FUJIFILM GFX 100 Hands-On Review

[@aarontharris]

I think it's silly to look at a 100mp image at 100% and see "some grain" and call it unusable. We don't print/post photos at 100%. These images look super clean at 6400 when viewing at print/post size (IMO). What matters most is that color reproduction is still accurate at high ISO.

[@KenTheoriaApophasis]

you didnt have updated lens firmware

[@TheSlantedLens]

The final firmware was released June 20th, after we made the video. The camera and lenses had Pre-firmware updates for GFX100.

[@ndotto]

Did you update firmware for the lenses to get full advantage of the AF ?

[@zabtej1645]

... and configure AF-C custom settings?

[@Marckymarc71]

Reviewing the autofocus speed without updating the lens firmware is not a fair or accurate review. The whole point of the firmware update is to calibrate with the GFX100.

[@TheSlantedLens]

The camera and lenses had Pre-firmware updates for GFX100. The final firmware was released June 20th.

[@waisrainy]

@@TheSlantedLens thanks for letting everyone know!

[@waveland]

Finally! Thank you for digging into the image quality limits of the GFX 100. I have one on order and can’t wait to get started, but now I have a better sense of the exposure boundaries. Also, I have a question. Did you have the 1.1 firmware installed on the 110mm? That update is supposed to provide a significant improvement in focus speed. Thanks. And I’m with you about the 110. I love how the fall-off behaves with that lens, though I didn’t realize until your right-eye/left-eye focus comparison how incredibly shallow the DoF at f2.

[@PlanetFrosty]

The focus experience you had suggested the lens firmware was not upgraded to work faster with new autofocus? Update on ISO processing possibly?

[@waisrainy]

Did the lens have the PDAF firmware update?

[@terrycullinane9437]

Re high iso test: JP you incorrectly called 25,600 iso 215,600 & 51,200 iso 512,000!

[@akkual]

One cannot really look into high ISO grain without considering the export resolution / print size. This camera is currently the best low light

[@kimbentsen]

at 13:03. This 110mm looks very much like the 32-64mm zoom.

[@gregjohnson3346]

Great job Ken. Just pre-ordered it.

[@throughsoul]

Did you click on the LINK below like a good robot?

[@simianinc]

Great review. What's eye autofocus like of the model is doing simple poses as opposed to walking towards the camera?

[@ggclawyer]

Have you updated the lens firmware

[@dean757]

Would have been fair to explain its a preproduction unit. And as many others stated... It's been well reviewed by many already and they emphasized how it's NOT final firmware and specifically the firmware on the LENSES must also be updated to take full advantage of the phase detect auto focus.

[@buyaport]

Thanks! That was interesting. But your ISO test wasn't quite conclusive: If your increase the exposure in post, you of course introduce noise! Anyhow a bit more noise was to be expected, as 100 Mpixel on a 44x33 mm sensor translate to the same pixel density as a 60 Mpixel full frame camera would have. After all "medium format" is just a marketing term, as the sensor is half the size of what is considered the smallest medium format (6x4.5 cm).

[@akkual]

Also the high ISO test was pointless. For that one must normalize the resolution. Also LR has 0 noise reduction by default. Majority of that noise will go away just by applying a tiny bit of it. I know, I have edited GFX100 files myself, and it is the best high ISO

[@JuanLopez-oz9kh]

In your opinion is the gfx100 twice as go as the 50/s/r?

[@TheSlantedLens]

When I first shot the GFX 50, I loved and still love that camera. The image quality is fabulous and it's been my favorite on the market. BUT the GFX 100 is INCREDIBLE and I really think does exceed the GFX 50. If I had to buy one of those 2 I'd definitely buy the GFX 100. (I'm not sponsored by Fiji Film, and I could absolutely say if I hated this camera, but I truly do think it's amazing).

[@hgabi00]

It would be good to see a comparision to fullframe. (eg.: In ISO)

[@mistermadsen]

A little heavy with the ISO numbers Jay P?

[@TheSlantedLens]

haha! Ya gotta push the boundaries a bit sometimes.

[@BenjaminKanarek]

This review is totally moot. You need to use updated firmware to appreciate the AF improvements. Also, as a GFX 50s owner, the ergonomics are nothing like the 50s. None of the vintage dials as per all of the Fujifilm X cameras. It is an amazing camera with a totally new physical user interface.

[@TheSlantedLens]

Totally! The updated firmware was released June 20th. Thanks for your thoughts.

[@Nivenization]

Thank you.

[@erickyanez6297]

Video AF is pretty impressive. I mean for such a big sensor camera. Nice review!

[@johnnydee7480]

Ken is going to get on to you because you didn’t mention the firmware update for the lens that will make it have better Auto focus.

[@dfj555]

Angry, is not a photographer, he's a gear head. But I must admit he's one of the go to guys for info on FujiFilm

[@JohnSmith-hm2ow]

That guy is stupid..

[@benoitpiret9065]

interesting... so in your mind the GFX100 noise level is higher than the 50s?

[@TheSlantedLens]

I don't think the noise is higher in the 100 than the 50. I am a stickler for noise in cameras so I may have been harsh on the 100. But I definitely don't think the noise level is higher on it compared to the 50. I really should do a comparison of the 2 in the near future!

[@akkual]

One must normalize the resolutions for high ISO test, if one wants to compare them. Of course there will be a lot of noise as the pixels are smaller, but once you downscale the GFX100 files to 50mp they will be cleaner than GFX50S/R files and the difference will be significant.

[@roybixby6135]

MF - Sensor size does not directly effect depth of field. Only Aperture and distance Do...

[@valdemarcaballero5298]

fantastic review!!!!!!! great camera!!!! Thanks for sharing

[@TheSlantedLens]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@amaimani]

can you use the same evf of 50s on gfx100?

[@Anonymous-iw4hx]

which raw converter did you use? lightroom? meh forget it, use capture one, phase understands sony sensors much better, iso performance will be much better

[@Bass_Tee]

did you use single servo (AF-S) or continuous servo (AF-C) while still image focus testing?? in AF-S its not as fast as AF-C

[@Indy_at_the_beach]

It is an impressive camera. Thank you for the good review. The fact that the FW is not the absolute latest is a consequence of having to test what they give you. Still, the performance was outstanding for MF. Kudos to Fuji.

[@Ethaningramphoto]

When a model friend appears in a review for a camera I'm considering to buy. I call that a real world review 😄 Yay Amanda!!

[@TheSlantedLens]

Oh that's awesome! She was such a big help for this video. Thanks for watching and commenting Ethan.

[@Crossaxle]

Great consumer test, amazing to actually see the camera in use and how it handles light and shadow. Was very surprised at the over exposure test how it couldn't even handle +2, but fantastic in the shadows which would be great for the car photography we do at shows. But at the moment, for the price I don't think it would give us any more than a Sony A7R3. Again the ISO test was shocking and as you said I wouldn't push it past 400 ISO, so I still think it's more of a studio or tripod camera. Thanks 👍

[@RoBear2O]

He did not mentioned if he used raw or jpg

[@akkual]

The ISO test was flawed. There is no point to stare at non-noise reduced noise at 1:1 of 100mp. You need to normalize the resolution and apply NR. The GFX100 has the best low light images out there currently under

[@TheSlantedLens]

Thank you! Really appreciate your thoughts.

[@robertgrenader858]

I was abler to handle one at the Paramount CineGear Expo. The Fuji Rep told me the RAW images are 200 Mb in size. And, with a suite of lenses, you are looking at a $24-25,000 investment. But, oh the possibilities.

[@00_Ryan_00]

pfft...$24-$25K is no problem for all those landscape/travel Instagrammers with their 50K+ bot/fake followers.

[@geko9425]

Okay, but regular medium fotmat cameras and lenses are 40k plus and are used for Specialists. That camera is the King of medium Format now because of IBIS, Autofokus and camera size and price

[@Noealz]

pretty lucky you can play around with it

[@TheSlantedLens]

Yea we're super thankful for FUJIFILM bringing the camera out to Camera West!

[@GKhanKutar]

You did not update the lens for Phase Detect autofocus so your are wrong about autofocus !

[@TheSlantedLens]

The camera and lenses had Pre-firmware updates for GFX100. The firmware update came out on June 20th.

[@Photo-ms1mo]

Yeah , yes at all 😉Pentax 645 Series of "Medium Format" had built in Image Stabilization long time ago...

[@TheSlantedLens]

Every manufacturer chooses what and when to release things.

[@Goriza]

Very nice

[@TheSlantedLens]

Thank you!

[@saiyan_princestudios9790]

liked the review but for the love of god please don't put a $10,000 camera on a drone unless you're just super rich and don't care. lol

[@TheSlantedLens]

Haha! Completely agree.

[@zabtej1645]

Have you set up custom AF modes btw? Did you even know they exist? It has SIX different modes! What's wrong with you to test a medium format camera and compare it to smaller cameras during continuous AF tracking?? It's the cheapest medium format camera out there and the best performing. And it would have hit every shot if you would take your sweet time to configure it.

[@joecerda630]

Nice...I've been there...cool place

[@TheSlantedLens]

Yea it was super cool!

[@cropcircle5693]

Alright Amanda! @kittenwithfangs I love shooting with her, more here: www.drewplutaphotography.com/amanda

[@RS-Amsterdam]

Just wait a couple of months and it wil be half the price like its predecessor

[@GKhanKutar]

i will never be half the price. 50s was 6500 and now 5500.

[@RS-Amsterdam]

@@GKhanKutar Yeah I know ;-) , bit of exaggerating, what I mean they drop those prices way to early compared to the life cycle. It still is almost 20% !!

[@FastAkira]

@@RS-Amsterdam No. 50S and 50R dropped the price because of the new 100S. So if you want to save 2000 usd on this camera wait for the next camera. And then wait for the next one. And then for the next one.

[@RS-Amsterdam]

duh. IMO it is a bit soon and rather much compared to others.

[@FastAkira]

@@RS-Amsterdam Dont worry, in a couple of months it will cost half the amount. Unicorns have been seen too lately everywhere. Keep dreaming

[@Anarki2U]

Too big and heavy, a GFX 100 R version and/or a Hasselblad X2D with 100Mp will be nice !

[@TheSlantedLens]

True that. It depends on how and where you use the camera.

[@guyjordan8201]

at 100mpx we will not be looking at 100% so 25-33% but still the noise is higher than expected.

[@akkual]

LR does not apply any noise reduction by default. Just adding it will make it. By true measurements this is the best high ISO

[@mho2309]

Please turn off the background music when you speak. it's hard to understand you otherwise. especially if you are not a native speaker.

[@justwowtv4998]

You think that at ISO 6400 it is unusable lol so basically you are saying any full frame is unusuable at ISO 3200 and any APS-C is unusable at ISO 1600 hahahahahah

[@zabtej1645]

The badness of high ISO has nothing to do with sensor size. It's the combination of gain (pixel density) and image processing algorithm that determines the quality at high ISO.

[@Vedrajrm]

51 thousand

[@nickschulman986]

"had it in our hands for 5 minutes." Let's post a video about it... this main guy has always been the biggest creep.

[@MeAlexSenna]

NO! Let’s be Real here. Those are not Medium format lenses at F2. The sensor is a glorified Full Frame sensor slightly bigger only bu the edges of the sensor and still, Is NOT giving the minimum Medium format size that can be captured at 6x6, 6x7 A real f2.8 on Hasselblad V, Pentax or Mamiya film gives more Depth of Focus that that 100mm f2

[@ChrisM-yq2pq]

Alexandra Senna boohoo