can't afford it right now. Hopefully sometime next year. I am really interested to see the tilt shift lens that they are supposed to release next year.
@@EricGebhard I was extremely surprised that it was in no way inferior to the 23mm in sharpness and yet wider, zoom and even lighter, it seems that Fuji did a fantastic job.
To the best of my understanding the biggest difference is that the 50ii uses the 50mp sensor (same as in the 50R or 50) instead of the 102mp sensor. Other than that it is the same camera. Also it's quite a bit cheaper. I had a 50R and the 50mp sensor is really good.
@我 攝影 愛好者I photography enthusiast Yes, especially the autofocus is a big difference. The GFX100s uses Fuji's latest phase detect autofocus, while the GFX50Sii only has contrast detect autofocus which is less quick and accurate. This is amplified when you use a lens like the GF 63mm, which doesn't have linear focus motors. Though the GFX100s is certainly not a video camera, the video it produces looks remarkably well. The difference between the 14 and 16 bit is not major, but gives a bit more leeway for heavy image processing. Despite it's age, I still think the 50 MP sensor is a great sensor. My impression is that some of these high resolution sensors are pushed to their limit, sometimes affecting image quality. I think e.g. the 42 MP sensor in the Sony A7Riii produces better images than in the 61 MP A7Riv. Somehow, they just look better to me, even though the resolution is lower and the sensor a generation older. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder I guess...
Thanks for a thorough review Eric, very tempted by this camera for landscape photography. From watching yours and other video reviews on the camera, I think I’m going need to factor in a computer upgrade to handle the focus stacking file sizes.
Thank you Andrew. I used a 2019 MacBook Pro for edit till just recently. A new more powerful computer is nice but not completely necessary.
@@EricGebhard Thanks Eric, she is tempting! It’s almost the next logical step up for all the reasons you mention. Love your work btw.
@@Stone1108 Thank you.
Eric, that was a very relaxing review.
GFX Fuji’s is what I need for my studio portraits. I shoot with my Sony a7iii with a few primes and one zoom lens.
But I wanted to step into medium format but at that time you only had two options Hasselblad or Phase One and those were very very expensive.
Now I been shooting for over 40years with medium format for studio Portrait’s and 35mm for faster actions . When shoot families and children’s it’s more of methodical composing with attention composition. And Fuji GFX is what I been wanting for with an affordable price. I leaning toward the Fuji gfx 50sii with the 45-100mm f4 gfx lens.
That’s all I would need and maybe perhaps the gfx 110mm f2 prime.
That would be perfect for my Fine-art photography. What you think?
Also how do you like the gfx 45-100mm f4? And why?
Thanks for sharing.
Jean-Michal, Thank you. The GFX 50Sii is a great option, especially if you are using a tripod. 50 megapixels is plenty and for the price it is a hard camera to beat. I used to use a GFX 50R and never worried about a lack of megapixels. One thing to keep in mind is that you may need more file storage space because of the large file sizes.
The 45-100mm f4 lens it is my favorite lens for the GFX. It is approximately a 36-80mm f3.2 full frame equivalent lens. If I had to chose just one lens it would be the 45-100mm. In my experience it is the sharpest and most versatile lens I own. The downside is it is big and heavy, but if you are not hauling it on your back for several miles the weight is not an issue.
Another thing to keep in mind, which maybe helpful to you for portraits, is that the GFX has a very shallow depth of field. The good news is that the focus fall off is very smooth so the shallow depth of field is not too noticeable.
Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any other questions.
@@EricGebhard Eric my friend I tell you what I real miss.
I don’t know if you were too young film cameras-back 40 plus years ago when you look into the Hasselblad, Mamiya tlr twins lens , Bronica’s,Yasica tlr when you popped up the diopter glass and view the ground glass, reflecting from the prism light gathering coming through the lens glass when the light hits it.
The view from that ground glass with refine pebbles from the glass was magical. There was nothing like it.
I miss that. I wish Fuji would recreate a simulation like that. Even simulate the viewfinder all the back of the screen. I back in the days of black and white film, developing in a dark room with an enlarger with the timer with the smell of developer stopper fixer mixing the ingredients. Dodging burn. Those were the good old days.
Amen brother.
@@jean-michelargentin5465 Yea I'm old enough to remember film. I always used 35mm. In High School I took 2 semesters of photography. All we shot was B&W and we had to develop and print everything ourselves in the darkroom. You kind of felt like a mad scientist when working in the darkroom. I used a Canon AT-1 (fully manual camera) at the time and it was great. You're right, there is nothing like looking through a view finder and seeing the scene real time. I have yet to see an EVF that is as good as a viewfinder on an SLR.
@@EricGebhard aha we came from the same experience.
One day years ago in the darkroom I have a vision like I always do but at that time I had no way to bring to this realm-but finally I was able to in 2016
@@EricGebhard This was the result.
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Thanks for the nice review. That GF 250mm is a pricy chunk of glass, but by golly does it produce great images! If you use it with a monopod or tripod, it's fine. The linear motors and optical stabilisation perform absolutely great with the GFX100s, and the images are stunning.
The GF 23mm, 110mm and 250mm are the best primes made for this system in my opinion, and the GF 45-100mm the best zoom. I like the image quality out of the newer 80mm f1.7 as well, but I am not entirely sold on the focus motors they put in that lens. The 50mm is a 'nice to have' lens, because it makes the camera small and as light as can be (it is annually on discount for 50% off). The image quality though is surpassed by the 45mm. The 30mm lens is also nice and light, compared to the 23mm. I am only not a fan of the 63mm and the 120mm macro lens, and I sold the 32-64mm for the 45-100mm which better suits my use case but I still consider a great lens.
Thank you for the feedback on the lenses. So far I have been stunned by the quality, both image and build, of the GF lenses. Some day I would love to try the 250mm lens. Maybe I'll have to rent it and give it a try. I have no doubt that it produces some amazing images but my wife might not be happy if I buy another lens.
I debated whether to get the 32-64mm or the 45-100mm. I am really glad I chose the 45-100mm. It is probably the best zoom lens I have ever owned and it is my favorite lens to use on the GFX100S.
Once again thank you for the information on the lenses. It is really appreciated.
@@EricGebhard You're most welcome. As a landscape shooter, I think the GF 20-35mm zoom that is on the roadmap to be released this year may become an interesting option and would pair well with your 45-100mm and 100-200mm without overlap in focal range (except for the 23mm prime of course).
The GF 250mm is a less versatile lens, but a great lens. One of the coolest uses I had out of it was creating panoramas with it. I like the 65:24 aspect ratio in the GFX by any means, but stitching a few dozen close-ups together with PTGui gives panoramas you can zoom into endlessly to discover ever more detail. But that requires a subject with quite a few conspicuous objects, otherwise it is a nightmare to stitch together. Works well for cityscapes. Paired with the GFX100s the lens is fast enough for 'slow' wildlife shots (no running animals or birds in flight), like grazing animals or swimming birds. What I like with 250mm (or 350mm with 1.4x TC) is that you really have to pick a subject carefully as the angle of view is only 12,5 degrees, while with wide angles you have so much more in the frame that it allows for a bit more leeway. Have a great weekend!
@@Edwin-- Thank you for your insight. I hadn't though about the 250mm for panos. I only imagine the detail you get in pano from it. You are really making me interested in trying the 250mm.
I use PTGui for stitching panos. It is the best software I have found for panos.
Thank you, informative and to the point.
You're welcome. Glad it was helpful.
End of this year I will get one (not that I need one, BUT I need one) hahaha nice summary and insight, thank you
You're welcome and thank you for watching. I agree, I didn't need one, but I needed one.
Have you acquired a phenomenal 20-35 yet?
I tried it and it is a fantastic lens but just can't afford it right now. Hopefully sometime next year. I am really interested to see the tilt shift lens that they are supposed to release next year.
@@EricGebhard I was extremely surprised that it was in no way inferior to the 23mm in sharpness and yet wider, zoom and even lighter, it seems that Fuji did a fantastic job.
@@thephenom6327 It is a great lens and you are absolutely correct in your comparison to the 23mm. Hopefully I can add it to my kit next year.
what'up- Likee it.amazing -all the best~ Eric,
Thank you.
What's the difference between this and gfx50ii?
To the best of my understanding the biggest difference is that the 50ii uses the 50mp sensor (same as in the 50R or 50) instead of the 102mp sensor. Other than that it is the same camera. Also it's quite a bit cheaper. I had a 50R and the 50mp sensor is really good.
@我 攝影 愛好者I photography enthusiast Thank you for the information.
@我 攝影 愛好者I photography enthusiast Yes, especially the autofocus is a big difference. The GFX100s uses Fuji's latest phase detect autofocus, while the GFX50Sii only has contrast detect autofocus which is less quick and accurate. This is amplified when you use a lens like the GF 63mm, which doesn't have linear focus motors. Though the GFX100s is certainly not a video camera, the video it produces looks remarkably well. The difference between the 14 and 16 bit is not major, but gives a bit more leeway for heavy image processing. Despite it's age, I still think the 50 MP sensor is a great sensor. My impression is that some of these high resolution sensors are pushed to their limit, sometimes affecting image quality. I think e.g. the 42 MP sensor in the Sony A7Riii produces better images than in the 61 MP A7Riv. Somehow, they just look better to me, even though the resolution is lower and the sensor a generation older. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder I guess...
You need good mic my friend good review
Thank you and I appreciate the feedback.