I bought the same camera back in December: the image quality and the way you get a 3d feel on the files is just fantastic! Also, if you haven’t taken one, consider the EVF’s tilt adapter (I bought it together with the camera, installed and have never taken it off since).
Nice man! The agreed there’s something special to the files. I use the rear screen more than the EVF, but if I ever lean the other way I might look at that tilt adapter!
Great video, this insight is really helpful. Currently, I'm shooting on the 50S II and 80mm 1.7 for weddings (X-H2S for the more fast paced stuff). Scary slow but I have learned the ways of Contrast AF enough to be confident to know when/where I can use it. Best part of MF is you shoot so much less because you have to be intentional.
Cool man, glad you found it helpful! I shot with that same combo and just felt it was a bit too tricky to shoot alongside my Sony stuff. I think you’re ok the money with the “knowing when to use it” angle - it can be quite conditional.
Thanks for the follow-up on your thoughts about the change so far . . . A few things: 1.) how are you handling the slow sync speed of the system? Or are you just shooting available light with your weddings and this camera? 2.) the music under your vids is a little hot and distracting . . . Kinda gets in the way of your VO 3.) add a practical in the background of your set, so it doesn’t look like you’re filming from a cave 😅 All-in-all though, great job - keep it up 💪🏻
@@matthewbushey9455 hey mate! 1) not using flash at this stage, available light only. 2) noted! 3) ha yeah, I recorded this at like 11pm at my studio, I just couldn’t be fucked setting up
Hi Matt, I shoot a GFX 100S in studio; 1. It is the strobes that freeze the motion; flash duration; the t.1 time; not the shutter; 1/125 is fast enough. If you only add light by means of led of other light; bump your ISO. ISO is just a tool! Get the shot! 2. I agree! lol 3. Any background will do. ;-)
@@PhotoArtBrussels Thanks for your info! I do agree, the "flash" freezes the motion . . . but I also shoot outdoors quite a bit using flash for fill - and sometimes to overpower daylight - so sync speed, for me, matters. That extra stop of ambient makes a difference, especially when HSS cuts flash power by half. Also, there are times in the studio when I'm shooting models that are moving . . . so that extra bit of freezing motion (without apparent shutter lag) helps too! 😉
@@matthewbushey9455 In extremis; you can use the Hasselblad H lenses; with leaf shutter in the lenses. These lenses where made by Fuji and there is a native Fuji Adapter and Fuji support for Hasselblad H lenses. All medium format have 'slow' shutter sync as the curtain is this large; unless they use leaf shutters in the lens.
It’s not because I don’t want to edit less or deal with more storage, I think it’s just a mental filter that encourages me to be more selective with moments.
Great video Ehtan! Love how natural you are in front of camera. I still can't do half as good as you after making almost 500 videos! Love the way how you talk about the good and bad things
@@ethanlowryphotography oh 7 minutes from 55 mins of raw footage you definitely cut out a lot !! 😅😁 I cut out a lot too. My recent GH7 review, the original talking head video was 6 hours long. In the end my final video was 1.5 hours so you still cut out more than me😆
@@TheRealRichardWong I had about 5 more minutes of decent stuff, just decided to cut it because it kinda muddied the story and flow I think. Holy shit I’d actually go insane after 6 hours of recording. I was so over it at 55 min, I didn’t even bother recording an outro 🤣
@@ethanlowryphotography It's great that you know when to cut and throw away some stuff! Keep it short and fun :) Yeah, my review script was around 22 pages long. No way I can record 6 hours nonstop, my brain would explode! So I split that into 3 sessions 2 hours each.
I am a long term Fuji shooter and still on the fence whether to jump into the gfx system. I have shot with all the 50mp models and currently looking at the 100s and Leica q2. As I can get the q2 for the same price as the gfx 100s body.
Hey mate! Yeah I tossed up a Q2/3 as well, but decided to go gfx mostly for the wow factor for portraits and commercial work, and xt5 with the 18mm 1.4 because I love 28mm. I still dream about getting a Q eventually.
@@ethanlowryphotography I a shooting the xt4, 18, 33 and 50mm. Just picked up the xh2 and love the sensor but wish I got the xt5 as don’t love the body tbh
Would you still recommend it for photographers that don't need the fancy video specs? If been eyeing the GFX100II but the GFX100SII seems great too. I do portraits and headshots only
Well if you do portraits and headshots only then go for the gfx 100S first version. Same image quality and acceptable hybrid contrast-phase AF. You can shave 2000$/€
Hey there, greetings from Germany! I am a hobby photographer an I just sold my GFX 50S II. The Reason: I wasn't comfortable with the autofocus and the speed that comes with it. I was thinking to buy the GFX 100S II. I shoot street, landscape and people. I also own the XT-5 What is your opinion! Should I go for the more expensive 100 II? Thoughts on this? Would love to hear your opinion. AND needless to say: THANX for rtor the great videos! They do help! Peace
@@HabibiAltun heya! Yeah, I feel your pain on the 50s II. I think the autofocus of the 100s II and 100 II is basically the same, the most significant difference for me was the buffer - 100S II had a buffer of like 17 images vs 65 ish in the 100 II. I couldn’t risk hitting buffer in key wedding moments so I went for the 100 II. So if you know you’ll need long bursts occasionally, go for the big dog - if you don’t, the 100S II will be perfectly fine. For what it’s worth, I find the 55, 80 and 110 way slower to focus than other GF lenses like the 23, 30, and 63. The latter 3 feel more like my mirror less Sony setups, super quick and smooth to focus, no hunting, etc.
Awesome video. Possibly stupid question, but is there a way to shoot both RAW and with a simulation in jpg? Like 2 files from a single image? I'd love to shoot in a film simulation for a quick transfer with a jpg, but still have a RAW to take home and edit without a simulation applied to it.
Thanks mate! Not a dumb question at all. You can shoot RAW+JPG and it’ll bake the film sim into your JPG and give you the standard raw file as well. But even the jpgs on this beast are massive so I tend to just shoot raw only
Great video, have you considered returning this for the 100S II that was just announced with even better AF? The camera releases in the States next week.
AF wasn’t better in my experience - I’ve given it a proper go. And the buffer for continuous shooting is way smaller, only 17 images ish vs 65+ on the 100II. I waited to purchase this until I could get my hands on the 100S II, would have been nice to save the $$ but the buffer killed it for me.
Hello!😀 I am also very interested in the Fuji GFX system and found your opinion and the procedure very good!😄 That's why I left a "like and a subscription"!👍 Here's to many more videos from your GFX system! Greetings Matthias👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀
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@@ethanlowryphotography Thank you very much for your kind answer!😀 Everything that concerns the GFX system is very interesting to me!👍 Thank you! Greetings Matthias!👀👀👀👀👀👀👀
Dude, sounds not great at all. That matches my own experience. If you want to shoot daily stuff then take out your small camera or even a full frame camera. The files of a GFX 100 mega pixel camera are huge and too often an overkill to nearly anything. At the same time the equipment is very expensive. Even much more expensive than every full frame camera. I use the GFX for landscape, architecture and fine art photography. At the same time I own a Nikon full frame Z system with the best and much modern cameras and lenses. Even if the image quality lacks some colors and lacks dynamic range in comparison to a GFX camera, I think it is hard to justify. At the moment I am not sure which system to use. For this year I will stay with both systems. And I am not sure of getting a GF 55mm 1.7 lens, when I could use several lenses for less money in the Z system. The GFX system is truly a special one. But don’t think about to justify it with all its quirks and expensive shortcomings. Have a great summer season 👍🏼
Nice honest review - with no surprises! As an aspiring gfx owner it’s good to get the pros and cons as moving from my R5 is not easy. But the lure of better colour, more dynamic range and images that can be printed really large is hard to resist. Interesting to note you are very happy with the 55 1.7 - many professional photographers rate this lens as one of the. Dry best! Please continue to share your journey and in particular which other lenses you have found beneficial.
@@brianrowland9993 thanks mate, appreciate that! Yeah, I’d say make the move if you don’t need the speed or absolute reliability for AF. I’m actually going to make a video shortly on my AF and general setup settings, I think I have everything properly dialled in now. 🙌
Ethan, two things; the background music is very distracting and makes it hard to follow you; give the GF 45-100 f4 a try; is uses LM = Linear Motors. I use it in the studio with moving models. It is a great lens, very fast focusing and extremely sharp. Great video; thanks for sharing and posting! Success with your work and TH-cam channel! Greetings from Belgium. The lenses without 'LM' are slow focusing.
Such a wonderful video and extremely nice pictures that you showed us. By the way how you present the video with these interruptions of next chapters and changing the frame it makes it really refreshing. 🙂 I’m still struggling to achieve that typical weddingkinda look, it was very helpful to see the before, and after to know that it’s not a different way of taking the picture but different way of post processing. Could you maybe show us how to edit these files that would be extremely wonderful. Cheers 👋
@@captaincook6283 wow thank you mate, appreciate the kind words, and happy to hear the video format is working. These are pretty easy edits with my preset, basically one click and adjustment of exposure and white balance. I’m working on an edit-focussed video now, and will have my presets up for sale (with a sharp intro offer) pretty soon!
The next camera GFX 100 iii is going to be a game changer. This cameras video and photography is jaw dropping. This no camera out there that can match it on image quality
I bought the same camera back in December: the image quality and the way you get a 3d feel on the files is just fantastic! Also, if you haven’t taken one, consider the EVF’s tilt adapter (I bought it together with the camera, installed and have never taken it off since).
Nice man! The agreed there’s something special to the files. I use the rear screen more than the EVF, but if I ever lean the other way I might look at that tilt adapter!
Great video, this insight is really helpful. Currently, I'm shooting on the 50S II and 80mm 1.7 for weddings (X-H2S for the more fast paced stuff). Scary slow but I have learned the ways of Contrast AF enough to be confident to know when/where I can use it. Best part of MF is you shoot so much less because you have to be intentional.
Cool man, glad you found it helpful! I shot with that same combo and just felt it was a bit too tricky to shoot alongside my Sony stuff. I think you’re ok the money with the “knowing when to use it” angle - it can be quite conditional.
That fizzy pop made me want one so badly. Very informative video! 😊
Mmmmm. Was an alcoholic ginger beer. V tasty. Thanks for the support as always Aimee 🙏🏼
Thanks for the follow-up on your thoughts about the change so far . . . A few things:
1.) how are you handling the slow sync speed of the system? Or are you just shooting available light with your weddings and this camera?
2.) the music under your vids is a little hot and distracting . . . Kinda gets in the way of your VO
3.) add a practical in the background of your set, so it doesn’t look like you’re filming from a cave 😅
All-in-all though, great job - keep it up 💪🏻
@@matthewbushey9455 hey mate!
1) not using flash at this stage, available light only.
2) noted!
3) ha yeah, I recorded this at like 11pm at my studio, I just couldn’t be fucked setting up
Hi Matt,
I shoot a GFX 100S in studio;
1. It is the strobes that freeze the motion; flash duration; the t.1 time; not the shutter; 1/125 is fast enough.
If you only add light by means of led of other light; bump your ISO. ISO is just a tool! Get the shot!
2. I agree! lol
3. Any background will do. ;-)
@@PhotoArtBrussels Thanks for your info! I do agree, the "flash" freezes the motion . . . but I also shoot outdoors quite a bit using flash for fill - and sometimes to overpower daylight - so sync speed, for me, matters. That extra stop of ambient makes a difference, especially when HSS cuts flash power by half. Also, there are times in the studio when I'm shooting models that are moving . . . so that extra bit of freezing motion (without apparent shutter lag) helps too! 😉
@@matthewbushey9455 In extremis; you can use the Hasselblad H lenses; with leaf shutter in the lenses. These lenses where made by Fuji and there is a native Fuji Adapter and Fuji support for Hasselblad H lenses.
All medium format have 'slow' shutter sync as the curtain is this large; unless they use leaf shutters in the lens.
It seems common to hear photographers say that they shoot less with the GFX. I shhot the same as FF, just make a point of editing down more.
It’s not because I don’t want to edit less or deal with more storage, I think it’s just a mental filter that encourages me to be more selective with moments.
Great video Ehtan! Love how natural you are in front of camera. I still can't do half as good as you after making almost 500 videos!
Love the way how you talk about the good and bad things
Oh cut it out!! Speaking of cutting stuff out - I recorded 55 minutes for this and got 7 usable minutes. I’m very selective 🤣
@@ethanlowryphotography oh 7 minutes from 55 mins of raw footage you definitely cut out a lot !! 😅😁
I cut out a lot too. My recent GH7 review, the original talking head video was 6 hours long. In the end my final video was 1.5 hours so you still cut out more than me😆
@@TheRealRichardWong I had about 5 more minutes of decent stuff, just decided to cut it because it kinda muddied the story and flow I think.
Holy shit I’d actually go insane after 6 hours of recording. I was so over it at 55 min, I didn’t even bother recording an outro 🤣
@@ethanlowryphotography It's great that you know when to cut and throw away some stuff! Keep it short and fun :)
Yeah, my review script was around 22 pages long. No way I can record 6 hours nonstop, my brain would explode!
So I split that into 3 sessions 2 hours each.
@@TheRealRichardWong :o holy moly! the dedication is next level. hats off to ya man, that's hardcore!
Great video, colors are absolutely wonderful.
Thanks mate, appreciate that!
I am a long term Fuji shooter and still on the fence whether to jump into the gfx system. I have shot with all the 50mp models and currently looking at the 100s and Leica q2. As I can get the q2 for the same price as the gfx 100s body.
Hey mate! Yeah I tossed up a Q2/3 as well, but decided to go gfx mostly for the wow factor for portraits and commercial work, and xt5 with the 18mm 1.4 because I love 28mm. I still dream about getting a Q eventually.
@@ethanlowryphotography I a shooting the xt4, 18, 33 and 50mm. Just picked up the xh2 and love the sensor but wish I got the xt5 as don’t love the body tbh
@@jasonmarkharris ah yeah, I do like the xt body style - if it doesn’t put you out too much $$ could be worth the trouble switching!
@@ethanlowryphotography I think I will, even if the xh2 goes into my second shooters kit and a back up for me.
@@jasonmarkharris yeah, fair call!
A bit like the old days when i shot weddings we would shoot 35mm 645 and 67 , mixing up the formats .
Yep totally! Seems like mixed format is a thing of the past, but it doesn’t need to be.
Would you still recommend it for photographers that don't need the fancy video specs?
If been eyeing the GFX100II but the GFX100SII seems great too. I do portraits and headshots only
If you only do portraits and headshots, and you don’t need a big image buffer, I think the 100SII is the better move.
@ethanlowryphotography thank you sir ❤️
@@denniss277 all good, all the best!
Well if you do portraits and headshots only then go for the gfx 100S first version. Same image quality and acceptable hybrid contrast-phase AF. You can shave 2000$/€
I think marriage is such a bad contract for guys that I will not document the celebration of the moment when men are trapped.
@@thorsrensen3162 lol alright. 👍
Hey there,
greetings from Germany! I am a hobby photographer an I just sold my GFX 50S II. The Reason: I wasn't comfortable with the autofocus and the speed that comes with it. I was thinking to buy the GFX 100S II. I shoot street, landscape and people. I also own the XT-5
What is your opinion! Should I go for the more expensive 100 II?
Thoughts on this? Would love to hear your opinion.
AND needless to say: THANX for rtor the great videos! They do help!
Peace
@@HabibiAltun heya! Yeah, I feel your pain on the 50s II. I think the autofocus of the 100s II and 100 II is basically the same, the most significant difference for me was the buffer - 100S II had a buffer of like 17 images vs 65 ish in the 100 II. I couldn’t risk hitting buffer in key wedding moments so I went for the 100 II. So if you know you’ll need long bursts occasionally, go for the big dog - if you don’t, the 100S II will be perfectly fine.
For what it’s worth, I find the 55, 80 and 110 way slower to focus than other GF lenses like the 23, 30, and 63. The latter 3 feel more like my mirror less Sony setups, super quick and smooth to focus, no hunting, etc.
@@ethanlowryphotography Thx mate! I will see what falls into my lap....
Awesome video. Possibly stupid question, but is there a way to shoot both RAW and with a simulation in jpg? Like 2 files from a single image? I'd love to shoot in a film simulation for a quick transfer with a jpg, but still have a RAW to take home and edit without a simulation applied to it.
Thanks mate! Not a dumb question at all. You can shoot RAW+JPG and it’ll bake the film sim into your JPG and give you the standard raw file as well. But even the jpgs on this beast are massive so I tend to just shoot raw only
Great video, have you considered returning this for the 100S II that was just announced with even better AF? The camera releases in the States next week.
AF wasn’t better in my experience - I’ve given it a proper go. And the buffer for continuous shooting is way smaller, only 17 images ish vs 65+ on the 100II.
I waited to purchase this until I could get my hands on the 100S II, would have been nice to save the $$ but the buffer killed it for me.
And thanks for the kind words!
Love this mate
Thank you dude! Appreciate you as always
Hello!😀 I am also very interested in the Fuji GFX system and found your opinion and the procedure very good!😄 That's why I left a "like and a subscription"!👍 Here's to many more videos from your GFX system! Greetings Matthias👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀
Hey Matthias! Thanks so much for the comment, like subscribe! Let me know if you have any questions or want to see me cover anything in particular in future videos 👍
@@ethanlowryphotography Thank you very much for your kind answer!😀 Everything that concerns the GFX system is very interesting to me!👍 Thank you! Greetings Matthias!👀👀👀👀👀👀👀
ummm, great video mate :)
Hahah thank you mate
Noice
Thanks dude!
Dude, sounds not great at all. That matches my own experience. If you want to shoot daily stuff then take out your small camera or even a full frame camera. The files of a GFX 100 mega pixel camera are huge and too often an overkill to nearly anything. At the same time the equipment is very expensive. Even much more expensive than every full frame camera. I use the GFX for landscape, architecture and fine art photography. At the same time I own a Nikon full frame Z system with the best and much modern cameras and lenses. Even if the image quality lacks some colors and lacks dynamic range in comparison to a GFX camera, I think it is hard to justify. At the moment I am not sure which system to use. For this year I will stay with both systems. And I am not sure of getting a GF 55mm 1.7 lens, when I could use several lenses for less money in the Z system. The GFX system is truly a special one. But don’t think about to justify it with all its quirks and expensive shortcomings. Have a great summer season 👍🏼
@@boulderdash2000 I like it. I shoot it. I don’t overthink it. 🤣
Nice honest review - with no surprises!
As an aspiring gfx owner it’s good to get the pros and cons as moving from my R5 is not easy.
But the lure of better colour, more dynamic range and images that can be printed really large is hard to resist.
Interesting to note you are very happy with the 55 1.7 - many professional photographers rate this lens as one of the. Dry best!
Please continue to share your journey and in particular which other lenses you have found beneficial.
@@brianrowland9993 thanks mate, appreciate that! Yeah, I’d say make the move if you don’t need the speed or absolute reliability for AF. I’m actually going to make a video shortly on my AF and general setup settings, I think I have everything properly dialled in now. 🙌
Ethan, two things; the background music is very distracting and makes it hard to follow you; give the GF 45-100 f4 a try; is uses LM = Linear Motors. I use it in the studio with moving models. It is a great lens, very fast focusing and extremely sharp. Great video; thanks for sharing and posting! Success with your work and TH-cam channel! Greetings from Belgium. The lenses without 'LM' are slow focusing.
@@PhotoArtBrussels thanks mate, noted across the board, appreciate your feedback and insight!
Such a wonderful video and extremely nice pictures that you showed us. By the way how you present the video with these interruptions of next chapters and changing the frame it makes it really refreshing. 🙂 I’m still struggling to achieve that typical weddingkinda look, it was very helpful to see the before, and after to know that it’s not a different way of taking the picture but different way of post processing. Could you maybe show us how to edit these files that would be extremely wonderful. Cheers 👋
@@captaincook6283 wow thank you mate, appreciate the kind words, and happy to hear the video format is working. These are pretty easy edits with my preset, basically one click and adjustment of exposure and white balance. I’m working on an edit-focussed video now, and will have my presets up for sale (with a sharp intro offer) pretty soon!
The next camera GFX 100 iii is going to be a game changer. This cameras video and photography is jaw dropping. This no camera out there that can match it on image quality
@@heynow2880 yeah, when they take AF to the next level these things will be the best rig in the marketz
@@ethanlowryphotography I can’t wait. Just wish the price wasn’t so high. The lenses are super expensive too.
@@heynow2880 yeah, like any leading edge tech it’ll be expensive for now and get way cheaper in time
@@ethanlowryphotography everyone All camera brands will move towards wide format. It will be interesting
Pls more view solo photo and video pls
Sorry mate can you clarify what you want to see more of?
@@ethanlowryphotography ????gfxii 55mm 1.7 gf?? Pls more!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😘😘😥👌👌😥👌😥😘👍🏻
@@KevinAroni-uz5rl ah yep cool, will do!
I saw some 'stu' and 'pid' you tu bers drink something in their videos.
Huh?
canon / sony with 50 1.4 will give the same look . But Fuji raw is better
Similar, yes, but definitely different. I shot 55 1.8 and 50 1.2 for years.
@@ethanlowryphotography ok 50 1.2 would give u exactly the same as 55 1.7 on gfx. I tested out first Gfx and didnt get this hype about
@@mex5341 okay. I’d love to see your comparisons.
Not even close
@@nelsonclub7722 For most photographers, a medium format won't help neither
Nice vid man! What's your shooting ratio with the xt5 vs the GFx?
Thanks man! This wedding I did all prep on GFX, 50/50 for ceremony, and all xt5 for reception.