GFX 100RF - Why I want one

JSalk53 said:

jhunna said:

This is what I have wanted for years... A flat, high resolution, Full Frame (or better) camera. I am new to Medium format so I don't know what a 35mm f4 lens looks like in results, but if I can capture gorgeous, indoor portraits with this setup I will have a hard time saying no to this.

Somethings I hope it has:

1. Quick Accurate autofocus.

2. Video with in camera digital zoom. 8k60p would be ideal, but 4k60p gets me what I want. I would like an hour of video time, but 30 minutes would be all I would need.

3. Decent battery life.

4. Full compliment of ports including usb-c, HDMI, mic and head phone jacks on the LEFT side of the body and not under the grip.

5. CF-B cards with an internal storage option.

6. A decent flash either built in or as a small accessory. (If not the Godox im20 will do).

7. Long battery life (All day pictures, and no more than 3 battery changes for all day video)

8. Being able to do post processing in camera, ie RAW > JPEG/HEIF.

9. Price $2500 or less

10. Durable and weather proof. Would like to take it to a beach and use it in the rain without concern.

But ultimately, this is a camera I can carry everyday, and get professional results. It is wide enough to get the scene, and has enough real estate to crop in to tell better stories. Let's get it right Fuji.

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Just wondering why you feel you can’t get “professional results” from your Sony setup.

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JSalk53 said:

The A7CR is superb. I took my A7RIV and A7RIII on a trip to Europe, across Switzerland, France and Italy and the images were breathtaking.

A big asset of my Sony System was the small size, especially in cities and while hiking.
While I now have added a GFX System, I don’t know how portable it will be in these situations.

The flexibility of interchangeable lenses as well as video in the Sony system with a small and high quality lens like the 35mm 1.4 GM lens was extremely helpful,

I left all the other lenses in my hotel room because I really didn’t want to be weighed down.

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JSalk53 said:

As far as the GFX system, zooms like the 45-100 F4 really require higher shutter speeds to get a sharp image because the IS in body and lens is not additive. I know because i have this setup.

Having the 110mm F2, 80mm 1.7 or the 55mm 1.7 would certainly help. I have 2 of the 3, and they are heavy.

So, for a fixed F4 lens without IS in the compact GFX as rumored would require higher shutter speeds and ISOs for indoor photography, negating the advantage of a bigger sensor.

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jhunna said:

This is what I have wanted for years... A flat, high resolution, Full Frame (or better) camera. I am new to Medium format so I don't know what a 35mm f4 lens looks like in results, but if I can capture gorgeous, indoor portraits with this setup I will have a hard time saying no to this.

Somethings I hope it has:

1. Quick Accurate autofocus.

2. Video with in camera digital zoom. 8k60p would be ideal, but 4k60p gets me what I want. I would like an hour of video time, but 30 minutes would be all I would need.

3. Decent battery life.

4. Full compliment of ports including usb-c, HDMI, mic and head phone jacks on the LEFT side of the body and not under the grip.

5. CF-B cards with an internal storage option.

6. A decent flash either built in or as a small accessory. (If not the Godox im20 will do).

7. Long battery life (All day pictures, and no more than 3 battery changes for all day video)

8. Being able to do post processing in camera, ie RAW > JPEG/HEIF.

9. Price $2500 or less

10. Durable and weather proof. Would like to take it to a beach and use it in the rain without concern.

But ultimately, this is a camera I can carry everyday, and get professional results. It is wide enough to get the scene, and has enough real estate to crop in to tell better stories. Let's get it right Fuji.

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Oren Grad said:

liggy said:

Oren Grad said:

liggy said:

On the RF - if the Fujirumors photo of the front of the camera is accurate - it's one homely camera.

Styled like an Instax. Yikes.

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Oy... Do you have any idea how many radically different styles have been used for Instax cameras? (I have a few of them myself... ) The new Instax Wide Evo introduces yet another one.

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Truthfully I am not at all familiar with the range.

I have an instax printer but none of the cameras.
I hope it's better looking than this supposed kind of weirdly disproportionately tall image.



Fujirumors doesn't always get it right but it seems more often than not they do.

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I actually agree with you. Not a great picture at FujiRumors, but so far as I can tell from it, it looks awkward. But we'll see.

Here's the Instax Wide Evo:

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Jeff Biscuits said:

liggy said:

On the RF - if the Fujirumors photo of the front of the camera is accurate - it's one homely camera.

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Does “homely” translate as “fugly”? Because it is one fugly camera. It looks like the Berlin Wall, if the Berlin Wall had been built by Darth Vader.

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John Gellings said:

jhunna said:

This is what I have wanted for years... A flat, high resolution, Full Frame (or better) camera. I am new to Medium format so I don't know what a 35mm f4 lens looks like in results, but if I can capture gorgeous, indoor portraits with this setup I will have a hard time saying no to this.

Somethings I hope it has:

1. Quick Accurate autofocus.

2. Video with in camera digital zoom. 8k60p would be ideal, but 4k60p gets me what I want. I would like an hour of video time, but 30 minutes would be all I would need.

3. Decent battery life.

4. Full compliment of ports including usb-c, HDMI, mic and head phone jacks on the LEFT side of the body and not under the grip.

5. CF-B cards with an internal storage option.

6. A decent flash either built in or as a small accessory. (If not the Godox im20 will do).

7. Long battery life (All day pictures, and no more than 3 battery changes for all day video)

8. Being able to do post processing in camera, ie RAW > JPEG/HEIF.

9. Price $2500 or less

10. Durable and weather proof. Would like to take it to a beach and use it in the rain without concern.

But ultimately, this is a camera I can carry everyday, and get professional results. It is wide enough to get the scene, and has enough real estate to crop in to tell better

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John Gellings said:

John Gellings said:

stories. Let's get it right Fuji.

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Be prepared to be completely disappointed. Where do you guys come up with these fantasies? You are really expecting a GFX with a lens for 50% of the cheapest GFX body and basically the same price as a very nice 24mp FF camera body? While giving you everything?

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