Asher Kelman
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Fuji GFX Camera FujiFILM GFX is going after Full Frame & smaller camera users
- Thread starter Pao Dolina
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Jerome Marot
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So you mean the part with 3 guys babbling around a table? It is still 30 minutes for what is effectively the cameras we knew made smaller by using a fixed lens and removing stabilization.
Pao Dolina
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Pretty much a bunch of white haired old men talking about gear... The conversation's enlightening on who the camera is for...
It isn't a big secret that FujiFilm's niche has been to shadow Leica... industrial design of their X series APS-C mirrorless camera system harkens back to range finder and old film SLR... it's a fashionable camera that takes great photos and kinda looks like a Leica...
With this fixed lens range finder-aesthetic Medium Format... Fuji is again going after Leica's Q series full frame point & shoots.
They're >$1k cheaper... lighter weight... slighter thinner and narrower... 1cm taller. trade off would be a f/4 lens that has no IBIS or OIS... which is fair considering the physical dimension and weight...
In my mind this is a camera that complements flagship iPhone/Android phones.... as aptly described in the interview.
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
It’s bigger than an iPhone and almost the same size as the Fuji X series APS-C popular cameras.
Lack of IBIS doesn’t matter when there’s fast shutter speed and efficient low noise sensors!
A silent shutter is a winner for classical music performances!
If one already carries everywhere a modern smart phone, a walk around camera worth ALSO carrying must be in this class of lightweight MF Leica-like solid/feeling camera with a silent all-speed flash synchronized shutter and luxurious viewfinder to compose within a large FOV!
Asher
Jerome Marot
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You summarised the 30' of interview. Thanks.
It is 134 x 90 x 77 mm. The X-T50 is 124 x 84 x 49 mm (I first looked at the X-M5, but it does not have a viewfinder), but you need to add a lens. Taking the small XF27mmF2.8 R WR as a lens, which is 23mm deep, we come to
112 x 67 x 72 mm. It also weights 735g versus 522 g for the X-M5 with lens. So it is a bit bigger and heavier, but surprisingly close except for height.
Lack of stabilization certainly matters with the resolution of that camera.
I think that most recent cameras have a mode where the shutter is entirely electronic and silent. My Sony certainly can do that.
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Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Well this is not such a shutter. It’s a leaf shutter like shutters Fuji made for Hassrlblaxs!
Pao Dolina
Active member
It is as small & light weight as possible using year 2025 tech for under $4.9k.
I have >1 dozen EF L lenses that are mostly do not suffer that bad from corner vignetting on a GFX body but a FujiFilm body is ~1kg and any sub-200mm EF L lens is ~1kg...
Seeing this 753g 2025 GFX100RF medium format p&s is as big a revelation as the 1st X100 in 2010, Sony RX1 in 2012, Leica X in 2014, Leica Q in 2015. It complements iPhone/Android users who want image quality without exceeding 800g in as small a form factor as possible.
It being attractive with a pleasing pre-1980 RangFinder-like aesthetic helps it make it more saleable. Nikon even gave it a go in 2013 with the Nikon Df.
Jerome Marot
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Hasselblad manufactures their leaf shutters themselves. Fuji made the optics of the lenses for the H mount, but not the mechanics (except the film back). The first model (H1) was also sold under the Fuji brand (GX645AF). This is the reason for the adapter to mount H lenses on the GFX cameras.
Electronic shutters in modern sensors can be used instead of leaf shutters without noticeable disadvantages.
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
If one is dedicated to street photography, this camera is a worthwhile long term reliable companion with which to invest one’s skill!
For me, using a tiny 40mm lens on my GFX 100S, admittedly a little more weight and very slightly more bulk can cover most of the shots the new Fuji 100 MP RF might help me accomplish.
Asher
For me, using a tiny 40mm lens on my GFX 100S, admittedly a little more weight and very slightly more bulk can cover most of the shots the new Fuji 100 MP RF might help me accomplish.
Asher