Before i talk about this brand new fujifilm GFX 100S we should talk about the first GFX 50S
50 megapixel which is pretty good at that time as well
but then that one is quite big... well kind of expected at that time because you think oh it's medium format
actually that camera feels like a medium format camera as well because the back stick out a lot it's like you have got a film back
or digital back; and then later they release the 50R they manage to shrink everything into a
rangefinder style body, still 50 megapixel, still medium format
and then later of course they release a GFX 100
100 megapixel like what!
it's a little bit bigger... well not a little bit it actually as big as those flagship DSLR
but now GFX 100S they managed to shrink everything into this!
this is just like a DSLR or even like a mirrorless camera size body how did they do that!? it's still 100 megapixel!
But first i have to say first this is a prototype camera so uh things are not final on this camera the firmware is beta
i'm not looking into image quality because it is not final, but we will look into
what has Fujifilm confirmed and how does it feel using in hands
they don't just make it smaller, if we look at the spec it is actually better than the bigger brother GFX 100
the more expensive bigger GFX 100, it just doesn't make sense what's the catch?
so the first thing about this GFX 100S when you pick it up, when i pick it up is that i
feel like it doesn't feel too much different than a DSLR or even a mirrors
especially the weights, the camera itself, the camera with battery is just 900g
it is just 10g more than 5D Mark IV and this is actually lighter than Panasonic S1 the full frame camera
but this is a medium format camera!
the grip is pretty good it's pretty comfortable and
the thumb rest here it's a really stick out thrumb rest so when you grip it it's really tight it's really secure
really tight? really secure
so on the top as you can see there is a huge
led display on the top it's always on led display this is the camera is turned off for now
and you can see all the information as well especially you can check the battery
because for mirrors or even a lot of DSLR you have to turn it on to check the battery level not this one
interestingly is this tells you it is still in a beta firmware
because next to the battery icon that's a letter "R"
because on the GFX 100 you can put two battery inside the GFX 100
but now here, it's only one battery it still tells you it's the right side battery so that's funny
they haven't, they clearly haven't updated this
now it's look really great, black background white text and you can you can change it to white background black text as well if you want
but this looks good! it is really clear in the sun, in a sunny day and when it's dark well it could be a little bit dark
but then there is a light you can turn on, it just feels like a G-shock Casio watch!
and this looks like a lot of other camera as well it doesn't, it's not too Fuji-like because this is a mode dial, PASM mode dial
personally i feel quite sad about Fujifilm going back to PASM mode dial
I always like aperture ring I like shutter speed dial, I don't really like this
but it kind of you can argue this, this is more practical because it you can really easily, to change mode
the back it's nothing really special, it's got a tilt screen, tilt up and down
and then tilt sideways so you can do portrait mode when you do, when you use portrait mode you can still tilt up the screen
it's got a joystick here
and then this is really convenient to change to AFC, AFS and manual focus
and then on this side
dual card slots, really important!
both are SD cards so yeah really great
for this side, mic jack and headphone jack, so this can do video, 4K video on the medium format 100 megapixel camera just like the GFX 100
and then here you've got USB-C, HDMI, maybe this doesn't, not on every mirrorless camera it's a flash sync port
that's great, especially USB-C this time you can charge the battery inside and power the camera while shooting that is really great
talking about power this use a new X-T4 battery
well i almost forgot to talk about the hum here, this is a really obvious thing
before that the first GFX, GFX 50S and the last GFX 100 they both have a removable viewfinder
this is fixed, it still looks the same as the other two but this this fixed this time
I guess it's make the camera a little bit smaller like that rather than have some mechanism to slide in and out
and this camera rates for 460 shots on one battery which is not bad at all
and the whole camera is made in Japan, the camera and lens are both made in Japan
this is, it probably doesn't really affect the
quality of the camera but it just feels more value for money isn't it? it's made in Japan!
but yeah you can argue that is it actually medium format because people say
"oh oh usually medium format is bigger than this, this is not million format!"
well definition! i mean it's bigger than full frame so they can call it medium format or
Fujifilm simply call it large format because
for video camera this is considered large format so yeah why not?
but there's something no argue about its 100 megapixel!
photos from this camera, actually the width of each file is eleven six hundred and forty eight... eleven...
11,648 pixels, the width, eleven thousand!
and I can say they successfully achieved one thing is that when you're using it it doesn't
feel like you are using a medium format camera this looks, this just feels like
using any other mirrorless camera, this is, this is brilliant
i mean use medium format camera
100 megapixel you would use it in studio, you can use it for landscape or artwork
it is good enough for, to use for street photography
i mean it's small enough and then the auto focusing is not slow at all
actually since the GFX 100 it already has backside illuminated sensor
both also has phase detection autofocusing, 425 AF points
GFX 100 was the first GFX to have phase detection autofocus and it works well i've tried it last time
and this time they actually put it into this much smaller body looks like it is as good as the GFX 100
it works so well even on this prototype
even on moving subjects
also same as last time, 5 fps burst
i don't know can you hear that but you probably can't because the shutter noise is really quiet
i have to get it so close to the mic
that's really light and i don't feel much shutter shake
now i'm using electronic first curtain it is so quiet even for a full frame camera
if you use mechanical shutter only it's a little bit louder a bit more shutter shake
for medium format camera this is, this is a lot, this is quite amazing
of course you, you'd argue that "oh it's not medium format it's smaller than medium format!" oh whatever
the top LCD screen is really great because, especially when you're shooting on the street
if you want to check the settings
you just stare into the top LCD it's so big the letters, I mean the digits are so big
rather than you have to look into your screen and then look at that tiny little digits
but one thing i find it weird with this camera is the shutter button is really light, it's really really light!
you just basically rest your finger on it it already focus
and then you apply the same force as other camera for auto focusing it already take a photo
I'm not sure is it because this is a prototype or will they change it later but for on this one yeah it's
it's too light to me
now there are two things really amazing really unexpected from the last time GFX 100
was that it shoot 4k video a medium format, 100 megapixel format camera shoots 4K video
i lost my voice as well
and also it got inbody stabilization stabilization
in-body, image stabilization (audience applause)
this one also got in-body stabilization in this size!
finally i found something different between this and the GFX 100
now this do six stop inbody stabilization, the GFX 100 only do 5.5 stops
this is the crazy thing about this camera
i keep thinking this is smaller, this is cheaper, it must have something that's less good
instead the in-body stabilization actually better, six stops versus the last time 5.5 stops
and also this can shoot 4K as well also like the GFX 100
4K 30p, internal you can do 10-bit 4:2:0, and externally you can do 10-bit 4:2:2 as well
when you shoot 1080 it can go up to 60 fps
and also it's got a tally light i mean other brands should follow this it's just so simple it's
just using that AF assist light it's already there that's nothing to add just use that as tally light
it also has all the film simulation, the Eterna simulation
it can shoot HLG and now i'm shooting F-log internally as well
now this is in-body stabilization only because the lens doesn't have stabilization, this is 50mm, equivalent to full frame 40mm
it's a bit tight for this kind of video and that's why it's quite shaky
What's more the last year GFX 100 only shoots 4K continuously for 60 minutes, this one 120 minutes!
two times more! what the...
one thing really important is the price this is just six thousand us dollars
"just six thousand"
but because this is a medium format camera especially this is 100 megapixel
it brings the 100 megapixel camera to a really much more affordable level
especially the first GFX, GFX 50s was more expensive than this, US$6500 and that's just 50 megapixel
this 100 megapixel
so this is all we know for now about the GFX 100S and what it feels like in hand
this is still a prototype, it performs so well i feels like i'm just using any other mirrorless camera
it's smaller lighter cheaper than the last GFX 100
but it still shares most of the same specs, same phase detection autofocus, same focus points, same burst rate
even have a better in-body stabilization and it shoot 4K continuously for longer, two times longer
really the only thing i can find that the last GFX 100 was better is the vertical grip
it takes two batteries, and a higher resolution viewfinder, 5 million dots versus 3 million dots on the new 100S
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and this camera weighs for 660... 600 and... 406...
Fujifilm is like i don't even want to argue with you about is it medium format this large format
deal with it