Fujifilm GFX 50R Hands-On Review
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- The Fujifilm GFX 50R is the 2nd camera edition of their medium format line-up at a more affordable price point. It has the same sensor as the GFX 50S in a new form factor. Evelyn and Dave had the chance to test a pre-production unit from the Fujiguys for this hands-on review with special guest Mark Unrau from Rocky Mountain Photography Adventures.
GFX 50R: www.thecamerastore.com/14155-...
Videography by Brendan Schmidt
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Hey, I think this is the first video I’ve noticed where you both started to look relaxed and more comfortable with having a camera pointed at you. Keep at it and have fun with your quirks. You can definitely grow into this. Really enjoyed the relaxed style of this video. Now wanting one of these cameras, dammit!
Thanks for the support! It's hard not to get used to it when we are doing this almost weekly. Glad you enjoyed it. You should definitely get one. Go ahead, treat yourself. ;)
@@TheCameraStoreTV Always tempted. And if i didn't live in the UK with the dreaded B word happening next year, with all my finances up in the air as a result... well, It's just going to have to wait. In the meantime, i shall wish you and TCS all the best for the forthcoming Yule and the New Year. Keep on being awesome!
That really was fun to watch. I especially enjoy that calm and friendly presentation you do. There are more than enough people doing reviews on youtube that leave you grasping for air because of the insane presentation speed and machine-gun video cuts but do lack actual information. But in the end, a product review should focus on the product and give the viewer a useful summary of how it may suit his photography needs. Keep it up!
Wow, thanks Jan-Hendrik! That is exactly what we are going for, so it's nice to know it came across that way. Thanks for watching, and for the nice comments.
You guys are really upping your game! Now with the DPReview guys and you two, we have TWO great channels instead of just the one we had before!
First video I really liked front to end from you. Not only great content, but you really upped your kind of presentation etc. Comparing this to the older GFX50r review from your "predecessors" done for their new channel you very clearly won! Thank you, subscribed!
Glad to see you two are carrying on the CameraStore TV tradition of reviews in the beautiful Canadian wilderness. Im loving the X-T2 but I think it would get a lot less use if I picked up a Fuji medium format camera.
You guys are doing a good work. Keep it up!
Love this review, good job, carry on
Thanks for the review guys. Had a good laugh learning about the film stimulations! Haha
Yep, you're getting better at this. I like how you get out and about too, and put the cameras through their paces. Too many reviews have a shrugged-shoulder shoot of outside the office, but you really tested this one with a nice mix of subjects. The GFX50R sure does look nice, but for what I shoot I'm happy sticking with the X-Pro2 for now. Can't deny its tempting though, and somewhat like Fuji's old Texas Leica range.
Thank you. We put quite a bit of time into testing this one. That might not always be realistic for all our camera reviews. But, Fujifilm was generous in giving us a decent amount of time to put it through a variety of test scenarios. I agree with you Peter, I am happy with my X-series camera for what I normally shoot too. But, this camera is very, very tempting. - Evelyn
Great review, really fun and relaxed.
Well done...you both did an excellent job on the video!
Thanks for the review guys.
Nice review - balanced, natural and not overhyped just like the camera - the R will be perfect for my workflow and adaption for medium format lenses. My current gear however is still awesome but in coupla years....
Canadians seem so laid back and happy.
Liked the review a lot. Wish you all the best!
Loved the review I do have a question. Is this camera half way descant in the Studio?
This was a relaxed, thorough review. It is one of the best overall summaries I have seen for either of the GFX cameras. I recently bought the GFX 50S (because it fits my needs better than the GFX 50R) and am still in the getting-to-know-it phase. As you mentioned, you do have to slow down and concentrate on shutter speed and other parameters in order to get the best results. If you are off a bit, it certainly shows! I love the logic behind the design of the camera as well as the solid build quality. In my estimation, both the camera and the lenses are well worth what Fuji charges for them, and I am excited about where Fuji will take this series in the next few years. Again, thanks for the beautiful and informative video!
Thanks Ben. It's great to hear that you are enjoying the GFX 50S. They are both excellent cameras. It's nice to see that they are carrying on with the line-up with the next 100MP sensor & new lens roadmap.
TheCameraStoreTV : Yes indeed, and I look forward to more great videos from you two!
Great review guys! although I've never used a medium format cam ever! it's an interesting additional thought to my hobby. I'm more of a wildlife and astro imager this certainly has sparked some interest in me though. Love the the image quality of the cam.
Thanks for your review... Im an old guy photog. (early 60s now) grew up learning photography on Medium Format Film cameras. Just love the quality. Nothing better than the depth of the image you get with medium format. Just has that look and feel to it!
Will ck out this 50R agree with you on the 50S. not for me
Dont want to put up the $$$ for the Blad or PhaseOne systems... this seems much for reasonable priced as digital medium format goes. Best in 2019!
Even if I'm not in the market for a medium format camera I loved the review. Don't tell Chris and Jordan but I like your photographs better. And film stimulations, lol!
Good job. I enjoyed this episode. It's a fascinating camera.
Good review, and good attitude from the two of you
Thank you. Video after video getting more enjoyable.
Thanks for sticking by us as we get the hang of it. We really appreciate the support. :)
Really good review! The camera looks like a medium format XE-3. Too big for what I do personally, it would be overkill, but it would be nice if Fuji put a tilting screen on their XE-4 or X-Pro3.
thanks for doing a review on this crop medium format camera. Would you recommend what you're drinking there as well?
Nice video. I would like to hear more data to backup your words. For example when you said it has long battery life, what does it mean? How many shots in a full charge in that cold landscape situation? Also would love to hear more thoughts on the slow flash syncs of 1/125sec. Will Fuji address that with LS lenses soon?
After using the Pentax 645 system for years, I am really beginning to wonder if Ricoh has abandoned the line and I need to jump over to Fuji....Thanks for the review!
Great review, Do you think it could work for weddings? For example could it track a bride walking down the isle ? and what about noise you didn’t cover noise, would it be better then the Fuji XH1 for example,
Loved the Japanese knife analogy.
I appreciate the thorough and serious consideration and testing you guys did. As for my $0.02 (American or Canadian!), I can hardly find a justification for the cost versus my Canon gear for my event and headshot photography. And for landscape work (which I don't do professionally) I would question as to whether the care one has to take to get the best images from this system wouldn't also result in very similar images from full-frame, high-megapixel DSLRs. So I wonder if Fujifilm is going to sell very many of these.
What a nice camera! It looks like it would be fun to use. Already really happy with my own equipment, and a bit pricy to buy as a toy, but hey. Maybe a used one some day in the future.
One can always dream. And, these things do eventually come down the pipe as used.
great review guys
Thanks Sami!
Good review. As you said this camera will be good for specific purposes.
Thanks.
Nice, honest review. Could you talk about the dynamic range. Photons to Photos has a chart showing the Fuji having a one stop advantage over the Nikon Z7 and a two stop advantage over the Canon 5D S R.
Dynamic range is often cited as an advantage of full frame over APS-C. Isn't the same advantage here in the medium format over full frame?
Dave looks like he just finished an all night bender. Love these guys. Great review.
An evening of "Gender Bending"...!?!?!?
Good job, besides the huge amount of detail from the sensor do you find this camera delivers that Medium format depth? I know this sensor is not as large as a medium format film plane. I'm just curious if you would be able to come close to that depth with a full-frame digital with a 1.4 lens for example. Thanks
I did find that there is a special "look" you get shooting medium format. You can get the shallow depth with lots of the fast glass out there for all different formats.
@@DaveTCSTV thanks Dave I'm shooting medium format film right now and I'm just curious if I can economize buy shooting Fast Glass on a full frame. I will look into it more.
Nice video work Brendan!
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Will you be doing the Nikon Z review? Also the year end gear recap in the TCSTV tradition?
Like the review, dislike the red bull can
Is there any truth to rumours of numerous cover-ups by red bull?
Triggered....
Go vegan.
@@cj-ip3zh Of course you can. Companies don't have the right to be shove ads down your throat 24/7
Mensch Maschine Yes they do, just as you have every right to not watch their content but you still will, so enjoy it and the ads.
Ive preordered it, but am aching to own the 45-100 and 100-200 stabilised lenses, really wish Fuji wasn't waiting till 2020 to release both of them
How about product photography with strobes? Thanks.
Nice review, but doubling the pixels from 24 to 50 does not double the resolution. Resolution is determined by the factor of the vertical and horizontal pixels. Thus, to double the resolution, you need to double the number of pixels both horizontally and vertically which is results in quadrupalling the number of total pixels. Therefore, to double the resolution of 24 pixels would require a 96 pixel sensor.
Blather. Stick to what customers care about: photo quality, ease of use and any possible headaches.
@@4orrcountry Absolutely agree. I don't care about megapixels. 12 is enough for me. However, if people care about resolution, get the math correct
Chris Fuller not exactly. The term resolution is often considered equivalent to pixel count in digital imaging, though international standards in the digital camera field specify it should instead be called "Number of Total Pixels" in relation to image sensors, and as "Number of Recorded Pixels" for what is fully captured. Hence, JCIA & CIPA suggest notation such as "Number of Recorded Pixels 1000 × 1500".[1][2] According to the same standards, the "Number of Effective Pixels" that an image sensor or digital camera has is the count of pixel sensors that contribute to the final image (including pixels not in said image but nevertheless support the image filtering process), as opposed to the number of total pixels, which includes unused or light-shielded pixels around the edges.
An image of N pixels height by M pixels wide can have any resolution less than N lines per picture height, or N TV lines. But when the pixel counts are referred to as "resolution", the convention is to describe the pixel resolution with the set of two positive integer numbers, where the first number is the number of pixel columns (width) and the second is the number of pixel rows (height), for example as 7680 × 6876. Another popular convention is to cite resolution as the total number of pixels in the image, typically given as number of megapixels, which can be calculated by multiplying pixel columns by pixel rows and dividing by one million. Other conventions include describing pixels per length unit or pixels per area unit, such as pixels per inch or per square inch. None of these pixel resolutions are true resolutions[clarification needed], but they are widely referred to as such; they serve as upper bounds on image resolution.
Chris Fuller not exactly. The term resolution is often considered equivalent to pixel count in digital imaging, though international standards in the digital camera field specify it should instead be called "Number of Total Pixels" in relation to image sensors, and as "Number of Recorded Pixels" for what is fully captured. Hence, JCIA & CIPA suggest notation such as "Number of Recorded Pixels 1000 × 1500".[1][2] According to the same standards, the "Number of Effective Pixels" that an image sensor or digital camera has is the count of pixel sensors that contribute to the final image (including pixels not in said image but nevertheless support the image filtering process), as opposed to the number of total pixels, which includes unused or light-shielded pixels around the edges.
An image of N pixels height by M pixels wide can have any resolution less than N lines per picture height, or N TV lines. But when the pixel counts are referred to as "resolution", the convention is to describe the pixel resolution with the set of two positive integer numbers, where the first number is the number of pixel columns (width) and the second is the number of pixel rows (height), for example as 7680 × 6876. Another popular convention is to cite resolution as the total number of pixels in the image, typically given as number of megapixels, which can be calculated by multiplying pixel columns by pixel rows and dividing by one million. Other conventions include describing pixels per length unit or pixels per area unit, such as pixels per inch or per square inch. None of these pixel resolutions are true resolutions[clarification needed], but they are widely referred to as such; they serve as upper bounds on image resolution.
Looking at pictures from all these new medium format cameras I see nothing special. Whereas an old Pentax 67 instantly strikes with medium format look. Is it about optics? Or sensor size? Or silver halides?
It was stimulating
First fo all: The BW shot at 11:17 (young boy) - what lens was this shot with? Very nice photo.
Anyway, great video, I like the good chemistry between you, talk about "film stimulations" :-) I find your style of presentation more relaxed than the old team. Keep it up, please...
Awe I love that one. It was shot with the 63mm F2.8
Great Video ....quick question and off the topic that red painting behind You guys is that from the artist Jason Gogo ?
Woah, good eye. Yes, it is actually.
Did You know he passed away few days ago :( globalnews.ca/video/4668519/popular-calgary-artist-jason-gogo-dies-suddenly He was our first ambassador for our FC Portrait Campign and that how my Headshot Photography Carieer started :( @@TheCameraStoreTV
What’s up TCSTV viewers!
According to my DP review comparisons the D850's sensor is just as good or maybe better. I would like to see a more real world comparison to determine if this camera is really worth the premium price. The D850 is not just cheeper but can do a lot more and it is smaller!
The Sledgehammer of Cameras is an amazing and quite accurate description :-)
I am glad that reference made sense...thanks
Very nice job, nice relaxed review with all of the pertinent information. The one question I have is about your comment on Fuji color science. I have the X-T3 and my files have a weird tint to them when processing them in Lightroom. I also shoot with Nikon d850 and perhaps it is I am just used to the Nikon color science but the Fuji files don't seem right. Can you share how you process your Fujifilm RAF files? Thanks
You should try iridient x-transformer plug-in for Lightroom
@@TheEastbelfast Thank you very much. I have heard of Iridient before. Ok will have to check it out.
Hi, just to clarify, that USB C port is not for charging.... i decided to get this over the 50S at first due to the USB C port, but i found out u cant charge through it. You need a separate adapter if you want to charge the battery in camera.
Thanks for the video guys very informative I am planning a dog location portrait business would this suit me?
whenever i hear the words "color science" i now always remember tony's video and how biased people can be @_@
what he said don't matter actually, i still remember his NIKON Z7 review and that has been an absolute disaster.
well, in the color science vid you can just disregard whatever opinion he had, take his raw data from the blind survey and still see how biased people are
Tony is a tech clown
manoiskee surveying a bunch of random people with varying degrees of experience and understanding of the topic doesn’t prove colour science is bogus. Do you think if they had surveyed 10 very experienced wedding photographers the result would have been the same? Maybe, maybe not. It was an interesting experiment, but I don’t think it proves anything.
@@awothers72 'Color science' is a subjective matter. The only thing 10+ year experience study would prove, is how set people are in their ways, and how brand royal they are. Which Tony's video tested when he analysed how many people choose the same picture when the brand names where on it.
Nice review. Cant see the use of this camera for general use. D850 is plenty.
10:55 what on earth is that girl doing cause it is amazing 😮
Tilt screen- check. Weather sealed- check. IBIS- nope 🙁. Too bad given it's size I would've thought Fuji could have squeezed that in but I guess that's not really called for where this camera will be used? Looks like an extra large X-E3 🙂
I want to see a view as how to get the perfect green in a landscape shot, I struggle a lot with green, at times it gets yellowish … can you offer some help
ankit kaushik no such thing as “perfect” green. You could use a color checker to get it as accurate as possible.
Just spend some more time on 'how-to-change-colour-in-your-software' videos/articles. Colour is a subjective aspect.
I love Banff. One of my all time best photos was there next to Morant’s Curve.
I would really like to see more pictures fot the reviews
😍👍🏼
51Mp Sony MF Sensor is in different league with Canon 5Ds 50Mp sensor.
My 5dsr works for me :-)
@@smaakjeks the 5Ds is a bag of shit compared to MF. You can't compare any DSLR to to MF.
@@Dan-jg7zl "the 5Ds is a bag of shit compared to MF."
Then why do people keep getting great results from the 5Dsr and 5Ds?
"You can't compare any DSLR to to MF."
Of course one can compare different formats for their strengths and weaknesses. There are good reasons to use FF.
With the position of the viewfinder, how did you manage if you focus with your right eye?
Fontsman hold it to your right eye?....
Because the viewfinder isn't central like on a DSLR. If your left eyed then great. If not then it's held over to the right side and maybe not so natural.
It actually better if you're right eyed, otherwise you have the camera in front of your whole face and can't peek for context with your other eye.
@@Fontsman I shoot with my right eye. It actually feels quite natural when you get the hang of it, and I really like it for shooting portraits. I found that I can connect more with my subject if my face is not fully blocked by the camera. And, I can open my left eye to look at them while keeping my right eye in position. - Evelyn
@@problemat1que ^^^ Agreed.
What’s the lake name?
This camera makes me want to shoot medium format to be honest ^^
Me too. I can't wait until the production units come to town. It was hard shipping the sample back... My X-T3 is great. But, not quite the same. -Evelyn
As beautiflul as this camera is, buy yourself a nice "real" medium format camera like a Mamiya RB/R7, C330 or a classic Rollie and save about
or the most important difference between a MF 50mp sensor and a FF 50mp sensor. Bigger sensor, bigger photosites, higher color/detail retention.
But only theoretically. If you look up the dynamic range and colour depth of medium format cameras they are basically in the same league as top end full frame cameras. The newest ones have a bit better colour depth but the dynamic range and actual detail captured is basically the same.
@@TechnoBabble ^^^ Exactly! Thanks for answering a couple of these. I hope to see more new camera videos on your channel. And, thanks for spelling colour the correct Canadian way. :)
Well done! I think a far better review than Chris & Jordan's efforts.
Thanks. But, to be fair, they only had a few hours with a very early pre-production sample to shoot their first impressions. We had a week with one wayyyy after the announcement.
I think FAIR is a good point in this instance. Chris whining on about "Old Sensor" fair? Come on! This is a reviewer who is a big fan of micro 4/3 and not being very clear about the relativity of the importance of sensor size, fair? Come on! What I have noticed is full frame (35mm) is in the minds of many reviewers bigger than it is in reality. You didn't do that to your credit. Take credit where credit is due.
definetly a stimulating camera 😂
Would you please talk more about the viewfinder. How's the resolution, how about a picture of inside the viewfinder beside that short blink where you explained the AF , how about viewfinders distance to the eyes? Not very professional.
With so many good high end fullframe cameras out there .. nah.
Amazing Canadians - i didn't hear a single "sorry" in there ! nice review.
Haha! Thanks for noticing. :)
Fujifilm GFX systems are less expensive than Hasselblad X1D. So it is the Leica version of the word affordable.
Erik Paulsen True! Like Minolta in the olden days.
What lenses come with this camera
You can get the body on its own, or in 3 different kits with either a 63mm, 45mm, or 32-64mm. www.thecamerastore.com/en-US/Search/GFX%2050R.aspx
It's 50 megapixels but the pixels are much bigger giving much better tonal range....
Does it wipe away the tears of disappointment and regret?
"stimulated"
Any word on release date in US?
The North America release date is Nov. 29th for Canada and the USA.
@@TheCameraStoreTV Thank you!
Boi. I'm still rocking 6Mpix cameras daily, 50Mpix sounds absurd to me :D
50MP is certainly not practical by any stretch. But, for photographers shooting commercial or documentary work, the resolution is often necessary. But you really can't fully appreciate it on a screen, you have to print the photographs to see the difference.
@@TheCameraStoreTV well I'd be happy using the system anyway, downscaling say to 12Mpix just for the clean loog it gives.
I’m definitely buying one, if only for the film stimulation feature.
You can get the film simulations in all Fujifilm X series bodies for under $1k, or used for as low as $150 - great to pair with manual focus lenses because autofocus only became good with the more recent generations.
problemat1que
Not really interested in film simulation, I was more after the film stimulation that she described.
@@sophrapsune ^^^ hehe. Yep, it's the best!
Redbull did not sponsor this review hahaha
Hi there. DOf is not affected by sensor size this is science
Not directly, but the indirect effect sensor size has on the focal length lenses you choose and how far you are from your subject do effect the DoF. Unfortunately Fuji doesn't really make any wide aperture lenses for the G mount meaning you actually get better low light and DoF out of full frame cameras with faster lenses.
54s for the intro, come on
WiFi isn't an old guy thing, it is a red bull thing.
Is that Mayor DiBlasio?
red bull?
And sponsored by Red Bull?
Nope. LOL Dave actually spends his own $ on that stuff. :P
The camera looks uncomfortably bulk to hold in hands and grab onto.
Fujifilm GFX 50R should have had the newer fujifilm quad processor along with phase detection.
Amazing couple... I can't decide if it's good to have some dissonance between the couple: the lady is superbly relaxed, not so the guy, not so :) Anyway, real pleasure!
When they said colour science and showed that one girl my eyes had trouble understanding what was going on between her fashion style and the wall
Product placement for Red Bull? You really shouldn't drink this. Too much caffeine and sugar which are strong stimulants. If you want to think clearly and take steady photos you couldn't do any worse than drink Red Bull. Stick to water plus I noticed your generous waistline, so...
The review Is so
Quiet
But
The Red Bull
Makes the opposite. Whats that? You don't need that trick..
This a FIFTEEN minute video and yet you could not spend 15 seconds to talk about the image ratio. I get it that camera nerds may not care but for those landscape photographers who print their work , aspect ratio is a key factor, especially since the Fuji GX50R allows a lot of classic MF films ratio in addition to the native 4:3 ratio , like 5:4 and 7:6. Gee another "meh" review
#filmstimulation A new world awaits this hashtag. 😬
Haha YAS! - Evelyn
A camera with twice the mega-pixels is not twice the resolution. Example, a six mega-pixel is not.doublef until it 24 mega-pixel. So 24 would be 100.
I would argue it is double. If you used an actual unit of area, rather than MP, you would say e.g. 48cm^2 is double 24cm^2. 96cm^2 is 4x the area. Just because 50MP doesn't look twice as big, doesn't mean it isn't.
@@robiulahmed 6 megapixel might be 3 X 2, double that would be 6 X 4.. See my point?
Guess you saw my point. And actually you proved it.
@@robiulahmed and multiply your perimeters by two.
@@thatsjustmyopinionhowabout122 Maths doesn't work that way. The double of 3x2 is 6x2. It's not 6x4, that would be quadrupling. I do see your point, since it's a commonly quoted point, but mathematically it's incorrect. The question is, do you see my point?
Sponsored by Red Bull?
What does the can of Red Bulls???t rat poison have to do with photography? Sorry guys but it spoiled this lovely video having to sit there and look at that can of poison. I'm a teacher and so many of my students are off the planet on that crap! Philip
why f32 just why ???
Because at the longer focal lengths for the same viewing angel, diffraction kicks in at smaller apertures - one of the major advantages of medium format.
Colour science is the new Bokeh
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