Fuji GFX 100II VS Canon R5 🤯 Is MEDIUM FORMAT FINALLY THE ONLY CAMERA YOU NEED? FULL COMPARISON

[@Snapit551]

Fantastic comparison!! Which full frame camera system would you recommend regarding the image quality from its lenses and camera sensors? Nikon canon or even Panasonic?

[@SNAPAVELI]

Thank you! I’ve heard Panasonic sensors are great! I do t have any experience with their lenses. I would say out of the ones currently. The Nikon sensors are the best in my opinion and their higher end lenses are really good but very huge.

[@JustZG]

Sadly i heard the GFX100 ii downgrades to 12bit image files when shooting in burst mode. Otherwise, the GFX 100ii autofocus looks like a seriously big upgrade to my gfx100s. Great video as always Marcus!

[@SNAPAVELI]

Thank you! Yes it goes to 12 bit at 8fps. If you go to the description in my last video you can download 12 , 14 and 16 bit. Files from the 100ii. That way you can see if it’s a deal breaker

[@NickDelDuca]

Ooh I think I'm finally gonna get that course! Appreciate all your videos. Wish I was closer by to come to a workshop!

[@SNAPAVELI]

I appreciate you brother!! I really wish you could come to an in person workshop as well!!

[@tom_k_d]

Stop the RF 85 1.2 down to 1.4, and separation will be much better: owning this lens myself, this bleeding is imho less a camera but rather a lens thing - stopping down to 1.4 fixes most of this. The Fuji lens doesn't get that fast, even taking into account the crop factor. A fair comparison would be RF 85 1.2 stopped down to 1.4 vs 80 1.7 wide open on Fuji (both approx. at 1.4 full frame equivalent). To use the RF 85 1.2 wide open with premium results, good lighting is needed. It's a sharp lens, but not that contrasty at 1.2.

[@SNAPAVELI]

I appreciate that! I’ve not tried to see if it bleeds less at 1.4 but will definitely try. It’s just such an incredible look at 1.2 I usually just leave it open

[@tom_k_d]

@@SNAPAVELI Highly welcome - from my experience with the RF 85, stopping down from 1.2 to 1.4 makes a significant difference in terms of contrast and colour punch. On the other hand, at places with hard theatre or concert lighting, the lower contrast at 1.2 can be beneficial.

[@captaincook6283]

Very good and thorough comparison I must say the Canon R5 is just a beautiful camera. I had it and because of KZbin and all these reviews of the Sony cameras I changed to Sony. And then Iwas so disappointed because of the very poor autofocus performance. I’m so surprised that no one on KZbin talks about this big problem (in forums they do…), it always hit on the eyebrows or on the eyelashes and the iris was always unsharp ( I want perfect performance like the canon’s and no post production faked sharpening…) I talked to many people from Sony at events and even send it in for repair but in private they told me the camera just can’t do it better. And I should change back to Canon which I did now having the Canon R8 and even with 24 megapixels I am so happy with the camera I just missed the IBIS but that’s fine because the camera is very small. Now I ordered the Fuji 100 s Mark two and I will try it out and keep the Canon system for sure at the same time. Thanks for your content definitely followed you :)

[@SNAPAVELI]

Thank you! I totally agree with you. I jumped around for a while between Nikon Sony and canon. Canon has the most reliable autofocus in my opinion. I also like the colors. Nikon and canon has better dynamic range at times but nothing beats the gfx files in my opinion. I’m currently saving for a 100ii myself. R5 and 100ii will be a great pair for me.

[@matttheking1655]

Great take👌... btw New to your channel.... definitely earned yourself a new subscriber...

[@SNAPAVELI]

Thank you so much!! I really appreciate that!!

[@Makta972]

Yeah great image quality from that Gfx. Great colors separation. But man if you want the best colors and files from Canon you should try the R3. There's something special about the files from tham cam. The WB is way more precise which I found is helpful as a starting point even in Raw, then the colors are better/ deeper on the R3. The dynamic range is also better ( probably not medium format level) and the files are less digital in my opinion. Don't let that 24mpx fools you, it's the best image from a canon camera.

[@SNAPAVELI]

Definitely want to try the r3! What are the video files like?

[@Makta972]

@@SNAPAVELI I also have a cinema camera so I don't use it too often but when I do it's as a B-cam. The files are very good in Raw (6k) but the limiting factor is clog 3... I hate canon for that to be honest. Having that gorgeous 6k raw in clog 2 would have been Soo nice. The files are huge too, it needs more efficient codecs too.

[@dannyli9424]

All I conclude from this video is the AF is just hopeless in the GFX.I don't have the latest but only the GFX50S II, and can't tell enough how painful that camera is when I need some reliable perfect focus image ( i made it sounded like I am the only one want a perfect focus image, LOL), for that reason, I go back to my " inferior sensor" Z9 with 85 1.2 S and 135 F1.8 Plena.

[@SNAPAVELI]

I wouldn’t say the z9 is a bad sensor at all, very nice camera. 100ii is best medium format af out at the moment by a wide margin but still not competing with full frame af.

[@scotthullinger4684]

If ultimate, absolute image quality is your PRIMARY goal ... then nothing whatsoever can beat a medium format high megapixel camera. If you have other goals, then medium format is most likely NOT your best choice to make -

[@SNAPAVELI]

Totally agree!! I’m in love with my 100ii now. 8fps that actually works for my needs. I can imagine a day that is can operate as fast as full frame

[@oman4229]

Have you tried dji’s auto focus system with the gfx 100ii?

[@SNAPAVELI]

I have not.

[@oman4229]

@@SNAPAVELI I would love to see you do a review of that combination, even if you just rent dji’s tech for a few days I subscribed btw

[@77dris]

I really like how the R5 video files look compared to the GFX100II. Looks more cinematic with better colours imho and maybe better looking dynamic range though it's not quite apples to apples. Great to see new videos from you.

[@SNAPAVELI]

Thank you! Always love it when you stop by! Yes I did find the r5 video files easier to edit. The opposite was true for photos. I guess you just can’t have it all in one body

[@matt88169]

An AF test with an LM lens would be more meaningful-something like the 45-100. GFX system uses a lot of DC drive lenses and just like their APS-C lenses they aren’t great for moving subjects. So frankly the results tell me two things: Fuji needs to release faster glass and 2) maybe the 100 iii or iv will be the one fast enough for more dynamic shots. The new body seems like a huge jump forward but I don’t think the 55 is a fast lens.

[@SNAPAVELI]

Definitely! I tried my 110 f2 but I think it needed an update. It wasn’t focusing well at all and that lens is fast. I wish I had the camera for more time to test more

[@m43rocks43]

Can the canon ef 50mm 1.2 be used for your the technique in your course? Or should I get the sigma 50mm 1.4 art instead as you recommend? The rf 50mm is too cost prohibitive and I have no 50mm's so I will need to buy one. I only have tamron 35mm 1.8 and 85mm 1.8 and 135mm f2. Thanks!

[@SNAPAVELI]

I would say get the sigma 50mm 1.4 , the ef 1.2 is a little soft. Plus the sigma has a bigger element to help with the technique!

[@m43rocks43]

@@SNAPAVELI Thanks! It is just that they are not that different in second hand price where I'm from. $770 for the canon ef 1.2 and $600 for the sigma 1.4 art. So i am tempted by the 1.2 aperture. The older sigma 1.4 hsm is just $240 though.

[@SNAPAVELI]

That’s a tough question! I had the ef 50 1.2 for a year and it was love hate, it’s really soft wide open. Beautiful bokeh but 1.2 was very soft. If you could test both it would be really helpful. People bring the sigma 50 1,4 to my workshops and it performs well.

[@m43rocks43]

@@SNAPAVELI I could probably live with trading softness for bokeh on outdoor shoots. But based on what you said that it is easier for the sigma to achieve what you are teaching because of the larger front element, I would probably go the sigma art route now. And just take out the 135mm if I really need more bokeh. Thanks for the replies!

[@Yupthereitism]

You really should try more Sony and Nikon cameras. Imo they are better than canon now with each brands most recent generations. The a7rv separates tones much nicer than the canon r5

[@SNAPAVELI]

I definitely want to get back into the Nikon system at some point once I get my Fuji system filled out. Nikon files were always great to me. The autofocus is finally catching up

[@Yupthereitism]

@@SNAPAVELI yea, love Nikon files. You shouldn’t hate on Sony, their new cameras are fantastic

[@SNAPAVELI]

Definitely don’t hate on Sony! I loved my a7riii , plus they have the sigma 35 1.2 , one of my favorite lenses.

[@docpic18]

Thank you for your videos. I discovered your channel recently. It would be very nice if you could compare other types of sensors (like gfx to fuji apsc like xh2 s or not). Sony to canon/nikon also would be awesome. Thanks again gor your wonderfull work.

[@MatrixfanMacUser]

I have just started the video and would like to know if your GFX 100 II is on the newest 2.10 firmware?

[@SNAPAVELI]

I really can’t say. I had it on loan about 3 months ago so unless that update was out at that point.

[@MatrixfanMacUser]

@@SNAPAVELI thanks for the reply! The latest big update for the GFX II made improvements in AF tracking and performance. It came out yesterday, so quite fresh :)

[@FastAkira]

I had the GFX 50R and the GFX 100s, and I preffer the Hasselblad x2d. For colors and tones. Currently using a Leica SL 3, which is okay too, but nothing like the hassy.

[@SNAPAVELI]

I really want to try the hasselblad. Haven’t been able to get my hands on one yet. It looks amazing

[@Evrce]

Hows the colors and tones of the gfx 50r vs sl3?

[@FastAkira]

@@Evrce they´re both good, but the leica sl3 is a better camera. Just stay way from the gfx 100.

[@DreamReleases]

You're actually kinda nitpicking while pixel peeping. Throw a LUT on and be done with it.

[@SNAPAVELI]

Yes! It’s just for sake of reviewing. Both are really incredible

[@RRan-dk7ct]

@4:25min into clip, If a person needs 120/fps they need 120/fps it's not for everyone but for surveillance,racing,contact sports, etc. etc, thier is much need for a Stabilized Systems, It's not all about certian genres (Fashion,Portriats..selfies) but you know this !!!

[@SNAPAVELI]

Very good point! It’s a market that definitely needed addressed! In 10 years perhaps all full frames will be capable of that. I just can’t imagine the culling process for that

[@creativevisiongaming]

Great work BTW

[@arturaszaleskis8907]

Oh wow, at her on GFX its like 3D girl and colours much more pleasing on GFZ than Canon tbh there is no comparison AFis not everything

[@summers9218]

Gfx is the only medium format (or nearest)you can have these days in mirrorless.

[@creativevisiongaming]

It's not a good comparison because GFX is not a real medium format. You would need a speed booster on a GFX just to get close to medium format.

[@SNAPAVELI]

My buddy shoots medium format film , it definitely has an incredible look with the right lens!

[@locophoto6881]

You don't make any sense bud...."medium format" has more than one definition since it refers to a format size that started in film technology, which is very much outclassed by current GFX sensor capture especially in dynamic range and tonal transitions as well as resolution. "Medium format" in the digital world is a term that can mean a lot of things since "medium format" sensors are just sensors about the size of medium format film camera sizes (6x4.5 all the way up to 6x17 panoramic, especially typically refers to 6x6 and 6x7), but....of what era? GFX is far better than earlier "medium format" digital captures, but isn't quite as good as current medium format digital that costs way way way way way more than a GFX system, but GFX is in use for all forms of work and it clearly is in a league of it's own above DSLR 35mm size sensors, which is what is what was supposed to be case even in film days, but 6x4.5 wasn't always so impressive compared to 35mm films and lenses depending on subject matter and how large the prints to be made would be....so your'e very very wrong bud....there's a lot of context to consider and only a momo would say as a blanket statement that GFX is not a "real" medium format camera or say that the comparison "isn't a good comparison"....congrats on missing a lot of points completely.

[@creativevisiongaming]

@@SNAPAVELI I’ve use some medium format film before but those cameras keep getting more expensive

[@creativevisiongaming]

@@locophoto6881 I think you’re confused bud. Calling the GFX medium format is the same as call a crop sensor “full frame”. In fact the gfx is a cropped medium format. It’s not even close. GFX sensor size is only 44x33 mm, which is less than 10 mm larger than full frame of 36 x 24 While the smallest film medium format camera is 60 mm x 45mm. And it only gets larger from there: 6x6, 6x7, 6x9. The point is if you’re using medium format film lens on a gfx then you’re getting a cropped image compared to if you used that same lens on a 645 camera.

[@locophoto6881]

@@creativevisiongaming And the crop factor is about .8 on a GFX depending on which aspect ration is being used....so in other words....the difference is about 20% give or take....and in other words....you've missed the point completely again from wanting to sound like a know it all when you know very little. No intelligent person argues that something that is 80% like something else is "not even close to being a fair comparison basically" to paraphrase you....when hmmm...seems like 80% progress toward the end zone on a football is field is pretty close to the endzone...and 80% of the way to saving up to pay for a house is pretty close to having a house paid off.....so yep, 80% is very similar to "medium format" especially when the remaining 20% "difference" can be actually better on the GFX side depending on sensor differences and subject matter contexts...and that's not even talking about price comparisons yet, which is a fair attribute to consider when comparing which is "better" or "similar". But I know....I've talked with many guys like you over the years, you're still right.....because you're not about learning, you're about being "right" so you can see yourself and show yourself as a subject matter expert while not being able to do strong photography. Photographers photograph well.....or focus on improving toward that aim....others just want to play a role.

[@lensman5762]

Is a cucumber better than a carrot, would be just as valid a question?

[@SNAPAVELI]

I like carrots

[@locophoto6881]

Only if you're an incompetent photographer that can't understand that each different tool provides an array of pros and cons for an artistic effect that will interface differently tp and for each artist's preferences and goals....whereas in nutrition the food is a fuel and always needed for health, with preferences for taste being secondary and having no effect on whether the nutrition acts as fuel.

[@lensman5762]

@@locophoto6881 Really? I was waiting for you to make this revelation to me after nearly fifty years of photography, and being pro for a long while!!! A camera, any camera has but one function and that is to record what the photographer aims tha lens and the camera at. That is it. \These days, almost 100 % of cameras on offer from the big makers are more than competent for the job. Any differences are just due to gimmicks and marketing. That is gidt of it.

[@locophoto6881]

Wow that hurt to watch...she isn't crying from the center of her eye because it's cold....people cry from different parts of their eye based on the type of pain it....crying from the center of the eye is loss of someone you love.....no one cries because it's cold out.....I've been in twenty below for extended time out photographing and in blizzards in Virginia out photographing....you don't cry....you just cringe and quiver.

[@SNAPAVELI]

I don’t know, we were making jokes and having fun. It’s was like a freezer out there.

[@locophoto6881]

@@SNAPAVELI Laughter and jokes can easily be done while in pain....just a very strange thing to see....no one cries from it just being cold out....she looks very sad in other parts of the video...no joy coming through.....deep down she just doesn't look happy and that's not bad unto itself...just an observation.....but my radar is pretty accurate and crying with a stoic face is a big red flag that she's suppressing something inwardly while trying to look a different way outwardly...which we all do to different degrees. Just feel for her...but something is going on there.

[@SNAPAVELI]

I hope that’s not the case! She’s a joy to be around

[@locophoto6881]

@@SNAPAVELI A lot of people working through their pain are the life of the party kind of personalities...their pain drives them to try to get people to like them or create a fun that distracts them from their inner hurting. Pain has a cure though, so hopefully she is met with love and compassion over whatever issue might be the source of pain, if I'm right.

[@Yupthereitism]

@@locophoto6881you’re wrong, don’t be a weirdo