DPReview TV: Fujifilm GFX 100 Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- For their review of the Fujifilm GFX 100, Chris and Jordan woke up at the crack of dawn for dramatic landscapes and teamed up with a portrait pro for a model shoot. Now the verdict is in. Wait... did Chris just say "Ultimate landscape camera?" Tune in to find out.
Special thanks to Rene Michaud (www.photobliss.com), Dana Martel (Insta: danamartel) and Rola Muhieddine (Insta: maison.blu)
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Naveed Abdullah this joke is GOLD
Loser talk isn't ok this day and age
@@MichaelRichards983 sarcasm was invented in your day and age
@@naveed_niazi ummmm, right.....
@@devonemmett8933 Oh yeah, it’s totally legit! I’m digging all of the virus’s my computer has now.
The way I look at it is if you spend 10 grand on a camera, you can shoot whatever the hell you want with it. Great review!
Hahaha love this!:)
Sports would be tough with this camera
word..people need to shut the hell up with their stupid opinions..I know I wish someone would try to tell me what to do with MY MONEY and camera.They would get embarrassed..
If you spend $50 on a used camera or $10k it don't matter to me. If you can get the shot with that camera then good for you, it may not be the best camera for that shoot. But all that matters is getting the shot for the most part.
@@justinjanness530 Depends on sport I guess? Golf? But yeah its not a sports camera.
From now on! any medium format camera review needs to have Jordan crying in a ball on the road.
"Why would you use a MF camera for street?" Well, why not? Geez... live a little people. Experiment.
yeah, basically anyone who every writes "why would you...." in a thread related to art just doesn't get it.
@@mavfan1 It's not really about art, it's about whinging people who try and deter people from using a tool for arbitrary reasons, which has always existed. There's not really an objective 'right way' to do something like photography because of the amount of variables.
Remember, this is a gear review channel, meaning at least some people are using this to help them decide whether to buy this camera. I have personally relied on Chris and Jordan's reviews (along with others) for camera and lens purchases before.
I'm all for experimentation, but if you're reviewing a product, you should at least cover the scenarios in which most people would use a camera like that...and then you can experiment.
The previous review left people with a lot of unanswered questions as to how a camera would perform in typical use cases for medium format. Fortunately, they have dealt with that in this review.
Of course, why not ? The remark comes by the fact that street photography is supposed to be done quickly, often in a hurry not to miss the "decisive moment", and it's more difficult with a heavy camera and with a huge 100+megapixels sensor, that does not stand the slightest shaking. So, there is an objective basis to this point, "why would you use a MF camera for street ?". But of course, as this one is not so heavy and is stabilized, why not using it for street ? Furthermore, before digital, photography history is full of photo journalist using medium or even large chambers.
Very well said bro, I shoot MF film now and use a rollei for street. its much more fun and disarming than a canon 5d
This kind of video affects my relationship with my Sony a6000. I should stay on the budget area of youtube.
Why? This kind of videos make me love my a6000, I even brought mine back in 2015 thanks to Chris review on it.
I'd say that the biggest struggle i have with my a6300/a7III is not getting out enough. I optimized for the experience I wanted with the way I spent the money, but I don't use it enough any more to justify the money. In other words, I made a mistake that has so far ended up costing me ~ 4-5 grand (with lenses) because at the time I thought it was worth it.
If you get out and shoot, whatever gets you out and shooting is good enough, the gear itself doesn't matter. Keep the passion. And gear does matter, but having the a6000 puts you ahead of the gear curve by a LOT TBH. Its a great camera I still recommend to my friends, and they've all loved theirs.
Why? the a6000 is an amazing camera
Sony A6000
Canon 700D
Fujifilm X-T1
Nikon D7100
Pentax K-50
Panasonic Lumix G7
Olympus O-MD E-M1
There are some cameras that just don't get old.
I love love love that you guys got an experienced portrait photographer to shoot it really lends to the professionalism of this review, Thumbs up guys!.
Agree Stephen. Also liked that fact that the model (and make up artist) were given credit and included in a group shot, not just treated as props. Nice and classy touch.
@@rlancefield So true also very overlooked how hair makeup & styling play a big part in photography!. I hope they produce more thorough content like this going forward :)
To the people complaining about using this handheld, you're part of the problem. Medium format needs to get more versatile.
no..they are just what we call,stupid..
I can't believe how underrated this camera is
I can’t afford a medium format camera, but I’m going to grow a beard like Rene and date hot models!
And then there's me, who can't afford the camera or even grow a beard :'(
I've got nice beard and can afford a medium format camera. However, I'm bold, so no dating hot models for me.
If you do need it, go get a cheapo film one, like Pentacon Six (as I did)
I hate to be "that guy" because I get just as excited about new gear and insane tech specs as everyone else, but a very sobering reality just came over me as I was watching the studio portion (around the 11:10 mark);
It's all the same, these days...
Basically, any professional camera since 2012 can "get the job done" no matter what that job is. I know I just sound like a barrel of cliches and buzz words, right now, but really. There are so many photographers that use 100 year old film cameras and produce beautiful work. There are so many photographers that still shoot film, only. There are so many professional photographers that still use their D700's or 5d Mark ii's. There are professionals who have actually built entire careers with a smartphone.
Obviously, there will be very clear disadvantages and quality differences in the extreme examples (like comparing a professional camera to a phone). But, I honestly believe that any professional camera from 2012 and on (and a few select cameras from pre-2012) in the hands of any competent photographer will produce results that are indistinguishable from the results we see coming out of the latest and greatest stuff.
I mean, we have been doing these same "studio environment, portrait of a woman, zoom in to the eyes and marvel at the incredible detail and perfection of the results" thing for over a decade, now. We are so far beyond the point of any of this actually making a difference 99% of the time.
It also makes me realize just how much trouble camera manufacturers are really in. I mean, it is getting increasingly difficult for them to produce any camera that is worth upgrading to. I think their entire business model is shifting towards non-professionals with G.A.S. out of shear necessity.
Did anyone read all of that?
@@8020Alive thank you for the response, it bumps my comment up closer to the top 😘
@Art Amazing print quality has been seen for decades, though. A billboard is very low res and low quality, but looks good because we are far away from it. A standard photo we might hang on the wall will also look good, no matter how close we get to it, because its size isn't being pushed to an extreme. You would need to have an especially enormous print and your nose pressed to the photo to start seeing a difference in print quality, in the vast majority of cases.
Studio usually means F5.6 or F8 for highest resolution. This camera + lens can do it wide open as seen in this video, which has been around for a much shorter time, and certainly hasn't been available with that sharpness at 100 mp.
@Art Firstly, I was very tempted to not read your comment, at all, since you started off by saying "You don't have to tell me that". As for the rest of it, since it is clear from several of your comments that you prefer to read as little as possible, I will just say; "Gallery quality" prints have existed for nearly as long as cameras have. It's not as if we have been unable to print anything worthy of a gallery up until this point, but now this new camera has solved that problem for us.
0:41 Life of a GFX 100 user: too poor to get the windshield fixed.
Optimise the spend! :D hahaha
“I wish this had a hybrid viewfinder switch”
Surprised this doesn’t considering the Fujifilm x100f has an Advanced Hybrid Viewfinder which switches between electronic and optical using a lever on its front.
Make the X-Pro 3 a mediumformat camera. That have a hybrid viewfinder....
Fujifilm is smart enough and decided not to compete with Sony in the full frame market. So Fujifilm preferred the medium format market and made medium format cameras and medium format lenses relatively more affordable to professional and amateur enthusiasts.
That is great.
Until 2012 with the introduction of Canon 6D and Nikon 600 full frame cameras were expensive for amateurs. Usually around 3000€. Nowadays the full frame Sony α7 can be bought new for 700€.
In ten years the price of medium format cameras will be dropped more. For example the second model of Hasselblad X1D is has a significantly lower price than the first one.
I bought Nikon D700 for 300€ used and it’s a great camera for that money.. much better than canon eos series and nikon d3000 series :)
Pentax had this exact strategy in the early 00s
Dungeon Master You are right. The digital medium format Pentax 645D and Pentax 645Z had great prices in comparison to Hasselblad and Phase One digital medium format cameras. But that wasn't enough. Both digital Pentax 645 were very bulky and heavy. Very similar to the Pentax 645 film cameras.
The mirrorless revolution has opened the way to smaller camera bodies. For example the new smallest full frame Sigma fp mirrorless camera with interchangeable lenses doesn't even have a mechanical shutter. The medium format Hasselblad X1D doesn't either have a mechanical shutter but its lenses have leaf shutter.
In the near future even the mechanical shutter will be a thing of the past.
After watching this video, I'm certain of one thing...I want to visit Canada. Looks beautiful!
Good job on this review guys. Im always impressed with the lenghts you will go to properly review cameras, its something Ive started practising in my own reviews. Chris you had a good attitude about the backlash comments lol,
Really enjoyed this one, guys - humor (as always); lovely imagery (stills and video); and I appreciate the hard work that went into it. ❤️
Stunning review guys. Really enjoyed you taking on the feedback and even incorporating another photographer for his perspective. As always Chris is frank and honest, and Jordan...what can I say? Stunning video work in spite of all that anguish at the start of the video.
Welp. No way I'm sleeping now. Dang midnight uploads.
Wow, amazing picture quality! Maybe the best i've ever seen.
At the end of 2019 we must have a slide show of Jordan curling up on roads in featal position up and down Canada and around the world. 😂
@@JeremyGalloway watch it again with your eyes open. ;-)
@@JeremyGalloway no seriously, try it. It helps! Within seconds (hint). Also, you react disproportionately intense, which is rude in itself. I take no offence, but it's not so cool.
really looking forward to the gfx100 video features video
14:34 "Do you really need 100mp? Now in all the confusion I kinda lost count. Well, do-ya, punk?"
The man, the myth, the legend - Dirty Harry!
Props to the mua, that gal knows what she's doing! Don't think you could take a bad photo of that model either. Great video!
the video quality of this gfx is so nice...
They need to make a cheaper 50 mp MF camera with same IBIS, AF, etc. OR update the GFX50
I would love to replace my X Pro 2 with an improved GFX 50r with faster autofocus.
Chris/Jordan, in the end it's up to the user to spend their money and do whatever they want to do with the equipment. Thanks for showing us what this camera is capable of. It's an amazing piece of kit.
I died at the opening skit, that's what makes these reviews so good.
Nice to see some portraits for a change. 👍🏾
My initial impressions are that Rene's beard is magnificent ! ! !
I really dug those street shots from last time.
Hi Chris and Jordan, great work as always guys. Just one thing I would like to comment on is at 4:45, what you are doing is not ETTR, but instead protecting highlights... so that is more like ETTL (expose to the left of the histogram). I have been shooting digital for more than 20 years, and in the early days we had to boost the exposure so shadow detail was not completely lost with those early sensors. The log representation of digitized light values (especially with those early sensors) meant that there was less information in the darker range of the image, and we needed to overexpose the shot so there would be more useful detail in the shadows. Newer sensors are much better at recovering this detail without excessive noise or lost information. Hope this makes sense. Wikipedia also has a good article on this and simply states... "ETTR images requiring increased exposure may appear to be overexposed (too bright) when taken and must be correctly processed (normalized) to produce a photograph as envisaged." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposing_to_the_right Thanks, D.
The colors of graded GH5 footage and Fuji's Eterna are SO different.
I think the GH5 is way too saturated
If it's graded it depends on how they graded it...
What i liked about this review is that it was made actually taking good poctures. Kuddos to the model and the mp artist.
That was a class act to use another photographer abilities for this camera ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.
Just another note is the guy that do the video your assistant? I think he is a very prominent videographer he needs to have equal time 🤔. 😀
Otherwise great review.
Sold! Who needs two kidneys, really?
Not good when Fuji bill you £9,000 for a camera and the lenses can't keep up,also the grip is crap . So.... they won't be getting my money untill they sort that out ... Other wise ........I ........sooooooo want a GFX100
your snarkiness in response to the complainers was humorous and made me subscribe to your channel. bravo!
9:33 "And it does flip out One Direction like this just like the band."
but it flips out in two directions...
Now I want to see a macro episode with the camera.
That would be interesting.
you'll be able to crop down to the cell structure
@@thegreatvanziniphotos5976 If they are going to this episode then they should let me do it. I show you a world that is incredible
Great as usual. I hope you present Jordan with a nice 40X60 of him crying in the road for Christmas this year.
DPReview are smart realizing you guys are the 'new' digitalrev. Keep up the great work, your style keeps getting better, professional and fun, very much your own, bravo!
Any thoughts on this not being a "true" medium format sensor? I've seen size comparisons with a 35mm, this and then the true sensor sizes of the Hasselblad's and Phase One sensors, which are x2.5 larger than the 35mm sensor. Know they're x4 more expensive than this Fujifilm.
12:00 That resolution tho. You can clearly see and count every individual cell of the strobe grid from the reflection on her eye. And I'm not even watching this in 4K but in 1440p.
So beautiful location. Grip is thermal sink Chris, it has its use :)
In that case, why can't they do the 2 layer grip design like in the handguard on rifles? It would only make the grip slightly larger.
@DPReview, Did you update your lenses firmware before this review? The update added phase detect capability.
Now that is interesting. AFAIK even the GFX 50r and the brand new Hasselblad still have only contrast detect af.
William Miles La Mont I meant on the GFX100, it's the only large format camera to have phase detect
the best review ive seen so far
People that hate on this stuff are challenging. Use a camera how you want, not how it's arbitrarily and artificially determined to be used.
You do you Chris and Jordan.
Just make more content ;) (please)
Love your channel ... great reviews and excellent quality .... greatings from Germany ...
There needs to be talk about the medium format “look” it is very different
Chris and Jordan are a team. I much prefer them to present the stills and video reviews at the same time. Separate titles are fine but release together. There is a GAS mystique for the larger sensor but logic has to be in place too. Use the right gear for the job.
I am definitly far away of being close to buy this camera but still I am mesmerized of what Fuji did.
Not by being perfect, it's more by creating a joy and smile on almost everyones face who is working with it.
Maybe that should be a major fact of future tests as well.
But that is just a side note.
With all the success of smartphones and low budget cameras I hope Fuji sees, thats it worth it to reach for the best to make even the X-Cameras even better as they already are.
And hopefully the IBIS development will show it's success in smaller bodies as well.
Hope they getting they Pixel-Shifts Alternatives done as fast as they can.
Only thing I miss at this point and wanna see in all higher price cameras together with IBIS.
There are about ten videos like this and I watch one every day. Why? Because I ordered the camera June 18 and have not received it (credit card not charged). Who knew a $10K body would become a big seller?
06:52 "..Canadas tallest paved road.." How tall is it? 8 feet?
Or maybe it's just the (geographically) highest...?
Foreigners...!
"Why in the hell would you use a MF for street photography?"...
Because I CAN???(OK...I personally can't because money...but theoretically I could)
Dorothea Lange did it with a Graflex. Diane Arbus used a twin-lens reflex Rolleiflex or Mamiya. What's the big deal about using a digital MF camera?
Chris, really lovely photos in this review! Thanks for the eye candy!
"I wish there was an hybrid though"
"It doesn't... it's only 2019 I'm sorry"
😂💀
Kagan xpro2 has this feature.
Loved both videos. Don't understand how you can use the wrong camera to take amazing photos.
It's like cars, they can all do basically the same thing, some are better in some situations, but who cares if it works.
Is Dana Martel a princess from Dorne? XD
Why are you using a tripod and stuff instead of handhold on all those shots? The shutter speed seemed fast enough 🤔
I’m using this camera for everything!
And why? because I can!
Im shooting with this in the next few weeks, but you talk about 16 BIT in relation to Dynamic Range?... Im maybe missing something here, even although i print my fine art work large... 16 BIT is for colour spectrum, not DR. Somebody please tell me ive missed something...
"Not bitter" Chris is best Chris!
In my film school, I thought my photography teacher's GFX R was superb, this is a whole new level.
I dont see much sense in this camera. Whats difference between FF with 2.8 or 1.4 lens and this medium format with F/4? Probably negliable.
pity that model 's got a ton of make up on her face
But is it a good selfie camera?!
even though its not for me, it definitely looks like an impressive camera. a huge step forward in making medium format versatile in more situations. congrats to fuji. also thanks to dpreview team for another excellent video. love the guest photographer and model. love it even more cause rene has minimal experience with fuji's mirrorless cameras.
It would have been nice if you guys shared a few ideas about how it compares with other medium format bodies in the same price range. Great video nonetheless.
Don't worry about the comments of whinging camera nerds - you guys are awesome :D I read their bitter comments for amusement, personally. Can you imagine getting so upset about someone else's opinion about or uses of gear? It's pretty hilarious XD
Please youtube stop recommending videos that make me want to sell my kidney.
Great review, as specially the ending ! (full of truth and objectivity) :)
Brave Chris at 11:46 staying calm while thousands of insects flying around him 😂😂😂
So. The funds have been spent on a Fuji X-T3 with a couple Fuji lenses, a Tamron lens, filter kit, Battery pack, external flash, SD cards, and a carbon tripod. Now Fuji has the GFX 100. How depressing. Wish camera companies would announce months in advance when a new item is about to be marketed. And when-the-hell is Fuji gonna have a Bridge Camera? They could be the first to develop a mirrorless full-frame bridge camera with a "Respectable," processor. Say about...16-20 MP. With a 700mm zoom equivalent. That, would be a best-seller.
Jordan should get a raise for all the abuse he takes from Chris...
Im buying this to post photos on instagram
nope not good enough for instagram. you'll only be able to do that thing where you swipe to view bigger close ups of the model's face like 10 times, which isn't enough. you need at least 47 levels of close ups for instagram or the pic is unusable trash.
People who think you can't use this camera for street photography are just fanatics. (Hate to pass judgement but this is a plaguing issue with gear reviews)
It's a freaking camera!! People are free to use it wherever they like as long as they don't commit any crimes. Get a life people.
The haters have never even made a print larger than 16 inches while most of the masters shot street life on medeum and large format and some of the most iconic images came from it. Nuff said.
No way I would ever buy one of these, but I can see myself renting one a couple of times per year for banner/bus/billboard shoots. Seems a lot easier to understand for the occasional user than a Phase 1 or Hasselblad MF camera.
The image quality is outstanding. I've shot 4x5 andf 8x10 large format film and this camera impresses me. I can get this GFX 100 with 3,000 shutter actuations in mint shape from Japan for $4300 Canadian. Its a no brainer and I'm going to get one.
Overall nice video... until RETOUCHED portraits were shown as output. All sample images should have been mostly SOOC, with minor shadow lift and color balance (i.e. no skin smoothing, sharpening, vibrance, etc.).
What kind of file sizes are we talking about on this thing? @dpreview
On a 32gb card I got about 50 images at RAW+JPEG
2MCHFRETMEProduction damn! I mean, that’s not AWFUL. Just gotta make those shots count.
@@2MCHFRETMEProduction I mean, it's 2019, you can buy a 265 GB card which will fit 400 images at your settings. Did you turn on lossless compression for the raw images?
@@problemat1que I can't remember, but each RAW file was around 200mb . The camera holds 2 SD cards. I only brought one to the hands on day .
@@2MCHFRETMEProduction That sounds like compressed raw, since jpgs can already by 100MB, so 200 MB is only double that for a lot more information content.
oh yeah,why would anyone compare the Canon made for sports and fast shooting,with a 100MP medium format camera???Even the Nikon D810 and my Pentax K1 Mk2 are NOT made for speed,spray and pray,nor anything close to it.Plus,I would not be shooting rapid fire in the streets o NYC,going so fast,it's basically making a movie..Plus 800 shot is way more than enough for what the camera is made for,and that includes street shooting.I shoot outside at events in NYC,and I would say the MOST pics I will shoot is maybe 2-300.
Netflix funded? Amazon Prime Video contract? Drop the 10k and spend another 10k on your go-to, everyday cine lenses. Rent everything else. Just me on a scrub project with no golden parachute at the end? Rent everything or stick to either a Sony or Canon ecosystem.
Are this pictures really "better" then another, smaller sensor, Camera? Leica for example? Or Hasselblad? Or film 6x6 (really 6x6), or 6x9, 6x17?
What dumb piece of trash was trying to tell someone what type of shooting conditions to use THEIR camera for?Some people need to mind their damn business,and I am sure most of those dummies cannot even afford such a camera.There's always some bozos on TH-cam giving lip service about brands,formats,and trying to make stupid comparisons.I want to try one out,and buy one,and I dare someone to be all up in my business about what I do with MY camera.I have a nice,big,heavy DSLR and I shoot street photography..Got 2 card slots,IBIS,shots in the dark,good battery life,and I am not so weak I cry when i carry it.
It does echo very well my impressions after a few weeks of usage!
the difference between 14 and 16 bit is immense. Even for portraits. I cringe when I see people editing portraits in 8bit "for speed". ffs... 14 bits to 16bit is literally orders of magnitude more data to work with. And computers don't operate in 14bits, but rather in 16 anyway
Viewing this on a 43" 4k monitor, the 2nd half of the video using the Fuji is noticeably softer with lack of detail compared to the GH5. I wonder if the Fuji is doing a lot of line skipping and the video downsampling algorithm isn't up to par? I know this camera isn't considered a "video" camera but I was expecting a little better considering the higher bit-rate and bit-depth. Hmmm
4:45 absolutely breathtaking RAW capability
*crying with a 11 stops dynamic range old dslr*
At Talini's Nursery with the GFX 100 and GFX 110 mm lens.
flic.kr/s/aHsmF5UrKD
Those ranting guys are also the one who put badge on lenses. 24mm for landscapy, 35 for street, 85mm for potrait, etc.
good review, but I just can’t see where this (at this cost) is of value to me. Looking forward to more “normal folk” reviews again.
People who think that medium format is not for street photography probably don't realize that the medium format had been quite prominent in street photography in the film era. There were many photographers using Rolleiflex and similar cameras. Street photography is, after all, about getting out on the street, not what gear you use.
The image Quality is fantastic! Better than Sony, or canon! It got that extra
You guys really masteres storytelling reviews. Jordan is a mastermind of picking broll stuff that tells more than words could do in that time frame. Excellent!
Eterna is fcking gorgeous, you can instantly see the difference in color
did anyone notice what he basically asked like a switch between prism glass and evf is something we can be like oh that`s what canon`s new patent camera technology sounds like (since it's not a camera out in the market maybe we can think of it like this as well?)
F16 seems less sharp than F11 in many shots of GFX100. Probably F16 start to be diffraction limited on 100MP medium format (with the pixel density comparable to 60 MP FF or 25MP APSC, higher than any current FF).
Was hoping for your thoughts on how the camera handles video. The detail and field of view looks really good for the second half of the video though.
If you watch the video, they say at the end that they’re making an entire video just about the video capabilities. Coming soon.
The guns on that guy! 😂