Large format cinematography at a reasonable price - the Fujifilm GFX100

[Karim D. Ghantous]

"That's not a knife. This is a knife."

The sensor is slightly wider than Monstro, and does full-width 4K. The camera is about the same size as a high end DSLR, yet offers so much more per cubic inch. The sensor is not just bigger than VistaVision (or "full frame" as photographers would call it) but it is stabilized. Yes, a medium format digital camera has IBIS. It shoots at 5fps with continuous tracking AF. The files are slightly finer than a 100Mpx Phase One, yet it costs less than half.

This camera is not quite my cup of tea, but its priceerformance ratio is jaw-dropping. Fujifilm believes in competition, and in kicking heads. Good! What Sony did to Nikon's and Canon's high speed DSLRs, Fujifilm did to pretty much everything from the D850 to the Phase One and Leica S. Phew!

No RAW nor 8K, but if you have a reason to prefer large format cinematography, you might want to think about this camera.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds2K-uRRCG8 (17:59)

https://www.fujirumors.com/fujifilm-launches-innovative-mirrorless-digital-camera-fujifilm-gfx100/

 

[Patrick Tresch]

It looks like that the 4k video is a downscale and a pixel binning 50.5 million pixels (50% of the 102 million pixels resolution)



Pat

 

[Michael Hastings]

DOF just isn't shallow enough = I'm waiting for the 4x5 sensor 41,000 x 31,000 1,200 megapixel.

 

[Chad Lancaster]

large format it is not..barely medium format

 

[Timothy Jones]

That looks like it’s going to be the go to pro advertising still camera for sure . And, that video looks fantastic.
This might be a game changer.
Too bad it wasn’t Red.
I want one.
Thanks,
Tim
www.tjphoto.net

 

[Bob Gundu]

large format it is not..barely medium format

Its a marketing problem for sure. Definitely is a Large Format in the cinema world. Full frame and larger is fare game for "large format"

 

[rand thompson]

DPReview TV: Fujifilm GFX 100 First Look




By DPReview

Chris and Jordan are at Fujifilm's GFX 100 launch event in Japan (well, in a nearby hotel room) and have some initial thoughts about using this 100MP medium format powerhouse.




Fujifilm GFX 100 First Look!



By Henry's Camera

The all-new Fujifilm GFX-100, features a very impressive 102MP, Large Format sensor. It also features a 5.5 stop IBIS system allowing you to capture even sharper images on-the-go without the need of a tripod! The eye-AF that this camera comes equipped with works exceptionally well and will surely impress any and all portrait photographers, regardless of skill level or setting and leave you feeling confident that your images will be sharp!

Pre-order yours now! http://ow.ly/WG9430oOPDr




Fuji GFX 100 Hands-On First Look




by imagingresource

Read more about the Fujifilm GFX 100:

1) Hands-On Preview:
https://www.imaging-resource.com/PROD...

2) Pre-production Sample Images:
https://www.imaging-resource.com/PROD...





Fujifilm GFX-100 First Impressions Preview




By TheCameraStoreTV

The Fujifilm GFX-100 sounds like an impressive 102-megapixel medium format mirrorless camera with 5.5 stops of in-body image stabilization. Evelyn Drake and Dave Paul from The Camera Store had a hands-on preview of a preproduction unit to get an early feel for what this new camera will be capable of.

Videography by Brendan Schmidt
https://www.brendan-schmidt.com

Music Provided By BeatSuite.com
http://www.beatsuite.com

Shot on the Panasonic GH5

Instagram:
Evelyn Drake: @tcstvev
Dave Paul: @tcstvdave

 

[rand thompson]

FUJIFILM GFX 100 Introduced - Our First Impression and Sample Footage



By cinema5D

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The FUJIFILM GFX 100 was officially introduced and we were lucky enough to run with a Pre Production camera for 12 hours. Also, our 2 parts documentary about the birth of this camera is coming soon!

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Fuji GFX 100



By Beno Saradzic

Official X-Photographer Beno Saradzic presents FUJIFILM GFX100 camera





Fuji GFX 100 F-log colour grade test 4K.




By RUBAN CAM

Shot at1600 ISO, F-log 4k, 25P.
Lens - Fuji 32-64mm F4
Clip downloaded from Gordon Laing.
https://vimeo.com/338468557




FUJIFILM GFX100 HASEO



By ネオアルファハセオ

HASEO個展
会場：富士フイルムフォトサロン 大阪
期間：2019/07/12～07/18
営業時間：10:00～19:00 最終日14:00まで(入館は終了10分前まで)
住所：〒541-0053 大阪市中央区本町2-5-7 メットライフ本町スクエア 1階

HASEO個展
会場：FUJIFILM Imaging Plaza
期間：2019/08/01～2019/08/31
営業時間：平日：11:00～20:00（入館は19:50まで）
土日祝日：10:00～19:00（入館は18:50まで）
住所：〒100-0005 東京都千代田区丸の内2-1-1 丸の内 MY PLAZA 3階
JR「東京駅」「有楽町駅」より徒歩5分
地下鉄千代田線「二重橋前駅」3番出口直結

Shooting, Art director, Spatial Designer, Stylist: HASEO
Casting: Rie Sato
Hair Make: Paulo Ricardo
Assistant: Egashira, Mina Yoshikawa, Shirao
Doll Artist: Mari Shimizu
Model: Wakana, Tsukiyono Sanpo
Accessories: sakura anzu


Shooting, Art director, Dress: HASEO
Casting: Rie Sato
Hair Make, Dress, Wing: Paulo Ricardo
Assistant: Masayoshi Horibe, MIZUKI mama, MIZUKI papa
Accessories: marywest☆
Model: MOCHA(S-CARAT)
Special Thanks: HANANOKI PARK

Photographer: HASEO
Assistant: Tokifumi Hayami, Masayoshi Hori, Paulo Ricardo,Yoshinobu Tomita, Yuduki, Mina Yoshikawa
Model: Kazumasa Nishikawa
Special Thanks: Kawabun, Ayako Kagawa

Shooting, Art director: HASEO
Casting: Rie Sato
Hair Make: Yeni Kartikasari
Assistant: Masayoshi Horibe, MIZUKI mama, MIZUKI papa
Model: Mina Yoshikawa
Dress Arrange: Hitomi Kawaguchi
Special Thanks: HANANOKI PARK

Shooting, Art director, Spatial Designer: HASEO
Casting: Rie Sato
Hair Make: Paulo Ricardo
Assistant: Masayoshi Horibe, Egashira, Mina Yoshikawa
Model: Michie Kallen
Dress: Asano Madoka ALICE
Accessories: marywest☆

Shooting, Art director: HASEO
Casting: Rie Sato
Hair Make: Yeni Kartikasari
Assistant: Masayoshi Horibe, MIZUKI mama, MIZUKI papa
Model: MIZUKI
Kimono Fitting: Hitomi Kawaguchi
Special Thanks: HANANOKI PARK

Shooting, Art director, Spatial Designer: HASEO
Casting: Rie Sato
Hair Make, Wing: Paulo Ricardo
Assistant: Mina Yoshikawa
Model: Sae
Dress: Asano Madoka ALICE
Special Thanks: Studio La.B/s

Shooting, Art director: HASEO
Casting: Rie Sato
Hair Make, Dress: Paulo Ricardo
Assistant: Mina Yoshikawa, acha
Model: Viktoria Zsory
Flower Artist: Joca

Shooting, Art director, Spatial Designer: HASEO
Casting: Rie Sato
Hair Make: Paulo Ricardo
Assistant: Mina Yoshikawa
Model: Mitsuha Kato
Dress: Asano Madoka ALICE
Special Thanks: Studio La.B/s

Shooting, Art director, Spatial Designer: HASEO
Casting: Rie Sato
Hair Make: Paulo Ricardo
Assistant: Mina Yoshikawa
Model: Rio Amatsuka
Dress: Asano Madoka ALICE
Special Thanks: Studio La.B/s

Shooting, Art director: HASEO
Casting: Rie Sato
Hair Make: Paulo Ricardo
Assistant: Mina Yoshikawa
Dress: Yuki Okawa
Special Thanks: Studio La.B/s

Shooting, Art director, Spatial Designer: HASEO
Casting: Rie Sato
Hair Make: Paulo Ricardo
Assistant: Mina Yoshikawa
Model: Tsubasa Sanada
Dress: Asano Madoka ALICE
Special Thanks: Studio La.B/s

Photographer: HASEO
Casting: Rie Sato
Hair Make, Dress, Wing: Paulo Ricardo
Assistant: Mina Yoshikawa
Model: Cristina Prisacariu
Special Thanks: THE CONDER HOUSE, Ayako Kagawa

 

[Phil Holland]

large format it is not..barely medium format

Thus is the tale of our industry exploring wretched terminology and standards. The film world used to be relatively simple and digital came in and borked the game.

APS designations were sensible enough, then the calamity of "Full Frame", which in the film world only used to mean the full frame of a given format.

During all the digital medium format has virtually been the wild west. As those sensors are generally costly to make in the face of the smaller sensor/broader market, companies explored a whole lot of larger than 135 still film. Quickly in that market anything wider than 36mm became medium format, which has typically been in the 40-54mm wide territory.

Film-wise we had mainly 65mm 5-perf and the larger negative of 70mm 15-perf IMAX. There's been a host of other formats in there like 65mm 8-perf and even a wider than 8-perf VistaVision transport briefly.

If I was king of the world, particularly for the motion picture infustry, I would go with + designation if something was slightly larger, which is how I handle it on my info graphics. For instance S35 means one thing, S35+ plus alludes to another, meaning bigger than S35 but smaller than VistaVision.

Alas my journey to over take the thrown was thwarted by a dragon who really disliked chairs, thrones, and really any seating technology. But I remain diligent in helping explain format sizes in an easier way and not luring people into a dungeon of "medium format" when they are only getting VV+ and not really "medium format".

That said, the camera is cool and it's need to see Fujifilm avoided the fairly populated FF35 market. Mostly my interest would be stills in this case.

I await a real challenger in this arena when it comes to digital cinema, but it's truly difficult to actually do right.

 

[Marc Wielage]

Doh, $10,000. That gives one pause.

 

[william howell]

I think even attempting such a large stabilized sensor is actually an amazing feat. I wish Freefly and Red would partner to make a stabilized sensor, to alleviate the shake of run and gun... Gimbals are awesome, but (to me) the holy grail is having stable footage without a huge rig. I'd jump on this camera in a heartbeat if it had .r3d compression and shot 4k 60p.

 

[Jacek Zakowicz]

I didn't know freefly was making stabilized sensors

 

[william howell]

They’re not... this is totally just wishful thinking on my part... but... from what I can tell from the behind the scenes videos of fuji’s R&d on this camera... it looks like the sensor is resting on a badass miniature gimbal-ish device..

If there’s one company that red has worked with that might be able to pull it off, freefly seems like it.

I didn't know freefly was making stabilized sensors

 

[Zack Birlew]

This looks so great and I think if the price were lower than this would be an extremely competitive option for indie filmmakers looking for something different than the norm. I know I would probably use this more than a RED Epic Dragon package for the same price range just because of the stills capabilities alone. If Sony comes out with the long rumored an A7RIV with 80mp or 100mp, then it might take the wind out of this camera's sails. However, the footage and stills out of this look outstandingly good so it's a definite rental item option in my book for the time being.

 

[Bill Totolo]

"Video is recorded on an SD card at 4K 30P 10bit 4:2:0 and on external media via HDMI at 4K 30P 10bit 4:2:2."
Did anyone find the bit rate?

 

[Mike P.]

You wanna know what would also shut this down pretty quick from a film perspective? Official RED Focal Reducers (especially if they were only $500~$1000 more than non-Focal Reducer mounts)... Just saying.

Don't get me wrong, 100mp>50mp pixel binned will definitely look good. And 4k 422 outta HDMI is even better. But 5k~8k raw at MF FOV (with an extra stop of low-light for good measure) for only a grand or so more than normal would be an ace in the hole. Especially if it was DSMC1 compatible, as those kits are actually cheaper than this camera.

As for stills; yeaaaah, it's a beast. Hopefully it does to digital MF cameras (Phase One, Hassie, etc), what mirrorless did to DSLRs. Cheaper, better performing, new glass options, etc...

 

[rand thompson]

Fujifilm GFX 100: HANDS-ON first-looks review




By Gordon Laing

I tried out the 100MP $10k Fujifilm GFX100 for my first-looks review!
Check prices at B&H: https://bhpho.to/2MeIPfH



DPReview TV: Fujifilm GFX 100 First Impressions Review




By DPReview

Chris and Jordan have been shooting the new Fujifilm GFX 100 in Japan for a couple days and are here with their first impressions review. What do they think if this big, bold camera? Will Jordan embrace medium format for video? Tune in to find out.



Yoshihiro Enatsu x GFX100 -Quietude / FUJIFILM




By FUJIFILMglobal

Yoshihiro Enatsu of Marimo Records shoots short film "Quietude" on GFX100

For more: https://fujifilm-x.com/cameras/gfx100/




HERMES



By Beno Saradzic

Time Lapse sequences featuring Dubai and Abu Dhabi with the Fujifilm GFX100 camera

 

[rand thompson]

Fuji GFX 100 Hands-On First Look




By imagingresource

1) Hands-On Preview:
https://www.imaging-resource.com/PROD...

2) Pre-production Sample Images:
https://www.imaging-resource.com/PROD...

 

[Karim D. Ghantous]

As for stills; yeaaaah, it's a beast. Hopefully it does to digital MF cameras (Phase One, Hassie, etc), what mirrorless did to DSLRs. Cheaper, better performing, new glass options, etc...

I am 100% confident that it will. I mean think about it. Do you really want a Phase One over this? Does a reflex VF mean so much to you that you'd pay over double the cost of the GFX? No way. This camera has more potential than any digital medium format camera out there. The one thing it doesn't have is the largest sensor available.

It will also be the wealthy amateur's tool of choice. Some may treat themselves to a Nikon D5 or a Leica S, but when they see this, they'll think again.

 

[Jacek Zakowicz]

They’re not... this is totally just wishful thinking on my part... but... from what I can tell from the behind the scenes videos of fuji’s R&d on this camera... it looks like the sensor is resting on a badass miniature gimbal-ish device..

If there’s one company that red has worked with that might be able to pull it off, freefly seems like it.

The sensor stablizers are actually based on voice coil motors similar to what's used on audio speakers...so maybe Bose could work with Red ;-)