Fujifilm GFX100RF - fixed lens RF style medium format camera!

[Archiver]

Did anyone see this coming??

Live from Prague: Fujifilm announces the GFX100RF

Fujifilm is holding an event today, and we're live on the ground to cover any announcements.

www.dpreview.com

Take the X100 and X-Pro body design, install a medium format sensor, put on a 35mm f4 fixed lens and 5.76m EVF, and get ready for excitement!

 

[Freakscene]

I heard about it a while (over a year) ago and saw something very interesting looking over a guy’s shoulder in an odd location. But lots of these things that manufacturers trial don’t make it to market. If it is well dust sealed it will have one immediate plus.

 

[35photo]

I heard about it a while (over a year) ago and saw something very interesting looking over a guy’s shoulder in an odd location. But lots of these things that manufacturers trial don’t make it to market. If it is well dust sealed it will have one immediate plus.

Seems like it is indeed is weather resistant, wish the lens was 3.5 at least

 

[Out to Lunch]

install a medium format sensor, put on a 35mm f4 fixed lens and 5.76m EVF, and get ready for excitement!

Until you find out it has no IBIS -now where did I put that tripod?

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Meh, EVF, no IBIS is so yesterday.

 

[mrtoml]

Another review is here:



I don't think I could justify this with 28mm equivalent lens at f4 and no IBIS. I would prefer a 35 or 50mm equivalent. I think getting the GF 50mm pancake for my GFX100S would be a much better proposition for me personally. They can be had for about £600 used. The pre-order price for this is £4699.

 

[splitimageview]

Did anyone see this coming??

yes

😆

 

[splitimageview]

don't think I could justify this with 28mm equivalent lens at f4 and no IBIS. I would prefer a 35 or 50mm equivalent.

It's a ~28 f/3 equivalent, but with that many megapixels, you also get 35 or 50 & still leaves at least 31mp to play with.

 

[mrtoml]

It's a ~28 f/3 equivalent, but with that many megapixels, you also get 35 or 50 & still leaves at least 31mp to play with.

Fair enough, but then I may as well get a lower megapixel fixed lens camera for much less money and much less bulk. For me personally already owning the GFX100S it doesn't make sense to get this. For other people it might make sense. It will be interesting to see how sales of this camera go.

I am pleased that Fuji are innovating and giving people interesting choices to make. That can only be a good thing.

 

[Retro-Grouch]

I am pleased that Fuji are innovating and giving people interesting choices to make. That can only be a good thing.

Absolutely! So much of the industry is composed of timid, cookie-cutter designs. I don't have any skin in the digital game, but I'm glad to see this camera. Now, how about a film version? 🤣

 

[Archlich]

I like how the crop ratios corresponds to actual Fuji models of the past. Cropping 4:3 down to 3:4 may sound ridiculous to some, but we know where it came from. They even included a 17:6.

It's highly practical to stick with say 6:7 which will still give you a 89MP file. The lens was intentionally wide to begin with.

 

[Archiver]

I like how the crop ratios corresponds to actual Fuji models of the past. Cropping 4:3 down to 3:4 may sound ridiculous to some, but we know where it came from. They even included a 17:6.

It's highly practical to stick with say 6:7 which will still give you a 89MP file. The lens was intentionally wide to begin with.

Now that you mention it, the wide angle makes a lot of sense given the dedicated aspect ratio dial and zoom/crop feature.

 

[shawn]

Meh, EVF, no IBIS is so yesterday.

Yup, there are so many other fixed lens, compact, 100 megapixel medium format cameras available.....

 

[PatrickT]

Super interesting camera. I don't mind the lack of IBIS personally. I wish it was a 35mm equivalent f/3.5 lens, personally, but what they put on there is likely more versatile for more people.

 

[shawn]

but what they put on there is likely more versatile for more people.

Particularly if one takes advantage of the crop ratios. The ability to switch between 4:3, 65:24 and 1x1 will give very different looks with the fixed lens. In 65x24 it should be about the same as a 52mm would have been on the xPan (if such a lens existed). So a very normal FOV (vertical) with the width of about a 29mm in 35mm FF terms.

 

[Darthfeeble]

I might be glad I've resisted getting a Hasselblad 2, weight means more to me than lens versatility. 28mm is my favorite lens configuration so they must have known.

 

[cboy]

A travel medium format is very tempting. IQ better than the Q3 at a lower price point.
I'm guessing they have future lens adaptors like the x100 to shoot portraits and extend digital crop. Ideally they're probably going to market this as all in one general purpose.

I don't understand why they refer the 100RF and Q as digital zoom....it's a crop!

 

[FrozenInTime]

For an in-camera aspect ratio crop to effective, there should the ability to offset the centreline of the crop to emulate lens rise/fall; very simple in software, but no manufacturer has implemented :-(

 

[shawn]

For an in-camera aspect ratio crop to effective, there should the ability to offset the centreline of the crop to emulate lens rise/fall; very simple in software, but no manufacturer has implemented :-(

That works for ARs that don't use the full sensor height, some do. I do this sometimes in post. Both my S1R and fp L record the full sensor data (in raw) with the crop part of the file so that LR opens the file with the crop selected. Hit the crop button in LR and then you can shift it up or down easily.

 

[shawn]

I don't understand why they refer the 100RF and Q as digital zoom....it's a crop!

Many, many digital cameras call it digital zoom, it isn't just those two.

From a video point of view, many cameras can 'zoom in' without loosing any resolution since the entire sensor resolution isn't being used anyway.

Edit: It used 49mm filter so the existing x100 lens adapters might work on it. If not the Pentax WG4 should since it is for a camera with about the same fov.