Fujifilm GFX100RF - fixed lens RF style medium format camera!

Just to nitpick: it doesn't appear to have internal memory like the Hasselblad X2D or Leica M11. You'd think that for a camera of this coolness, they would have put in at least 128GB in case you forget a card one day.

Imagine shooting this camera in x-pan mode, the image resolution would still be enormous.

It retails for $8700 in Australia - the GFX 100S body is $8500, and it's bigger. This is a surprisingly versatile camera if you can afford it. Too bad I just put a lot of money into a Panasonic S1 and Leica SL2S - but wait, that still wouldn't be enough to buy the new RF! 😅

 
50 megapixels in 65:24. The 4x3 sensor takes a little bit bigger hit in that mode than a 3:2 sensor. The 47 megapixel S1R is about 26 megapixel in 65:24. Or a little under a 100 if you shoot in high resolution mode and crop to that ratio.
 
Archiver said:
Just to nitpick: it doesn't appear to have internal memory like the Hasselblad X2D or Leica M11. You'd think that for a camera of this coolness, they would have put in at least 128GB in case you forget a card one day.

Imagine shooting this camera in x-pan mode, the image resolution would still be enormous.

It retails for $8700 in Australia - the GFX 100S body is $8500, and it's bigger. This is a surprisingly versatile camera if you can afford it. Too bad I just put a lot of money into a Panasonic S1 and Leica SL2S - but wait, that still wouldn't be enough to buy the new RF! 😅

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All the GFX's second hand are dirt cheap, you can get GFX100s with 35-70 zoom for au$5300 or best offer on Ebay right now. Body only for GFX50sii around au$3000 and GFX100S just over au$4000.
Really the only fuji that holds any value are the x100 series, the rest tank as soon as you buy them.
I reckon the GFX100S with the Pancake 50/3.5 with IBIS would be a much better idea, for me. YMMV...
 
trix4ever said:
All the GFX's second hand are dirt cheap, you can get GFX100s with 35-70 zoom for au$5300 or best offer on Ebay right now. Body only for GFX50sii around au$3000 and GFX100S just over au$4000.
Really the only fuji that holds any value are the x100 series, the rest tank as soon as you buy them.
I reckon the GFX100S with the Pancake 50/3.5 with IBIS would be a much better idea, for me. YMMV...
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I've also had dust on the sensor of every fixed lens camera I've owned. My Q, GRdig iv, GR, X100t, LX100. All now cleaned at great expense and sold.
The X100vi even has a dust off function in the menu! On a fixed lens camera.
 
trix4ever said:
I've also had dust on the sensor of every fixed lens camera I've owned. My Q, GRdig iv, GR, X100t, LX100. All now cleaned at great expense and sold.
The X100vi even has a dust off function in the menu! On a fixed lens camera.
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I’ve had this problem too.

And that sensor is really big, a lot of area for dust to settle.
 
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shawn said:
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.
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So, you buy outdated camera with somewhat bigger sensor ... to crop.
I see your point. Crops and aspect ratios.

I must be soo outdated to frame on the spot...
 
trix4ever said:
I've also had dust on the sensor of every fixed lens camera I've owned. My Q, GRdig iv, GR, X100t, LX100. All now cleaned at great expense and sold.
The X100vi even has a dust off function in the menu! On a fixed lens camera.
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A few months ago I decided to go all in on fixed lens compact cameras. I knew going in I would probably have dust issues and my LX100 is showing it now. So far, my GRIII is okay, but it is fairly new and I am certain it will pop up on that camera as well. This new Fuji camera looks great because I love these kind of cameras. Not sure I want to pay that much (who does?), but you never know.
 
I'm reminded a little of the original Sigma DP1. The first large sensor compact ever made, 28mm equivalent f4 lens. Lots of naysayers. But the RF is like they solved all the DP1 problems and turned the dial to 11. Giant sensor, huge resolution, tilting screen, pro level video specs, high res EVF, decent grip, great autofocus, weather sealing, the list goes on.
 
splitimageview said:
I like his point about the leaf shutter and IBIS.
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Yeah leaf shutter might be great, but doesn't remove the need for IBIS as these are independent (IBIS cannot compensate for shutter shock: Shutter Shock and the Canon R5 - Blog - The Ninth - Shutter Shock and the Canon R5).

So once the light dips, ISO increases fast and the advantage of the larger sensor is gone. Because going slower than ~1/40 with an unstabilized 100MP sensor and hoping for sharpness, even with a leaf shutter, will lead to disappointment.
 
olakiril said:
Yeah leaf shutter might be great, but doesn't remove the need for IBIS as these are independent (IBIS cannot compensate for shutter shock: Shutter Shock and the Canon R5 - Blog - The Ninth - Shutter Shock and the Canon R5).

So once the light dips, ISO increases fast and the advantage of the larger sensor is gone. Because going slower than ~1/40 with an unstabilized 100MP sensor and hoping for sharpness, even with a leaf shutter, will lead to disappointment.
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R5 does not have leaf shutter. Shutter shock is not something that you have to worry with the leaf shutter. But surely, there are other factors where IBIS would help. BUT, we in film times we lived with no IBIS and no problem. For me it would not be a deal breaker.
 
valdas said:
R5 does not have leaf shutter. Shutter shock is not something that you have to worry with the leaf shutter.
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Of course not, but in the article that was mentioned from Jonas, it is implied that cameras need IBIS because they don't have leaf shutter:

But here’s where it gets really interesting. These premises was due to one thing. The large focal plane shutter! No matter how much dampening you put onto that mechanism, it will still give you camera shakes. But in the GFX100RF, that has been completely eliminated, because..
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The article that I mentioned with R5 shows that these are independent.
 
Reading about it, it's more interesting than I first thought but given the price, I'd rather get a used Leica Q2 or Q3 (not 43 🤣 ) for that kind of camera. That's just me personally. I think Fuji will do just fine with this one and sell well with it, but I would want the stabilization and the f/1.7 lens.

Your mileage will, of course, vary.
 
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