Fujifilm GFX50S Mirrorless Medium Format AAAARRRRRFGGGGHHHHH!!! New Toys In Da House
my last post started with a picture of a box... and so will this one... not just any box though... more than S$10k spent AND not on a watch :-0 EGADS u say what is wrong with the raphmeister? not a watch for Rolex $money$? let me share with u my descent into medium format madness ;)
first i was poisoned... poisoned badly at the fujifilm gfx50s preview in Singapore. thanks to Fujifilm Singapore / APAC for the invite down and for the great setups for folks to get cool shots with the cool models there. some of these pix follow.
this #rooster is a #zoom in from my last picture and you still get a very good amount of detail. original file pixel size is 8256*5504. this crop is still 1970*1560 resized to 1280 on the long end #crop
then i rented it for one day from camera rental centre (recommend folks give them a try as they're top class) and these are some of the pix i took...
and i m sold! this is the camera i m looking for!
first i was poisoned... poisoned badly at the fujifilm gfx50s preview in Singapore. thanks to Fujifilm Singapore / APAC for the invite down and for the great setups for folks to get cool shots with the cool models there. some of these pix follow.
and i m sold! this is the camera i m looking for!
- iso1600 is good and 3200 is probably just acceptable but maybe to be only used in desperate times but for anything 1600 and below you r going to get awesome awesome awesome image quality! Highest iso is 3200 for decent files. In good light 6400
- gobs of detail and cropping power... oh my the cropping power...
- the 63mm lens is really nice and sharp and the out of focus rendering is beautiful. for the 63mm handheld at 1/80 it's ok. 1/60 if u're real steady.
- 110mm f2 is the lens i will be getting next... looking forward to the separation!
- A lot of pixels to play with so high cropability factor. for 4*6 aspect, we are talking 8256*5504! (or wall sized prints here i come!)
- Fuji processing = wonderful fuji colors. bayer + tried and true Sony sensor [i.e. used in Pentax 645 and out since 2014 but still awesome]. no fussing about with xtrans which some might want but i think is unnecessary (save it for the next iteration with better high iso perhaps)
- mirrorless which means no mirror slap. having used the leica s typ 007 with the 75mm summarit f2.5 i can attest to the need for mirrorless in medium format. the mirror slap in the leica meant a lot of camera shake making a lot of pix unusable. [for film medium format users, u will know of mirror slaps that have made u think of Thor! The Thunder God :) ]
- new huge positive1: flash sync used to be at 1/125 but high speed sync flash is here - Use GODOX AD200 it is a great portable light
- Huge file sizes (but raws can be opened up in camera raw). this is a tradeoff for resolution so i'm fine with it
- Autofocus misses at times in normal light and low light autofocusing isn't good
- focus by wire lens so not ideal for manual focusing but hopefully i wont be needing to do this much or at all
- electronic shutter silent shooting is there but a lot of warping as compared to a Sony A7s electronic shutter. so any movement of u or subjects will result in serious warp
- wireless tethered shooting is a positive BUT it needs a wifi card... hmm..
- 63mm lens has a motor issue for many as it needs to move in and out when you on and off the camera. sometimes things impede this movement and you get a lens error and a note on your display asking you to switch on and off the camera. sometimes switching on and off doesn't work and that means sending it in to fuji to fix.