That Portrait Look of the Fujifilm GFX.

[@marcusbeasley3212]

I thought that picture of your dad was an AI aged picture of you. You look just like him.

[@AI3Dorinte]

same here haha!

[@BruceFerjulian]

I had the same thought.

[@stephenschmid492]

Me too.

[@Steven_Loy]

Happy Birthday Omar's Dad! 🥳🎂 Excellent short video, to the point.

[@dillank3240]

I hope your dad has many more birthdays! You took an excellent portrait of him!

[@ruthenidgonzalez7857]

Well, of course, I absolutely adored this vid of yours because of your subject. Dad rules!! Thank you for such a lovely portrait session. And: Happy 80th birthday, Dad! ♥

[@TungstenOvergaard]

Amazing photo. Your emotion through your eyes is also larger than FF. Un abrazo enorme.

[@rikohoveka3864]

So glad your dad is doing well. It's such a blessing to have time with your dad.

[@coIorsone]

I know for sure your dad is proud of you, you are such a great guy! And ofcourse happy 80th birthday mr Gonzalez!

[@oc2phish07]

Lovely video Omar. And Happy Birthday to your Dad with Many Happy Returns of the Day.

[@RandyPollock]

Love the looks that med format creates...and Happy Birthday Mr. Gonzalez...80 is a special birthday!

[@TonyMigPhotography]

Great video ! Love the subject. Nothing better than honoring a parent with a portrait. Happy Birthday to your dad and wishing many more

[@niceyesplease]

That setup is wild. Beautiful rendering of the lens. And amazing portrait. Your dad really has a lot of charisma! Thanks for sharing

[@seanbowen4429]

What an excellent project. Happy birthday Pops! I really am moved by this. It really embodies the power of photography. Cheers Omar!

[@chuckalvarado8484]

That Apple didn’t fall to far from the tree. Yous both look identical. Great story not just about the camera / lens and all but the love you share. It resonates while you’re speaking. Great work once again Omar.

[@djtieff]

God bless you, your family and hope you have him many years in your life!

[@PabloAtMW]

Really nice! Feliz cumpleaños to your dad!

[@jalovecjoffrey9542]

you must be extremely proud of your father who must be extremely proud of you. Great portrait btw. Bless you and bless your family

[@JeffreyHauser]

Best Wishes to your Dad & to you as well, Omar!😊

[@carlosyuriar809]

I haven't watched one of your videos in such a long time. Thanks for sharing this with us. Glad to see your dad doing well!

[@4WHEELBIKER]

God bless him to make 80 years ! Thanks for sharing as it inspires me to get back into the medium format…shot several film medium cams years back and loved the look. I’ve had my eye on the GFX 50 series for awhile.

[@nativestrong7253]

Nailed it on what the GFX does with human features.

[@olakunlesmith1092]

Happy birthday to your wonderful dad.

[@wizdeas6064]

Just fabulous !

[@filamphibian2980]

Happy Birthday to your Papa!!!

[@rameshjn]

Very happy birthday to your dad. 80 is special.

[@jaygreer7430]

Happy Birthday to your dad!

[@OkwyUgonweze]

Happy birthday to your dad ❤

[@Bean15_]

Your dad looks 70! Happy birthday to him!

[@captaincook6283]

Thank you for sharing your private projects with us. Your channel is different from the others and I must say I really like it. Concerning the pictures they are both great but after looking for a while I just think that the Fuji one has really a 3-D kind of Popp, maybe as a Fuji medium format user one likes to find reasons why the system is necessary but for sure the Nikon picture looks great too. but I think I really like the colours of the Fuji picture alot better because it has more magenta and foremost pink tones in it. That makes it just more vivid which suits very well to your father and the Nikon picture is more brownish kind of which doesn’t give him too much of a fresh look, I hope that wasn’t too long. Cheers and thanks again. ❤

[@JuanLopez-oz9kh]

Great idea! Complete the project!

[@jacobjurg3746]

🎉Congrats Omar!

[@lucasnave2750]

Happy Birthday Mr. Gonzalez

[@istvann.huszar420]

What a coincidence! I just acquired a Pentax 6x7, and was thinking of doing the same. 😀 Cool photo, Omar! 👏

[@AshBashSneakers]

I’d love to see the same pose on both cameras.. I think the gfx pose makes me gravitate to the photo more but look wise I think you pretty much nailed it on the Z8 too

[@paulagraviador6464]

Happy Birthday to your Dad, Omar!

[@youngsol67]

Hey Omar I've been a fan of yours for a long time. This was so great and inspiring sometime the projects we long to do don't always pan out but it's such a blessing to still have your Dad and to have created these wonderful portraits. Thank you for sharing. I would love to know the lighting set-up you used for the images I'd like to try it out. I love that 55mm lens but I still haven't taken a definitive portrait with it yet. Happy Birthday to your Dad!! Excelsior My friend!!!

[@Rich-y8n]

Outstanding photo of your father. Congratulations. But yes, there is a special quality that comes with photographing with medium format that is difficult to duplicate. I hope you don’t give up on your project. It’s worth pursuing. 👍🏼

[@nevvanclarke9225]

I cant wait to do more portraits ..i have the 100s ii and 55 1.7 3d pop!!

[@alandargie9358]

Great video! You describe well what is indescribable, i.e. the medium format look!

[@ChrisBrogan]

Happy birthday, Dad. And also, I >just< got done telling myself (like literally today) I don't need that camera. You do this, and I'm like, "grrr. GASSSS!!!!!!"

[@AMactor]

Firstly when you're 80+ I would say it is only right to have a birthday month! So happy birthday month to your dad 😁 Secondly: The GFX 50R has been tempting me for months, although it seems the 100 series might be more worth it. Having a hard time deciding 😅

[@johnyoung1606]

Happy Birthday :) :) :)

[@joeyjohnson555]

Nice nice nice !!

[@Heart0rHead]

Wait. When you use 55 mm on MF you have to get closer to the subject to have the same framing than on FF 55 mm. So the MF image should be more distorted.

[@melihdihya]

There will be no distortion difference at all, as long as the distance to the camera is the same. So what matters is the equivalent field of view.

[@KasiaYouTube]

Felicidades🎉

[@oliverfox838]

The Seliger images are large format…clue is the frame lines. Congratulations to your Dad on the milestone, mine too have just got there. 🥳

[@qaiszureikat7146]

Happy Birthday Dad! try using the sigma 50 art on the gfx its also insanity on a budget nowadays...it covers the MF sensor and wow its amazing love this combo

[@steveurmah]

The difference is definitely noticable and the 4:3 aspect ratio just looks better for portraits. Have you tried 35mm or 40mm on full frame? Despite the slight distortion it can get nice results IMHO.

[@henkpeter1755]

When we spoke about remembering my dad always said : just look in the mirror when you want to remember me. I was thinking of that when I saw how you look like yours Omar.

[@anasrida3454]

Going to try this with the sigma 65mm f2. I think it's right there between the 85 and 50mm. The Nikon 58mm 1.4 would actually work even better I'm guessing (or the Noct :D )

[@cl-audio]

oh man, thats so nice. Thank you for making this video. Emotional and very helpful. Exactly today i bought the 100s ii with the 20-35 lens and was wondering witch lens will be good for portrait. My question is: Is the 35-70 an option?

[@andreabeccarisi1126]

GFX centric videos are always welcome (especially because it's the only way my broke bum can experience this format!), so keep 'em coming!

[@bernios3446]

The way facial features are rendered by a camera has nothing to do with sensor format and even less with the brand. It is a pure function of perspective/ distance between camera and face. The 110 F2 compresses much more than the 55mm which - corresponding to roughly 40mm in FF is normally considered too wide for close- ups. It enlarges features like the nose and distorts the faces. J. Marcus made an excellent comparision here on YT between the 110 and the 80mm GF lens. Shows exactly what's going on.

[@412foto]

pretty much convinced myself to switch from fujifilm to Nikon but then I see this video and it makes me pause again....the GFX system is very tempting. Maybe biggest factor though might be the cost of the lenses

[@gijsproostfotografie]

It looks like the z8 at 3:48 has a lot more noise. What’s going on there?

[@marianolejnik2858]

Is it possible to fake that type of portrait using the Brenizer method (when you make a lot of photos and stitch them together)?

[@ogonzilla]

Yeah but tough for full face.

[@dunnymonster]

Happy 80th Mr Gonzalez Snr 😊 Grab yourself a genuine medium format film camera Omar, you'll love the results even more! Never getting rid of my Bronica SQ-A, those 6 x 6 negatives have bags of detail using Portra 160 😋

[@SomeUnremarkableGuy]

Have you considered to take a portrait photo of your dad using medium format film camera?

[@aaronza7218]

Happy Birthday Omar's Dad! (for yesterday) ❤

[@AlexMcDermott]

You should check out the viltrox 27mm f1.2 as you’ll get a similar effect!

[@Solarsystem50]

The film medium format shots are always better. It is hard to explain. The are hard to take and process, but they are great. It is like listening vinyl records.

[@ChrisThe1]

Not so sure about that. I think it‘s the charisma of the subjects; they‘re all actors.

[@_shreyash_anand]

I think it is the negative size. The GFX sensor isn't actually that big. A close range portrait with a 6x7 will look quite a bit different.

[@drchtct]

Shouldn't a fullframe camera deliver the exact same distortion as long as focal lengths are equivalent? The 55mm f1.7 is a 44mm f1.3 equivalent, or in other words, it's a 55mm f1.7 in FF but with a bit more negative space around the edges, creating a slightly wider angle look. Please correct me if I'm wrong, love the image anyway, you made your dad ready for Times magazine cover lol

[@ogonzilla]

Just going by what I'm seeing. Hurts my brain.

[@drchtct]

@@ogonzilla Same I once ended up on wikipedias f stop page and I saw wild math formulas and closed that shit right away

[@artur.charaev]

Due to different aspect ratio pictures will be different and once you would try to crop it into 4:3 you will have to step back and change distance and therefore perspective. I left comment here how to calculate crop factor with account of further crop.

[@toeb4712]

If you don’t move, yes. But if you compensate to get the same field of view, then the distortion will be different. Longer focal length=you have to take a step back to get the same vield of view=less distortion These lenses are quite hard to compare since you have to consider the difference in sensor size and the different image ratios as well. So just try what works best. The results you can get with either of those systems are what counts.

[@isoawe1888]

Thanks Omar. Still haven’t gotten 55 yet, so I can’t compare… but isn’t closer to 35 on FF rather than a 50? Thanks

[@ogonzilla]

44

[@chrishipop5]

You should try the project again but on film

[@Kit2Canada]

👌❤

[@artur.charaev]

Hey Omar, GFX is great, here is math how to get GFX look with FF: TLDR: to replicate GFX 55/1.7 you need 40/1.2 on FF and crop into 4:3. Shot should be made from same spot. Let's start from equivalence - most of us just grabs equivalent lens and ends up with picture is not the same. And at this point starts a myth about some special medium format look or magical compression on medium format. But there is no magick: equivalence calculated via diagonal. On medium format we've got 4:3 aspect ratio where on FF 3:2 and typically to match medium format we had to crop FF picture into 4:3 and therefore to fit same angle you will have to step back. In result you will change distance from subject and perspective and less bokeh. So how to calculate real equivalent to make same shot with account of further crop on FF to match aspect ratio? Just use proportion: GFX sensor size 44*33 FF sensor size 36*24 We need to crop FF into 4:3 so we interested in vertical equivalence, let's calculate vertical crop factor - it's 24/33 ~= 0.727 Now multiply any fuji GFX lens with it: 55/1.7 * 0.727 ~= 40/1.2 lens for FF. That's should work, but I don't yet had a chance to try it!

[@icepop4who]

You forget to mention GFX outputs 16-bit RAW, greater dynamic range, lower base ISO, and Fuji color science. There is a natural gradation to the light and colors that is just a step above what FF can achieve. There is no equivalence here.

[@artur.charaev]

@@icepop4who I think you missed context. All the GFX benefits are clear but pure overkill for the most people, nobody will really notice 14/16 bit or 80/100 iso difference. And yes, I’ve got GFX 100S, but for completely different reasons, i don’t care of pixel peeping, but I care of overall look: with ef glass I can stay wide with very narrow depth of field. This is something that really noticeable and that can’t be replicated with FF.

[@icepop4who]

@@artur.charaev the way you phrased “to get that GFX look” as if the only thing that mattered is depth of field. I’m trying to dispel the myth that DoF is the only thing that made the GFX look. My mistake if you were just comparing DoF, but don’t call it the “GFX look”

[@frankief.9827]

This guy maths lol

[@adycoke2]

same birth year as my father :)

[@oliverfox838]

Just looked at Seliger’s website. Wow. I think the next piece of photographic equipment I get will be a stairwell.

[@lemon58421]

and what about the 110MM ? Will be better for portraits ! I have both lenses :-)

[@JohnKrill]

I turned 80 in August, 2024. I would love to be one of your subject but I live in Southern California. But I think I will doing a self portrait. Can’t hurt, can it?

[@LeeWerner-p1o]

Deanna Pines

[@scotthullinger4684]

Fuji has a long history of making some of best cameras ever, both film and digital. The basic difference between Fuji, Nikon, Canon, and a few others is that the camera portion of their business is a bit smaller. Moreover, Fuji has created some of the best cameras, including medium format cameras, both film and Digital, and they accomplish it at a rather LOW price - Nikon has actually been teetering on bankruptcy for the last several years. Canon? Better color than Nikon. Fuji? Better color than Canon. Fuji JPG quality? By FAR the BEST ever JPG quality. By the way ... Fuji now outsells ALL medium format digital cameras COMBINED - What do you get ... ? You get the BEST of the BEST overall, and for a ridiculously good price when compared to the competition.

[@OuidaSmith-o6e]

Zemlak Trail

[@MichellRichardson-m3j]

Kassulke Glens

[@IanGreen-i8l]

Mayert Prairie

[@do9539]

🥰😍🥹

[@likaooz3018]

No dna test needed .

[@LindaRobinson-i2u]

Nestor Station

[@EElgar1857]

I think the 55mm tapers his face too much; I like the 110mm shot better.

[@MoeMorales]

I kinda of stole that idea for this year.

[@ogonzilla]

😂Keeping things to myself lol

[@RodLittle]

Happy Birthday Mr. Gonzalez