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
Additional Fujifilm GFX 100 medium format camera coverage:
Fujifilm GFX100: Comparometer Produces Disappointing Results
CameraSize: Fujifilm GFX 100 vs GFX50S vs GFX50R vs D850 vs D5 vs 1D X Mark II
Fujifilm GFX100 Thoughts, First AF Demo, and GFX 50S/50R/100 Spec Comparison
Fujifilm GFX 100 pre-orders are now open at Adorama, B&H, Amazon and WEX Photo (UK).
