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Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Is “tomorrow” solely owned by the living?



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Asher Kelman: “Sunset over Treeline”
9 Fuji GFX Images Stitched in Autopano Giga
Processed in Adobe Camera RAW​


If so, we are only guaranteed 1/10 of a second, as death is always lurking that much away in a nuclear age!

Asher
 
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Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Pao Dolina said:
Wonderful image Asher.

How do you like your FujiFILM GFX? I've been doing a purchase study for it for the past week for a buddy of mine that I'm egging to buy one. ;)


Candaba Sunrise by Paolo Dolina, on Flickr
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Superb romantic drama!

The GFX series are exceptional light but rugged. I have both the 50s and the 100s.

I use the 50s as back up but should sell it.

I am pleased with the endless detail and the fine Fuji lenses.

These are my standard camera even for walk around although I have a Canon 7D II for wildlife.

But I can use any canon lens with reasonable success in AF on the GFX bodies anyway.

Asher
 
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Pao Dolina

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Asher Kelman said:
Superb romantic drama!

The GFX series are exceptional light but rugged. I have both the 50s and the 100s.

I use the 50s as back up but should sell it.

I am pleased with the endless detail and the fine Fuji lenses.

These are my standard camera even for walk around although I have a Canon 7D II for wildlife.

But I can use any canon lens with reasonable success in AF on the GFX bodies anyway.

Asher
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Asher,

Thank you for the praise!

I have a confession.

I have been reading up on the GFX for the past month.

On 11 Sep 2022 the FujiFILM Store on Lazada PH was offering the Fujifilm GFX 50S II + GF 35-70mm f/4.5-5.6 WR lens kit for the equivalent of $3,811.78 12% VAT inc. That's the price point of a US EOS R5 body without sales tax!

Bought separately the kit lens goes for $1,118.88 12% VAT inc. Body without kit lens would be $2,692.90. This is $200 more than a EOS R5 body without sales tax!

As part of the kit its value is only $559.44 12% VAT inc. Body without kit lens would be $3,252.34

FujiFILM US' summer price promo for the same kit SKU was $3,999.00 without sales tax.

It tickles my brain that a medium format camera body & lenses are priced like a full frame body & RF L lenses.

If I was married with children the GFX would be the system I'd be using to record them.
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Pao Dolina said:
Asher,

Thank you for the praise!

I have a confession.

I have been reading up on the GFX for the past month.

On 11 Sep 2022 the FujiFILM Store on Lazada PH was offering the Fujifilm GFX 50S II + GF 35-70mm f/4.5-5.6 WR lens kit for the equivalent of $3,811.78 12% VAT inc. That's the price point of a US EOS R5 body without sales tax!

Bought separately the kit lens goes for $1,118.88 12% VAT inc. Body without kit lens would be $2,692.90. This is $200 more than a EOS R5 body without sales tax!

As part of the kit its value is only $559.44 12% VAT inc. Body without kit lens would be $3,252.34

FujiFILM US' summer price promo for the same kit SKU was $3,999.00 without sales tax.

It tickles my brain that a medium format camera body & lenses are priced like a full frame body & RF L lenses.

If I was married with children the GFX would be the system I'd be using to record them.
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Fuji has a stellar record in making the finest lenses and MF cameras for 1/2 a century!

Hasselblad relied on their lenses!

They brilliantly skipped 35 mm format and I dread engineered a MF camera less than the et of many 35 mm DSLR’s and film cameras at 35mm body prices where Phase One and Hasselblad, using the same Sony sensors charged at least double or multiples of the Fuji price.

The already owned the image stabilization and AF technology from APS-C cameras so it was efficient to adapt this to the GFX series.

On a tripod, I can even combine frames to build 400MP images!!

Asher
 
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Pao Dolina

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The longer I learn about the Fuji GFX system the more I realize that it is mirrorless camera with dSLR physical dimension & weight with a 0.79x crop image sensor.

Lack of global & leaf shutter will not impress Hassleblad, Phase One and Leica MF users at all but it will attract Canon/Nikon/Sony FF users who want a larger than FF image sensor.

Price point's identical to R3, R5 & RF L lenses so it isn't that hard of a sell.


Another day at Red Beach by Paolo Dolina, on Flickr
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
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This is a “still” that has built in “life”.

We can experience the sun sinking very slowly and being covered by a translucent veil of clouds!

It’s a highly unusual picture and one that would be great for meditation and replacement for Xanax!

Asher
 
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