Chris and Jordan from DPRTV published their Fujifilm GFX100 review.
Here are their findings:
- the Fujifilm GFX100 is unique for medium format: relative compact body, rugged, excellent IBIS, fast AF
- a camera that can do many things, not relegated to landscape, portrait and tripod
- beautiful LCD screen
- histogram can show up on the sub rear screen, to keep LCD screen clean
- not heavy camera, like a full frame DSLR
- fantastic platform for handheld shooting thanks to contained weight, stabilization, quite shutter
- very customizable camera
- excellent dynamic range
- dual gain sensor. You get fantastic push at ISO 100 and ISO 800
- amazing wildlife camera (you can crop a lot)
- using the GF110mm F2, with IBIS he gets stable shots at 1/15th, and without IBIS he gets same results at 1/100th or 1/125th
- he says the vertical grip is terrible
- EVF is great
- the Fujifilm GFX100 is the new landscape king
- best in class image quality
- they give the Fujifilm GFX100 to Canon full frame DSLR portrait/wedding photographer Rene Michaud
- Rene says it feels and looks good, but the vertical grip is not good
- Rene is not used to EVF, he likes to see through glass. After testing it, he says he likes the EVF
- battery life is OK not great. 800 shots with 2 charged batteries
- Rene likes he can take his focus point all to the edge to the screen
- quite a bit blackout time between shots. No super fast frames per second
- Rene says it’s a stunning studio/landscape camera, you can’t argue with that. Incredible details, nice fall off
- 2/3 of a stop dynamic range advantage of full frame, that’s significant
- amazing image quality all around
- 16bit gives you a bit more dynamic range over 14bit. So use 16bit if you need ultimate dynamic range
- 14 bit reduces file size and is perfect for most cases
- ultimate landscape camera, and awesome studio camera
- can handle more kind of work than what medium format is usually for
- autofocus performance is similar to Fujifilm X-T3, although the medium format lenses might not be able to drive the glass as fast as on smaller APS-C lenses
- he think a lot of professional photographers will still stick with full frame to handle certain kind of photography, but the GFX100 can absolutely be pressed into service to do some of that
- most enjoyable medium format camera he ever used, and feels like using full frame
- full frame cameras are still the better choice for most, but if you want the extra resolution and the extra image quality, the GFX100 is the way to go
- they will explore the GFX100 video capabilities in a separate video