Fujifilm GFX 100 medium format camera additional coverage

By PR admin | Published: May 25, 2019

Fujifilm GFX 100 medium format camera additional coverage – first a recap from a GFX100 launch interview with Fujifilm:

Fujifilm targeted pros and amateur with GFX
They wanted to expand the market
70% come from full frame
Want to expand the market to movies
GFX is about peak image quality
GFX lets you shoot medium format like full frame thanks to IBIS
GFX100 is fast
GFX50S EVF works in GFX100 but not the other way around
GFX100 isn’t meant to replace GFX50S/GFX50R
GFX100 is more photographer-centric
GFX100 IBIS can’t fit in GFX50R yet they need a technical innovation to make it work
Lots of requests for tilt-shift but might not be next but there are more lenses coming.
A fisheye lens that compliments the GFX would be difficult to make
The GF110 already has great bokeh and if they make lenses faster than the 110mm f/2 it won’t get much better, but it will get bigger
GFX almost 2.5 years old
Improved AF speed was the top request after GFX50S
Will likely minimize GFX size next
Price is also important
The GFX50S/GFX50R would have trouble catching the GFX100, but a new algorithm might help with the CDAF
Full Frame market is 35% of the digital market
Old Full Frame DSLR customers are just moving to mirrorless Full Frame so the makeup of the sensor size market is still the same
Fujifilm mirrorless grew in 2018 from users dumping DSLR cameras
X-T3 brought in a lot of new customers for Fujifilm thanks in large part to Fujifilm’s strength in high-quality video
Want bigger than Full Frame than GFX is your option
APS-C and Medium format surround the highly competitive Full Frame market
Fujifilm has no plans to merge the X-H2 and X-T4
Fujifilm X-H1 is for people that need IBIS and durability now and X-T3 is very image quality centric
Won’t talk about X-Pro3
X-H1 is functioning at its best level already
Wifi connectivity is directional so depending on where you stand signal strength will vary
Fujifilm is always working on their app