I thought the video you shot here looked really sharp and clear, especially the low light segment, that caught my eye more than the lens review. Nice intro
My only partial qualm with this video is that it was not longer and showcased perhaps some sports shooting scenarios. Excellent work, Chris and Jordan!
Chris, you and Jordan make a great team, a real hoot. I really like your reviews. They are so insightful, bringing up things no one else seems to think of but really make a difference in a decision. Been following you guys a long time now, thanks for all your videos...
3:27 The AF video beautifully shows Fujifilm's three-step PDAF system at work. The scene shimmers into focus, rather than snaps into focus. Fuji does this when the sensor's AF elements are getting a blurry picture (usually due to narrow depth of field). The AF system focuses the lens to infinity, then close focus, then to the focus distance it determined.
I have shown the beginning of this video to a couple of people and they all laughed just as I did. Too funny! Keep up the great work guys, everyone appreciates it.
You guys are both breaking new heights and find yourselves at the top of your game. I want an episode entirely shot and edited by Chris, presented by Jordan (with his photography). Maybe something fun, like a comparison video with watermelons as the subject.
Hahah, loved the clip! But CHRIS why are you talking into your hand at the end! Okay okay, now I need to get this lens and then figure out who's organs to harvest to get the GFX100
Have used this lens to photograph and film Deer in Bradgate Park In the UK on a X-T3 and it is fantastic the autofocus is fast and accurate and it is so sharp, I’d love to own one but way out my pay grade but it is worth the cost especially if you are a professional wildlife/sports photographer.
@@JonPais The "out loud" isn't at all redundant. Notice how you typed out "LOL" at the end of your comment? You may be too old to be aware of this, but the letters "LOL" are actually an acronym for "Laugh Out Loud". However "LOL" is used to casually, now, that the people who use it are very, very rarely actually laughing at all, let alone doing so "out loud". He was specifying that he found it funny enough that he actually did, literally, laugh out loud. Then, for some unknown reason (perhaps ignorance on your part?) you got really bent out of shape about it and started leaving snarky comments about the use of the word "literally". Almost as if you are actually completely unaware that things said on the internet are not always literal. To then add a bit more confusion, you suddenly switched up your approach and no longer cared about the word "literally", instead calling the use of "out loud" into question, saying some non-sense about "out loud to yourself" (do you even know what is going on? are you confused or lost or something?), then saying that the use of "out loud" rather than "literally" was the real problem all along, and that the entire problem was that you felt that it was redundant? Dude, get a life you fucking loser. Skyler made a lighthearted comment and you just started being a smart-ass prick for no reason. Maybe try to work on your own issues rather than being shitty toward total strangers on the internet. It's not 1996, anymore, though I'm sure you're still rocking that awesome AOL subscription and dial up internet, you crotchety old fuck.
My heart says 'Wow! I'd love this lens for wildlife!' but my head says, even with the crop factor and the 1.4TC, this is too short - even with the slightly larger 26mpx sensor on the X-T3 which allows slightly more cropping. I really hope Fuji will bring out something like a 400/4 or even a 500/5.6 which would make a lot more sense for wildlife photographers.
Well, I mean, as it is it's a 305 f/2 FF equivalent. With a 1.4x tele you're looking at 427mm f/2.8. If Fuji comes out with a high quality 2x tele you're looking at 600mm f/4.
@@louiseducator Yeah I'm just not sure Fuji can match the image quality/sharpness of a Nikon/Sony/Canon 600 f/4 with their 200 f/2 with a 2x tele. It'd be amazing, but...If Fuji would just release a 400 f/2.8, we'd be set because on the crop sensor it'd be the equivalent of 600 2.8 and 840 f/4 with 1.4 tele!
I don't doubt they can match Canon and the others as the Fujinon cine and television division has been making larger glass for years. I think this lens has/will show if Fuji's X division is designing for the quality and engineering expected.
Given the recent Sony announcements, for the 200-600/5.6-6.3 and the 600/4 I wonder if that might give Fuji the impetus to give us a 250-500 or something similar?
I have to constantly remind myself that as big as a camera or lens might look in these videos Chris is actually a really tiny person so in reality they aren't nearly as large as they seem.
As always spot on Chris and Jordan. I've seen a couple of videos about this lens and found myself drooling. Love to own it but at the moment way out of my price league. Be interested to know if Fuji are making in roads with the sports photography pros. The lens on a X-T3 is an awesome kit. Thanks guys.
" ... awful high pitched screaming." And then you realize the screams are coming out of you💀 Enjoyed Jordan's performance more than the content on the lens. 👍
The GFX100 did surprisingly well in the low light! At around 5:00 mark I did see focus issues (soft focus on the face but the light and leafy area to the left of your face was sharp!) ....BUT ....you can get rid of that issue by using the old Hollywood technique of using on-lens markers and their equivalent distance-in-feet or metres tables (printed on plastic cards you carry with you!) so you can EASILY become practiced enough in time to be able to TRUST the measurement card and NOT camera's autofocus or operator's manual settings. Just match the lens-to-subject distance in feet/metres on the card to the lens marking and your focus will be fixed perfectly! On remote shoots, I ALWAYS carry a cloth measuring tape to make sure of my distance-to-subject measurement which I then match to my printed-on-plastic card lens focus settings equivalents! Set the lens to full manual and away you go. You can do that on your Iris settings too. If you have X number of foot-candles, candellas or lumens on your light meter, look at your Iris settings card made specifically for that lens so as to match a specific F-or-T-Stop setting that won't blow out highlights or facial features. You can make different cards to take into account whether the face, sky or shadows is more important in your shot which lets you set a DIFFERENT iris setting for the effect required. You DO NEED TO TEST your lens under specific lighting conditions and in various studio setups in order to MAKE a iris or focus settings card for each SPECIFIC lens, but this card is worth it's weight in gold! Trust the card and NOT the autofocus or auto-iris and your shots will be PERFECT when you match the measurements on the lens to the F/T-stop and and lighting-setups on the card. (I always laminate the printed cards with waterproof plastic too!) By MEMORIZING the card vs Iris settings often enough, you will become so experienced that you will BY SIMPLE ROTE MEMORY, be able to ENSURE your specific Iris setting will capture the shadows, face and/or sky correctly for the TYPE and NUMBER of lumens/foot-candles/candellas found on your light meter! They are techniques from the 1950's and 1960's era of Hollywood filmmaking that are STILL used today! . After those tips, I do must mention that i REALLY LIKE this new Fujifilm GFX100 camera! It would be interesting to get a Primo 70-series lens from Panavision with an adapter to see how it would do! See Panavision Large Format lenses: (you can rent these in Seattle, WA or in Vancouver, BC or in Calgary, AB too!) www.panavision.com/product/optics/large-format Give Panavision a call to see if this new Fuji camera makes the grade with large format cinema glass! Pleas do note that premium Cinema-quality lenses CAN ALSO be used for stills photography ESPECIALLY WELL in night sky stills and/or astro-photography time lapses! .
Like the usual best to review 😃 please please if u can review xf55-200 and xf100-400 we like to hear your thoughts. Cause of you guys i bought xt4 and i am so grateful you explaned everything very well
Low light tests of GFX100 pls. including RAFs and MOVs in all resolutions and frame rates to download please (as we all know, you can not compare quality at YT compression), thanks!
Fujifilm and Sony are killing it for sure . Nikon and Canon the once great leaders in this realm are chasing. I’m a Nikon shooter and heavy into their system. If I went with my gut and bought into a system I’d want to go towards Fujifilm. But my common sense says Sony has the performance I need. Then there is now Panasonic S1 system. I’m doing more video now . With the S1H coming I think I’ll go with it . It’s video in camera specs are what I’ll need moving forward. Then it makes transitioning into something like a VariCam easier. In the end everyone is innovating at such a high pace it’s like a chess game with cameras. You have to plan your moves carefully to future proof your direction. Thanks for all you guys do . I have become a dedicated follower of your channel along with Dustin Abbot. “Canodianions” are killing it . Lol my slang for y’all up North .
And Sony's build quality is pitiful compared to cost. Furthermore forget Sony lenses, they are some of the worst. Buying Zeiss is way to costly. Making Fujifilm the better choice!
Great. White. Sharp (doo doo doo doo doo doo) Great White Sharp (doo doo doo doo doo doo) Great White Sharp (doo doo doo doo doo doo) Great White Sharp........Great. White. Sharp (doo doo doo doo doo doo) Great White Sharp (doo doo doo doo doo doo) Great White Sharp (doo doo doo doo doo doo) Great White Sharp.
F/2 is the limit of telephoto lenses. My favorite very bright telephoto a lense is the full frame Canon 200mm f/2 L of 2008. Fantastic very shallow debt of field. Ideal for head portraits.
Oh my! This lens is incredible indeed. Having the same reach of a 300mm on FF, and with that fast AF, this is not only great for wildlife, but for sports too. Now the 90/f2 seems so cheap in comparison. Edit: Equiv. to FF 300 not 400. Sorry.
Its H&M for the most part. I actually wear a lighter tan and this darker tan. Sometimes even green. Just so everyone knows it's not one pair that I keep recycling in the videos. :)
While a great lens, I struggle to see where it would be used. Its very specialist and at 6K you need deep pockets to own it. A decent 150-600 zoom would be far more welcome
The video looks fantastically sharp! GFX100 seems to be a nice performer in video. Lowlight was not terrible.
I thought the video you shot here looked really sharp and clear, especially the low light segment, that caught my eye more than the lens review. Nice intro
“Stop it. STOP IT.” Best intro yet. And that was already a high bar 😂
Congratulations to Jordan for making me literally LOL with the Jaws reference.
My only partial qualm with this video is that it was not longer and showcased perhaps some sports shooting scenarios. Excellent work, Chris and Jordan!
Tyler Barton They specifically said this was going to be a short take.
200mm, Fix lens, F2, Weather Resistant, Image Stabilizer, Fast and Silent auto focus. This is Monster 😍
I spot a rather intense-looking ME in there! Nice video!
@They Caged Non believe it or not, that's my normal photo-taking face. Pretty scary stuff.
You seem to be in every video these days...
(4:09) if anybody missed him...
Chris, you and Jordan make a great team, a real hoot. I really like your reviews. They are so insightful, bringing up things no one else seems to think of but really make a difference in a decision. Been following you guys a long time now, thanks for all your videos...
Jordan killing it with the video as usual!
The GFX100 looks great in low light, wow. And, yes, the 200mm fires into focus really quick. Wow.
This footage. In the dark! Amazing....
I rarely go through the trouble of liking or commenting videos, but this intro was so funny. You guys do humor right!
That intro was beyond hilarious!!
3:27 The AF video beautifully shows Fujifilm's three-step PDAF system at work. The scene shimmers into focus, rather than snaps into focus. Fuji does this when the sensor's AF elements are getting a blurry picture (usually due to narrow depth of field). The AF system focuses the lens to infinity, then close focus, then to the focus distance it determined.
I have shown the beginning of this video to a couple of people and they all laughed just as I did. Too funny! Keep up the great work guys, everyone appreciates it.
3:44 the Framing looks so good!
You guys are both breaking new heights and find yourselves at the top of your game. I want an episode entirely shot and edited by Chris, presented by Jordan (with his photography). Maybe something fun, like a comparison video with watermelons as the subject.
Every second of this video looks absolutely great on the GFX 100
Haha the humor you guys put in your videos is great! Great video!
That opener was top notch!! haha good job Jordan!
Phenomenal opening.
The image is balls sharp.
Man, that color is insane. In a good way.
I think we're gonna need a bigger body...
Now that was funny!
I just bought the lens and is just stunning!!
Thew video from the GFX looks outstanding!
I always appreciate a Jaws reference... one of my Top10 movies of all time!
This video looks good, the lens too.
"WHAT. The FUCK. Are you talking about?" lmao! I happened to be taking a drink when you said that and choked myself, lol.
For a moment, I thought Jordan was sitting on a toilet.
Hahah, loved the clip! But CHRIS why are you talking into your hand at the end! Okay okay, now I need to get this lens and then figure out who's organs to harvest to get the GFX100
Have used this lens to photograph and film Deer in Bradgate Park In the UK on a X-T3 and it is fantastic the autofocus is fast and accurate and it is so sharp, I’d love to own one but way out my pay grade but it is worth the cost especially if you are a professional wildlife/sports photographer.
I love you guys. Period.
wow, you really extracting all that low light superiority out of GFX100
I literally laughed out loud when I saw "this episode was shot on the GFX 100"... I mean, what!?
literally?
@@SkylerKing Thank you for keeping us all up to speed about that sir.
Skyler King then why add the completely redundant ‘out loud’? It is impossible to laugh out loud to yourself. literally LOL
@@JonPais The "out loud" isn't at all redundant. Notice how you typed out "LOL" at the end of your comment? You may be too old to be aware of this, but the letters "LOL" are actually an acronym for "Laugh Out Loud". However "LOL" is used to casually, now, that the people who use it are very, very rarely actually laughing at all, let alone doing so "out loud". He was specifying that he found it funny enough that he actually did, literally, laugh out loud. Then, for some unknown reason (perhaps ignorance on your part?) you got really bent out of shape about it and started leaving snarky comments about the use of the word "literally". Almost as if you are actually completely unaware that things said on the internet are not always literal. To then add a bit more confusion, you suddenly switched up your approach and no longer cared about the word "literally", instead calling the use of "out loud" into question, saying some non-sense about "out loud to yourself" (do you even know what is going on? are you confused or lost or something?), then saying that the use of "out loud" rather than "literally" was the real problem all along, and that the entire problem was that you felt that it was redundant?
Dude, get a life you fucking loser. Skyler made a lighthearted comment and you just started being a smart-ass prick for no reason. Maybe try to work on your own issues rather than being shitty toward total strangers on the internet. It's not 1996, anymore, though I'm sure you're still rocking that awesome AOL subscription and dial up internet, you crotchety old fuck.
@@cc121410 nailed it!
Loved the hilarious opening. You guys rock!
Amazing lens, impressive images too.
Was sorta shocked at the acting lol the jaws reference had me laughing nervously
Excellent Video coming from the the GFX 100!
I love this lens! I rented it for use with my X-H1 and had some great result photographing birds in flight. now to find $6k...
Wow! The “3D" pop is amazing! 1:18
oh boy that is sharp
Short concise vid loaded w/ good info. & a funny intro to boot.
02:58 - Omawari-san (お巡りさん) Police Officer
Excellent stuff guys! Hopefully you guys will visit Seattle sometime soon!
GFX100 footage looks a bit over sharpened to me. Super nice colors tho, did you shoot F-Log or Eterna?
This was all Eterna, lightly graded.
My heart says 'Wow! I'd love this lens for wildlife!' but my head says, even with the crop factor and the 1.4TC, this is too short - even with the slightly larger 26mpx sensor on the X-T3 which allows slightly more cropping. I really hope Fuji will bring out something like a 400/4 or even a 500/5.6 which would make a lot more sense for wildlife photographers.
Well, I mean, as it is it's a 305 f/2 FF equivalent. With a 1.4x tele you're looking at 427mm f/2.8. If Fuji comes out with a high quality 2x tele you're looking at 600mm f/4.
@@adamaj74 Good point about the 2x. All the bird shots I've seen with this lens are drop dead gorgeous, no doubt about it.
@@louiseducator Yeah I'm just not sure Fuji can match the image quality/sharpness of a Nikon/Sony/Canon 600 f/4 with their 200 f/2 with a 2x tele. It'd be amazing, but...If Fuji would just release a 400 f/2.8, we'd be set because on the crop sensor it'd be the equivalent of 600 2.8 and 840 f/4 with 1.4 tele!
I don't doubt they can match Canon and the others as the Fujinon cine and television division has been making larger glass for years. I think this lens has/will show if Fuji's X division is designing for the quality and engineering expected.
Given the recent Sony announcements, for the 200-600/5.6-6.3 and the 600/4 I wonder if that might give Fuji the impetus to give us a 250-500 or something similar?
Great video guys.
I think I spotted Gordon from Camera Labs in there
Jordan has clearly seen some things in his life that can’t be unseen
Fuji is always special to mee...👍🏻
I have to constantly remind myself that as big as a camera or lens might look in these videos Chris is actually a really tiny person so in reality they aren't nearly as large as they seem.
This is my favorite comment.
@@niccollsvideo Thanks!
Though I hate to say that I'm only partially joking.
Instant thumbs up just for the title. Great idea :)
Nice review, well done.
you guys are totally cracking me up!
As always spot on Chris and Jordan. I've seen a couple of videos about this lens and found myself drooling. Love to own it but at the moment way out of my price league. Be interested to know if Fuji are making in roads with the sports photography pros. The lens on a X-T3 is an awesome kit. Thanks guys.
The photos are simply AMAZING. Lens p0rn at its best.
Impressive video sharpness!
" ... awful high pitched screaming." And then you realize the screams are coming out of you💀 Enjoyed Jordan's performance more than the content on the lens. 👍
This lens is a Leica killer! Amazing for video too! Fujifilm's finest glass!
Arca swiss tripod foot. What a great idea.
This was the sexiest lense ever made
The GFX100 did surprisingly well in the low light! At around 5:00 mark I did see focus issues (soft focus on the face but the light and leafy area to the left of your face was sharp!) ....BUT ....you can get rid of that issue by using the old Hollywood technique of using on-lens markers and their equivalent distance-in-feet or metres tables (printed on plastic cards you carry with you!) so you can EASILY become practiced enough in time to be able to TRUST the measurement card and NOT camera's autofocus or operator's manual settings. Just match the lens-to-subject distance in feet/metres on the card to the lens marking and your focus will be fixed perfectly!
On remote shoots, I ALWAYS carry a cloth measuring tape to make sure of my distance-to-subject measurement which I then match to my printed-on-plastic card lens focus settings equivalents! Set the lens to full manual and away you go.
You can do that on your Iris settings too. If you have X number of foot-candles, candellas or lumens on your light meter, look at your Iris settings card made specifically for that lens so as to match a specific F-or-T-Stop setting that won't blow out highlights or facial features. You can make different cards to take into account whether the face, sky or shadows is more important in your shot which lets you set a DIFFERENT iris setting for the effect required.
You DO NEED TO TEST your lens under specific lighting conditions and in various studio setups in order to MAKE a iris or focus settings card for each SPECIFIC lens, but this card is worth it's weight in gold! Trust the card and NOT the autofocus or auto-iris and your shots will be PERFECT when you match the measurements on the lens to the F/T-stop and and lighting-setups on the card. (I always laminate the printed cards with waterproof plastic too!)
By MEMORIZING the card vs Iris settings often enough, you will become so experienced that you will BY SIMPLE ROTE MEMORY, be able to ENSURE your specific Iris setting will capture the shadows, face and/or sky correctly for the TYPE and NUMBER of lumens/foot-candles/candellas found on your light meter!
They are techniques from the 1950's and 1960's era of Hollywood filmmaking that are STILL used today!
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After those tips, I do must mention that i REALLY LIKE this new Fujifilm GFX100 camera! It would be interesting to get a Primo 70-series lens from Panavision with an adapter to see how it would do!
See Panavision Large Format lenses: (you can rent these in Seattle, WA or in Vancouver, BC or in Calgary, AB too!)
www.panavision.com/product/optics/large-format
Give Panavision a call to see if this new Fuji camera makes the grade with large format cinema glass!
Pleas do note that premium Cinema-quality lenses CAN ALSO be used for stills photography ESPECIALLY WELL in night sky stills and/or astro-photography time lapses!
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You guys are the best hahaah. Great quick one, very nice lens!
GFX100 certainly great for video, no doubt.
ooo that video with a GFX 100 great
When you put the title DPreview TV shorts i thought you were selling some DPreviewTV clothing🤔
Yeah, Jared Polin makes T-shirts, DPreview makes shorts, why not?
First part was amazing 😂
Getting mine next week. Will use it for fashion. But why shoot at 400 iso when you could easily have shot at 80 or 160 iso.
Nice review as always! Would have to take out a large loan for one, but well done!
The video looks great
Do use xt3 for photo or gfx100
Best intro ever!
That intro
Hilarious intro. Very nice review.
Like the usual best to review 😃 please please if u can review xf55-200 and xf100-400 we like to hear your thoughts. Cause of you guys i bought xt4 and i am so grateful you explaned everything very well
Low light tests of GFX100 pls. including RAFs and MOVs in all resolutions and frame rates to download please (as we all know, you can not compare quality at YT compression), thanks!
@DPReview Hello Chris and Jordan, just wanted to ask - any chance you will review the Viltrox 85mm/f1.8 STM for Fuji X? Thank you! :)
I wonder how many doubles did it take to make that intro sequence. :)
I enjoyed this video a lot. Please do more like this! :-)
😂 This from description is not in video 😂 Quote: "Thanks to Gordon Laing from Camera Labs for letting us test video AF on his lovely face!"
I fucking love the intro!!
lens price
2:01 - All the standard Accouterments? Accouterments?!?! :-) . I need to try out this one, nice work guys!
5:20 Santa Claus, young.
Why the hell does it crossed my mind ??
"...otherwise, a great lense!" 😂
I'm a bit puzzled as to why the focus throw is so huge? Is there a point to it with such a lens?
T could just be to micro adjust the focus, focus automatically then use the focus ring to adjust it slightly when needed. Could be useful, or not
Robert Shaw would be proud 🙌🏼
Fujifilm and Sony are killing it for sure . Nikon and Canon the once great leaders in this realm are chasing.
I’m a Nikon shooter and heavy into their system. If I went with my gut and bought into a system I’d want to go towards Fujifilm. But my common sense says Sony has the performance I need. Then there is now Panasonic S1 system. I’m doing more video now . With the S1H coming I think I’ll go with it . It’s video in camera specs are what I’ll need moving forward. Then it makes transitioning into something like a VariCam easier.
In the end everyone is innovating at such a high pace it’s like a chess game with cameras. You have to plan your moves carefully to future proof your direction.
Thanks for all you guys do . I have become a dedicated follower of your channel along with Dustin Abbot. “Canodianions” are killing it . Lol my slang for y’all up North .
Sony has insanely bad UI and ergonomics... so transitioning from Nikon, well-known good ergonomics to Sony, would probably be very painful
And Sony's build quality is pitiful compared to cost. Furthermore forget Sony lenses, they are some of the worst. Buying Zeiss is way to costly. Making Fujifilm the better choice!
Where did you shoot this in Tokyo?
Did you try the shark fin soup?
Would love to see a comparison between Nikon 200mmf2 and this, since they both cause about the same!!
@Gryff Longprong inquiring minds would like to know. Nikon shooter looking to move to Fuji.
Great. White. Sharp (doo doo doo doo doo doo) Great White Sharp (doo doo doo doo doo doo) Great White Sharp (doo doo doo doo doo doo) Great White Sharp........Great. White. Sharp (doo doo doo doo doo doo) Great White Sharp (doo doo doo doo doo doo) Great White Sharp (doo doo doo doo doo doo) Great White Sharp.
F/2 is the limit of telephoto lenses. My favorite very bright telephoto a lense is the full frame Canon 200mm f/2 L of 2008. Fantastic very shallow debt of field. Ideal for head portraits.
How shallow DOF you need for headshots with that 200mm really? 4mm, 6mm?
Oh my! This lens is incredible indeed. Having the same reach of a 300mm on FF, and with that fast AF, this is not only great for wildlife, but for sports too.
Now the 90/f2 seems so cheap in comparison.
Edit: Equiv. to FF 300 not 400. Sorry.
And the oscar goes to.... :D
Chris who makes those tan pants you wear in every video?
Its H&M for the most part. I actually wear a lighter tan and this darker tan. Sometimes even green. Just so everyone knows it's not one pair that I keep recycling in the videos. :)
Chris Niccolls 👍 I love pointing it out to give you a hard time, but I actually appreciate and rock both tan and light olive pants myself.
One pair is from The Gap too..haha! We have a good laugh at your comments @Rediscover Film
I love the video
Im sure the biggest point of this episode is GFX100
While a great lens, I struggle to see where it would be used. Its very specialist and at 6K you need deep pockets to own it. A decent 150-600 zoom would be far more welcome