GFX 100 II In Hand: SURPRISE (It's All About The EVF)!
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This is an absolute masterpiece of a camera but by far the best thing about it is that it will make the 100S cheaper when people sell theirs to get this!
The only channel that has made me actually think about what gear I use and what gear I actually need. Absolute gold. Thanks for your hard work.
Hi Hugh, when you're comparing the systems I think that the comparison with Hasselblad is not really fair. The price of a complete kit with the Hasselblad will be at least twice as in the Fuji GF system due to the very high prices of the lenses. The Fuji system is also able to manage a lot of lenses from other brands (including Hasselblad from the H system) and this is not the case with Hasselblad as the X2D doesn't have a shutter. I bought last month a Fuji GFX100 first generation, on EBay, from an old new stock, for less than half the list price. 2 years warranty, boxes and accessories included. I sold all my Sony A7RV system at the same time (with 7 lenses). I have no regret : image quality is in a complete other league. But, something strange occurs, many people around me are not able to see the differences which are obvious for me. Every body has his own limits in every parts of the life : music, food, etc... and the same here. So, if you're not able to see the differences it's easy to decide that all the constraints (weight, size, price, bad autofocus, etc...) are not acceptable for you. So, in this case, stay in the full frame world ! For me it's worth any penny, but that's me ! No regret, and surely never coming back ! PS: I'm not in street photography at all !
I remember being most wowed when reading Fujifilm’s online literature about the internal design of the removable viewfinder for the GFX 50S and then the GFX 100. I used both for awhile and was surprised the later bodies did not have the same viewfinder. I did not care for the buttons and control wheels on the GFX100 and, like you, found the menu system somewhat dated, but the GFX100 itself was a major achievement overall (see CineD’s two-part “Birth of a Camera”) with incredible image quality.
Thank you for this excellent review Hugh! I completely agree about the tilt-able EVF. I have had the original 50s with the tilt-able EVF adapter for about 5 years and thoroughly enjoy the user experience with this camera setup. I underestimated, by a lot, how much I would enjoy the flexibility of this EVF accessory (and kudos to Fujifilm for thinking outside the box in including this in the original generation of GFX bodies). When the 100s came out I thought I would sell my 50s to help fund the new camera purchase, but in the end I could not part with the 50s and got the 100s anyway with the hope that Fujifilm would return to their senses and introduce a smaller-than-original-GFX100 style body with the tilt-able EVF adapter sometime in the future...and here it is. I may now sell both of my older cameras in order to purchase of the 100 II, knowing that my EVF adapter can continue to be used with this new body (and substantially better EVF).
Wonderful video as always. You asked the keys Qs. Is it worth the U/G vs a used GFX 100s? Is the real comp with an SL2 with the best SL APO summicron glass? The sensor may not be as good but the package is very strong. I do wish Fuji wld make a GFX 100R with bigger grip - with the form and function of the 50R but with faster autofocus and image stabilisation - that is something I wld buy).
I carry this everywhere haha. Around 3 weeks using and loving it. The biggest difference compared to the 100s is the autofocus, which work well for me for the way I shoot (zone eye focus works so well for me), EVF, and the extra function button (already dialed down what to use which button). Other than that, go for the 100s. I used to carry r5 and the 28-70mm RF f2 around so weight is nothing hahahaha. Anyway, great video. Oh and a side note, if you don't mind some of the damn firmware bugs, get it... else wait for a couple of more firmwares :P
You continue to be one of my favorite camera reviewers! Good work.
Mmm...would love to see that EVF design with other manufacturers, too. Very useful in some situations. Thanks for the candid vid, Hugh!
Thanks for your calm, almost touching insights about the gorgeous todays outstanding work-beast.
I like your style, train of thought, rational comparisons and depth of knowledge. This review is excellent and compelling. I've come from 6½ years of using a GFX50s exclusively where every one of my shots was taken with the camera on a tripod and now I have the GFX100 ll. I hope to have a feeling of being a bit more liberated because of the IBIS and AF tracking. Shooting with the camera on a monopod and handheld every now and then will help with that. However, I never seem to get my camera perfectly level when shooting handheld so I have to faff with the crop tool in post when I do. All I need to do now is set the camera up, and wow, it's complicated. Hopefully, it will be a set-and-forget process. I look forward to another 6½ years before I buy my next camera. Or maybe the iPhone 21 will do all I need or perhaps everything will be AI by then. Who knows.
You mentioned the ISO setting and ability to assign it to one of the top buttons. When ISO is set to a top button, is it a press & hold style (press function button while turning a dial) to change ISO, or is it a toggle switch? One of the biggest things I miss from my previous camera (Nikon) compared to GFX100s is the press button while turning dial settings. For my usage, on GFX100s toggling the front command dial between Aperture and ISO by pressing it is slower and more prone to mistakes than a button that only toggles the function while pressed. So trying to understand the GFX100ii setup. Thanks.
What an ending 😊 I agree, I'm on the line between the A7R5(the sweet spot where every calculated artists sit at the moment), SL2S(reporter edition with the new Sigma 70•200 *so nice🔥) 😮 & the GFX100ii👽 (Like a big St Bernard, cannot live without it, size size, a bit slow, but so rewarding🎉)
If I understood the Fuji material correctly, I think the main change is the reduced readout speed of the sensor: apparently half the time needed
Great review!
The GFX 100 II is the best medium format camera available today. I too prefer the SOOC colors that Hasselblad offers but I can get that in post. I bought a new GFX 100 II today after studying the Hasselblad X2D. The GFX is just a better camera.
Hey Hugh. I had a hands on with the 100 Mk II last week. I gather that the newness in the sensor is in new ADC and DACs on each end of the sensor. From that, I'm taking that the actual sensor array is the same. No surprise there unless Fujifilm acquired their own Fab - unlikely. The biggest bargain around in the GFX system now is the original 50S - that gives you tiltable EVF capability, the best of all the GFXs ergonomics, dual batteries if you get it with the grip and all for stupid money pre-owned. No video, admittedly, but at the current used prices, who's complaining. I thought the new camera to be very nice but, actually, the stars of the new introductions are the TS lenses.
I'm really enjoying your RUclips videos. I've been searching for this answer but haven't seen an answer. How does the viewfinder (EVF) compare between the GFX50S II and the new GFX100S II? I've been very disappointed in the EVF on the 50SII, where the quality is so poor that it's practically impossible to manually focus a lens through the EVF. I'm curious if/how much better the 100SII is in comparison. Should a person upgrade in this scenario?
I wish new highend EVFs like these will help trickle down to lower tier cameras. So that 9MP EVF becomes standard in the higher tiers and 5.x MP becomes standard in everything above say 1700€.
thanks for your time. Did its enough difference in the track focus for change from GFX 100 to this new camera? thanks from Puerto Vallarta